Anyways, did a little wheeling and dealing, and ended up with this boat. Into it for about 8 grand. Has fresh water cooled 270s, both run great. Came with the Kohler 6.5k generator, not installed, with 400 hours on it. Interior was not terrible, some water damage on dinette wall, on the flat trim wood. Kitchen was missing the fridge. Lots of junk in the boat, old electronics. 15 rods with linecounters, electric down riggers, planer boards, all the fishing gear you'd see on a charter boat. Boat also has a custom built tri-axle trailer for it. Monster of a trailer.
I figured all in all, it was worth around what I paid. Owner said he could drop it in and go, no issue. This thing was setup 100% as a fishing boat. I'm looking more for like a 70/30 party/fishing boat, so renovations already started.
Gutted out all of the kitchen cabinets, and the dinette. Removed all the old electronics. Going to be redoing the inside helm with dual Raymarine Axiom 9 displays, which I already have. Plan on fitting the boat with all Raymarine, as I'll be ordering the Autopilot next. Got a smoking deal on both these displays, Seatalk hub, cables, and 3d sonar, for 1000$.
Plan on installing a 10-11 cu ft fridge where the oven was, keeping a similar layout over there. Full 6' countertop where the dinette was, moving a larger sink to that side, and installing a all in one washer/dryer under that counter top also.
Sound system is mostly roughed in, using four 8" Inifinity Kappa Marine components on the back deck, two Kappa 10" subs, and four 6.5s in the salon/kitchen, running off the Infinity NMEA2k head unit (6.5s), and the rest on two 1800watt 5 channel Infinity amps.
Plan on cutting up the flybridge helm to get it tucked forward and condensed as much as possible, as I'll have another Axiom display up there when the time comes. Plan on getting some more usable seating up there, so thinking a L shaped couch, surrounding the helm up there. Haven't thought too much about it yet, getting other stuff done first.
Rear deck is rock solid, flybridge is rock solid, and stringers from what I can tell are rock solid. forward deck has a couple minor soft spots, nothing I can't work on later on. For some reason though, the stringers under the engines are rotted out. I'm sure its been run like this for awhile, as this roven woven is pretty tough crap on its own, but it's something I plan on taking care of.
So, am I crazy?
I like boats, and I like projects. Feel like if I stick 10k into it, I won't lose much? Not very often you see F32's with custom built trailers.
