Depends on how you want it all to go down. There are various options within your budget, some that will allow recouping money, and some not. A few...
Au Contrare, the shape it is very aerodynamique! That's why it had so much power horsing around.LOL. They should have put Bruces centerline.
In the Bahamas? Not likely. Does a captain retain liability for occurrences after being relieved by the owner? That's an interesting question to...
Ocean Emerald, the lens shaped yacht, drug anchor into a sailboat with a couple rails on the sail boat damaged and some reported damage to the tender.
From what I gathered, by the time it hit the reef, the owner was driving.
Cool, good looking building. It is normal though for these big buildings to have tenancy down low before the upper levels are completed for...
Ahhh, ok, didn't know they were building that small. In that situation it is one of style, and it's a good looking boat. BTW, note: No hot tub.... :D
What Mulder has a plumb bow? As a design trend, it is one on high speed displacement boats with a narrow WL length to beam ratio. On a planing...
Not an insignificant factor, but not insurmountable either. All a matter of $$$$
So....protecting investment is the most important thing?
Well, it's an ASD (azimuthing stern drive) type vessel and supposedly was having control issues. Whether the control issues were mechanical or...
Even without water in it, a jacuzzi is a lot of weight to put up on the bow. Also, there is no advantage to using that bow form on a planing hull...
They Made Hatteras as well...
Are you going to clean it up/fix it up and get it going, or are you going to gut and restore/refit?
Yeah, the thing that concerns me with that era boat is galvanized fasteners. Lots from the post war era had them, and while they are physically...
Nothing particularly wrong with the Trinity yards. They have been around for a long time under one name or another. At one point Halter Marine...
The charter guests pay for the fuel and food as well as other ancillary expenses that are incurred during their charter. Most charter boats need...
70-75' is about the break even point on cost between having a permanent crew take care of the boat vs. having a contract company take care of it....
If you put a good air/oil separator into the breather line, you should be able to keep even the old Jimmies clean and dry, and just because...
You have a great resources available reasonably nearby you as well in both Mystic Seaport Connecticut and Camden Maine.