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Here's the story about my boat...
Found an ad on craigslist, a guy giving away a 1974 Trojan 36' Tri-cabin. He bought it from the insurance company to get his hands on one of the engines. He knows the previous owner who spent about seven years and thousands restoring the boat. The beginning of September they were on the boat celebrating that it was ALL done...everything, nothing left to do! Three days later he got a call from the fire department telling him to come down to his boat..it was on fire! It was an electrical fire that started in the galley. The firemen did more damage than the fire itself. Half the galley needs to be reconstructed and all of the flooring in the salon that the fire fighters chopped up. They didn't have one of those fancy heat cameras to tell if there was any heat sources under the flooring so they hacked it all up. Met the guy about a month ago, I was the lucky guy to respond first, and met with him at the boat. It was immediately apparent that he was telling the truth. The outside of the boat was immaculate! After spending an hour with him it became apparent that he was going to have to cut away some of the aft deck and superstructure to get an engine out. He finally said, "This is way too much work and I can't be bothered. Just take it all." So instead of just a hull I have a boat that has twin 454's with 950 hours on them and brand new exhaust manifolds. Walter V-Drives, Borg Warner velvet drives, Onan genset and Wabasto diesel cabin heater...none of which were damaged. Gonna be re-wiring the boat and am not sure if I might find a wiring harness for it or just do my own. Need a swim platform as it was removed before I got the boat. All of the instrumentation on the helm is gone as well as it was directly above the fire. Long story, but wanted to share how I came across a FREE boat that is far from the first thing that comes to mind when you say free! Looking forward to help, suggestions and advice here!
Cheers,
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Last edited by poppasmirf on Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Doug welcome to the forum . Just remeber there is no such thing as a Free boat ( it will cost you )
Most likely you will have to make the harnes up but check with Bob at beacon marine , just in case
Good luck and keep us posted
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77/78 TROJAN F36 Conv.
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Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your project. Keep us posted to your progress.
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1984 F36 w/350 Crusaders 'Reel Class'
2011 Trojan Rendevous
Solomons Get Together 2011
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Big D wrote:Welcome aboard. Glad you're saving her. Canada is a biiiiig place. Where in Canada?
13K registration is BC... would guess it is on West coast.
Michael
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1987 President 43' Twin Lehman 225SP Turbo
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1978 F32 Sedan twin 318 Chry SOLD
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ready123 wrote:13K registration is BC... would guess it is on West coast.
$13,000CAD to register your boat in Canada?????
He was talking about the numbers on the boat
Pleasure craft licences are free in Canada and can be obtained by applying to the Pleasure Craft Licensing Centre.
1980 Trojan F 25 "MY TYME" (sold)
1986 Thundercraft Magnum 280 "The HAILEY-SAVANNAH" http://www.cbyc.ca/
Welcome to the Forum, I know nothing about supporting a 36 tri cabin, but I think I would put a couple more stands under the boat. There are a lot of 36er's here so I am sure they will be able to help you out.
Doug
1977 F-32
1982 Chris Craft 280
1992 Boston Whaler 13 Super Sport Limited
1974 F-25 (Sold)
1979 F-26 (sold)
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Updated my profile to reflect my location. Yes, the bracket is for the dinghy motor. And yes, I expect the boat will keep me broke too but I figure I'm ahead of the game already with it being free. Still can't understand why the guy just gave it to me but I'm not gonna question it. I have a copy of the survey done June of this year and structurally the boat is sound with no soft spots or issues with transom or stringers, market value was $30,000. Now the fun begins! When the time comes I think I might put a fiberglass swim platform on her. Will also be contacting Bob at Beacon Marine regarding a wiring harness although still might just make my own..
thanks again guys, looking forward to all your help and advice.
Probably free because he got his insurance money already (probably more than he could sell it for in this 'soft' market.)
Fires are an easy way to get out of a boat ...
We now have 3 abandoned sail boats at the mouth of our creek. The largest is about 32', with sails, lines, cranks, bumpers, etc. all on it. No registration, and the name has been sanded off and painted over and the HIN ground off.
I helped a gentleman move it off of his 40'er last week when it broke loose. Its tied to one of the other abandoned vessels. DNR and the police want nothing to do with them, and they have no lights, so they are a danger at night. Apparently they can sit there for 1-/2 years before anyone does anything. I hear its 7 years in FL. Anyone want a nice cruising type 32-34' sailboat? It hasn't gone under (yet). Yours for the taking - just register it with DNR and you're good to go (you can claim salvage on it, but there is no owner to notify, so its yours with proper re-registration).
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