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Wooden Yacht restore and maintenance cost questions & advice please.
Hi,
I have a series of questions that could possibly be served by a chat with a decent Yacht surveyor but I would like some real life feedback before starting to engage professionals. Consider me to be researching. To set the picture I am based in the UK & I have a hankering for a wooden Classic, say a 30 to 35 foot yacht for my girlfriend & I to enjoy for weekend cruising and channel hopping. Old fibre glass yachts in the same price ranges that friends have or have had don't really appeal. I am not averse to getting my hands dirty having gutted & refitted my house myself and I have friends who are carpenters and am reasonably capable with wood myself. However, I am not experienced in steaming or fixing frames and more intricate pieces of wood work I would expect to find during a restore and have never worked on a wooden yacht. So, if I were to purchase a wooden yacht of around 30 - 35 foot range for an initial outlay of say £10 - 20k what kind of pitfalls can I expect? Please be assured a survey would be undertaken for assesement. o Can anyone provide an example of costs refitting decks to a similar wooden vessel? Self-fitted marine-ply + teak or alt. vs a yard fitting cost? Of course I'm assuming deck supports and knee's to be good. o Can anyone provide an indication of costs to strip, recaulk and prime/paint the exterior? Time is a factor here, is it even vaguely sensible to consider machine use (ie: sandblasting may be an damaging sacriledge) o Any rough cost descriptions for replacement of a 15 or 20hp engine? Assuming a yard to refit here, only estimate I have are engine unit in the region of 2k. Has anyone good experience in a complete engine rebuild for significantly less. o Rough cost descriptions for standing rigging replacement on a cutter for example, 30 or 35 foot? o Rough costs for sails for a 35 footer for example? (exampling cutter, gaff etc if vastly different) o Rough costs for having keel bolts pulled and replaced? Of course the inital assumption may be flawed to assume working on a £15K boat. It may be there are real life examples where that is simply a false economy. House restoration has taught me that removing layers reveals more problems but I have no experience in costs in the Classic wooden yacht world. Should a basket case be expected for that much or is it a reasonable figure? Perhaps someone can example worst case scenarios with real life pricing guestimates. Worst case scenario if keel wood/backbone turns out to be soft once stripped and serious work is required? (ie: hull split and keel and deadwood replacement) Worst case if a survey highlighted multiple ribs to be removed and replaced? Say 50%. Worst case costs if the floor or parts of the floor must be renewed to secure ribs to keel? Worst case costs of the ruddern or attachment points are rotten? These costs may be capable of being absorbed but equally may just make it pointless if the end value is less than the sum total of vessel + repair. All and any other experiences are valid, I am ignoring the cost of storage as land is available for long term working but long term drying raises questions. Is there an opinion on long term land based storage of a classic while work is carried out? Planks splittings from drying effect, warping etc once removed from constant immersion. I'm not sure if I have brain dumped too much so all and any feedback is gratefully recieved. Thanks. |
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