The thing seems initially relatively inexpensive at under $4000 but is a 1982 24' boat with some damage:
A third of the carpet is missing, so I plan to remove it all and maybe paint the deck with some sand or something for grip.
The furniture is gone.
The lights may or may not be present.
The 65hp motor runs, but idles rough, so, I think, needs a tune up.
The seller says the deck is solid, but he hasn't checked for welds attaching the pontoons to the frame under the deck having become brittle over the years.
Current owner runs a fishing camp and would rent this out to groups to fish. He says he is selling because of storm damage. There is a missing gate and a couple of dents in the fencing.
The console is present and he says it starts right up.
I don't plan on replacing the furniture. Just to add a few chairs at the corners for fishing, probably a bimini top, and maybe some kind of portqble tent system for sleeping on it. Also a GPS/fish finder/depth finder thing and rig things to hold the fishing gear and maybe a live well.
Doesn't seem like there is much to go wrong on these boats, but I've never owned a boat and don't know much about them.
If the metal structure under the deck is solid and the deck is solid, all that can go wrong is the electrical and the pontoons leaking, I think.
The former can be rewired. The latter can be welded if my research is correct. So, it looks to me like my risk of additional expense even in a worst case scenario should be under a thousand dollars. Does this seem correct based on your experience and knowledge?
I realize getting a new bunk trailer for the thing is going to cost about $3,000.
A third of the carpet is missing, so I plan to remove it all and maybe paint the deck with some sand or something for grip.
The furniture is gone.
The lights may or may not be present.
The 65hp motor runs, but idles rough, so, I think, needs a tune up.
The seller says the deck is solid, but he hasn't checked for welds attaching the pontoons to the frame under the deck having become brittle over the years.
Current owner runs a fishing camp and would rent this out to groups to fish. He says he is selling because of storm damage. There is a missing gate and a couple of dents in the fencing.
The console is present and he says it starts right up.
I don't plan on replacing the furniture. Just to add a few chairs at the corners for fishing, probably a bimini top, and maybe some kind of portqble tent system for sleeping on it. Also a GPS/fish finder/depth finder thing and rig things to hold the fishing gear and maybe a live well.
Doesn't seem like there is much to go wrong on these boats, but I've never owned a boat and don't know much about them.
If the metal structure under the deck is solid and the deck is solid, all that can go wrong is the electrical and the pontoons leaking, I think.
The former can be rewired. The latter can be welded if my research is correct. So, it looks to me like my risk of additional expense even in a worst case scenario should be under a thousand dollars. Does this seem correct based on your experience and knowledge?
I realize getting a new bunk trailer for the thing is going to cost about $3,000.
