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If you wanted to take this job, a few things:

1: I would use a reciprocating saw not a chainsaw. A chainsaw would make a huge mess.



2: My neighbor has a boat very similar to that, only it's a 21' and I helped him put the mast up. The 4 cables are what's holding that mast vertical. The base of the mast fits on nub on top of the deck called a step. Some are hinged, some aren't. Hinged ones are easy to lower. There are plenty of Youtube videos on lowering a mast. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...owering+a+mast

3: If that keel weight is lead, and you can get it out with no junk attached to it, it's extra money. Around here, clean lead brings about 40 cents/lb. 500lbs of lead = another $200

4: Some of the miscellaneous brackets are stainless, and don't forget about the tie down cleats. Being near the water, you can definitely sell those.

Originally Posted by EDC76

If you wanted to take this job, a few things:

1: I would use a reciprocating saw not a chainsaw. A chainsaw would make a huge mess.

2: My neighbor has a boat very similar to that, only it's a 21' and I helped him put the mast up. The 4 cables are what's holding that mast vertical. The base of the mast fits on nub on top of the deck called a step. Some are hinged, some aren't. Hinged ones are easy to lower. There are plenty of Youtube videos on lowering a mast. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...owering+a+mast

3: If that keel weight is lead, and you can get it out with no junk attached to it, it's extra money. Around here, clean lead brings about 40 cents/lb. 500lbs of lead = another $200

4: Some of the miscellaneous brackets are stainless, and don't forget about the tie down cleats. Being near the water, you can definitely sell those.

If you can gain access to the weights in the keel, and they are lead, I would do the job. I make my own ingots and sell for sinkers and bullet casters and get a buck a pound pretty steadily. That boat trailer could be re-purposed, or maybe even sold as is. And the fiberglass wouldnt really weigh all that much, but trash disposal is free for me so you would have to consider that. A sawzall would make short work of cutting it in half if need be. I just cut up a 48 foot semi trailer with a sawzall, so I know a boat would be a piece of cake.