110' Wooden Schooner - Cheap!

[speakeasy]

These two big woodies were charter boats, now rotting along the seawall here at Marina Palmira in La Paz. Unfortunately, the schooner sank at her mooring a few weeks back, and after much todo, was raised. It has a couple of big diesels, that were perhaps under some water for a week. The forward mast was bent when a crane pulling on her foremast halyard, snapped the masttop shroud off at the chainplate. OOffaa. I was told they were for sale for $90k before the incident. Want a huge boat for practically nada? Good for communes, schools and Mormon patriarchs with a bunch of wives and kids. There is a ketch the same size, that hasn't sunk, at least within my presence.
(first pic, the sunken - second pic after it was raised)

[boatman61]

Gulets tend to do that... thats why the Turks sell em on when 10yrs old....

[speakeasy]

ketch in bg.

[speakeasy]

So those are Gulets? Never heard the word. But think of the deal, all that boat for probably 30-40k, and it just needs some cosmetic sprucing up.

[sarafina]

yeah. an easy renovation...

[hummingway]

It would make a nice planter for the front yard.

[minaret]

Originally Posted by speakeasy

So those are Gulets? Never heard the word. But think of the deal, all that boat for probably 30-40k, and it just needs some cosmetic sprucing up.

Gulets are Turkish built vessels, usually wooden but come in all types. They tend to have a very particular style, ie very beamy motorsailors with very short rigs and a ridiculous amount of interior space and amenities. They are generally all built in Bodrum, Turkey. Popular for Med charters. The Ketch looks like it is definitely a Gulet, the very short rig, general shape, and aft paserrelle or gangway for med mooring are all dead giveaways. The schooner could be a Gulet or something else, IMHO. What a Gulet or Gulets are doing in Mexico is anybodys guess. Must be a story behind it.