Nice project for someone.

Sorry, been away for a while. I made a mistake on this original post, we are actually restoring a Monaco 52, not the 36. We are now at the stage of completing the hull work and transom refurb, luckily when she was lifted the hull was found to be in pristine shape. We did not get a survey done when we bought her (there was no time) so upon the lift out we were pleasantly surprised.

We are on the final stages and hoping to be fully complete by end of September. Though this photo makes her look in much worse shape than she is! 20140617_202844 (3).jpg
 
itchenseadog said:
Two things would immediately worry me.
1. The boat spent most of its life on the french riviera. I've seen too many med based wooden boats suffering from neglect and extreme temperatures.
2. The hull would have originally been Cascover sheathed. Sheathing with grp indicates that damage/rot has occured at some stage and can hide too many nasties.
I hope the purchaser got a comprehensive survey done.
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Many 1960s hulls were cascover sheathed from new.
 
Lovely looking boat but looks to be a scary amount of work! What a great project though....if only I had the skills and the time :) Good luck!
 
Well done on restoring a beautiful old classic.
I take my hat off to you both.
Condensation must be a problem in the winter with those large saloon windows?
 
Big job, so hat's off for the effort in bringing a classic back to floating life again !

She has some nice, straight six Detroit Diesel 6/71 NA's on-board .... will last a lifetime or two those.. :)
 
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vas said:
hm,

service not available in my area...
need a UK vpn service :p

hope it will surface youtube at some point

V.
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Brief synopsis for you Vas and anyone else who cannot receive programme. Young married couple in their twenties cannot afford house prices in London. They have no boating experience whatsoever, but see a boat advertised on eBay and think that it would be a good idea to purchase it and do it up to live in. They purchase it without a survey for £14,000. They have a budget of £25,000 to reinstate it including an estimate of £5,000 to overhaul engines. They manage to get it into dry dock and find that one of the propeller shafts is bent (can't remember which side). They make a square box room in the shipbuilders shed with enough room for a bed fridge and cooker, and live there whilst they refurbish the boat. They complete it to a pretty good standard and it is now on a pontoon. They never got the damaged shaft repaired or I think the engine, but they got the other one operational. Their budget went through the roof eventually costing them £102,000 including the cost of the boat.
 
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