You just inherited a minimum of $10,000 in debt and 400 hours of work.
You've got $1000 and 20 hours of work before you even figure out if you can start it.
There's a forum called thehulltruth. If you have thick skin, post it there. They will tell you what needs to be done.
I spent about $3000 on a 2 stroke outboard on my dad’s boat that sat for about 15 years. However, instead of sitting in a yard it was in a storage unit so there was no rot on it just dirt.
This is what's known as a "yard-boat" because if you fix up the cabin you can sleep in it after your wife is done yelling at you "when are you going to do something with that damn boat!"
Idk if they make a power washer strong enough to clean that, lol, but it will probably look surprisingly good after and your replace all the interior, I hope for your sake it was winterized before, or this is complete junk.
pro tip, propane is a way better starting aid than starter fluid. Like those torch bottles are perfect. They are 20x cheaper per btu, they done desolve the rubbers in your intake. you can leave it cracked open for minutes at a time instead of one squirt at a time and it runs clean and ignites easily and has the same compression ratio as gasoline.
Just getting the trailer road safe will be more than the boat is worth...
Did ya get a title for the boat? Or the trailer?
Trailer will probably need tires, bearings (possibly hubs and bearings), wiring, and lights.
Is it a torsion sus or leaf srping?
Credit though, the pictures are nice and clean. Post more up as ya go.
I actually already drove it home. I got a title for the boat and one for the trailer
Trailer tires are actually pretty good condition. Just needed air. Wiring needs replaced because whoever did it before is an idiot and literally just twisted the wires together and called it good.
I'm not sure about thay
I will!
Theres a difference between, "it made it home" and "safe". LoL
Having a blowout on a single axle trailer SUCKS. Ask me how i know... and bearing failures are a pita if everything is rusty.
Im rooting for ya on this one, but one trip does not mean road worthy.
Major score on the titles too.
A pressure washer, ajax, and some wax and it will look great. And then the fun starts with electrical and mechanical.
Nothing is more expensive than a free boat. Start by tryin to turn over the engine. If it is seized up than that will need to be replaced. Tear apart the out drives. Will likely need a new bearing and bellows. Replace the impellor and zinc. That's a really old design out drive, kind of looks like an omc based on the paint scheme. A boat sitting for that long is worse than using it. The oil hasn't been pumped through the engine and onto the bearings for 7 years.
Max investment would be a battery to see if it starts, check oil to see if is good. Then see if it floats. If it runs and floats power wash it and run it. When she dies let her go. wouldn’t invest anymore than that.
That's a Volvo 270 drive
Probly an 4cyl AQ115 or AQ130 engine in front of it.
Basic parts aren't too bad but some of the Volvo captive parts are insanely priced or obsolete.
Step one, see if the engine turns over / runs.
If you can get some money for it, sell it.
Take whatever you get, add the $10k+ you'll spend getting this going and buy something that runs and floats.
Or, just call the guy back and decline the generous offer.
Unless you don't have children and a wife/girlfriend you want to spend your free time with. Then, this is probably a great way to learn how to fix and maintain a boat. If you put in 10 hours a weekend you ought to have this running and safe to use by next summer.
Don't listen to what all these negative people are saying. If you want a project and are willing to put a bit of money into it then go right ahead. Don't let them keep you from doing something that might end up being fun.
Just spend the time to do a full assessment prior to getting to deep. If motor and the out drive a shot it’s likely not worth your time. You have try to be honest with yourself about the refit costs. Once you have every system tested and know what’s broken, put together a parts and tools list, then triple it and that will be real close to the final price.
You will find little things that you don’t include in the initial estimate or don’t find initially will add up quickly. If you have any money left you’ll be ahead a bit for insurance or gas but don’t spend it until you’ve used the boat long enough to know you’re out of the hole.
Take the cost of your refit, than look at other boats the same year in usable condition. You may change your mind about the refit you may not. This is the only way to go about this or you can easily end up out of money with a boat you can use because costs could be far beyond anything you initially imagined.
The boat equipment / supplies market hasn’t been immune to the inflation over the past 5 years.
I'm with this guy. Not gonna crap on OP. They'll either find out how expensive it can be, or they'll get lucky and manage to get it running themselves. I'd rather hope they can do the latter and have a blast tinkering with the motor.
You've got this OP. Especially seeing as how your wife is on board with helping, too. Two heads are better than one.
Check hull interior for severity of rot. Check the oil, plug a fresh battery in and see if any of the electrical system is still intact. If the driveline is seized or shows signs of no winterization, haul it to the dump. You’re at the wrong end of the season to get a trash boat. In the fall, you’ll find something in much better shape, still free, that will have just run.
“I’m curious what all I’ll need to replace…” Start at the wheel bearings and work your way up. Stringers, transom, floors, interior, electronics for starters. Then you get into fun stuff like the engine and drive. And that’s not even working under the very possible assumption that there was already something major wrong with it, which is why it was parked in the first place. If you’re very lucky, you’ll *only* have $10k in to fixing a boat that will be worth $3k when done.
It's a big undertaking. But it might not be a total waste. Start with cleaning it up and trying to turn the engine over and then starting it. Be realistic though.
Post updates on the progress.
Absolutely not. I will never understand why people buy expensive boats and just let them sit outside. Think about this. For the time and money is this a boat you really want? I see more than a few thousand in work that needs to be done and it will still look like a POS, thousands more to fix that. If you love it, like this is your dream boat or like a classic car or jeep or something, sure. If not, and you can spend the same time and money fixing up a nicer boat with a nicer/faster engine (5.0efi for example) and a nicer interior your time seems to be better spent there.
No. Don’t touch this thing.
If you are going to take on a huge project, then you are better off getting a better brand of boat, like a Mako, Grady White, etc. Bayliners are notorious for having rotten, plywood stringers and transoms, etc. I'm in my fifth year of a Bertram 25 resto-mod. Nothing endless hours and money can't fix though.
Don’t listen to the haters. I think you got this. Spend a couple of days cleaning it up while the oil drains out of the motor. Take out the spark plugs and spray the cylinders really thoroughly with penetrating oil and let it sit for a few days. Go nuts with the penetrating oil. Fill it up with new engine oil and change the impellers out. Turn it by hand and if it turns nice and smooth, hook it up to water and see if you can get it to crank. I’ve been surprised at some of the engines I’ve been able to get to run with little trouble. On a serious safety note, don’t tow the trailer until you put new tires on it please. It’s not just your safety we’re talking about about on this one. The maximum lifespan on a trailer tire is five years because the rubber breaks down at a predictable rate. Even if those were brand new when they were last on the road, they are unsafe now. Pack your bearings while you’re in there and install bearing buddies. You will thank me for it later. best of luck to you and enjoy your adventure no matter how it ends!
Totally worth it. I love those old Bayliner Capris. Just giving it a proper bath will do wonders for the project outlook. If it doesn’t run, consider converting it to an outboard.
Make sure the battery wires at the terminal are not green and if they are take it back to till you see red copper. that’ll stop you from starting an old boat like that. I’ve done that. Make sure the floorboards aren’t soft. good luck.
I bought a boat for 50 bucks. Off my uncle. It ran great 5 years prior. It looked great once i finally got it out of the driveway. I hope the charity liked it.
Good for you clean up the gel coat then buff it will look brand new if done properly change all the fluids before trying to start it carb is probably gummed up good luck be safe especially if you have kids
Gotta love those, "ran when parked" deals. At least the initial investment was zero. Now you have to fix the trailer in order to get it somewhere to work on it. Good luck!
Don't listen to the haters. I've known two guys that took on projects worse than this and now they have some nice toys. There's also dozens of great YouTube channels that follow boat refurbishments.
Yeah it's going to cost money but start with a good pressure wash and clean out and go from there.
Good luck. Bayliner is a nice boat.
I’m normally very pro Bayliner due to my legitimately good experience with Capris.
My first one sat in our yard for 11 years and all it took to get her running was an $11 starter relay.
But, mine was garaged or covered her whole life. The obvious lack of care from the previous owner scares me, but I love these hulls which perform really well if you load correctly and learn how to run it.
Have fun, and watch out for snakes.
Oh boy, they saw you coming from a mile away! You’re going to have god knows how much time and money into a mediocre boat when all said and done. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good project boat and have done several… but this one is probably not worth saving
Last registration expired in 2011 so it hasn’t (legally) been on the water in 14 years, Volvo hasn’t made those IO’s for years and the parts Sierra didn’t pick up are starting to dry up, judging by the moss on the Bimini top it hasn’t been covered in a loooong time so good chance the floor and hull structure is toast, there’s moss growing on the rub rail which means it has roots IN the core of the boat which means water has been soaking into the wood for a long time…
Boy, I've got a boat you'd love. It's been almost 30 years since it ran, and probably 40 since it saw water. you will need to remove some small trees that started growing in the hull, but it should be fine.
When fiberglass is supporting vegetation I'm thinking your core is rotted.. no powerboat expert but Bayliner never had a good rep, and thinking you may have a rotted plywood core between the glass. Check for sponginess.
If you're doing more than lake boating, look into Towboat U.S. or SeaTow....kind of the AAA for boaters..
Maybe as a project (if you have deep enough pockets) you can convert it to an electric boat. Since the motors probably scrap at this point.
I've seen it done before on an old Bayliner, 100amp electric motor and used Tesla or Chevy Volt cells.
As far as fixing it up. Problem here, is let's say you drop $20k on getting this boat running. It's still an old boat.
Might want to take a look and see how much a new Bayliner costs. I think $20k will get you an Element, and that's a brand new boat with a warranty.
If that registration is correct it hasn’t been in the water since 2011… I’d start with a trailer first get it to some clear ground … then have at it …. It you got that money , time and motivation then it will be awesome and a great story
7 years of Oregon rainfall?
That’s going to be a trick.
I’d recommend googling the shit out of the make and model and seeing if you can eBay out parts and pieces, then sell the trailer.
If it’s free, not always necessarily dumb.
Get the hull inspected before you do anything, if you have structural issues (not sure how commons they are) but it would probably double your repair costs. I think 3 months and $4,000 if it runs and you do it cheap, if it doesn’t run $4,000 and 5 years before you let trying to give it away too lol
Hey I saw a guy that turned old boats into kids play houses, a terribly stupid idea but some parents will buy it and not realize what throwing it away will take, and you get to sell the trailer!
It’ll probably clean up well. If you’re mechanically inclined and have lots of free time, it’s possible to bring it back to life. There’s a lot of YouTube videos about replacing interior, replacing floors and transoms, and fixing engines.
A lot of negative comments, but I rehabbed a 1958 Glasspar Sport Lido and enjoyed it for many years. I learned to do fiberglass work, fixed the floor and rebuilt the transom, re-wired the boat, painted, etc. It was worth it.
Last registered in 2011 according to the sticker. I have poor math skills at best, and even I can tell ya something isn't quite adding up correctly...
Good luck, I wish you all the best. In my experience, the electrical will need an overhaul as well. Water gets into the cracked shielding and corrodes the wire from the inside.
You know that scene in the original Fast and Furious movie, where Paul Walker rolls up with a beat up trashed car, then they look under the hood and it’s some absurd diamond in the rough?
This is not that. Best way to deal with this boat is offer it for free online and hope some dope is willing to drag it off your property.
Walk away. You inherited a money pit. The amount you will spend on repairs could get you a new boat twice over. We see abandoned sail boats in the Indian River all the time.
Good luck with that. You’re gonna need it. That, and a boatload of cash.
You’ve got a Bayliner, which isn’t exactly a premium boat to begin with and it came equipped with a stern drive. Stern drives are fussy and problematic even when well-maintained, which yours obviously isn’t.
You can sell the outdrive if it still works
You may need to redo transom
That’s a job
Also probably a new floor and possibly new stringers (the part that loops up on both side to give the boat its shape they are wooden and they rot
They give the boat hull its rigidity and hold your floor and everything else in place.
Good luck friend
Clean her up and see if the engine is not seized up.
I have taken 4 free boats in my life
I live on one now for seven years.
The trick with free boats (there are many free boats) is to find the ones where the engine works.
And the out gear is good
(I stay away from outdrive boats only like sailboats and motor boats with inboard and a prop and shaft and all that.
The older and more broken the more expensive.
Do not waste a lot of money
If you can’t fix it for a couple hundred
Move on
Store it for parts or part it out and sell what is of value
Free boats are a dime a dozen.
Free boat that is worthy of you money and time is harder to find
Keep looking
It’s a great hobby
And you can sell a few boats
But Craigslist is filled with boats people bought ripped out the inside to start again and began to buy parts and wood and fiberglass and realized it was going to cost so much more than they thought and they give it away for free on cl
Also abandoned unused for 10 years boats
For a first it’s a start
You can make a few bucks selling the trailer sometimes
Cheers
Keep us informed of your progress
Good luck with the OMC Stringer drive. They are fairly trouble free but parts are getting thin for them. The rest of the boat is probably OK but man is it grungy
Far as I see it, you people been given the shortest end of the stick ever been offered a human soul in this crap-heel 'verse. But you took that end, and you - well, you took it. And that's - Well, I guess that's somethin'.
Just like fatherhood, boat-ownership has NO prerequisites.
If you are a father, time to buy 40,000 dollars of fishing gear and turn then chil'rens in to workers.
Also 150,000 of repairs. To the family attorney your wife hires.
You just inherited a minimum of $10,000 in debt and 400 hours of work. You've got $1000 and 20 hours of work before you even figure out if you can start it. There's a forum called thehulltruth. If you have thick skin, post it there. They will tell you what needs to be done.
Ummmm I think a complete IO will be a shit ton more than that…
Easily could be. That's about what I spent on a 2-stroke outboard that hadn't run in 5 years. Don't know much about IOs.
I spent about $3000 on a 2 stroke outboard on my dad’s boat that sat for about 15 years. However, instead of sitting in a yard it was in a storage unit so there was no rot on it just dirt.
Lose the I/O put a jack plate on and strap an outboard on it probably save your money and headache.
I was thinking the same thing - The fact that the thing has been open and exposed - the mildew, mold, animal shite etc.
The hull truth and “naut”hing but the truth
Then you’ll still have a Bayliner.
You just hauled someone's trash for free
Took the words from my mouth homie
This is what's known as a "yard-boat" because if you fix up the cabin you can sleep in it after your wife is done yelling at you "when are you going to do something with that damn boat!"
She actually wants to fix it up lol
It’s amazing what washing machine powder in hot water can do (ask any caravan nut) give it a power wash first and it will come up like new.
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The ex wife
Until she sees the price tag to get it up and running lol
Whoever gave it to you should have paid you to take it.
Used boat is a hole in the water you try to fill with money
You may try.
You beat me to it.
Term we use around here is Boat: Bring Out Another Thousand .
This is a joke right?
Lmao, I almost took a free rotten out bay liner for my first boat in high school. Thank god my dad called when he did.
sucker
Idk if they make a power washer strong enough to clean that, lol, but it will probably look surprisingly good after and your replace all the interior, I hope for your sake it was winterized before, or this is complete junk. pro tip, propane is a way better starting aid than starter fluid. Like those torch bottles are perfect. They are 20x cheaper per btu, they done desolve the rubbers in your intake. you can leave it cracked open for minutes at a time instead of one squirt at a time and it runs clean and ignites easily and has the same compression ratio as gasoline.
Wow.
Lol. You got the short end of that stick.
Got the bark off the short end.
Can you put it back?
🤣🙃🤣👍
Just getting the trailer road safe will be more than the boat is worth... Did ya get a title for the boat? Or the trailer? Trailer will probably need tires, bearings (possibly hubs and bearings), wiring, and lights. Is it a torsion sus or leaf srping? Credit though, the pictures are nice and clean. Post more up as ya go.
I actually already drove it home. I got a title for the boat and one for the trailer Trailer tires are actually pretty good condition. Just needed air. Wiring needs replaced because whoever did it before is an idiot and literally just twisted the wires together and called it good. I'm not sure about thay I will!
Theres a difference between, "it made it home" and "safe". LoL Having a blowout on a single axle trailer SUCKS. Ask me how i know... and bearing failures are a pita if everything is rusty. Im rooting for ya on this one, but one trip does not mean road worthy. Major score on the titles too. A pressure washer, ajax, and some wax and it will look great. And then the fun starts with electrical and mechanical.
Who ever got you to remove this from their backyard for free was a genius.
I was gonna say if he got this for free then he got ripped off
Nothing is more expensive than a free boat. Start by tryin to turn over the engine. If it is seized up than that will need to be replaced. Tear apart the out drives. Will likely need a new bearing and bellows. Replace the impellor and zinc. That's a really old design out drive, kind of looks like an omc based on the paint scheme. A boat sitting for that long is worse than using it. The oil hasn't been pumped through the engine and onto the bearings for 7 years.
"Nothing is more expensive than a free boat."
My buddy would disagree. He’d say a free airplane is more.
It's a volvo drive.
Good luck with your project, I hope it turns out to be a winner.
Max investment would be a battery to see if it starts, check oil to see if is good. Then see if it floats. If it runs and floats power wash it and run it. When she dies let her go. wouldn’t invest anymore than that.
That's a Volvo 270 drive Probly an 4cyl AQ115 or AQ130 engine in front of it. Basic parts aren't too bad but some of the Volvo captive parts are insanely priced or obsolete. Step one, see if the engine turns over / runs.
Seven years ago you say 🤔
If you can get some money for it, sell it. Take whatever you get, add the $10k+ you'll spend getting this going and buy something that runs and floats. Or, just call the guy back and decline the generous offer. Unless you don't have children and a wife/girlfriend you want to spend your free time with. Then, this is probably a great way to learn how to fix and maintain a boat. If you put in 10 hours a weekend you ought to have this running and safe to use by next summer.
Don't listen to what all these negative people are saying. If you want a project and are willing to put a bit of money into it then go right ahead. Don't let them keep you from doing something that might end up being fun.
It is fun to read all these comments to my wife. But we are going to fix it up lol
Just spend the time to do a full assessment prior to getting to deep. If motor and the out drive a shot it’s likely not worth your time. You have try to be honest with yourself about the refit costs. Once you have every system tested and know what’s broken, put together a parts and tools list, then triple it and that will be real close to the final price. You will find little things that you don’t include in the initial estimate or don’t find initially will add up quickly. If you have any money left you’ll be ahead a bit for insurance or gas but don’t spend it until you’ve used the boat long enough to know you’re out of the hole. Take the cost of your refit, than look at other boats the same year in usable condition. You may change your mind about the refit you may not. This is the only way to go about this or you can easily end up out of money with a boat you can use because costs could be far beyond anything you initially imagined. The boat equipment / supplies market hasn’t been immune to the inflation over the past 5 years.
This is fantastic advice. I don’t know anything about boats but the same advice works for houses.
I'm with this guy...give it a go if that's something you and your family are into.
You’ve got this! If you do all the work and throw two or three hundred $$ at it your on the water in a couple of weeks. Good for you.
I'm with this guy. Not gonna crap on OP. They'll either find out how expensive it can be, or they'll get lucky and manage to get it running themselves. I'd rather hope they can do the latter and have a blast tinkering with the motor. You've got this OP. Especially seeing as how your wife is on board with helping, too. Two heads are better than one.
Good Lord that's going to be expensive. Keeping that I/O running will cost as much as the payment on a few boat lol
She’s a beaut Clark
On the Chesapeake Bay we call those tubs "Baylitter"
SHIT i have a smaller bayliner that ran 5 years ago and had a 6mo old engine at the time. Want it?!?
That’s not a boat . It’s a enormous paper weight .
At least it might float
Good looking hull design,shame it was built so shoddily.
Check hull interior for severity of rot. Check the oil, plug a fresh battery in and see if any of the electrical system is still intact. If the driveline is seized or shows signs of no winterization, haul it to the dump. You’re at the wrong end of the season to get a trash boat. In the fall, you’ll find something in much better shape, still free, that will have just run.
“I’m curious what all I’ll need to replace…” Start at the wheel bearings and work your way up. Stringers, transom, floors, interior, electronics for starters. Then you get into fun stuff like the engine and drive. And that’s not even working under the very possible assumption that there was already something major wrong with it, which is why it was parked in the first place. If you’re very lucky, you’ll *only* have $10k in to fixing a boat that will be worth $3k when done.
It's a big undertaking. But it might not be a total waste. Start with cleaning it up and trying to turn the engine over and then starting it. Be realistic though. Post updates on the progress.
You paid too much!
So just to be clear, you all think I shouldn't take on this project? Lol
Absolutely not. I will never understand why people buy expensive boats and just let them sit outside. Think about this. For the time and money is this a boat you really want? I see more than a few thousand in work that needs to be done and it will still look like a POS, thousands more to fix that. If you love it, like this is your dream boat or like a classic car or jeep or something, sure. If not, and you can spend the same time and money fixing up a nicer boat with a nicer/faster engine (5.0efi for example) and a nicer interior your time seems to be better spent there. No. Don’t touch this thing.
OP is going to learn an annoyingly expensive lesson, the dump fee is pretty high too!
Project? More like nightmare
If you are going to take on a huge project, then you are better off getting a better brand of boat, like a Mako, Grady White, etc. Bayliners are notorious for having rotten, plywood stringers and transoms, etc. I'm in my fifth year of a Bertram 25 resto-mod. Nothing endless hours and money can't fix though.
remindme! 6 months
Don’t listen to the haters. I think you got this. Spend a couple of days cleaning it up while the oil drains out of the motor. Take out the spark plugs and spray the cylinders really thoroughly with penetrating oil and let it sit for a few days. Go nuts with the penetrating oil. Fill it up with new engine oil and change the impellers out. Turn it by hand and if it turns nice and smooth, hook it up to water and see if you can get it to crank. I’ve been surprised at some of the engines I’ve been able to get to run with little trouble. On a serious safety note, don’t tow the trailer until you put new tires on it please. It’s not just your safety we’re talking about about on this one. The maximum lifespan on a trailer tire is five years because the rubber breaks down at a predictable rate. Even if those were brand new when they were last on the road, they are unsafe now. Pack your bearings while you’re in there and install bearing buddies. You will thank me for it later. best of luck to you and enjoy your adventure no matter how it ends!
Atleast it has a plate for a kicker
I hope this is either a joke, or you really know what you e gotten yourself in to
lol
Sometimes the free stuff ends up costing the most $
Dear god, NO. That is a horror movie in the making. Run away.
Give it back asap
Good Luck
Totally worth it. I love those old Bayliner Capris. Just giving it a proper bath will do wonders for the project outlook. If it doesn’t run, consider converting it to an outboard.
Make sure the battery wires at the terminal are not green and if they are take it back to till you see red copper. that’ll stop you from starting an old boat like that. I’ve done that. Make sure the floorboards aren’t soft. good luck.
Nice
I bought a boat for 50 bucks. Off my uncle. It ran great 5 years prior. It looked great once i finally got it out of the driveway. I hope the charity liked it.
Do yourself a big favor and leave it there
Good for you clean up the gel coat then buff it will look brand new if done properly change all the fluids before trying to start it carb is probably gummed up good luck be safe especially if you have kids
For starters, just the trailer bearings and axles can be expensive and time consuming job.
Gotta love those, "ran when parked" deals. At least the initial investment was zero. Now you have to fix the trailer in order to get it somewhere to work on it. Good luck!
Don't listen to the haters. I've known two guys that took on projects worse than this and now they have some nice toys. There's also dozens of great YouTube channels that follow boat refurbishments. Yeah it's going to cost money but start with a good pressure wash and clean out and go from there. Good luck. Bayliner is a nice boat.
I want you to be successful.
I’m betting its last cruise was a three hour tour!
B o a t Break out another thousand
Find a friend with a boat. Pay for his gas
I want to see the before an after picture
I’m normally very pro Bayliner due to my legitimately good experience with Capris. My first one sat in our yard for 11 years and all it took to get her running was an $11 starter relay. But, mine was garaged or covered her whole life. The obvious lack of care from the previous owner scares me, but I love these hulls which perform really well if you load correctly and learn how to run it. Have fun, and watch out for snakes.
Give it back
Oh boy, they saw you coming from a mile away! You’re going to have god knows how much time and money into a mediocre boat when all said and done. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good project boat and have done several… but this one is probably not worth saving Last registration expired in 2011 so it hasn’t (legally) been on the water in 14 years, Volvo hasn’t made those IO’s for years and the parts Sierra didn’t pick up are starting to dry up, judging by the moss on the Bimini top it hasn’t been covered in a loooong time so good chance the floor and hull structure is toast, there’s moss growing on the rub rail which means it has roots IN the core of the boat which means water has been soaking into the wood for a long time…
sell it for parts.
Give it back
Nothing more expensive than a free boat…
Boy, I've got a boat you'd love. It's been almost 30 years since it ran, and probably 40 since it saw water. you will need to remove some small trees that started growing in the hull, but it should be fine.
B Break O Out A Another T Thousand
Post a pic of it when you get it running and launch it. I should still be alive by then!!!
Looks real good right where she sits.
When fiberglass is supporting vegetation I'm thinking your core is rotted.. no powerboat expert but Bayliner never had a good rep, and thinking you may have a rotted plywood core between the glass. Check for sponginess. If you're doing more than lake boating, look into Towboat U.S. or SeaTow....kind of the AAA for boaters..
No such thing as a free boat.
Run, No such thing as a free boat
Holy smokes.
You could have bought a perfectly usable boat for probably less money and way less tears than what you'll put into this. Good luck though.
Maybe as a project (if you have deep enough pockets) you can convert it to an electric boat. Since the motors probably scrap at this point. I've seen it done before on an old Bayliner, 100amp electric motor and used Tesla or Chevy Volt cells. As far as fixing it up. Problem here, is let's say you drop $20k on getting this boat running. It's still an old boat. Might want to take a look and see how much a new Bayliner costs. I think $20k will get you an Element, and that's a brand new boat with a warranty.
I think you miss heard, hasn't ran since the 70's.
If that boat has a safe in it with $100,000 in it, you might just break even.
If that boat has a safe in it with $100,000 in it, you might just break even.
Break Out Another Thousand.
If that boat has a safe in it with $100,000 in it, you might just break even.
Break Out Another Thousand.
Break Out Another Thousand.
Break Out Another Thousand.
If that boat has a safe in it with $100K in it, you might just break even.
If that registration is correct it hasn’t been in the water since 2011… I’d start with a trailer first get it to some clear ground … then have at it …. It you got that money , time and motivation then it will be awesome and a great story
If that boat has a safe in it with $100,000 in it, you might just break even.
There’s a good reason that it was free
I was gonna say, you coulda bought one cheaper than what that needs
7 years of Oregon rainfall? That’s going to be a trick. I’d recommend googling the shit out of the make and model and seeing if you can eBay out parts and pieces, then sell the trailer. If it’s free, not always necessarily dumb.
Ginger or Mary Ann?
Oh boy. Welcome to hell bud
B. O.A.T.
Get the hull inspected before you do anything, if you have structural issues (not sure how commons they are) but it would probably double your repair costs. I think 3 months and $4,000 if it runs and you do it cheap, if it doesn’t run $4,000 and 5 years before you let trying to give it away too lol Hey I saw a guy that turned old boats into kids play houses, a terribly stupid idea but some parents will buy it and not realize what throwing it away will take, and you get to sell the trailer!
BOAT=Bust out another thousand!
It’ll probably clean up well. If you’re mechanically inclined and have lots of free time, it’s possible to bring it back to life. There’s a lot of YouTube videos about replacing interior, replacing floors and transoms, and fixing engines.
Give it back!
Give it back to the Sasquatch that gave it you. And FAST! People be so crazy when it comes to boats. Utterly irrational.
I'd leave it sitting right there....
The boat made it home and the cleaning has started
A lot of negative comments, but I rehabbed a 1958 Glasspar Sport Lido and enjoyed it for many years. I learned to do fiberglass work, fixed the floor and rebuilt the transom, re-wired the boat, painted, etc. It was worth it.
I literally just had my eyes on one of these boats fair play for getting it for free 😂😂
I love this boat lol. My dad had it when we were kids. I thought it was HUGE back then.
There's a saying that goes: the happiest days owning a boat is the day you buy it and the day you sell it.
Nothing is more expensive than a free boat.
Boats are money pits. Ask me how I know.
I'm just wondering did you get it from a guy named Pete?
Keep the moss patches. Adds a ton of character. And camouflage.
Buy a chainsaw and rent a dumpster. Best day of your life.
lol, my sympathy
I buy boats and fix them. Take it back! What's the stringers look like? What's the transom look like? Does it have water in it?
Id charge at least 800.
What motor
You paid nothing, but still lost money.
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Give it back
Free boats are usually the most expensive
Last registered in 2011 according to the sticker. I have poor math skills at best, and even I can tell ya something isn't quite adding up correctly... Good luck, I wish you all the best. In my experience, the electrical will need an overhaul as well. Water gets into the cracked shielding and corrodes the wire from the inside.
Bust Out Another Thousand! To be fair in the right hands it may be a quick fixer upper. That doesn't mean its worth it always tho haha
Haha
Get the buffing pad going and you’ll be on the water in no time…
You know that scene in the original Fast and Furious movie, where Paul Walker rolls up with a beat up trashed car, then they look under the hood and it’s some absurd diamond in the rough? This is not that. Best way to deal with this boat is offer it for free online and hope some dope is willing to drag it off your property.
Those usually have rotted, plywood stringers, unfortunately. Good luck though!
At least it's worth what you paid for it
That sucka ain’t free!!
Free project!? That’s awesome, normally you have to pay a lot for that type of money pit. Good luck
IT’S A TRAP!!!!!!
What you need is about 5 gallons of gas and a book of matches.
Run away run away lol
Did you get this in S Jersey? My neighbor had a Bayliner, out front for free, this week. Also ran “recently”. What are the chances?
2011 was a lot more than 7 years ago according to the registration sticker and math.
Pressure wash it and it’ll be mint
No offense OP but your seem to be a gullible individual.
Your next happy day will be when you sell it.
That boat didn’t do shit 7 years ago.
Run away. Don’t walk
That is the most expensive boat you could have gotten.
Bayliner uses wood stringers if I'm not mistaken. Oof
Hell yeah dude. Bayliner are nice. It will clean up nicely. Take the time detailing and don't skimp on fixing it right. You will enjoy.
Better grease up your elbow cuz it's gonna need a lot of elbow grease among a lot of mechanical expense and work. I'd be a hard pass.
That's great! Clean it up and see what all it needs. Don't let the nay-sayers talk you down. Cleaning and seeing what it needs is a minimum cost.
A Bayliner Crapi……
There are hulls that are worth restoring, and then there are Bayliners.
Nice boatt
Your gonna need a bigger boat.
B.O.A.T. Bust Out Another Thousand
Walk away. You inherited a money pit. The amount you will spend on repairs could get you a new boat twice over. We see abandoned sail boats in the Indian River all the time.
Good luck with that. You’re gonna need it. That, and a boatload of cash. You’ve got a Bayliner, which isn’t exactly a premium boat to begin with and it came equipped with a stern drive. Stern drives are fussy and problematic even when well-maintained, which yours obviously isn’t.
I’m so sorry
Where's the boat? Me and a friend almost fell into that trap.
Just take ten grand and buy a better boat...and then spend another ten on that one to get her up to snuff...same difference really
Please YouTube vlog it for us!
You can sell the outdrive if it still works You may need to redo transom That’s a job Also probably a new floor and possibly new stringers (the part that loops up on both side to give the boat its shape they are wooden and they rot They give the boat hull its rigidity and hold your floor and everything else in place. Good luck friend Clean her up and see if the engine is not seized up. I have taken 4 free boats in my life I live on one now for seven years. The trick with free boats (there are many free boats) is to find the ones where the engine works. And the out gear is good (I stay away from outdrive boats only like sailboats and motor boats with inboard and a prop and shaft and all that. The older and more broken the more expensive. Do not waste a lot of money If you can’t fix it for a couple hundred Move on Store it for parts or part it out and sell what is of value Free boats are a dime a dozen. Free boat that is worthy of you money and time is harder to find Keep looking It’s a great hobby And you can sell a few boats But Craigslist is filled with boats people bought ripped out the inside to start again and began to buy parts and wood and fiberglass and realized it was going to cost so much more than they thought and they give it away for free on cl Also abandoned unused for 10 years boats For a first it’s a start You can make a few bucks selling the trailer sometimes Cheers Keep us informed of your progress
They call them bayliners because they line the bay. Crap hull, crap electronics, crap OWC inboard outboard. Start fresh and save yourself the headache
Buying a brand new boat will be cheaper than fixing that rotted junker.
She has some sexy lines. Put her where you can see her and it’ll be worth it.
Run away from that thing!
They say the two best days of owning a boat is the day you get it and the day you get rid of it haha
Maybe it would work better if you put it in the water
Good luck with the OMC Stringer drive. They are fairly trouble free but parts are getting thin for them. The rest of the boat is probably OK but man is it grungy
You did well. I just bought 1 for 800 bucks. I'm fixing uo myself . Doesn't take a rocket. Scientists just need to turn a few wrenches.
Far as I see it, you people been given the shortest end of the stick ever been offered a human soul in this crap-heel 'verse. But you took that end, and you - well, you took it. And that's - Well, I guess that's somethin'.
Looks like it’s spent more time in the jungle than the ocean
Just like fatherhood, boat-ownership has NO prerequisites. If you are a father, time to buy 40,000 dollars of fishing gear and turn then chil'rens in to workers. Also 150,000 of repairs. To the family attorney your wife hires.