Love Fishers, great boats. 2 years ago a 37’ Fisher hit a rock at about the same time I did. Getting off I knocked my
rudder on another rock and pushed it past the limits. So I had to take that apart, move the
rudder back, and carry on. At the end of the season I had a pretty good dent in the leading edge of my
keel. I sanded it down and filled it in with weld metal. About an hour.
The Fisher got off the rock but had a pretty bad leak. The called a Mayday and got a CCG escort in. I’m not sure, they may or may not have gotten an additional
pump from the CCG. They didn’t sink, got hauled and spent 10 months drying out the
hull. I think the
hull keel joint was disturbed? Not sure. When I talked to the owners Wife, who seemed knowledgeable, they were somewhat mystified.
All that said steel is no guarantee when it comes to ice. Pushing around in some surface ice or light brash is one thing. But when you pull up to some small growler to take a look and the realize it’s the same size and much heavier displacement than you l, well you get religion, fast. So I KKK at steel as some sort of small additional
insurance. Best not to test it.
There is a nice 39’ Robert’s sitting in my yard. I figure $30k-$40k to bring it back plus about 800 hours if you do the
work yourself. Pilot house, big reflex
heater. Good layout for a couple. I thought about it but don’t have 800 hours to put into it.