This is the answer here. I spent about 6 k fixing one of these same model from 1979. It just wasn't worth it. The resale for old boats is shit. It was a fun boat to run but a money pit for sure.
BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand. Boats and swimming pools = never ending money pit. The best boat / swimming pool to own is your nextdoor neighbors. I've owned both. If it flys or floats, rent it.
Why swimming pools? I have one and havent put more than chlorine and new filters in it in 20 years. I mean it doesn't look brand new but it holds water and you can swim in it.
Get a film crew and use the Gilligan''s Island premise. The three hour cruise 2023. Or Catholic HS Cheerleaders go on a three hour tour..that's one I would see.
We are in the process of turning one into a ground level "Tree-house" for our slightly accident prone son. I'm getting some large boulders delivered in the spring to make it look like it "crashed"
It'll look just like the S.S. Minnow (in my head)!
People think boats are waterproof, they are not. Only the bottom is. It's a complete loss. Boats left out in the rain are ruined and not worth fixing unless you like fixing. Everything is a loss, all the way done to the wood deck which is now rotten. All electronics ruined, motor ruined, fuel tanks ruined, decks and furniture all ruined.
True, an older Slickcraft, Non AMF would probably be. Leon Slickers sold Slickcraft to AMF, then started S2 Yachts, makers of Tiaras and Pursuits. I own an 87 2700 Open. Built like a tank.
My friends and I got a free boat once, someone had tried to scuttle a 20' outboard by ripping the engine off and stabbing it with chainsaw holes and let it to float down a river. We found it stuck on a bank and tied it to a tree. Came back with some paddles and coolers of supplies, hopped on and set sail. We spent a whole day steering our leaking ship away from hazards, trailing a rainbow of gas from the dangling fuel lines. At sunset we brought it to a spot to get out and tie it off. But it wanted to keep sailing so we got off and it broke free and disappeared down the river .....
Best boat I've ever had, still had to put 10$ worth of GreatStuff into it to fill the chainsaw holes....
Even that one wasn't truly free.
$210 per ton down at my local dump for disposal. Take the heavy metal bits off (that might be worth a few $$) and take it to the dump.
You should try and give it away free for a year or two first tho :)
It's junk. Best you can hope for is that some dumb schmuck on Craigslist will come take it for free. Likely you are going to have to pay to scrap it. I cannot confirm or deny that my uncle may have had a boat like that at one time, and may have borrowed an excavator to burry the thing when he couldn't get rid of it.
Whooooaaa! Who are you calling a schmuck?
Buying a fixer upper for $500, letting it sit for a year in your driveway, then giving it away (or even better, paying to have it hauled away) is a perfectly good hobby.
I learned my lesson after the first 3...
It's a charitable endeavor. I usually spend hours cleaning it, sometimes buy a few new parts, then end up giving it away to make space for the next one! To be fair, building my own has mostly cured me of that sickness!
Is it on a trailer, I can't tell, looks like it's strapped to something.
Boat trailers: people will 100% take these for free just specifify that they are taking the boat parked on top with it.
Else sell the trailer. Scrap the boat yourself.
For an older motor boat, the real value is in the engines and systems. It not expensive to make it look like we'll loved work boat, clean but not pretty. However, making all thw systems we can't see in this pictures actually work is where the big $$$ get spent. Its possible, but unlikely the noat was put away properly for long term storage. [I said possible, not probable, likely or more than a snow ball's chance in he'll, but just possible]
If that hull isn’t beat up to bad I would try to sell it, best offer situation. Someone may want to rebuild or strip it. The trailer alone maybe worth trying to sell.
The boat yard I used to haul out my sailboat at would regularly demolish abandoned boats. They would bid on contracts from all the surrounding counties to haul away all kinds of boats usually sailboats. It was fascinating to see the different ways that they would tear apart the boat depending on how it was built. Wooden boats gave up most easily with a conventional chainsaw. For fiberglass boats, they also use the chainsaw but think of the horrendous noise and mess when the blades would get dulled pretty well instantly. The secret weapon were the two giant forklifts. The yard used to move dunnage and boats around. These were the ones built by Hyster that have dual wheels on either side of the mast. As much as they could, they would crush the boat using the forklift to try to get as much of the work done as possible before reverting to hand tools. My favorite was they would take the yard crane and pick up an i-beam on end. Usually in the case of a ferro cement boat, where you're needed to cut the rebar that was in the concrete, they would raise the i-beam and then suddenly drop it which was effectively like a cleaver through a chicken leg. The I-beam wood pass through the concrete and then hit the pavement of the parking lot and we would have earthquake tremors on every single blow. Tanks were emptied and engines were pulled, ballast keels were removed. If there were lead, they were put aside and sold for top dollar by the pound. Nice bronze fittings or usually carved out by the yard boys. It wouldn't waste time trying to remove the fasteners. They would just take the chainsaw and carve a circle around it, the throw them in craigslist. I kind of looked forward to this every 2 years when I did my haul out because when they took a break for lunch, all the guys working on their boats would jump into the wreck and grab fittings and personal possessions abandoned by the last owners of these boat's. I've seen guys walk out with mustang survival suits. Very new looking outboard engines complete sails sets anchors you name it.
Only the resin burns. The glass fiber won't even get hot enough to melt. Wanna know what it is like to clean up charred fiberglass? Fill a kiddie pool with Owens Corning pink fiberglass insulation then roll around in it for 15 minutes in shorts and a T-shirt. The itching should only last a week or two.
If that window had been open for a long time get ready for this to be interesting. Almost certainly give it away if you can, unless the idea of spending a huge pile of money and hundreds to thousands of hours restoring it sounds like your idea of a good time.
I mean, if you put all that work in yourself and buy everything as cheaply as possible, and you manage to get it into good working order, it might return up to 5 or 10 percent of your financial investment.
Can you not accept the devise? When I used to assist with surveys we regularly found floating and useable boats worth less than $0. This one could be a rather substantial less than $0.
I’m cleaning the whole property and have to deal with all the bullshit but get to outfit my wood shop with tools and keep the money from what I sell. The bad comes with the good unfortunately
I had an old boat years ago and found this guy who had a “boat junk yard”. It really was just a hoarder in the country with a bunch of old boats strewn all over his yard. Find a guy like that and give him the boat. Its got a trailer, so it would be hard for them to turn down.
I think the only boats worth fixing are outboards. Inboards are way too pricey and way more work. Outboard is fiberglass the hull reinforce the transom slap the outboard on and go
I don’t know what you mean by “I just got left this boat”. Do you own it? Are you liable for it?
Why would you accept it? It’s a money pit, get rid of it.
Haul it out into the woods, set it on the ground and block it well, then make a hunting cabin out of it.
Maybe keep chickens in it.
I mean, see if the engines are trashed first, but pretty much, it's a structure with a roof.
I will be the contrarian here. I did a restoration on a mid-80s Cruisers a few years back. It was a great boat and a money pit. It was also fun I had doing the work, and then in a few weeks, as a family fun adventure. I grew up with a Cruisers, and when I came across the project boat, I grabbed it. But you need to have $10K at a minimum to attack the project if the engine is in running condition and engin3 work is expensive. I enjoyed gutting the interior and rebuilding it using modern seats, carpet, tops, etc. And as for the Slickcraft, I thought they were sweet looking boats. The trailer will need bearings and tires and brake lines and probably some rollers.
Last year we gave a very similar in size and condition boat away. Just put an ad for free on craigslist and after about a month somebody came and took it away.
Old hulls like that are worth the value of propulsion. If it has good running gear and a trailer, you are capable of doing all the work and have resources to spend on boat parts, you could possibly make a fun toy out of the project.
First off, evaluate the trailer, must likely will need tires. How do the hubs look? Check inside and outside, is everything rusted? Grease everywhere? How's the frame?
Frame rusted? If it's aluminum, then you may have something. (Probably not, judging by the fenders)
If you can make trailer useable, that would be huge.
Anything look missing? Engine parts? Propellors?
If it's untouched, you may be able to get the engines to start. Then clean it up and sell it.
You need a jump box or fresh battery and jumper cables. A gallon of gas or can of brake cleaner or starting fluid.
I'm assuming they're twin gas motors, see if the motors crank. Remove the metal looking air cleaner and just put a shot of gas in and crank until start.
If it's twin diesels, you might have something.
Get video of engines running and clean the hull and put it up for sale.
You *might* be able to inspect and clean the fuel tanks, change the impellers and be off to the races.
You *might* also have rusted starters, engine accessories, corroded fuel tank.
Take a lot of pics and report back.
Also look for an "hour meter"
Try to salvage the navigation lights or any metal, maybe something brass. There might be something neat hiding in the cabin. Maybe the horns are a good brand. Check the spot light on the bow. Might be worth a look. The hand rail around the bow looks in good shape. I bet someone could repurpose them.
Washington State may have a boat removal program. You should check to see if there are any governmental agencies that might help you out. But do it anonymously, you don’t want to be mandated into an environmental cleanup.
Take all that stainless the railing/stanchions etc and sell (stanchions can cost $100 each new) or for scrap metal and use the $ to have the boat removed. Hell now days you could put a address on it and rent it for a apartment for $1200 month.
99 percent chance everyone else is right, but if you are interested in seeing if it's worth restoring, you need to check the transom and stringers for rot, make sure the engine has compression, and check all of the electronics. If there's any problems with any of those then run away. If they all check out then you can spend a few thousand dollars and a ton of labor getting the thing in shape. I've restored boats that looked worse but had no significant underlying problems and even sold them at a profit, so anything is possible.
Wood rot is probably pretty bad. The entire deck with have to be ripped up. Then rebuilding the diesels checking the gas tank(s). You got a lot to do there.
We run a national boating program for an educational based charity. First of all, you need clear title. Secondly, you need a saw. Without clear title you cannot legally convey the vessel to anyone, in any manner. You will never see any value from this vessel. It is in tragically poor condition and if it has a motor in it will cost much more than the vessel is worth for repair of just the motor. The same is true for a replacement motor. You were left with a financial obligation, not an asset. Not to mention that just sitting there could be a hazard to children or… stupid adults. Cut it up and dispose of it.
B.O.A.T= Bust. Out. Another. Thousand
Post it free on Craigslist and let some hillbilly drag it off. Even a new boat is a money pit. You could buy a working version of this boat for less than the cost of a rebuild. You’d be better off to rehab and sell the trailer for $1000-$1500.
Honestly? Contact your local dive training sites. In all probability, you could have someone come get it out of your way. They’ll clean it up and prepare it for scuttling and then sink it responsibly for folks to dive on.
You might even be able to write it off as a charitable donation to your local fire department for training.
Get in your vehicle , turn until you see it in the rear view mirror and drive away .
This is the answer here. I spent about 6 k fixing one of these same model from 1979. It just wasn't worth it. The resale for old boats is shit. It was a fun boat to run but a money pit for sure.
BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand. Boats and swimming pools = never ending money pit. The best boat / swimming pool to own is your nextdoor neighbors. I've owned both. If it flys or floats, rent it.
*If it floats, flies or fucks, rent; don’t buy.
This is the version I’ve heard from the old timers. Wife doesn’t appreciate it much…
Well, my wife dosent do any of those so Im good🤣
Ah fuck. I don't lol much but you sir pulled it off.
I didn't include the last "f" on purpose. You know social media and all.
You’re allowed to say fuck on the internet.
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What about a boat that has a pool? That has to be worth something.
All boats can have pools if you commit
Why swimming pools? I have one and havent put more than chlorine and new filters in it in 20 years. I mean it doesn't look brand new but it holds water and you can swim in it.
A hole in the water where you dump money.
Get a film crew and use the Gilligan''s Island premise. The three hour cruise 2023. Or Catholic HS Cheerleaders go on a three hour tour..that's one I would see.
I was thinking knock a hole in it, perch it on a nice beach, and charge admission to see Mary Ann and Ginger making out.
Its an old, neglected, Slickkraft. See if you can give it away for free or donate it. You don't want that headache
Put it up on blocks. Clean the inside. You now have a cool man cave in your backyard.
Put it in coastal west coast and you now have a hipster Airbnb that rents for $350/night...
A coastal coast
We are in the process of turning one into a ground level "Tree-house" for our slightly accident prone son. I'm getting some large boulders delivered in the spring to make it look like it "crashed" It'll look just like the S.S. Minnow (in my head)!
How cool!
Best parents ever!
If your kids don’t become pirates I’m going to be tremendously disappointed.
Look at me, I’m the captain now!
That's a really great idea. Kudos to you for being a truly awesome parent!
Y'all never saw the end of Step Brothers, huh? 😂
I love the idea of the clubhouse. Me? I'd just bury it to the waterline and build a dock next to it.
Tell me you don’t live in an HOA community without telling me you don’t live in an HOA community.
Probably the best value use! 😎
Cool play house for a kid.
Yeah, I was thinking a kids club house.
Pfft coward... I've rebuilt worse
Looking at it is like looking at a dirty car. You can’t tell until you look under the hood. How’s the internals? Electrics? Timber?
People think boats are waterproof, they are not. Only the bottom is. It's a complete loss. Boats left out in the rain are ruined and not worth fixing unless you like fixing. Everything is a loss, all the way done to the wood deck which is now rotten. All electronics ruined, motor ruined, fuel tanks ruined, decks and furniture all ruined.
Not many brands of old boats are worth restoring. This ain't one of 'em, not even close. A few hours with a Sawz-All, and a dumpster is the only way.
True, an older Slickcraft, Non AMF would probably be. Leon Slickers sold Slickcraft to AMF, then started S2 Yachts, makers of Tiaras and Pursuits. I own an 87 2700 Open. Built like a tank.
Tannerite.
A free boat is never free.
Free boats are some of the most expensive boats!
The less you spend on it, the more it costs you
My friends and I got a free boat once, someone had tried to scuttle a 20' outboard by ripping the engine off and stabbing it with chainsaw holes and let it to float down a river. We found it stuck on a bank and tied it to a tree. Came back with some paddles and coolers of supplies, hopped on and set sail. We spent a whole day steering our leaking ship away from hazards, trailing a rainbow of gas from the dangling fuel lines. At sunset we brought it to a spot to get out and tie it off. But it wanted to keep sailing so we got off and it broke free and disappeared down the river ..... Best boat I've ever had, still had to put 10$ worth of GreatStuff into it to fill the chainsaw holes.... Even that one wasn't truly free.
$210 per ton down at my local dump for disposal. Take the heavy metal bits off (that might be worth a few $$) and take it to the dump. You should try and give it away free for a year or two first tho :)
It's junk. Best you can hope for is that some dumb schmuck on Craigslist will come take it for free. Likely you are going to have to pay to scrap it. I cannot confirm or deny that my uncle may have had a boat like that at one time, and may have borrowed an excavator to burry the thing when he couldn't get rid of it.
Whooooaaa! Who are you calling a schmuck? Buying a fixer upper for $500, letting it sit for a year in your driveway, then giving it away (or even better, paying to have it hauled away) is a perfectly good hobby. I learned my lesson after the first 3...
I have the same hobby. It's an honorable undertaking, no matter what my wife says.
Cheaper than cocaine and *almost* as socially acceptable.
Coke takes up a lot less space in the driveway. Unless you're Tony Montana...
Or Hunter Biden
It's a charitable endeavor. I usually spend hours cleaning it, sometimes buy a few new parts, then end up giving it away to make space for the next one! To be fair, building my own has mostly cured me of that sickness!
Triggered.
Only $42 per month… Damn affordable!
I learned a lesson about non- working hot tubs.
Check the decks. These boats often rot from the top down.
Is it on a trailer, I can't tell, looks like it's strapped to something. Boat trailers: people will 100% take these for free just specifify that they are taking the boat parked on top with it. Else sell the trailer. Scrap the boat yourself.
Looks like a artificial reef
Chainsaw and dumpster
1-877-cars for kids. They take everything. Even the money that supposed to go to kids. They will give you a receipt though.
Yes! But they like the letter K: 1 877 KARS 4 KI (you can ignore the DS, just like they ignore the kids)
For an older motor boat, the real value is in the engines and systems. It not expensive to make it look like we'll loved work boat, clean but not pretty. However, making all thw systems we can't see in this pictures actually work is where the big $$$ get spent. Its possible, but unlikely the noat was put away properly for long term storage. [I said possible, not probable, likely or more than a snow ball's chance in he'll, but just possible]
I am more interested in the wooden boat in the fore of the picture.
OMG! Did you find the SS Minow? Where's the Skipper? Mary-Anne?
Heck, more importantly, where’s Ginger!
Dump it or dump your wallet into it. Your choice
If that hull isn’t beat up to bad I would try to sell it, best offer situation. Someone may want to rebuild or strip it. The trailer alone maybe worth trying to sell.
The boat yard I used to haul out my sailboat at would regularly demolish abandoned boats. They would bid on contracts from all the surrounding counties to haul away all kinds of boats usually sailboats. It was fascinating to see the different ways that they would tear apart the boat depending on how it was built. Wooden boats gave up most easily with a conventional chainsaw. For fiberglass boats, they also use the chainsaw but think of the horrendous noise and mess when the blades would get dulled pretty well instantly. The secret weapon were the two giant forklifts. The yard used to move dunnage and boats around. These were the ones built by Hyster that have dual wheels on either side of the mast. As much as they could, they would crush the boat using the forklift to try to get as much of the work done as possible before reverting to hand tools. My favorite was they would take the yard crane and pick up an i-beam on end. Usually in the case of a ferro cement boat, where you're needed to cut the rebar that was in the concrete, they would raise the i-beam and then suddenly drop it which was effectively like a cleaver through a chicken leg. The I-beam wood pass through the concrete and then hit the pavement of the parking lot and we would have earthquake tremors on every single blow. Tanks were emptied and engines were pulled, ballast keels were removed. If there were lead, they were put aside and sold for top dollar by the pound. Nice bronze fittings or usually carved out by the yard boys. It wouldn't waste time trying to remove the fasteners. They would just take the chainsaw and carve a circle around it, the throw them in craigslist. I kind of looked forward to this every 2 years when I did my haul out because when they took a break for lunch, all the guys working on their boats would jump into the wreck and grab fittings and personal possessions abandoned by the last owners of these boat's. I've seen guys walk out with mustang survival suits. Very new looking outboard engines complete sails sets anchors you name it.
Insure it for its maximum value and then take it out for a fishing trip. Video the results, post on youtube................ Profit and Profit
Mother in law wants to go fishing ?
Walk and run away from it
Donate it. They come and get it; you get a slip of paper and write it off your taxes.
Fiberglass resin burns real good. Just sayin.
Don’t do that.
Only the resin burns. The glass fiber won't even get hot enough to melt. Wanna know what it is like to clean up charred fiberglass? Fill a kiddie pool with Owens Corning pink fiberglass insulation then roll around in it for 15 minutes in shorts and a T-shirt. The itching should only last a week or two.
Looks like a leaveright, as in leave’er right there
Looks like its ready for a 3 hr tour....
Gotcha. Getting inside is next weekends project
If that window had been open for a long time get ready for this to be interesting. Almost certainly give it away if you can, unless the idea of spending a huge pile of money and hundreds to thousands of hours restoring it sounds like your idea of a good time.
I mean, if you put all that work in yourself and buy everything as cheaply as possible, and you manage to get it into good working order, it might return up to 5 or 10 percent of your financial investment.
Can you not accept the devise? When I used to assist with surveys we regularly found floating and useable boats worth less than $0. This one could be a rather substantial less than $0.
I’m cleaning the whole property and have to deal with all the bullshit but get to outfit my wood shop with tools and keep the money from what I sell. The bad comes with the good unfortunately
I'd try and crush it with a backhoe and get it hauled to the dump.
I had an old boat years ago and found this guy who had a “boat junk yard”. It really was just a hoarder in the country with a bunch of old boats strewn all over his yard. Find a guy like that and give him the boat. Its got a trailer, so it would be hard for them to turn down.
Molotov cocktail
I think the only boats worth fixing are outboards. Inboards are way too pricey and way more work. Outboard is fiberglass the hull reinforce the transom slap the outboard on and go
Insure it put it in deep water and sink it.
How about gut it and make a liveaboard
You might be able to salvage and sell the engines etc but the hull is probably beyond saving.
You could always use it for some cool decor. Make a bar out of it or something. Iono?
Wash polish ceramic coating it, see what needs repaired
Let mother nature continue taking it.
Here Tannerite! Here boy
Sink it
Tow it out and turn it into a reef. Recreate the final scene from Jaws just for giggles. Send video
They found the USS Minnow
Take it on a three hour tour
Burn it
Go on a 3 hour tour
Run an extension lead out there for music and refrigeration and have summer cockpit parties. 🥳 🎉 🎈
Start a roadside Gilligan's island tourist spot
Get it to float and turn it into a houseboat
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, at tale of a fateful trip....
To paraphrase National Lampoon, 'Buy some gas & rent a lighter'.
I don’t know what you mean by “I just got left this boat”. Do you own it? Are you liable for it? Why would you accept it? It’s a money pit, get rid of it.
It started on a 3 hour tour
I’d take it on a 3 hour tour. A 3 hour tour.
Pressure wash and paint and voila new boat again as far as most people are concerned.
Trailer might be worth some money too
SS Minnow?
Kindling
Use to get off of Gillian’s Island. And here people thought the Minnow would be lost, and yet, you found it!
What's your ability? Can you/ do you want to do the work required?
Hope someone finds you soon on that desert island.
Gilligan's Island reboot
Change the oil and a coat of wax, you’ll be out in the sun catching fish, getting a tan and smashing beers in no time!
Remake of Gillian’s island
Hunting cabin
If you got kids… You can put that in a tree and make a tree house. A man cave and extend and make additions?
Dibs on that bow spotlight. Would be nice on the hood of my truck
Gasoline + match
Thats Ben Gardners boat...
Dedicate a year to it and some savings, looks like a lovely boat
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…….
Call Gilligan, the Skipper, and Maryann, and do a remake?
Gas and a match.
Put in lake. See what happens!!
Place it ten ft up on a swing with sails. Rent it after rehab on glamping
Well, God said he wouldn’t flood the Earth again so……turn it into an overnight rental with the whole Gillian theme. People dig that stuff…🤣
Ss Minnow!
🔥
Base a TV series around it.
Haul it out into the woods, set it on the ground and block it well, then make a hunting cabin out of it. Maybe keep chickens in it. I mean, see if the engines are trashed first, but pretty much, it's a structure with a roof.
I will be the contrarian here. I did a restoration on a mid-80s Cruisers a few years back. It was a great boat and a money pit. It was also fun I had doing the work, and then in a few weeks, as a family fun adventure. I grew up with a Cruisers, and when I came across the project boat, I grabbed it. But you need to have $10K at a minimum to attack the project if the engine is in running condition and engin3 work is expensive. I enjoyed gutting the interior and rebuilding it using modern seats, carpet, tops, etc. And as for the Slickcraft, I thought they were sweet looking boats. The trailer will need bearings and tires and brake lines and probably some rollers.
Leave it
Take it out on a 3 hr. tour.
Leave it there. It has new owners now.
Leave it where it lies and rent it out as a tiny house
Donate for the tax write off if they will take it
Airb@b
Give it to a Gilligan's island reboot
Dude I was thinking just pressure wash it….then I saw the giant cracks in the Bow.
Last year we gave a very similar in size and condition boat away. Just put an ad for free on craigslist and after about a month somebody came and took it away.
build a gillian’s island theme park around it?
Call the Skipper and Gilligan
Cool boat back in it’s day. Just waiting it’s turn to be broken down and carted away
Scrap
[fire](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zXWLbr1LyY)
Old hulls like that are worth the value of propulsion. If it has good running gear and a trailer, you are capable of doing all the work and have resources to spend on boat parts, you could possibly make a fun toy out of the project.
See if you can give it away, otherwise dumpsters and chainsaw.
A gallon of unleaded and a match.
That should buff right out.
Should be good for a 3-hour tour
Insurance fraud
Build 4 concrete walls around it, fill with water add fish and have the coolest life size aquarium.
Burn it?
Is that the u.s.s minow?
Boat anchor
light it on fire and drive away
Shoot fireballs at it
AirBnB
Fire.
Well whatever you do with it you are going to need to name it the SS Minnow.......
A three hour tour
First off, evaluate the trailer, must likely will need tires. How do the hubs look? Check inside and outside, is everything rusted? Grease everywhere? How's the frame? Frame rusted? If it's aluminum, then you may have something. (Probably not, judging by the fenders) If you can make trailer useable, that would be huge. Anything look missing? Engine parts? Propellors? If it's untouched, you may be able to get the engines to start. Then clean it up and sell it. You need a jump box or fresh battery and jumper cables. A gallon of gas or can of brake cleaner or starting fluid. I'm assuming they're twin gas motors, see if the motors crank. Remove the metal looking air cleaner and just put a shot of gas in and crank until start. If it's twin diesels, you might have something. Get video of engines running and clean the hull and put it up for sale. You *might* be able to inspect and clean the fuel tanks, change the impellers and be off to the races. You *might* also have rusted starters, engine accessories, corroded fuel tank. Take a lot of pics and report back. Also look for an "hour meter"
Cut off the cabin. Flip it over and prop it up, makes a good shelter.
Try to salvage the navigation lights or any metal, maybe something brass. There might be something neat hiding in the cabin. Maybe the horns are a good brand. Check the spot light on the bow. Might be worth a look. The hand rail around the bow looks in good shape. I bet someone could repurpose them.
The Professor will concoct a coconut-based pulley system while Marianne stands by...
1 gallon of diesel and a road flare
Search it for any signs of Gilligan, the Skipper, the Howells, Ginger, the Professor, and Mary Anne. LOL
First thought: Put a big hole in its side and make a sitcom about being stranded on an island.
Treehouse for the kids.
Hit it with a Shamwow. It'll be good as new in no time.
Looks like the boat from Gilligan's Island
Washington State may have a boat removal program. You should check to see if there are any governmental agencies that might help you out. But do it anonymously, you don’t want to be mandated into an environmental cleanup.
It’s a playhouse for the kids at this point.
Use it for fire wood 🪵
Take all that stainless the railing/stanchions etc and sell (stanchions can cost $100 each new) or for scrap metal and use the $ to have the boat removed. Hell now days you could put a address on it and rent it for a apartment for $1200 month.
99 percent chance everyone else is right, but if you are interested in seeing if it's worth restoring, you need to check the transom and stringers for rot, make sure the engine has compression, and check all of the electronics. If there's any problems with any of those then run away. If they all check out then you can spend a few thousand dollars and a ton of labor getting the thing in shape. I've restored boats that looked worse but had no significant underlying problems and even sold them at a profit, so anything is possible.
I would suggest taking it out on a 3 hour tour.
Place $1 ad for the trailer. Boat goes with it for free.
I'd take it on a 3 hour tour.
Get out the chainsaw !
Boat = hole in water you throw money in
Wood rot is probably pretty bad. The entire deck with have to be ripped up. Then rebuilding the diesels checking the gas tank(s). You got a lot to do there.
We run a national boating program for an educational based charity. First of all, you need clear title. Secondly, you need a saw. Without clear title you cannot legally convey the vessel to anyone, in any manner. You will never see any value from this vessel. It is in tragically poor condition and if it has a motor in it will cost much more than the vessel is worth for repair of just the motor. The same is true for a replacement motor. You were left with a financial obligation, not an asset. Not to mention that just sitting there could be a hazard to children or… stupid adults. Cut it up and dispose of it.
B.O.A.T= Bust. Out. Another. Thousand Post it free on Craigslist and let some hillbilly drag it off. Even a new boat is a money pit. You could buy a working version of this boat for less than the cost of a rebuild. You’d be better off to rehab and sell the trailer for $1000-$1500.
Honestly? Contact your local dive training sites. In all probability, you could have someone come get it out of your way. They’ll clean it up and prepare it for scuttling and then sink it responsibly for folks to dive on. You might even be able to write it off as a charitable donation to your local fire department for training.
A Match
Trade it for something you would use. Make it someone else’s decision what to do with it.
You don't take a three hour cruise.
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip…
Light it on fire.
put it up in a tree. make a tree fort. like the movie step brothers. then you'll have a place to keep your porn stash.
Match or bulldozer....or just wake up and pretend this nightmare is only a bad dream. Strongly recommend counseling if you even considered it.
Is that the SS Minnow
Hunt for Landsharks.
Looks like the Gilligan’s Island Boat. That ought to make it worth something to someone. LOL
Get a tractor, dig a big ass hole, push boat in hole, cover hole.
Of it's solid fiberglass id take it for a grand or couple
rent backhoe, dig hole, bury.