As I said in a previous post, I picked up this Broadbill at a really good price. When I registered it, the state had it as a 1978 and had not been in the water in over 20 years. Overall, I thought it was in good shape but i quickly realized that the transom wood is completely gone. Does have the original canvas top but it is a little dry and needs to be replaced. Some of the small mounting hardware is in need of replacement as well. Not too upset about based on the boat price but I am starting on a bigger project than I had planned on. While playing with it last weekend (taking off the dried-out rub rail), I discovered that pulling the top off was not going to be too difficult as the glue had dried out in most places. Taking the top off gives me good access to the full transom and it only took me about an hour to get the top completely free. The floatation foam on the bottom of the top half appears to be completely dry and in good shape. Plenty of questions coming on the process as I move forward....
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The day I got home with it. Was in bad need of a bath as it must have been sitting under a pine tree for a couple years.
.The day I got home with it. Was in bad need of a bath as it must have been sitting under a pine tree for a couple years.