- Offer slightly less than you can sell the good bits for; minus the cost of moving it to a local boatyard.
- Move it; strip it; sell parts.
- Cover with tarp.
- Do up main space just enough to make it comfortable; fit hammock, coffee maker etc.
- Go there after work/weekends to hide from wife & family!
Take a look at picture 6. then RUN as fast as you can.
Mind there was a similarly rotten boat on George Clarkes amazing spaces last week on the Thames. That was bough for £5K from ebay then promptly sank. The guy patched it up a bit, mainly holding the rotten wood together with a new coat of paint and declared it "finished"
if one goes through the early few dozen pages of MiToS rebuilt, it's not that bad
Granted, tip is slightly gone, but that's not big deal...
Worried that seller didn't dare (I guess) post any pics of the hull, especially at the lazarette where the rot party will be.
Not a nice enough example (designwise not conditionwise that is) to be worth saving imho
BTW, ply or planks?
Looks like she could be a early 1960's Cantieri di Pisa Polaris... or Super Polaris ... Once a very proud and high quality vessel..... and like other CdP's of the era, she is probably tripple plank mahogny...
Real shame to see the condition of this boat now. Used to be owned by a friend who is a forum member (ash12) who had her in lovely condition. See link showing post dating back to 2012, as its a bit like deja vu, as it was up for sale on e-bay back then, though there wasn't the damage to the bow.