How Long Did It Take To Restore Your Hatt?

[Freebird]

ROFLOL I suppose a surface runner while so beautifully decorated and customized just didn't float your boat!!

Love you too Willie!!!

 

[Maynard Rupp]

I restore mine about once a week and it takes about an hour. The only thing you need is a hose, some soap and a brush.

I do Unity twice weekly because Sky made me paranoid about salt water. Either Steve,(my son), or I wash the entire boat every time we come back from using it. On the trip from Detroit to Miami, I washed it as soon as I had it tied up for the evening. I did spend 3 years tweaking the boat after we bought it. I sure wouldn't call any of that a restoration, as I use that term to refer to a complete re-build of an otherwise unusable boat.

 

[Freebird]

I do Unity twice weekly because Sky made me paranoid about salt water...

Are you talking about your Admiral or your boat?

I know that Sky has already made you paranoid, and I hope I don't, but this thread was about asking how long it took to restore your boat, not how long it takes to wash one, especially if you bought it in a condition that did not require restoration.

Look out Pascal and Karl, I'm after your jobs!

Sorry if it sounded like I was fussing at you Maynard.

 

[captddis]

Although all the boats I buy are always considered "mint" by the broker/seller, It takes me 5 years to get them up to" standard". But in all truth it never ends or is it ever done.

 

[ThirdHatt]

Randy, I have a 58 that I am refreshing but I would not quite call it a restoration. Although I am not working on it every day, I do get things done on a regular basis. I bought a boat that was mechanically sound and I have done the servicing and maintenance required to maintain her excellent mechanical condition. Other than that I've been doing mostly cosmetic updates like granite countertops w/SS undermount sink in galley, all new appliances and washer/dryer, leather sofa, re-covered chairs, flat-screen LCD tv's, etc.

I am now tackling updating the electronics with new 64 mile Furuno 10.4" NavNet Vx2 radar, Garmin 4212 Plotter, Seatel Coastal 24 Sat TV, Cellular amplifier/antenna system and WiFi antenna system. I'll be installing a watermaker and a new larger swim platform from Slane Marine next month as well. After (IF) all this is done by May we plan to cruise to the Bahamas for June and July, making it back home for August 1. Then the plans for a complete Awlgrip paint job will hopefully begin to materialize. I bought the boat in summer '05 and it should be pretty much "done" by summer '08 which will be 3 years.

With respect to your question, realistically if I were to stick with it and work on the boat more religiously I would think that I could have gotten all this done in a year or so. I think it all depends on the extent of the refit and the amount of time devoted to moving the project forward.

I hope this somewhat answers your question.

 

[yachtsmanbill]

Maybe Marine Max would list this... ws

 

[Dave Phipps]

After 4 1/2 years of ownership, I'm still working and improving my 53 Classic.
Over that time I've redone the bottom with a complete blister repair and water barrier job; complete galley remodel with all new appliances, flooring, countertops, lighting, etc., and a starboard engine out of frame rebuild. Of course, the usual soft goods too; carpeting, drapes, bedspreads, saloon furniture, etc. New electronics...new icemaker on aft deck, new window glass on aft deck, rebuilt stabilizer system....repacked shafts and bearings, props re-balanced, serviced the windless, and certified the fire extinguisher system.

And oh yeah, lots of varnish work too. The next owner will get a very nice boat with most of the work done for him.

Dave

 

[captddis]

Bill,
The flowers are a nice touch. That really sets it off. I am sure some weatherbeater white would do the trick. Was that Randys cabin?

 

[yachtsmanbill]

SHHHH!! That was the nice looking 58 before the PO sent in Daisy Maids to clean up before it went on the market. Hmmm. I have intimate knowledge of the white 58'. Depending on your taste its about 33% there. I have the EXCLUSIVE listing on it!
( the cruddy one is/was HATT TRICK.) Everytime I'm down there I spend a day or two cleaning. Hell, Ive spent every waking spare moment up till 2 years ago working on my Roamer. --And thats since '73 ! I needed a break, thats why I bought the big guy. I figger Ive got 25 years till the dirt nap, and I hate getting bored.
Every cabin had plastic flowers. After the sub action they still look like new (???) Divine intervention? ws

 

[jim rosenthal]

Bill, everything northwest of the plastic flowers looks pretty good to me....

 

[Passages]

I like the weathered wood look. I have a basement rec room paneled with the stuff. Certainly would be easier to maintain.

Probably would not be too hard to finish that last corner to match.

 

[yachtsmanbill]

I am starting to like the 45 degree stain. Maybe I should do a funhouse / boat for the drunks so they dont fall over... The stuff kinda looks like distressed barn siding-- minus the cracks and splits. ws

 

[yachtsmanbill]

I like the weathered wood look. I have a basement rec room paneled with the stuff. Certainly would be easier to maintain.

Probably would not be too hard to finish that last corner to match.

How did you turn your basement on its side ws

 

[Freebird]

Alright you guys, I take a couple of days to go riding around on my 41DC and this is the best ya'll could do?

Just teasing, good info right up to the part Yottsmanwillie showed my 58TC in all its glory!

I had several people tell me I should take some before and after shots of "Lady Linda's Adult Toy" (I dated a girl named Linda before I met Michelle. Maybe I should have just swapped...never mind! ) before she was transformed into the infamous 'Bird Boat.

I told them the images of what somebody had paid tons of money to do to that magnificent yacht of yesteryear would be forever burned into my memory. Poor old girl, I just wanted to kiss her and make it all better, still do. I talked to YottsmanWillie on the phone after he posted the first couple of pictures of LLAT and gave him a little grief! We both laughed at how someone had done a very professional job at destroying something beautiful!

I believe I made mention of this before, but my mechanic commented the first time he stepped on the boat "Hey Randy, this boat was the 'ship' during 'the day'". In other words, this boat was a real head turner around the early 80's when all the "customization" took place. Sonny and Ricco sure would have been proud! I just wish they hadn't stopped making those pink flamingos before I could buy a couple to sit up on the foredeck.

I promise this was not an attempt to promote my selling Freebird. Truth is, I get chest pains every time I think of letting her go. I just hate unfinished business!

 

[thoward]

RR, we are looking to have our 60 completely refited over the period of 5 years. Engine majors, interior upgrades, new paint, electronics and misc. upgrades will all be included.

When I think of the refit items the boat could be done in 6 months. I can maintain and repair most items but I do not have the skills to refit a boat of this size and quality correctly. We have to hire out most of these big items so we need to do it over a period of years to make it more affordable. The boat should be well sorted and in great shape for Ginger and I to travel the Islands down to South America, up along Mexico, across Texas and back to Florida. Hmmmm, only 6 years until Tanner becomes homeless....I mean graduates.

We did almost all the work on the 43' Egg and it took a solid year of weekends. That was a complete rewire, plumbing, paint, bottom job(removed 1/8" of bottom paint) and systems upgrade so it took longer than a refirb of one should take.

 

[Freebird]

TH, maybe I sould move my 58 next to yours so we can get a two-fer with the guys you line up to work on your 60!

Hey, I'm living proof that "homeless" is not a bad thing! BTW, I made up the bed on your boat last Wednesday night, and I emptied the trash too!

 

[67hat34c]

Length of time is inversly related to the amount of money you have to spend and the amount of time you have.

Randy, do you have receipt records from the guy that did the refinish on yours, would be curious how much he spent, suspect a very large amount.

 

[34Hatt]

Also matters HOW BAD it is, when I bought my 34' and washed it paint chips would be getting washed into the water. I was afraid the first year the DEC was going to fine me . Started that winter and worked every winter for 5 years using It each summer which makes it harder to accomplish Big projects.
So 5 years to do Total extertior paint and changes, Rewired, replumbed, moved walls, ceiling and notched stringer for larger shower and head, complete interior changes and repower. Did it all myself while working a 40 hr work week. Now if I had your schedule I could have done it in 2 weeks like Paul says....
Still have some doors to finish and galley to do!!! This was the first winter I did not work on the boat so I had to do House work But it was easier and cheaper then getting divorced

 

[Freebird]

Randy, do you have receipt records from the guy that did the refinish on yours, would be curious how much he spent, suspect a very large amount.

LOL I would LOVE to see those receipts, but I have a feeling the decorating job was done by someone who did not deal in receipts and required cash!

I have saved every receipt for any money I have put into my 58, and unless I do indeed sell her as is, there will be many more receipts to come!

 

[harnett]

Randy,

I am closing in on completion of a total rebuild of the same level as Chris is doing to Boss Lady. Gutted my 53C to the Hull and rebuilt everything. Did keep the 12V71's but went completely through them. I am almost embarassed to say this but it has taken close to ten years. I did everything myself. Fool's rush in, etc..... I've been a Hatt owner for eleven years but only a Hatt user one year long ago and again now. I like being a Hatt user much better than a Hatt restorer. I think I would advise anyone wanting to restore a boat to not take on any part themselves that keeps the boat out of commission more than a few months. Keep the boat useable even if she's not 100% complete. Makes the job much better if some fun can be mixed in. For the big jobs hire it out to the professionals, get it done, and get back to using the boat. I regret not doing it that way. I should have called Starman.

Barry Barbour