Basically… Our Tolly's actual PO (you’ll understand what I mean in a minute) was its orig purchaser. In his early 90's he could no longer use the boat.
Sold it to a master marine mechanic that had helped him keep the boat up and serviced it for 13 years. However, the master mechanic never really used it.
But, he did spend two years completely refurbishing it for he and his wife to enjoy. He rebuilt port engine and did top end job on stbd engine. Rebuilt port trany too. New Berber carpet with good soundproof marine underlayment. Thoroughly serviced the Kohler gen set. New upholstery on all mattresses. New bottom paint and zincs. High gloss hull buff/shine. New cutlass bearings. All portions of interior and exterior well cleaned. Refastened most railing stanchions. Cleaned the old name “Limey” completely off transom (orig owner was from England)… leaving us a fine location to have our boat name custom painted.
Unfortunately for him – divorce suddenly came into his life.
So, in disgust he put the Tollycraft on market… for a good price. Then he substantially dropped the price weekly. I was lucky enough to watch the steep, sudden price declines. We soon made a good cash deal. Also, all dining plates, utensils, kitchen ware, and cooking equipment was left aboard. Many hand tools and spare parts too.
We’ve been enjoying our Tolly tri cabin ever since!