Terry K wrote:
On May 5, 12:57 pm, the_bmac wrote:
Terry K wrote:
My 30 year old (then, 1990)
Hinterholler 28 had no real blisters, only a few tiny warts, don't
know where it was sailed, aside from Lake Ontario. I guess the 60's
were a good decade for polyester resin.
What hull no. was your HR28? Do you still have it?
Cheers

I do not have the info hull number easily at hand. I belive it was
made in 1967. It was previously sold to one Mr. Henery Ford for "One
dollar and other valuable consideration." It had a Lloyds mariner 2
cylinder 2 stroke gas engine, and a hull half an inch thick in spots.
I refitted the rotton shaft log myself, my first major repair to any
boat. Registered as 50E65707.

On 1 april 1990, at Aylmer, Quebec, near Ottawa, vandals burned my
HR28 to the scuppers, lighting fires on several other boats, having
lived or partied in five or six other boats over winter. The mast
fell on two other boats. I had just finished redoing the head and
dinette, and built a wheel steering out of plumbing scraps, making it
a most comfortable weekender. Parizeau insurance wrote it off, and
after a year of arguements, paid me 14,000 on an 18,500 survey value.
I got to pick the ruins for the unhurt engine and other "souveniers".
The hull was only overheated behind the head, there being much
woodwork in the vanity, with some visible damage to the exterior paint
at that point. The hull was othewrwise unhurt. They disposed of it. I
felt it could have been re-topped, who knows?

I still have the engine in a shipping crate.
It was one tough boat.

I have pictures, if you like.

Very sorry to hear it went that way and some things just don't change. I just read online in the
Toronto Star about a fire at the Burlington Yacht Club this am that has destroyed a number of
sailboats. You are correct, the boats are tough. Ours is hull #25, built in 1966. Have you seen
this site?
http://www.clic.net/~dcooper/hinterhoeller/mainfr.html

Maybe some reminders of good memories in there for you.
Cheers