[quote=BigMace]I will probably end up fixing it. I am not too afraid of fiberglass and getting my hands dirty in general. I've been around boats all of my life -- however this is my first sailboat repair experience.
I called my dad up today to lay the news on him.. Some drawn out silence in a few places.. but he gave me the okay to fix it. I think he is as anxious as I to see it in the water.
Some lady had it about 45min away from me. Apparently she had a H14 20 years ago that she turtled ~12miles offshore with her boyfriend. They couldn't get it back over so they swam back to shore. I believe she said it took them 9 hours to get back in. --- Overall it was just some traumatic event that scared her enough to never sail the Prindle. She said she picked it up from a friend nearly 10 years ago because she thought that one day she would go back out.
Not sure if what she said is true.. but it was an entertaining story hah.
I paid 700 for it. At the time, I thought it was a decent deal. The sails are very crisp and still bright in color. Has a double trap and 2 harnesses. All of the stainless cables are in good shape etc...The bottoms are still full of gel-coat with only a couple minor scratches in the hulls...Everything besides the hulls were stored inside her garage.
I did already buy decals, rope, batten caps, new tramp lines. Basically all of the non-stainless parts of the rigging.
So I am sitting at about $900 currently.. My goal was to keep it under $1000, but that has changed haha.
It looks like I am in the market for some epoxy and paint in my near future.[/quote]
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