1965 28 Sea Breeze New Life
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:21 pm
Hi
New to forum but old to boats. We recently purchased a boat back that we sold a year and a half ago. We didn't own it very long when another boat caught out attention but before that, the swim step got bumped before us and cracked the transom allowing water to seep in and rot a small area. I had the boat hauled and a new transom installed by a local shop. They gouged me a bit on repairs along with new bottom paint and new anodes. Needless to say I lost a bit of money selling it after only owning it for a couple of months.
The charm of this boat is why my wife and I bought it to start with. Teak and mahogany and repowered with a Chev 350 in the 80's. The boat had a lot of potential but was neglected for a few years before We bought it.
The guy we sold it to didn't use the boat for the last year and a half except he removed everything that wasn't nailed down, ie, Head system, all holding tanks, water heater, charging system, original manual bilge pump and other small items.
We have a 38' Silverton and spent a lot of time on it going all over the CA delta and San Francisco. Beautiful boat but it just isn't fun to drive and lacks the charm of the classic Trojan. We always felt we wished we had that boat back. Well sure enough we saw the guy put it up for sale. We took a look at and found all the stuff missing and he painted it two tone with house paint. Most probably would have walked away right then but I saw that he only put one hour on it since he owned it. Long story short, we bought it back for much less than we sold it.
Now the fun starts. I tuned it all back up and it runs very well but water comes in at the chine for a while after each cruise. I had it scheduled to go in to Ramon at Diablo Boat Works at the end of this month. He had a cancellation so we took it over last Tuesday. Put it on an elevator and of coarse the first thing is they pressure wash. I stayed and wanted to see the initial suspected problems. As they were washing, the bottom paint which was less than two years old was just blowing off all over the place. The next thing was a bunch of Splash Zone filler jammed into the starboard last 4' of chine. Well we knew we would find something. Ha! I know usually you get a survey before buying but I thought being a Sea Breeze with the plywood hull couldn't be all that bad and we didn't pay much for her. Survey came back pretty clean except for some soft wood in the chine on both sides.
Ramon says about 20 hours plus materials to replace the bad wood. I didn't think that was so bad. We're going to have him strip off the house paint and repaint the whole thing since the repairs weren't all that much. More pics and info to follow.
New to forum but old to boats. We recently purchased a boat back that we sold a year and a half ago. We didn't own it very long when another boat caught out attention but before that, the swim step got bumped before us and cracked the transom allowing water to seep in and rot a small area. I had the boat hauled and a new transom installed by a local shop. They gouged me a bit on repairs along with new bottom paint and new anodes. Needless to say I lost a bit of money selling it after only owning it for a couple of months.
The charm of this boat is why my wife and I bought it to start with. Teak and mahogany and repowered with a Chev 350 in the 80's. The boat had a lot of potential but was neglected for a few years before We bought it.
The guy we sold it to didn't use the boat for the last year and a half except he removed everything that wasn't nailed down, ie, Head system, all holding tanks, water heater, charging system, original manual bilge pump and other small items.
We have a 38' Silverton and spent a lot of time on it going all over the CA delta and San Francisco. Beautiful boat but it just isn't fun to drive and lacks the charm of the classic Trojan. We always felt we wished we had that boat back. Well sure enough we saw the guy put it up for sale. We took a look at and found all the stuff missing and he painted it two tone with house paint. Most probably would have walked away right then but I saw that he only put one hour on it since he owned it. Long story short, we bought it back for much less than we sold it.
Now the fun starts. I tuned it all back up and it runs very well but water comes in at the chine for a while after each cruise. I had it scheduled to go in to Ramon at Diablo Boat Works at the end of this month. He had a cancellation so we took it over last Tuesday. Put it on an elevator and of coarse the first thing is they pressure wash. I stayed and wanted to see the initial suspected problems. As they were washing, the bottom paint which was less than two years old was just blowing off all over the place. The next thing was a bunch of Splash Zone filler jammed into the starboard last 4' of chine. Well we knew we would find something. Ha! I know usually you get a survey before buying but I thought being a Sea Breeze with the plywood hull couldn't be all that bad and we didn't pay much for her. Survey came back pretty clean except for some soft wood in the chine on both sides.
Ramon says about 20 hours plus materials to replace the bad wood. I didn't think that was so bad. We're going to have him strip off the house paint and repaint the whole thing since the repairs weren't all that much. More pics and info to follow.
good luck with the project