Removing Paint

Watch the youtube channel "sailing yaba" then you may get some idea of what could be in store, and yaba didn't look as rotten as this boat.
I agree with others "run away"
Do you have any interior pics?
 
Withdraw all the cash in your account, pile it up and set fire to it; have some sausages handy and you can eat while you're at it. I've never seen such terrible rot before on a boat not literally abandoned. Walk away, there are many prettier and better boats out there in equal need of an amnesiac spendthrift than this one.
 
I tried to strip back a painted early National 12 dinghy in the hope of varnishing it. I gave up and it was only 12ft long. In the end it looked pretty painted.

Reluctantly I agree with previous posts. This boat is not worth the pain and anguish, nor is it worth the cost of a survey. The pictures speak for themselves. Despite dreams of a gentleman's yacht I would politely walk away.
 
I whole heartedly agree with the comments above and I think to be on the safe side I will arrange for the boat to be surveyed. I feel there are many plus points the boat has to offer me and its hard not to be blinded by the positives and glossing over the negatives.. I did take extensive pictures both inside and outside especially the timbers (for a different reason) and to my untrained eye i couldnt see any signs of anything on the inside.
 
Problem is you can't see from the inside. It is only when you, say remove a plank you find all the frames are rotten, or remove that leaky deck and the beamshelf crumbles away. The more you take off the more rot you find and your photos just ring alarm bells for those of us who have been there before. I would not waste the £500 or so for a surveyor to tell you much the same as you have been hearing from many experienced people here.0

Difficult to see any plus points from what you have described.
 
I know how you feel but I agree with the comments above. I would hesitate to commit possibly £800 on a survey of that boat. In my non-boat-owning days I looked at a similar boat and fell in love with the beautiful interior with spacious cabins and great storage with hanging lockers and even drawers. But the boat was priced well beyond what I could afford. While I was still aboard, the broker came over and said that he felt that the owner was expecting too much and I could possibly offer a lot less and get the boat. In answer to a comment he also said that the boat had been surveyed already and found to " need a bit of work ".

I saw the same boat a few years later. It was missing a lot of planking and I could once again admire the interior but this time without going aboard. It was seriously rotten and I was glad that I had walked away.
 
We are restoring a 26ft wooden Falmouth working boat which got trashed in a storm last year. She fell off her beaching legs and shoved a few planks. However, she had been restored 2 years ago and already had some sistered ribs. When we started to strip her down we found that around 25% of planks were rotten, 8 saw ribs required replacing and the transom had cracked. That was what we reported to the owner (and agreed with the surveyor). However when we started walking on the half deck it felt slightly soft (but looked ok). We took that off and there was extensive rot including into the beam shelf and the deck beams. The top of the stem looked a bit soft, but by the time it was cut out we ended up with 3ft of new stem to scarf in. The moral is that until you start to strip down you won’t know what needs doing.
 
Being able to aquire the vessel for 2k or less says it all.
If you thought you could revarnish the hull when most of us see how really rotten it is is also a little concerning. Sry, not trying to be rude or insult you.
If your heart wants to restore the boat then it will certainly be a project we would like to see with progress updates as virtually anything can be "restored" if you have the money, the time and patience.
Many have started restoration projects with little experience and have come out the other end skilled and knowledgeable .
 
Rappey said:
Many have started restoration projects with little experience and have come out the other end skilled and knowledgeable .
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On the other hand many haven't had a happy ending and have needed therapy.........!
I'm halfway between the two outcomes!
As well as what others have stated, whatever you think it'll cost, put another zero on it.
However many hours you think it'll take, make it days not hours, and be aware that these things are done from the heart, not the head, so be careful.
 
I've had my current boat for 28 years which was not much more than a hull with some interior. It will never be fully finished as some repairs don't work out over time and need doing again, just maintenance, wanting to change something I did 28 years ago, the list goes on, but it's been seaworthy for 26 of those years.
Maintenance on a wooden boat becomes a chore as your doing what you've already done again,and again..
Restoring/rebuilding a boat is a little different though, can be challenging and enjoyable as your making something rather than just painting/varnishing.
Maybe the real skill lies in being able to tell if a boat is worth the effort in the first place.
Some boats just need a good clean and a coat of paint to look desirable again. Others will swallow up years of your life and savings.
 
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