We might be getting a hulk!

We put a bid on the hulk last week. While it is of course a compromise in most places, the price is right, the hull is steel, and I feel confident in my ability to fix the beast up and make it all mine.

I think the best part is that we will own it out right and not have to make payments on the thing. We were really thrilled that the bed is fore and aft, so no crawling over our partner in the middle of the night.

Yup that is where the bed thing goes. Of course all this will be de-trashed, cleaned, cleaned some more, then a bit of wood work is called for I am sure.

The bones of this boat appear to be in good condition, but not much else. The engine is a lump of useless metal, the gen-set is a joke, if it even runs. The batteries are of course junk, so all we are buying is a hull with some really nice wood work inside.

I like the color of the wood work. Not so thrilled with the sole, it was never finished and is just the sub flooring of marine plywood. But you can't always get what you want. 

This is the salon area with the battery bank in the middle. All the cushions are stacked to port, out of sight. The galley area is rather oddly laid out and has an electric stove in it.

  

But we did think it was nice they had that giant microwave in there, means we will have room for our espresso maker! But really, an ELECTRIC stove in a blue water sail boat? Obviously not the primary use the previous owner, who had this boat custom built, had in mind. Storage appears to be adequate.  

This boat has at times been left to sit open to the environment, so it has some wood issues here and there. But at the price point, it looks grand.

So issues holding up the sale? Insurance. It's been sitting for a couple years with no insurance, and it has to be towed, so that is going to cause some issues. 

So the most interesting part of this boat? The navigation station.

Yes that is a pretty dolphin etched on glass, but more importantly there is a blank bulkhead right aft of the chart table to allow for mounting of monitors and what not.

So the exterior:

While I love the bowsprit, I am sure I will end up cursing it for costing extra at the marina when we pull in for over nights. But what better place to sit while the dolphins are playing in your bow wave?

Cockpit area looking forward

We did get the Ketch rigging I wanted. The sails are unlikely to be useful any more, but we might get a season out of them. The mast and booms are set up for lazy jacks, so at least the sails won't be flopping all over the place.

So now we are looking at names for our beastie.

In the running:

1. Steel Breeze
2. Dark Side
3. Betty's Boop (Not really)
4. Comfortably Numb

Anyway we are still in the offer stages, lots more to be done before we are confirmed to be the second owners of this lovely blue water passage making sail boat.