jbk

On my 7.5m river boat the tanks are original from 1979 and aluminium, on the 1978 11.6m Ocean 37 they are galvanised steel

Good to hear everyone's thoughts and experiences. It seems 40 year old tanks may still have plenty of life left in them yet. I'll do my...

I think that at least deck and deck beams need to be removed. Out loud valuation thoughts - As I research this further it feels like...

boat of that vintage i'd look at all the parts and see how tough they are to access / replace big items may well have been fitted before...

I'm searching for and considering buying an old 80's or 90's Windy, likely a 7800 or 8000 model, and I'm trying to come to a view on the...

Ah darn, ok, well it'll be interesting to see whether in practice they do or not, hopefully I'll never get a 'controle' therefore will...

Perhaps not @Tranona, and definitely will assess each boat individually, and agree that a 30yr old boat's condition will be as much...

Thanks for the feedback folks. Noted; - keep an eye out for Osmosis, on the older Windy's in particular. - Seaworthy hull design, Windy...

Anybody have any experience of the differing built quality between these two manufacturers of their 7.5-9m boats of this era, things to...

gets expensive quick! hope you got yours all sorted now.

Good to hear your story @jointventureII and well done for getting this far 💪, at least you're safely out on the water now. I know it'd...

Excellent, thanks @Portofino, those look like the kind of folks, I drive up there later this week and recce. Much apporeciated 👍.

Thanks for the advice Simon. Though I'd love to take 6 months off work to do this myself I neither have the time nor the space to do so...

Hi all, I'm considering 'taking on' an early 90's boat with Volvo Penta AQ271 570 v8 and an DP-A sterndrive. The boat will be based down...

Does anybody know anybody that offers such a service? I can find lots of oversize load boat movers, but that's overkill for this smaller...