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sunnydude2
06-14-2005, 10:50 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4548535583&category=26455
SomeSailor
06-14-2005, 11:11 AM
What a shame huh? The old man was probably batty as a bedbug and spent his life and retirement income building that thing.
Tedster
06-14-2005, 11:22 AM
Well if we could get it to our docks we might have a chance at it! HaHaHa no way man! Ted :D
3788sam
06-14-2005, 11:35 AM
Maybe after SS wooden boat project he could try a steel one next!
SomeSailor
06-14-2005, 11:43 AM
I'll stick to the wooden one for now thanks. Besides... I've seen my share of steel ships :)
sunnydude2
06-14-2005, 12:25 PM
I like the part where you have to dismantle it to move it from the hillside house to the water!
Tedster
06-14-2005, 12:27 PM
Ya this guy is a real nutbag! Did ya catch the beam.......only 15'6" on a 98' long boat and one engine..............ya right! Ted :roll:
SomeSailor
06-14-2005, 12:36 PM
I think that narrow beam was part of his "high efficiency design". You'd roll like a log out there though :)
linedog
06-14-2005, 12:53 PM
Put a mast on it and you have a heck of a sailboat :roll:
Strictly Verboten
06-16-2005, 04:29 AM
Gillette. Lots of razor blades there.

Wayne
SomeSailor
06-16-2005, 06:13 AM
I'd bet they'd even be dull... :)

It sounds like the guy built it from crap steel in most cases. Talks about the hull being built from "bent plate" ... not hot rolled... bent...

If you get down in the Virgin Islands or Asia... you see boats that look just like that... and even more of them sunk in the shallows.

He's got the prop for sale also on eBay... it's buried in the mud up to one blade :)
heymagic
06-16-2005, 06:26 AM
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should...
SomeSailor
06-16-2005, 06:36 AM
Yeah... the prop looks pretty valuable... you'd think they could sell that if they'd clean it and get it up off the ground onto a pallet or something.
Seapuppy
06-16-2005, 07:46 AM
the good news is that this thing may never see the water....could you imagine seeing this thing plowing towards you???....UFFDAH
SomeSailor
06-16-2005, 08:28 AM
I dunno... there isn't a day that goes by that I don't look down at those tugs under the trestle and wish I owned own. I think they'd make a COOL live-aboard.
MartySchwartz
06-16-2005, 05:28 PM
The guy who did the write up is a true master of SPIN! Probably worked for the former gov of California. The '.... almost complete ...." cracked me up!

Marty.................
Tedster
06-16-2005, 10:11 PM
Actually he is the one responsible for spinning the recent Governors voting outcome debacle for Chrissie G! Ted :roll: