lost a fight with a piling , and bare hulls for sale?
 

its a long shot
i lost a med speed fight with a big a** piling over the weekend , did alot of glass damage to the front and side of the boat , now instead of fixing it i'm looking into

eighty's or early 90's single engine (bravo cut-out prefered)
23-27 foot ,
bare hull prefered , i have literally everything ,
and dont mind doing the work
work easy = money tough
any help any where?

got any pics?

Hope you all are allright?:eek:


A guy here last week centered a chanell marker in a pontoon at night his head hit it:eek: doa

yea , amazingly i'm ok (few bruises)
i was running around the marker and came off a wake and the boat darted left into the marker , just a freak thing , but i will give the markers a lil extra room from now on , instead of speeding by em close
i'll get some photo's this evening if the weather holds out and post em , but its ugly

damn. insurance wont cover it?

could this work? its trs though.
http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/7/1/88960571.htm

naa my cheap a** had bare minimums on insurance , only occupants and damage i may do to other things , and amazingly the piling didnt have a mark on it (that i could see) , but didnt look very hard at it

thanks storm , thats the kinda thing i'm lookin for , cept w/o the trailer and drive and such

can always sell off the extras later
If its solid and ready to go, not a bad deal.
I doubt you'll find a solid hull for much under $3000.

Hey mark , it was 2 miles east of colonial beach inlet , middle of the river between cobb island and colonial beach , it wasnt a tricky one , just a freak accident

Glad to hear you are OK!

Julie

maybe not as bad as i first thaught , but still bad
 

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channel marker , not piling
bet you cant guess what color it was

I know a guy that has a 27 ' excaliber for sale . Hull and I think gas tank. Not sure how much he's asking.

Enforcer, sorry to hear it.
On the brighter side, you joined a club that a few of us here are members of. Hence, my screen name.:D
Caught an unlit steel nun bouy on the starboard bow on my way home late at night and running too fast. I was young, and learned my mistake. Damage was somewhat similar to yours. Fortunately, I had full coverage. The guy that did the estimate and repairs made a deal with me that because he had to paint hullsides and deck, if I would help work on it, he'd do custom paint as long as the design wasn't too crazy. I just went with a gray to black fade finishing with checkers towards the aft.
So I got the chance to update the look of the boat on insurance money and labor.
Good luck in your search, but don't rule out repair.

bouyhunter , thanks for letting me know i'm not the only boater that has found a nav aid in the wrong way , lil different circumstances but same end result , unfortunatly i'm not covered by my policy , I figure my stupid mistakes have to be learnt the hard way (my wallet)
its all well above the water line so i might just break out the power tools and a gallon of resin and a bedsheet size piece of fiber mat and make a really crappy looking repair
i might be the worst looking thing on this river , but not the slowest by any means
as long as i have fun right?


and gassticks , a 27 excaliber would be awesome , right up my alley , i did kinda want to go a lil longer
find out and pm me , if its a good deal there could be a finders fee in there :)

nothing a few stickers wont cover :drink:

Honestly, it doesn't look like that bad of damage.
I needed all new rubrail (entire hull) glass work, balsa coring, and paint. I think the bill was under $4K.
Cheaper than buying a new (used) hull, and I loved the boat, though it wasn't much.
Hell, boat was only 14K when I bought it a year or two previous.
Mind you, these dollar values are about ten years old, but something for reference.
Hope it helps.
And BTW - there's at least 3-4 other guys here that have admitted to running down a nav-aid. By odds of percentage, that means there is probably at least 50-100 more.:eek:
Yeah, it sucks, but we all learn lessons on the water - things happen fast, even if you're running slow.

Gassticks

A friend of mine is looking for a 27 Excalibur just like what your talking about. He has cash and is ready to buy.

Andy

Duct tape that B*tch up and fix it this winter. That way everyone knows it's on your list of things to do!

worst part is that i just got it running right , i mean really good like best since i'v owned it

Doesen't look to bad to me. I don't think I would scrap the boat because of it. On the other hand a 27 excalibur would be pretty bad ass, but I bet it is a TRS setup.

I know where another 27 Excalibur is too.

easier to fix it

seems like consensus here is drop a couple bucks and repair.
Just my opinion.

the pictures dont do justice
or maybe glass work is easier / cheaper then i thought
in the "stabbin cabin" all the way forward where the anchor locker is , we have those 2 speakers facing rearward?
one is crushed , not like its feelings were hurt from the accident , but crushed like the wall of the boat was just too much to bare , folded in half

hmmm... could be more structural damage than meets the eye.

Yea , theres definatly hidden damage

unless your out trying to pick up chicks in it - run it the next couple years like you stole it. The hull will be worthless once you strip it and repower another boat. what the h3ll - it floats!!

yea , i'm gonna throw a few pounds of glass and resin on it just so the chips dont hit me in the face while gettin top speed
and maybe to help hold it together while crashing down off of waves
still looking for a hull , but not aggressivly ,
maybe i'll save my money and go for a brand new Predator 25 cat hull for my power , although still waiting on Ginamarie to get back to me with pricing
and a few other used hulls that people have approched me with

I've got a new hull and deck ready but it ain't gonna be 3 grand!

Call Frank's Marine in Mt. Vernon. He is good and can advise whether it can be fixed. 703.780.9707

I will dispose of the old hull for you..free of charge!

i know a new hull deck and interior insert is gonna be quite a bit more expensive , i would guess between 12-20 grand depending on what it is , but thats just an assumption

I think it would be a lot cheaper to fix it then to go with a bare hull and start all over. The consensus on restoration I have see on OSO is that you are better off (cheaper) buying a nice boat upfront rather than to do a project yourself.

Another FYI - when you budget for a project, get everything down cost wise you can - then double it.

i'm not a newbee to projects , either way i go its gonna be a project

might know where a 27 magnum hull is

that needs to be posted in the magnum forum... i'm sure there are takers there!