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Man this is a cool boat.
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/19...tates?refSource=standard listing#.W3fDMM5KiCg
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/19...tates?refSource=standard listing#.W3fDMM5KiCg
A lot of the "hack" stuff is exactly what thousands of commercial vessels are finished like and work year round under less than ideal conditions sometimes.
So many horrible things about that boat. I'll start with the home-built look. Like a bunch of weekend hacks finishing off a hunting lodge. Where there's no tongue and groove, there's stained and poly'd plywood.
If I bought it, I'd gut the entire thing and start from scratch.
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Most of that wood in the interior is old sinker cypress; a prize to have down here. Rustic, but will never rot. I would change the layout somewhat to what Swampu did to the Cajun Rose, far more creature comforts than what's on that shrimp boat. Would not be hard to install flopper stoppers for rough waters with its standing out riggers. Has plenty of space for several fishing boats on its upper deck...would make a hell of a mother ship for fishing expeditions. Since you can't make money shrimping anymore converting these old steel trawlers makes a lot of sense.
Some people like chicken and others like steak.
Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s there was a big market of guys taking St Augustine shrimpers and turning them into trawlers at reasonable prices, buyers got to decide how “their”interior would turn out. Popular for many years. Some people like chicken and others like steak.
Apparently lending rules changed last year or year before. Finding a bank to finance anything older than 1998 is extremely hard to do, and if you can there are multiple hoops to jump through.
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US banksters acting responsibly?
What strange topsy turvy universe is this I have stumbled into.
Not a reliable statistical basis, but there have been a bunch of boat sales down here over the summer of pre-98s that I'm certain were not cash deals. One deal that I do know a bit about is a 1950s steel oil field support boat conversion - financed by a local bank. That may be a clue - maybe a local bank (dying breed, I know) in an area that's used to dealing with relatively small time commercial/fishing interests.
Some are more pink (magenta) than others