Boat restoration

[Wave digger]

Hi all , I have been embarking on a very extreme boat restoration over the last 3 years I am in the process of restoring a 28ft pacesetter 28 ft racing yacht I brought for a pound that was in a very sorry state, the keel was very heavy corroded and needed a lot of work , the engine needed repacing because someone had left the seacock open for 14 years and it was completely destroyed internally. And the cabin was water logged and parts of the bench’s had rotten though.
My aim is to have it done by next year but here are a few pictures from the start of the journey to now . I brought a second hand engine which I have rebuilt myself but still have a long way to go . I plan to update this fairly regularly in the next few months to show how things progress.

 

[Wansworth]

A formidable task

 

[neil_s]

Welcome! and well done! It's heart warming to see a good boat saved from the scrappers.

 

[Concerto]

Renovating any boat is very time consuming and costly. I have spent 10 years renovating my Westerly Fulmar, which I expected would only take 2 to 3 years and has cost about 3 times the original budget as I improved so much to a very high standard. Have a look at these 2 links to see what I did. If you need any advice just ask away and I will do my best to help.

https://wiki.westerly-owners.co.uk/images/3/3f/Concerto.pdf

There are plenty more links in My About page on this forum.

Keep on working and you will be so happy when you finally spend more time sailing than renovating. Good luck.

 

[Stemar]

Welcome.

You're mad to take on such a project, of course, but the world needs more such madness. More power to you.

 

[Wave digger]

Welcome! and well done! It's heart warming to see a good boat saved from the scrappers.

It has such nice lines I couldn’t bare to see it scraped,fortunately this isn’t my first restoration as my first boat required quite a lot of work but wasn’t nearly in as bad a state as this one . Will be a mega boat when it is done!

 

[Wave digger]

Renovating any boat is very time consuming and costly. I have spent 10 years renovating my Westerly Fulmar, which I expected would only take 2 to 3 years and has cost about 3 times the original budget as I improved so much to a very high standard. Have a look at these 2 links to see what I did. If you need any advice just ask away and I will do my best to help.

https://wiki.westerly-owners.co.uk/images/3/3f/Concerto.pdf

There are plenty more links in My About page on this forum.

Keep on working and you will be so happy when you finally spend more time sailing than renovating. Good luck.

Thankyou very much for this , tbh that usually ends up happing with project boats or anything free , lucky I have the practical skills to do most things myself, otherwise I don’t think it would be viable to save . My aim is to have it sailable next year but I will definitely give this a watch

 

[Wave digger]

Welcome.

You're mad to take on such a project, of course, but the world needs more such madness. More power to

Welcome.

You're mad to take on such a project, of course, but the world needs more such madness. More power to you

Unfortunately I only ever seem to pick project boats as I like to know everything is done to as high of a standard as possible. It is progressing nicely and will be my dream boat when finshed .

 

[Wansworth]

Unfortunately I only ever seem to pick project boats as I like to know everything is done to as high of a standard as possible. It is progressing nicely and will be my dream boat when finshed .

You should become friends with Concerto!

 

[KevinV]

It has such nice lines I couldn’t bare to see it scrapped..

Any chance of a few photos of the boat overall? Grubby bilges and rusty bits just aren't all that romantic

 

[Wave digger]

Any chance of a few photos of the boat overall? Grubby bilges and rusty bits just aren't all that romantic

That was a picture i took when I first got it and cleaned it up

 

[KevinV]

That was a picture i took when I first got it and cleaned it up

My kind of boat Does 28ft make her 1/2 ton class?

 

[Wave digger]

My kind of boat Does 28ft make her 1/2 ton class?

It does , was designed for the fastnet in the 80s and did have an irc rating , I have all the paper work for it and once’s it is complete I plan to race it locally , pretty sure it’s the only lifting keel one left , only 40 pacesetters were ever made so it’s quite a rare and unique boat

 

[Concerto]

You should become friends with Concerto!

Wave digger will have to watch out for Wansworth as the Pacer 28 seems to fit the bill for him and feel sure he could wait a year until you have finished it.

 

[fredrussell]

Well done Wave Digger, keep up the good work. Nice looking boat that.

 

[Wave digger]

Just a little update , the keel has just been finshed and reinstalled into the boat , I have been cracking on with the main cabin and have managed to get it water tight and have started painting the benches and I am planning to put the floor back down in the next couple of days it has also had its first coat of primer , the next thing will to get the old engine out and start on the engine bay .

 

[Wansworth]

Just a little update , the keel has just been finshed and reinstalled into the boat , I have been cracking on with the main cabin and have managed to get it water tight and have started painting the benches and I am planning to put the floor back down in the next couple of days it has also had its first coat of primer , the next thing will to get the old engine out and start on the engine bay .

At least someone is doing something

 

[rogerthebodger]

I am currently on my fourth rebuild.

My first was a plywood cabin cruiser 19 ft long that I rebuilt when I lived in the UK and used it on the Midlands Canals

The second was a 28 ft also plywood also in the UK also for use on the midland's canals.

After I moved out of the K I purchased a ferro boat and started to rebuild but then purchased a 50 ft steel sailing boat for use on the Ocean. This boat I launched in 2009 and still own and use that boat

Now I am rebuilding the ferro boat am refitting it out again for sea use

Each time if finish a rebuild I say never again but then I get bored and after some time I start again

 

[Wave digger]

I am currently on my fourth rebuild.

My first was a plywood cabin cruiser 19 ft long that I rebuilt when I lived in the UK and used it on the Midlands Canals

The second was a 28 ft also plywood also in the UK also for use on the midland's canals.

After I moved out of the K I purchased a ferro boat and started to rebuild but then purchased a 50 ft steel sailing boat for use on the Ocean. This boat I launched in 2009 and still own and use that boat

Now I am rebuilding the ferro boat am refitting it out again for sea use

Each time if finish a rebuild I say never again but then I get bored and after some time I start again

This is my second project boat (am 23 so I doubt it will be my last) , my first like you was a 19 ft cruser ( newbrige navigator) I also decided that i wouldn’t do a project boat again but the best way I can describe it is that is a itch that needs to be scratched for me . I love the challenge, and satisfaction of bringing something back to life that was ready for the scrap pile , and it helps develop a good set of skills witch very few people have . And the fact that when your finshed you know the boat is to a high standard

 

[Concerto]

At least someone is doing something

More than you are doing Wansworth.