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Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now
for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
bw-fl wrote:
Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. A trash dumpster. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
bw-fl wrote:
Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. With that flat bottom, it would only be practical on extremely flat and calm water. They said it was a military patrol boat, but I can't imagine what they were patroling. It looks too small for VN, they used much larger river boats in the Delta. Unless you planned on using this boat in very calm area, I would not consider it, even if it was in good shape. This boat needs LOTS of work. I would think you could find a beter fix it upper, with would be appropriate in more waters for $1000-$1500. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
On Fri, 23 May 2008 06:00:56 -0700 (PDT), bw-fl
wrote: Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. It looks homemade out of corrugated roofing and plywood. It is certainly one ugly boat, unless you're thinking of buying it. In that case, it has a certain class that's to be appreciate even though not often seen in modern boats. Kinda like an old wine. -- John *H* |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now ForSale.
(bw-fl)wrote
Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. Its an old Bridge Tender boat. UD |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
"bw-fl" wrote in message ... Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. Yikes.... I'd look for a recent model open aluminim boat. That looks like some kind of old surplus utility model. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
On Fri, 23 May 2008 06:00:56 -0700 (PDT), bw-fl
wrote: Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. What it's not is military "patrol" boat. What it looks like is a trapping boat of some sort - gators, fur trade, maybe even crabbing/crawdads. Based on the images, I'd say it was largely home built off an airboat hull - the hull is flat and wide enough and is very similar to prop driven air boat designs. The givewaway are the splash guards at the stern. I've seen homebuilt airboat hulls with very similar features to this hull when I lived in Louisiand in the early '70s. Another reason I'm thinking trapping boat of some sort are the wide gunwales which are a good platform for loading and unloading traps. Frankly, it's worth more as scrap then a boat unless you are really handy and really want a project that is going to take a while to make right. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
I'll go with construction utility workboat. You see boats similar to
this tied up next to a barge with crane and pile driver on it. The kind of setup that will do a little dredging, maybe building boat ramps or docks, piers, or bulkheads, even bridges. Boats like this are used for all sorts of odd jobs around a construction worksite. Same with oil field service work although it's a bit small, they come in all sizes. If it were used by the military, it would have been some specialized niche situation in a swamp or bayou or other protected flat water. Rick On Fri, 23 May 08, bw-fl wrote: Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. |
Anyone Know Anything About This Unusual Boat? It's Now For Sale.
On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:52:25 -0500, lid wrote:
I'll go with construction utility workboat. You see boats similar to this tied up next to a barge with crane and pile driver on it. The kind of setup that will do a little dredging, maybe building boat ramps or docks, piers, or bulkheads, even bridges. Boats like this are used for all sorts of odd jobs around a construction worksite. Same with oil field service work although it's a bit small, they come in all sizes. If it were used by the military, it would have been some specialized niche situation in a swamp or bayou or other protected flat water. Rick On Fri, 23 May 08, bw-fl wrote: Last week, I posted a question here about this boat. The boat is now for sale on the Orlando craigsist. Here's the link: http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/689767234.html I'm still wondering what it might have been used for. That's definitely not a bridge erection boat that's been used by the Army. Here's what the new one looks like, and the old one didn't look much different. http://tinyurl.com/69umba -- John *H* |
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