Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Over 50'/Under $50,000


Continuing our (tongue-in-cheek) series of the market for used, big and cheap ...

Nothing telegraphs "Danger, Will Robertson!" quite like the words "owner built" and "ferro cement". If any part of the hull or deck is covered in blue plastic tarp, well then, that's just icing on the topsides.

Among other things, this 56' behemoth would sleep the forenoon watch on the USS Nimitz. She's ostensibly a ketch, though the sails are "plus", whatever that means. The head apparently comes with its own holding tank (how 1960s!).

Ad says the hull has no leaks. At first glance, we felt the not sinking thing was a definite selling point. In fact, everything sounded swell until we got to the part of the blurb that advised "in need of repairs and TLC."

Awl, shucks. A project boat.

Our guess is this beauty is way beyond TLC.

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