Thanks for all the info. I do have all the rigging and the hardware
from when I took down the mast. THe cost involved in fixing and the
time wold be way to long and to much. I could just find one on the
internet and set sail.... That is why I think I will put a small
outboard on it and just push it around. I live 10 min from a couple
of islands and really great camping spots. I can fit my family on it
and we can at least get on the water... that is the main thing/
I love being on the water and so does my family
--- In T27Owners@..., <brian@...> wrote:
Ouch..... I think on that boat I would tell you to hunt down another
one. Your going to spend $4k getting it back to being a sailboat,
even
conservatively. You might find a mast for about $200. But the
boom,
hardware, running rigging (lines to work sails), standing rigging
are
gonna put you back $1500 even if you cheapskate it. Then you are
looking at another $1000 for sails if you buy them used.
The rigging is simple and straightforward, but I'm betting you don't
have chainplates either.
Sad sad sad. There should be a brass plate on the hatch you slide
back
to go in the boat. It will tell you what hull # you have. I have
#71
which is 1964 as well. I posted a link earlier on a boat on Long
Island
for $4K.
If you decide you have money to burn and want to restore this
boat......
plan to spend $5 to $7K. I (or another member) could measure
things for
you as you go. Although, frankly, you could pay Tartan $70 for a
copy
of hte plans and then rebuild from there. There are some things I
don't
like and would do differently, but that mainly involves making the
head
bigger so it could have a shower. I also took the floor out of my
v-berth and installed a Marine AC unit there. Makes my boat much
more
tolerable when it gets hot down here in Houston.
As for the other new member. The lazarette is sort of a bottomless
pit.
Although it is nice for certain things. :)
Brian Greul
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