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Old 12-11-2008, 01:08   #11
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Location: nr Blackwattle Bay,Sydney, NSW, Australia
Boat: Steel Roberts Offshore 44
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Possible project boats...

When I suggested a project boat boats like these were what I had in mind.

I would expect that they would need to be trucked to beside your home (or a low rent area close to where you live) with appropriate cradle, scaffolding and cover erected to make work convenient and safe.

Working on these is going to be way more pleasant than starting from scratch. If I were doing it I would consider bulkheads on stringers, remounting the keel on an appropriate internal structure, total rebuild of chainplates and rudder and copper epoxy barrier coat for the fibreglass boats and a complete interior blast and repaint with multiple coats together with upgrading all trim to stainless for the steel boat.

Any boat considered for purchase needs a lengthy personal inspection and a competent survey.

1980 38' C&C Landfall - Fibreglass - YW# 74488-1694072
1984 38' Morgan 384 - Fibreglass - YW# 13664-998353
1989 38' Roberts Offshore - Steel - YW# 1408-1469133

Boats like these seem to pop up all the time.
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