Hello everyone, my wife and I are considering acquiring a boat from a friend. I have never owned a boat but I do enjoy fishing and being out on the water with friends so it sounds like it would be fun. My wife grew up on boats and being out on the water.
Now, this boat I mentioned before was left behind by a former tenant and there is no title available for the boat or trailer that tenant is also not available for contact any longer and could even be deceased at this point. Noone really knows but the boat has been abandoned for like 20 years at this point. That is the first hurdle we'll have to tackle if we take this project on.
The second hurdle is that no one, that it to say neither him nor us nor the police department, knows what kind of boat this is by the VIN number which looks to be hand scribed on the boat. This is the second hurdle!
The third hurdle is that there is no motor on the boat at all! No outboard or trolling.
The fourth hurdle is that this is probably a very old boat which has been sitting in a barn since prior to the 2000's and will probably need a lot of restoration work done on it to get her back on the water. It's going to need all new interior at minimum. No idea what the inside of the boat looks like but I'm going to be getting a better look at it in person next week.
In other hobbies and interests I've joined forums to share and and learn from other folks knowledge as well as to get new/cool/crazy ideas. This is what lead me here. I know this is probably a long shot but I'm wondering if someone might know from these pictures what kind of boat this thing is? I've scoured the internet quite a bit and I thought for sure that I decided it was a Rinker but now I've changed my mind. Any knowledge or insight is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!
Now, this boat I mentioned before was left behind by a former tenant and there is no title available for the boat or trailer that tenant is also not available for contact any longer and could even be deceased at this point. Noone really knows but the boat has been abandoned for like 20 years at this point. That is the first hurdle we'll have to tackle if we take this project on.
The second hurdle is that no one, that it to say neither him nor us nor the police department, knows what kind of boat this is by the VIN number which looks to be hand scribed on the boat. This is the second hurdle!
The third hurdle is that there is no motor on the boat at all! No outboard or trolling.
The fourth hurdle is that this is probably a very old boat which has been sitting in a barn since prior to the 2000's and will probably need a lot of restoration work done on it to get her back on the water. It's going to need all new interior at minimum. No idea what the inside of the boat looks like but I'm going to be getting a better look at it in person next week.
In other hobbies and interests I've joined forums to share and and learn from other folks knowledge as well as to get new/cool/crazy ideas. This is what lead me here. I know this is probably a long shot but I'm wondering if someone might know from these pictures what kind of boat this thing is? I've scoured the internet quite a bit and I thought for sure that I decided it was a Rinker but now I've changed my mind. Any knowledge or insight is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!
