Formosa Boats - Your Thoughts?

[drivinmenuts]

I was only on my second cup of coffee.

[Fishman_Tx]

Originally Posted by drivinmenuts

I was only on my second cup of coffee.

Haven't had my first yet! Lucky you!

[drivinmenuts]

Was it on this forum or the formosa yahoogroup that someone posted 3 photos of their CT that they just got finished gutting? I saw them last week now can't find them on either site. I tried to contact the guy and now can't figure out who he was.

[Daddy's Dream]

Actually, the Broker in NY never answered his emails. I googled his email adddy and it came up with several things on cregslist for sale, (motorcycle, the boat, I think maybe a car, and a bycicle), and one of those pages mentioned Virginia. I was guessing maybe he lived in VA and was up showing the boat or working on it.

The one in Kemah I had talked to that morning from the hotel and we had an appointment and he never showed up. I never got to meet Bill either, but I heard a lot about him from a few of his friends.

It was interesting that you said it got pulled under from the dock lines. The Broker and one of his friends told me it went down due to the packing gland. The gland was leaking and and after power died at the dock the gland took her under. I do know, it had to be more than just the gland. Two weeks before I went to see her I had a friend of mine from down there stop by and take a look at her. The broker said it was fine and when he got there she was setting on the bottom and being pumped out again. They told him it was the packing gland and Bill had to pump her out every two days to keep her afloat. When I got there to look at her the broker had told me she was dry on the inside, but again she had about a foot of water on top the cabin floor when I looked in.

The dock lines might have taken her under during Ike, but I think I'd replace that packing gland before putting her back in the water.

And yes the broker was working out of his truck with a cell phone. Ike did a nasty number on that area.

Originally Posted by Fishman_Tx

...nutz: I think he meant the NY broker....


Beats me, he said he'd been away....(?) either extended vacation, jail, or military deployment.. I just emailed and got a response and evidently so did everyone else. Good timing.

[Daddy's Dream]

Originally Posted by drivinmenuts

Was it on this forum or the formosa yahoogroup that someone posted 3 photos of their CT that they just got finished gutting? I saw them last week now can't find them on either site. I tried to contact the guy and now can't figure out who he was.

I think I had a thread on this forum about DreamKetcher asking about replacing the bowspirit. I might have post a pic or two of her on there, but I don't think I did. I'll have to go back and look.

I remember seeing one gutted out, but I can't remember where I saw it at.

I have posted several threads on this forum on project boats. The normal feed back I got was RUN, RUN, RUN. LoL

Does anyone know what happened to this guy???
My Formosa

[drivinmenuts]

Naw, the packing wasn't a big deal. If you look at the photos of her after Ike, she's nose down with water over the cabin roof forward, stern up in the air. That was from Ike. After he refloated her, there was a slow leak at the packing, but she'd settle straight down, but only an inch or so a day while the bilge right over the keel filled, and then slower as the water came up into the widening hull. She couldn't settle more than a foot anyway because of the mud under the keel. If I hadn't have pulled all the saturated stuff out of her that you see in the photo, I couldn't even have pulled her out of the slip. She sat for about a week in plenty of water before hauling out at the other marina, and didn't go below the boot stripe.
This is a keel up restoration, over 7 years, so I've got plenty of time to make sure everything's right before she goes back in.

[drivinmenuts]

who I was looking for is Devil May Care. He responded to me a couple of days ago. Thanks!

[Daddy's Dream]

Alrighty, well it sounds like you're sure in for some fun times. I hope you will keep us all posted as your rebuild continues. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics.