End of the world boat yard

[rsmith]

Stopped at Riverside Marina in Ft Pierce the other day to see a friend that's working on a 71 43DC this place is one of those black hole boat yards that old boats go to die. I counted 4 old 41c's in their death throws. Pretty sad. I look at these old girls and wonder how they got this way. Once apon a time someone took delivery of their brand new boat. Obsessed about her.now. Here she sits.

 

[Boatsb]

Stopped at Riverside Marina in Ft Pierce the other day to see a friend that's working on a 71 43DC this place is one of those black hole boat yards that old boats go to die. I counted 4 old 41c's in their death throws. Pretty sad. I look at these old girls and wonder how they got this way. Once apon a time someone took delivery of their brand new boat. Obsessed about her.now. Here she sits.

Now they sit there waiting for the next person to fall in love and obsess over their resurrection. Too bad the cost and the value of one of these projects is so far apart.

I wonder if they would sell parts if people needed?

 

[jim rosenthal]

It IS sad. But 41Cs have been brought back from worse than this. They are not hopeless, but they ARE expensive and time-consuming. They are built so well, though, that they are worth restoring.


I actually did meet the first owner of my boat. (I am the fourth, as best as I was ever able to determine) It was hilarious. It took a while to track him down. I was very interested to meet him and ask him about his experience with her.

He hated the boat. Maybe she didn't like him, either, because he gave her kind of a stupid name....

 

[SEVEN]

It's funny how ones dreams of owning a Hatteras can turn into a nightmare. I love taking something that needs work and make it new again. Hopefully these yachts will find a great new home and become new again.

 

[rsmith]

The place is the Norman Rockwell scene of boatyards. Old skinny guys with skin so dark you can't tell what their tattoos used to be walking around smoking cigarettes drinking coffee and talking about their dreams of getting their old boats back in shape.

 

[BobWaz]

Is that a Tolleycraft in the background?

 

[captddis]

looks like a GB to me.

 

[rsmith]

Bunch of old wood GB's there. Mostly 42's pretty bad shape for the most part.

 

[rsmith]

Some more pics

 

[rsmith]

Gota love the old CC's

 

[rsmith]

Some more old girls

 

[Avenger]

Nice pics.

Both cool and depressing at the same time.

 

[Boatsb]

Nice pics.

Both cool and depressing at the same time.

I wonder what it would cost to pull the usable items and scrap all the leftover junk. Wood boats just get softer with age.

Looks like a few dreams died there.

 

[rsmith]

I wonder what it would cost to pull the usable items and scrap all the leftover junk. Wood boats just get softer with age.

Looks like a few dreams died there.

Oh there still the guy there with the straw hat and the camel hanging out of his mouth sanding away on the boat that's 90% rot keeping the dream alive. At 4:20 all the dreamers meet up and plan out their dreams of sailing the 7 seas.

 

[Boatsb]

Oh there still the guy there with the straw hat and the camel hanging out of his mouth sanding away on the boat that's 90% rot keeping the dream alive. At 4:20 all the dreamers meet up and plan out their dreams of sailing the 7 seas.

It's probably not a camel.

 

[Milacron]

It's probably not a camel.

Willy Weed is not out yet.... coming soon...

 

[SeaEric]

The the photo of the boats in the water, the lower left is a 35' Bertram "Caribe". That's a somewhat rare beast.

 

[saltshaker]

The the photo of the boats in the water, the lower left is a 35' Bertram "Caribe". That's a somewhat rare beast.

Nice catch! I missed that on the first look.

 

[dastahl]

I caught a white marlin 100 + miles off New Jersey on a 35 CC Sea Skiff just like the one in your photo. It was my dad's and its best he is not around any more to see one like that. Owned her from new and sold her to someone in Florida. I guess I will check it out when I get to Fort Pierce if I have the strength.

Skooch
Wye River MD

 

[BobWaz]

My pick would be the Pacemaker. We had friends that had one. Every 2 years would be wet sanded with 600 paper by hand. Paint was Zee Spar with 1 1/2oz gloss varnish and 1 1/2 oz boiled linseed oil per quart. This is what the factory used. The varnish would add extra gloss. The linseed oil would slow down drying process so brush strokes would melt away. Linseed oil also acted as a flex agent.