Rehab of a Designers Choice 15
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:14 pm
I got a call from a neighbor asking if I knew anyone who wanted a sailboat before he called the junk guy.
I decided I'd drag it home and see what we could make of it.
This boat has sat outside at least 10 years, under the trees, with sails out in the cockpit and nothing taken care of.
That is not stone....that is non skid with lichen???
Digging out commences:
Hole in the main:
That is a jib:
Growth on the halyards:
Sails actually cleaned up way better than I thought....of course there is the issue of the holes!!
Not too shabby for a free boat:
So far I haven't put a dime into it...but the time to spend a bit approaches.
I still need to find the rudder, tiller, thwart and jib fairleads. (supposedly in the shed at the previous owners place) Compound the deck and hull. Get some tires from this decade. Register the trailer. Get the main sail patched. I am sure a bunch of other misc things...
More pics here:
http://andiamoadventures.blogspot.com/2 ... rehab.html
Info on the Designers Choice 15:
http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/20 ... ce-15.html
If anyone has a set of sails for one of these let me know. New suit will be about $1000.00!
I decided I'd drag it home and see what we could make of it.
This boat has sat outside at least 10 years, under the trees, with sails out in the cockpit and nothing taken care of.
That is not stone....that is non skid with lichen???
Digging out commences:
Hole in the main:
That is a jib:
Growth on the halyards:
Sails actually cleaned up way better than I thought....of course there is the issue of the holes!!
Not too shabby for a free boat:
So far I haven't put a dime into it...but the time to spend a bit approaches.
I still need to find the rudder, tiller, thwart and jib fairleads. (supposedly in the shed at the previous owners place) Compound the deck and hull. Get some tires from this decade. Register the trailer. Get the main sail patched. I am sure a bunch of other misc things...
More pics here:
http://andiamoadventures.blogspot.com/2 ... rehab.html
Info on the Designers Choice 15:
http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/20 ... ce-15.html
If anyone has a set of sails for one of these let me know. New suit will be about $1000.00!