JohnP
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2009
- Messages
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- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- V E N T U R E
- Vessel Make
- 1996 36' Island Gypsy Classic
Opening a can of worms here.
******* Lets say a friend of mine (okay me)* buys a quality trawler in the 42' to 48' range.
The boat is cheap but mechanically a nightmare.* The engines are not taken care of, rusty, oily, smokey.
The engine room is a tangle of wires and hoses everything is old and on its last legs.
To make matters worse one prop is bent the shaft suspect and a rudder cracked.
Okay you get the picture the boat is a project.
********* What if I gutted the engine room and started fresh. Everything new.
**********Dump the old engines and put a brand new modern engine on centerline
********** with new drive train and centerline rudder.
********* Even redo as new the instrument panel with a single engine layout.
********* Throw in a bow thruster for good measure.
Here is the question- I know it would be a fun project and take a lot of time and $$$
But would the boat be harder or easier to sell, compared to simular twin engine models with decent engines?
Basically I am asking is the boat being ruined or improved?
Seems supply is limitless in this size for twins and very few singles can be found.
I assume the boat with one modern engine would be more economical to run and maintain.
Okay let me have it.
JohnP
******* Lets say a friend of mine (okay me)* buys a quality trawler in the 42' to 48' range.
The boat is cheap but mechanically a nightmare.* The engines are not taken care of, rusty, oily, smokey.
The engine room is a tangle of wires and hoses everything is old and on its last legs.
To make matters worse one prop is bent the shaft suspect and a rudder cracked.
Okay you get the picture the boat is a project.
********* What if I gutted the engine room and started fresh. Everything new.
**********Dump the old engines and put a brand new modern engine on centerline
********** with new drive train and centerline rudder.
********* Even redo as new the instrument panel with a single engine layout.
********* Throw in a bow thruster for good measure.
Here is the question- I know it would be a fun project and take a lot of time and $$$
But would the boat be harder or easier to sell, compared to simular twin engine models with decent engines?
Basically I am asking is the boat being ruined or improved?
Seems supply is limitless in this size for twins and very few singles can be found.
I assume the boat with one modern engine would be more economical to run and maintain.
Okay let me have it.
JohnP