32 Foot Aluminum Crusier Boat

So I got a call today from a woman that is trying to give her boat away. She informed me it was 32 ft and aluminum, and I can have it towed right to a friends dock. I have access to a trailer to get it out. Issue I am having is that it has a cabin and looks like quite a bit of work which a buddy of mine offered to help. This lady has done called everywhere and cannot give it away. The towing would be free as she has insurance for it, but how much trash will come out of something like this? I am defiantly going to ask her to pay me for disposing of trash and wear on my tools.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Yes, no, or how to approach.

In towing I mean by water, not with a trailer. I would tie it off to a friends dock work on the excess junk and haul it out to cut off.

It must be in bad shape to have to scrap a boat, if you live in Fla.

It is sitting in the marina as we speak, her husband passed away and she just does not want to pay the fees that come along with the marina anymore.

If it still floats sell it. Not sure on how much it will bring for scrap value,

Nothing works and since I will be using someone elses dock, we agreed to split the profits as we will both put as much work into and use our own tools. I just think I will throw out a number and give her the reasons why and see what she says, a yes I make good money, a no I don't have to worry about tearing apart this thing. I have other things to keep me busy.

I'm surprised you are even allowed to scrap it out at the dock, I figured there would be rules against that. Good luck if you decide on it.

I vote for looking into selling it. Al boats are expensive to build and depending on its size and design could become a commerical fishing boat. Mike.

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Originally Posted by newattitude

I'm surprised you are even allowed to scrap it out at the dock, I figured there would be rules against that. Good luck if you decide on it.

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if you start scrapping that boat at the dock you are asking for big trouble. that is why she can't get rid of it.

there are at least a dozen huge ocean tugs in the byous around here rotting away. no one will touch them, they remove all the identy and run them up on the bank or secretly scuttle them. last I heard the epa cost for clean up before scrapping begins is between $150,000 and $180.000.

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Originally Posted by Bull0525

Nothing works and since I will be using someone elses dock, we agreed to split the profits as we will both put as much work into and use our own tools. I just think I will throw out a number and give her the reasons why and see what she says, a yes I make good money, a no I don't have to worry about tearing apart this thing. I have other things to keep me busy.

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If you do that at the dock I would make sure she retains ownership of the vessel all the way through. In the event of any fuel spill, oil leak, etc. the EPA will be all over you. I THINK as Owner she would bear the burden of any fines that would surely follow. With regard to salvage, there will be the fuel tank(s) which could be resold. In addition there will be wiring, gauges, any electronics/nav. equipment, ss fasteners, and of course the abundance of al. Is it an inboard, I/O or outboard? Props will have value depending on the power source. If at all possible you would be ahead of the game if you could haul the boat and have it on a trailer or on the hard. Much easier to work on.

Why not transport back to your yard and do the work there to avoid any Coast Guard, EPA, state, local authorites or busy bodies? Leaving this boat in the widows name seems less than a "manly" way of conducting this bussiness. Charge her if you think that is appropriate but to leave her exposed for your actions seems wrong to me.

Again scraping this seems like a waste of a boat. Stripping off some of the junk and non working or repairable systems might get you a better offer. Also how about some photos, Mike.

Amen, Mike! Best get it away from the water to work on it, and avoid the maritime rules and regs, because being on any body of water puts it in a whole nother can of worms. I'm wondering if you just cleaned it up, stripping all the bits that don't work/don't belong/aren't neccessary, getting it nearer the "start" point to rebuild, it might look better to a potential buyer. Even in a worst case, that would still be making it more "scrap ready"

I would scrap it. I used to work in a boat yard can tell you that in this economy, boats are hard to sell. One way to decide what to charge her for removal is see what it cost to have a yard pull it out of the water, then its all gravy.