Those of you who know me I'm sure are not surprised that I have a 24 foot sailboat in my backyard now. Those of you who do not know me, well, this is my fourth boat (meaning I now own four boats.) Yes, I'm aware that I have a problem.
I recently purchased a 1977 Bayliner Buccaneer 240 sailboat with trailer. I bought this project boat for very little money. The boat is in pretty good condition with the exception of a large hole in the bottom of the keel. This has caused active water leaking for about a year now. It's been sitting in a slip leaking about two gallons of water every hour. An automatic bilge pump kicks on occasionally and keeps the water out. Of course everything under the sole is waterlogged. The boat has not been out of the water in a very long time, probably several years or longer.
The floor is solid and the interior (pictures of that will come later) is actually not in very bad shape. Everything on the inside seems very solid and there are no indications of wood rot. Of course I won't know for sure until I pull up the
sole. It will need a total refit however. The purpose of this blog is to chronicle the process of the repair and refit of the vessel. I also hope to get many comments from some of the very knowledgeable boat builders out there.
Photos of the boat can be seen here:
http://www.vonmiller.com/Bucc240/just_arrived/just_arrived.html
