Update as of Septembe 17: Boat for sale raises interesting possibilities

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Great boat.... think he might be missing a zero or ill come over there right now.
If you have a kicker the fishing side would not be too bad on gas but running a day on (what i think) is a marine 350 would be costly. Looking about 100 bux a month for moorage or 8-12 dollars per launch, if you only go out 2-4 times a month I would trailer it.
Those motors are easy to work on though and any car mechanical experiance would go along way to getting that running good. A good start would be to rip out the points ignition and throw a HEI distributer in it (although not marine) would make on heck of a diff on how it runs and the amount of tune up time required every year
These are definately a west coast desinged, built and tested and would be exactly the same as the same year Hourston that are (not sure about then) built on Annacis Isle

Re: Boat for sale raises interesting possibilities

I don't believe there is a zero missing from the price, as it was typed in twice. I was going to phone tonite, but I just realize that I left the phone number at work.

Any way if the boat is still for sale, my preference would be to get together with 11 other people ( from North Shore and Vancouver) from this forum and buy it jointly, providing there is no legal messiness involved, and providing insurance is available to cover liability. We would work out a sharing arrangement.

Will confirm tomorrow if the boat is still for sale, and if so arrange to look at it soon.

Meanwhile, I wish some one would post an estimate of the annual cost of ownership as I orginally requested.

Regards to all.

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gigahoo said:

Meanwhile, I wish some one would post an estimate of the annual cost of ownership as I orginally requested.

Regards to all.

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my guess would be, $2000-3000 annually
I'm thinking that’s on the low side, there are so many factors to way in.

$500 year for full insurance
$500 year minor boat repairs
$300 year lost or broken gear
$300 + month for moorage (north shore)
$100 a day in gas


If something major needs replacing on the boat, a $1000 bill is normal.
if you need a new motor, the boat is junk.

This idea would work but it needs to be a new boat.
and replaced every 3 years.

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I had a 1972 18 1/2 ft double eagle with volvo 280 and 351 Wakashaw Ford v8. Definetly the worst boat I ever owned! Too short and too big of v hull at the back . Don't be fooled by the deep transom at the back . This boat has too much weight for the surface area of the hull and therefore has a very high planing speed and becomes very dangerous in rough water. This boat will virtually stand on end in a following sea and your only way out of the hole is turn to the left and full power climbing out sideways. You'll get a sore arm playing the throttle. Make sure you weigh the boat and compare it with the original weight if you can find the specs somewhere. Hopefully the foam is the new type as most hulls were warerlogged. Ive' got an old 1972 22' lynwood now. No bowing up at any speed on this boat. What a difference

gigahoo said:

Someone posted this ad where I work:

1972 19 FOOT DOUBLE EAGLE BOAT (Lower Mainland): Placing add for my father-in law. 1972 19 foot Double Eagle boat with trailer and 265 HP V8 Volvo Penta Inboard/outboard motor. Gutted and reworked in 1993. Comes with anchor package, downriggers, fridge and sink, VHF radio, trim tabs, swim grid and lots of extras. Engine needs little labour and boat needs some TLC. $500 obo Asking Price: $ 500 obo.

I know very little about boats over 12 feet in length. Say I fixed it up. What would the total annual cost of ownership would be? insurance? maintenance? fuel for a day of fishing? mooring at a marina?

Anyone familar how this kind of boat can perform?

Perhaps it would be worth while to share ownership with say, a dozen members from this forum? share trips? For myself, I doubt I would do more than ten trips per year. I live in North Vancouver.

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Update: the boat is still available and I've arranged to see it tomorrow. I will send an update tomorrow. For what its worth, the owner tells me it is in not that bad a shape.

Thanks for the feedback. For discussion purposes it seems that annual costs are something like:

$500 year for full insurance
$500 year minor boat mantenance
$300 year lost or broken gear
3600 year for moorage (north shore)

almost $5000 total,

plus add an allowance of $2000 for major work and the total comes to
$7000. That's roughly $425 to $600 each annually with 12 persons sharing.

plus I expect that in the first year there will be additional costs to bring the boat up to standard.

Regards to all.

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Update: I had a look at the boat this evening. It is out of the water. Exterior hull and roof look OK to me. The interior cabin, which is open at the rear (ie no door) smells strongly of mildew. If purchased I would definitely want the cabin and seats reupholstered, and the smell has got to go.

Boat has a VHF radio, dept sounder/fish finder. Includes anchor kit. Fish tank. Risers. Toilet under the bow.

Also a cooler that looks like a fridge (veritical door), and there is a sink on top of it.

Seems room enought for 3 or 4, or 2 for over night.

Does not include a kicker motor any more.

I have no way of judging the electronics and motor. Apparently, on the last trip, the motor failed; turning the key caused the engine to turn but failed to start; so they returned using the kicker motor which was installed at the time. Owner is not interested spending case to locate source of problem, but suggests it is likely not too serious.

It will take some money to refresh the boat.

If interested, note cost estimate above, and contact me and state any experience handling boats of this size, if any. And I'll try to arrange a group viewing of the boat next mid week, North Shore, around 6 pm with a view toward doing a group purchase if there is a consen$u$ to do so. No obligation...even I am not sure about this.

Will return on Monday.

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Gigahoo.....one thing to bear in mind is "moorage" vs "storage" in Van/N.Van. It mentions a trailer so you don't necessarily have to keep it in the water if you have a vehicle to launch it with. Not sure about N.Van but you should inquire with Burrard Civic about the costs to keep the boat in their yard. There "may" be a waiting list but we are nearing the so-called "end" of the "boating/fishing season" for a lot of people.

In a marina/yard like Burrard Civic has you only have to tow the boat about 100 yards to launch it which is nice too as it is kept where everyone involved can have ready access to it. If the boat won't be used much in the winter months and keeping costs down is an important issue then there is not much sense in keeping a boat in the water from October until early May. Now having said that......if there are people looking to use the boat for winter fishing you can just ignore my statements. eace:

http://vancouver.ca/parks/info/marinas/index.htm