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crankcall said:
We are getting a lot of Bukh engines here now as repower projects since they are quite reasonable compared to Yanmar or John Deere marine , way more reliable and affordable than anything Volvo and Perkins / westerbeke seem to be vintage pieces . Bonus is they seem to also be designed for anyone to work on it , not an engineer/plumber/ electrical genius .
My guess is typo on age ,style and being a pilot boat makes it look post wwll , my thought is that Bukh is a replacement, it was almost certainly a gas unit of some kind earlier , being a pilot boat they would have needed way more than ten kts to pace and chase a freighter coming in or out. I like wood boats but I’m not touching that thing for free , seventy yrs of rot is outside my scope or budget .


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I used to work for Perkins 50+ years ago. They sold a lot of engines to the Lake Erie fishing fleet. Now IIRC they're owned by Cat.

That boat has nice hull lines but the cabin is a plywood shack. It's hard to get good lines on a boat under 30 feet if you want headroom below.

It reminds me of a line by Dolly Parton when being interviewed. "It takes a lot of money to look this trashy."
 
Since it's not worth starting a Bad Boaters of Ontario thread, here is a moron in a blowboat in port stanley. Tried to beat the bridge and failed. Bridge starts dropping at 2:20, boat enters the gap at 2:53.

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We saw a couple boats pass, and then the riffraff came and he went after the bridge was already closing so don’t do that. Don’t be a riffraff..
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An interesting project for someone. Down at the heel at the moment
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An interesting project for someone. Down at the heel at the moment
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If you paid zero, you're probably overpaying imo. No mention of sails in ad. Seller promotes the rarity as a plus. Only 5 in the world is a huge minus for a cheap boat. For cheap, I want thousands in the fleet so parts and knowledge are plentiful.
 
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If you paid zero, you're probably overpaying imo. No mention of sails in ad. Seller promotes the rarity as a plus. Only 5 in the world is a huge minus for a cheap boat. For cheap, I want thousands in the fleet so parts and knowledge are plentiful.
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I don't know if the ratios have changed but the hull and deck of a boat only represented 25% of the value. 75% of the value is power, rigging, deck stuff etc. Then there's the rebuilding labour.
 
In its day it probably was nice , now it’s a floating liability. The “encapsulated keel” is marketing term for a full keel that was built into the mold then filled with concrete or lead scraps and capped inside , it’s not better . Five was probably the initial commitment to get a production run and that’s all they sold . A great design is the Valiant ( Bob Perry ) or the Alberg ( Karl alberg) where they sold hundreds .
From the photos I’d guess thirty k to get it moving fifty to make it nice ish . Tow it to shore and introduce it to a chain saw before it sinks at the mooring.


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