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"Mic" wrote in message ... "FREE 1960 28' Pearson Triton PROJECT We are looking for a home for a 1960 Pearson Triton, Hull #69. I'll be honest, this is a real project boat. It is free for who ever will come haul it out of our back yard and we will throw in the 5 boatstands it is sitting on. This boat is a COMPLETE REBUILD, mostly what you would be getting is a sound hull, but it's a big job to be sure." http://blog.oldragbaggersonline.com/ Mic'67 http://www.dasein668.com/ You might be able to look past the rotting deck, but missing the mast/boom and a trashed engine? If it had a serviceable engine and the spar I don't think the current owner would be giving it away. John Cairns |
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Not really... if you look at the numbers, you'll find
Hunters & Catalinas in the same price bracket are more popular. Mic wrote: Yep.... and why are they more popular? They're roomier & seem more comfortable for a given size & cost, would be my guess. ... From my research most of the GRP pre 1970 are bristols, tartans, tritons, cals for a particular reason. Tartan started out as D&M, Cal started out as Jensen... back at the beginning of the fiberglass boat boat boom, lots of companies went through expansion, buy-out, re-organization, etc etc. In a lot of cases the same boat was built in the same plant under four or five different names. Possibly so, but what other boat of today is comparable? Comparable in what way? Well overbuilt for one with little or no oil canning, full keel for that size of boat, provisions for an OB in a well Lots of moderns boats are built structurally superior to 1960s fiberglass, there are better engineering & materials available. Others are of course built cheap. It's like anything else, the more you know about it, the easier it is to tell what's really good. As for full keels, IMHO they are over rated. Heavy & slow with no real advantage... If you want a protected rudder, youo can have that without a full keel, if you want a boat that can go aground without damage you can have that too (in fact I'd prefer both, along with a boat that can be left aground thru a tide without falling on it's side). Outboard wells suck. I would not have one on a boat, it's the worst of both worlds. But that's just from my experience with several boats that had them. The *one* thing that is good about outboard wells is that it preserves the classic look of a counter stern. Those who decide to restore a boat can be of similar value to actually sailing it, certainly not for all. The true currency of life is time and the value is the enjoyment of the time spent. Agreed. ... If restoring a boat is as you say it is why do so many do it? Because they enjoy it for it's own sake? Because their dream revolves not only around sailing a boat but sailing a *certain* boat which looks a certain way and is equipped a certain way? Why do so many people build boats from scratch? I guess my point is that the Triton in particular is more worthy of restoration than any other of that era in my opinion and seemingly many others. Like I said, it's a pretty boat. And they probably have about the best mix of features available in that era. FWIW my grandfather hated the early fiberglass production boats, definitely including the Triton, and thought they were ugly botched copies of classic designs. It's amazing how many people sieze on the first boat that comes along, and convince themselves that it's by far the best alternative, and of course they have no idea what the alternatives are or would cost so it's an easy sell. Well yes and no for the most part many makes and brands of boats are specific to a region or particular boat centers of about less than 12 in the US and less than about 6 in Canada. For instance for a Cal 27 to become available in this region would be rare and exceptional. The alternative would be a C & C, Grampian, CS, S2. True. There is a big difference in regional tastes and boats that are considered desirable in some areas will be considered a freak in others. This tendency seems to be holding it's own in this mass-media era, maybe we should cheer? ..To a large degree every boat is a compromise. Boy is it ever! ... I think that those that buy used dont necessary end up with the make they were looking for to begin with. The cost of buying a boat from a different region in terms of cost, in many instances just doesnt make sense economically. heh heh buying a boat *never* makes sense economically! Maybe so but the tartans, bristols, tritons and contessa's given the maintance are time proven seaworthy. Sorry, but that's bull****. In one way, you seem to have gotten wrapped up in the mystique of the "seaworthingess" of old-time heavy boats, and also to some extent with making assumptions about brand names. What makes a boat seaworthy is not the brand name. To some extent, certain design characteristics make a boat more seaworthy (such has a high LPOS) but OTOH a boat with weak hatches, bad electrical system, rigging that is difficult to work, rudder prone to getting jammed or broken, etc etc, is necessarily less seaworthy than a Huntalina clorox-bottle boat with a much lower LPOS and much less seakindly... and the largest factor, by far, in the seaworthiness of any boat, is the knowledge and skill of the skipper. And this is one of my favorite points about seaworthiness... no boat designer or builder in all history can make a boat that is so seaworthy as to totally negate the risk in a storm of getting konked in the head by a flying soup can. OK getting off my soapbox now... please don't get the idea that I'm trying to discourage you from undertaking restoration of a Triton, but just trying to give you some realistic ideas. And remember that every job on a boat costs at least twice as much as you think it will, so go in with your eyes open. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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A lot of opinion here.
One of mine is that sailboat design went to hell when the focus became "how many people can we jam inside the boat" instead of sheer, sweep, overhangs, and how the boat moves through, instead of bouncing around on top of, the water. I have a 41' boat that will sleep 7. Do I know 6 other people I like enough to subject myself to this exercise in masochism? Not only no, but hell no. Another of my "opinions", contrary to some other peoples "opinions", is that coring hulls is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. If you haven't run into something, you will, kinda like running aground for anyone that sails in skinny water. Unless, of course the boat is welded to the pier Another used to be that blisters don't sink boats. Then I saw some proud owners of a Hunter Chenurubi sanding their hull. At one point (below the waterline) they actually were through the glass and into the core! There's been a lot of discussion about scrapping boats with core rot in the decks, how about core rot in the hull? Few understand that the reason light weight core material is used now is not because it's stronger than fiberglass or plywood, it's because it's cheaper for the manufacturers'. People like to point at the top end of the go fast boats and say "look how strong", these boats are built for a race or a series of races and some don't last that long. To me this is like new construction methods used in houses today, I doubt many of these houses last as long as the mortgages! In my 25 years in and on the water, I've never heard anyone say "Oh, look at that beautiful 1999 Hunter 27!". And another, and another, and another... We we get right down to it, some of us prefer old boats and some perfer new boats and I'm not willing to change. I like boats that can survive a game of "chicken"! That's my rant. MMC "DSK" wrote in message news Not really... if you look at the numbers, you'll find Hunters & Catalinas in the same price bracket are more popular. Mic wrote: Yep.... and why are they more popular? They're roomier & seem more comfortable for a given size & cost, would be my guess. ... From my research most of the GRP pre 1970 are bristols, tartans, tritons, cals for a particular reason. Tartan started out as D&M, Cal started out as Jensen... back at the beginning of the fiberglass boat boat boom, lots of companies went through expansion, buy-out, re-organization, etc etc. In a lot of cases the same boat was built in the same plant under four or five different names. Possibly so, but what other boat of today is comparable? Comparable in what way? Well overbuilt for one with little or no oil canning, full keel for that size of boat, provisions for an OB in a well Lots of moderns boats are built structurally superior to 1960s fiberglass, there are better engineering & materials available. Others are of course built cheap. It's like anything else, the more you know about it, the easier it is to tell what's really good. As for full keels, IMHO they are over rated. Heavy & slow with no real advantage... If you want a protected rudder, youo can have that without a full keel, if you want a boat that can go aground without damage you can have that too (in fact I'd prefer both, along with a boat that can be left aground thru a tide without falling on it's side). Outboard wells suck. I would not have one on a boat, it's the worst of both worlds. But that's just from my experience with several boats that had them. The *one* thing that is good about outboard wells is that it preserves the classic look of a counter stern. Those who decide to restore a boat can be of similar value to actually sailing it, certainly not for all. The true currency of life is time and the value is the enjoyment of the time spent. Agreed. ... If restoring a boat is as you say it is why do so many do it? Because they enjoy it for it's own sake? Because their dream revolves not only around sailing a boat but sailing a *certain* boat which looks a certain way and is equipped a certain way? Why do so many people build boats from scratch? I guess my point is that the Triton in particular is more worthy of restoration than any other of that era in my opinion and seemingly many others. Like I said, it's a pretty boat. And they probably have about the best mix of features available in that era. FWIW my grandfather hated the early fiberglass production boats, definitely including the Triton, and thought they were ugly botched copies of classic designs. It's amazing how many people sieze on the first boat that comes along, and convince themselves that it's by far the best alternative, and of course they have no idea what the alternatives are or would cost so it's an easy sell. Well yes and no for the most part many makes and brands of boats are specific to a region or particular boat centers of about less than 12 in the US and less than about 6 in Canada. For instance for a Cal 27 to become available in this region would be rare and exceptional. The alternative would be a C & C, Grampian, CS, S2. True. There is a big difference in regional tastes and boats that are considered desirable in some areas will be considered a freak in others. This tendency seems to be holding it's own in this mass-media era, maybe we should cheer? ..To a large degree every boat is a compromise. Boy is it ever! ... I think that those that buy used dont necessary end up with the make they were looking for to begin with. The cost of buying a boat from a different region in terms of cost, in many instances just doesnt make sense economically. heh heh buying a boat *never* makes sense economically! Maybe so but the tartans, bristols, tritons and contessa's given the maintance are time proven seaworthy. Sorry, but that's bull****. In one way, you seem to have gotten wrapped up in the mystique of the "seaworthingess" of old-time heavy boats, and also to some extent with making assumptions about brand names. What makes a boat seaworthy is not the brand name. To some extent, certain design characteristics make a boat more seaworthy (such has a high LPOS) but OTOH a boat with weak hatches, bad electrical system, rigging that is difficult to work, rudder prone to getting jammed or broken, etc etc, is necessarily less seaworthy than a Huntalina clorox-bottle boat with a much lower LPOS and much less seakindly... and the largest factor, by far, in the seaworthiness of any boat, is the knowledge and skill of the skipper. And this is one of my favorite points about seaworthiness... no boat designer or builder in all history can make a boat that is so seaworthy as to totally negate the risk in a storm of getting konked in the head by a flying soup can. OK getting off my soapbox now... please don't get the idea that I'm trying to discourage you from undertaking restoration of a Triton, but just trying to give you some realistic ideas. And remember that every job on a boat costs at least twice as much as you think it will, so go in with your eyes open. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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"MMC" wrote in
: We we get right down to it, some of us prefer old boats and some perfer new boats and I'm not willing to change. I like boats that can survive a game of "chicken"! That's my rant. MMC I took a Brunswick bowling pin that spent 20 years in a Brunswick bowling pinsetter to a boat show. There was some bigshot Brunswick suit all decked out, looking far out of place, on the dock. I handed him my bowling pin and asked, "Why can't a company that can product this pin that looks almost new after 20 years of being beaten to hell every night, make a boat that isn't destroyed when it bumps into a dock, like an eggshell?" The look on his face?--------PRICELESS....(C; Well worth the price of admission to the dog and pony show.... Don't forget....When you go to a big boatshow, always come in the clothes you mow the lawn in. After my friend Dan sold his Hatteras 56 FBMY, he wanted a small boat for fooling around the harbor. I told him to wear the lawn mowing clothes. He did to humor me. We got a Grady White with a 150 Yamaha from a nice young man who was the only boat shoe on the floor who'd give us the time of day. It was only around $32K, nicely decked out. "Check OK?", I asked. About that time some wheel showed up to try to steal the commission away from him, but I informed him we'd deal with noone but this kid...who was in, at that moment, shock. Total sale time, nearly 2 minutes! Nice kid. I've seen him at the dealership a few times since and he still remembers to be nice to guys in blue jeans and an old t-shirt with dirty sneakers..(c; |
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"MMC" wrote: In my 25 years in and on the water, I've never heard anyone say "Oh, look at that beautiful 1999 Hunter 27!". Maybe not, but we lusted after a 34 Cherubini design -- until our friend's needed major work after about 15 years. I won't sail the newer Hunters even on a charter. We we get right down to it, some of us prefer old boats and some perfer new boats and I'm not willing to change. I like boats that can survive a game of "chicken"! That's my rant. I'd prefer a newer boat that I can play "chicken" with, but there are damned few. In the meantime, we're sticking with Xan, whose sisters have documented astounding survivor stories. BUT, I've been impressed by how well the Bendy-toys stand up to charter traffic. They're not as solid as Xan, but they consistently prove themselves to be up to extreme charter misuse while being relatively cheap to keep. And they're fairly fast. I don't want the stability of a full keel, and want speed to get out of harms way. Any boat that stands up to the bonehead tricks I've seen on charter gets my respect. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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