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02-10-2012, 14:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re-Birth of a boat
Hello all,
My girlfriend and I recently bought a Grampian Classic 31. It was sunk almost 4 years ago, leaky o ring and head switch left open, by it's previous owner, and hasn't been touched since refloated. We are VERY excited to bring her back to life and make her our own! This thread will document her journey and ours. Hope everyone enjoys!
Brent and LA
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02-10-2012, 14:32
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Pics of her as we bought her... which by the way was for $500!!! Score considering she has a sound hull and sound-ish engine.
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02-10-2012, 14:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
First weekend of cleaning her up
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02-10-2012, 14:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Second weekend of cleaning...
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02-10-2012, 14:46
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Nanny State
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Your GF cleans the boat while you take the pictures! Nice! You got her trained well! 
Beautiful boat, and some nice buckets there too! 
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A 14-foot mini-cruiser is minimalist. A 19ft is comfortable, and anything much larger than a 25 borders on ostentatious.
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02-10-2012, 14:48
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
She's a keeper for sure! Thanks dsmastern!
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02-10-2012, 14:50
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Nanny State
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Quote:
Originally Posted by brentjmoore
She's a keeper for sure! Thanks dsmastern!
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Maybe you should say they are BOTH keepers!
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Dean - 22' Westerly Nomad - Travelnik
A 14-foot mini-cruiser is minimalist. A 19ft is comfortable, and anything much larger than a 25 borders on ostentatious.
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02-10-2012, 14:51
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Oh... you were referring to LA... oops  They both are for sure!
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02-10-2012, 14:52
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
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Originally Posted by dsmastern
Your GF cleans the boat while you take the pictures! Nice! You got her trained well!
Beautiful boat, and some nice buckets there too! |
keep it that way i'm sure she is a lot better looking than you,nice photos, 
the boat looks nice as well 
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02-10-2012, 14:54
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Northern California
Boat: Owens
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Originally Posted by brentjmoore
She's a keeper for sure! Thanks dsmastern!
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Good luck. Well bought, looks like it's cleaning up well.
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03-10-2012, 03:16
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
Brent and LA, that is a very pretty little boat with nice lines and for that price you can't go wrong.
If you are looking for inspiration you could have a read of this webiste were the owner completely rebuilds a Fisher 30 that also sank and then filled with mud.
I think he went a little over the top with this but still a good read.
The Motorsailer Project | History
Pete
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03-10-2012, 09:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
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Originally Posted by atoll
keep it that way i'm sure she is a lot better looking than you,nice photos,
the boat looks nice as well |
No arguements on that one... she's much nicer to look at than me! Cheers!
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03-10-2012, 09:26
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Re: Re-Birth of a boat
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Originally Posted by Pete7
Brent and LA, that is a very pretty little boat with nice lines and for that price you can't go wrong.
If you are looking for inspiration you could have a read of this webiste were the owner completely rebuilds a Fisher 30 that also sank and then filled with mud.
I think he went a little over the top with this but still a good read.
The Motorsailer Project | History
Pete |
Thanks for the link. Looking forward to reading through all of the work he's done.
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03-10-2012, 19:10
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Shirley, MA
Boat: Bristol 34
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Very nice Brent. She cleaned up nice.
Don
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04-10-2012, 18:13
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Boat: Grampian Classic 31 Ketch
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Thanks! We're happy with how well she's cleaning up! Going to have to wait a little bit until we can work on her again as I have to get moved out of my house and moved in with my girlfriend, LA.
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