Free triton

[Guy Johnson]

Found on Boston Craigslist 

1963 28.5' Triton Sloop. Good Condition. Relatively new main, hank on jib, roller reefing Genoa, colorful spinnaker. Owner got too old to handle.
Please call if interested. (508) 548-4442. 

• Location: Woods Hole, MA
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Guy

[Joel Bondy]

Free boats are usually worth what you pay for them! I've been helping a friend make sailable a boat he got for free, a C&C Corvette, 5 years newer than the Triton. Even parts we think are OK seem to crumble when touched.
 
But the Triton is a sweet boat. If I was near Woods Hole, I'd think of checking it out. Lesson not learned, obviously.

Joel
Pokey III
'78 P323 #101
Bayside, NY

 

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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:53:09 -0400
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Joel, The C&C Corvette is another sweet It was one of the company's first designs and was regarded as a good sailor.

 

PeterO ~~~~~~_/) ~~~~~~~

Lake Ontario at Rochester, New York

16' Cape Cod Bullseye

[Robert Franklin]

If its the boat I've seen floating in Little Harbor, off the Coast Guard Station, I can say it floats.  The old cliche that something free is worth what you pay for it, does not always apply to boats.  I know of several people in my club, who are sailing very nice boats that were free or almost. 

Giving up a boat can be a little like giving up a child and we all know the story of Solomon who proposed to divide the child between two mother's claiming ownership. Most would prefer to see the right N.O. (next owner) than a big bag of cash. 

Am I being overly naive, here?

Bob Franklin

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[Steve Reevy]

"...Most would prefer to see the right N.O. (next owner) than a big bag of cash..."

That depends - a lot of free or almost-free boats are priced that way because "It's been sitting under that tree for seven years now, just get it out of here!" Our Electra qualifies as one of those. It hasn't been anywhere near the water for years& the guy we bought it from got it for free... But we figure that for almost-free plus the cost of some serious DIY restoration (but nothign more than you have done on your various boats), we'll end up with a good ol' day sailer/ pocket cruiser.
S

[RICHARD USEN]

I’m not  so sure about that. I’ve bought a few boats over the years, some good, some abandoned. In almost all cases, the abandoned boats required several times as much work and the end result wasn’t near as good. In most cases the esthetics weren’t repairable. My best boat was a 42’ wooden yawl by Carl Alberg. It didn’t have a spec of rot, in spite of the fact that it was 25 years old. I had to replace a plank and the transom due to damage but the boat was worth it. When I sold it 8 years later, it looked new.

 

My present boat has good bones, a Tartan by Sparkman and Stephens. It was in basically good condition but had been ignored at a mooring for 5 years and looked it. It had been on the market for a year w/o an offer. But, the equipment and electronics were very recent the  rest was repairable w/ a lot of work and some $$.  Any buyer who didn’t do his own work couldn’t have afforded  to buy it. I put maybe $10,000 in labor and some $$ and it’s now back among the living. These boats were both more expensive than they should’ve been but to me were worth it because of their potential. You get what you pay for.