Just a note: It looks like it's sitting on a significant angle to my truck, but it's really not.
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| Here she is in all of her glory (and dirt, and rotton wood, and rusty trailer wheels, and...)!!! Just a note: It looks like it's sitting on a significant angle to my truck, but it's really not. |
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| The hull appears to be in very good condition. She needs a bath, with lots and lots of bubbles!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I'm already looking forward to taking the wheel... ... and hammering the throttle WIDE OPEN!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| It's safe to bet the floor boards will need to be replaced. Parts of the floor feel soft, indicating some amount of rot damage in the plywood. | Much of the interior finishing components were loose and scattered in the boat when I went to pick her up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here is a look at the ski hatch and several pieces of interior finish trim panels, which had already been removed. Note the severe rot in the panel on the right...the far end has disinegrated. | A look back at the stern shows the exposed gas tank, and considerable water damage on the deck and the trim around the gas tank. The cables, hoses, and wiring is a mess in the back. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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