List of "Known Survivors"

americancostom · 04-25-2009, 09:16 PM

hello, i have a roamer i was planning on restoring. i started on the hull but business has picked up and i had no time to continue. she is a 1958 28 foot steel hull roamer. express?? hull number ROX 28 119. her name was bud man when i aquired her in 2006.i found her at wardells boat yard on the erie canal where she sat for many years.

q240z · 04-27-2009, 07:42 AM

Great looking boat!

waterlover · 04-29-2009, 04:11 PM

Great to see another one of us rebuilding a roamer. I have a '67' 30' aluminum roamer. I have been working on it now for 5 years. I gut her to the hull and have been refitting her. I live in KS so finding a welder was a 2 year project. I finally found a really good one with the certifications I wanted. So we are now refitting the hull. decks, and some cabin work. The more I work on this I have realized I made the right decision by gutting her to the hull. If I wouldn't have I wouldn't have found some problems that just couldn't be seen any other way.
Welcome friend and hope you have as much fun as I have. I have also learned a lifetime of new things.

alloyed2sea · 05-06-2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bfgilman

I've only owned sailboats before, and this boat is so awesome. I have to step out doors every few hours to take another look at her cuz I am in love! She is currently named Capt. M.T. Pockets. I am unaware of previous names or locales this boat has lived in her long lifetime. I am going to buy the records package from the link above to learn more about her.

Congratulations Brad!
ROX-31-170 is definitely a new addition to the "List of Known Survivors" - and her place has been duly marked in the Roamer firmament.
Glad she found herself such good hands - looks like she's been lucky her whole life that way.

In any case, think she might actually be a '57 Riviera (Regals are sedans/same hull) based upon the hull# you so kindly provided (SOURCE: The Essential CC Guide by Conrad) - and was wondering what type of motors she has.
Keep up the good work, she's a regal classic in our minds.
Cheers!
-Eric
"Tin Tonic"
Webmaster, CC Roamers

jmack1578 · 05-20-2009, 11:37 AM

i am looking at a romer now i have found one number it says 540589 is this the coast gaurd registration number or actual hull number?

q240z · 05-20-2009, 04:59 PM

According to the USCG database (http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/Coas...sselByID.html), that USCG number belongs to a 1968 steel boat registered under the name Eagle out of HAVERSTRAW NY.

Got pix?

Rapple · 07-16-2009, 11:49 PM

I picked up a 27' custom comet a couple of years ago in Cleveland. I have it about 75% completely restored from the ground up. Pretty cool. everything 100% original, It even has the "gay striped interior" stated in the brochure. (it may be the one thing I change.) Hull #RXE27-0605R. My family is quite occupied with the roamers. My father had a 42' regal. He bought it from the Ford motor company after they upgraded. He sold it in perfect condition, but it ended up in a scrap yard in Milwaukee. My family currently owns 4- 38 footers, 2 -33 footers and 4 comets. I have 7 siblings, I guess we are a little C C crazy. We've scrapped a few for parts. I should have saved the hull #'s for the record. Still have a 35' steel hull avialable. Keep cruising. Ray in Green Bay.

q240z · 07-17-2009, 07:05 AM

Geez, Ray, you guys have got the affliction baaaaad. lol

alloyed2sea · 08-10-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Rapple

I picked up a 27' custom comet a couple of years ago in Cleveland. I have it about 75% completely restored from the ground up. Pretty cool. everything 100% original, It even has the "gay striped interior" stated in the brochure. (it may be the one thing I change.) Hull #RXE27-0605R. My family is quite occupied with the roamers. My father had a 42' regal. He bought it from the Ford motor company after they upgraded. He sold it in perfect condition, but it ended up in a scrap yard in Milwaukee. My family currently owns 4- 38 footers, 2 -33 footers and 4 comets. I have 7 siblings, I guess we are a little C C crazy. We've scrapped a few for parts. I should have saved the hull #'s for the record. Still have a 35' steel hull avialable. Keep cruising. Ray in Green Bay.

..., really.
Just repeat after me, a Roamer a day keeps the Sea Rays away!
Wow!
Impressive by any measure.
Hope all is well up north.
Have added your Comet to the list of known survivors (name?).
Email me your regular address is you'd like a copy.
Cheers!
Eric

Captaindon · 08-10-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Captaindon

I just recently aquired a 58' 1968/69 Roamer, her hull ID is RMP 58 0501R. Would love to find some of the original specs and or drawings of her. Thanks, Don

At last a pic of my Roamer. Here she is laying alongside the pier at Marina Bay in Ft. Lauderdale. Refit is going slow but still going. I would like to make sure she is listed in known survivors. We have done three additional restorations of Chris' but this is my own personal boat.

alloyed2sea · 08-11-2009, 01:28 PM

firmament!
RMP-58-0501R that is (name?).
The 58 FDMYs were very (very) similar to the 60s - all a matter whether the transom tilted inwards or outwards actually.
Similarly, the 68s and 70s were dimensionally related.
In any case, your fine Roamer has been duly noted - keep up the good work.
Here's a line drawing of a 60, and a few ideas from "Steinway" another 58.
Cheers!
-Eric

vagabond · 09-03-2009, 11:58 AM

Did you see my post of giving up on my 43 foot roamer?

Rapple · 09-15-2009, 10:11 PM

We picked up a 32' steel roamer today. Hull # RXD320317, it had a pair of 327's (likely junk) I will know in the next week or two when we part her out.
the hull is bad enough that I almost poked thru it with my fountain pen. It has a very interesting hard top that extends from the windsheild all the way to the transom. It has been sitting for 5 years and had about 12-16" of water in the hull, but it will live on as "parts" for our other "family of Roamers"
Unfortunately this one will not survive another day at sea. Mark this one down in the non-survivor column. On another note, our summer has finally arrived in the north. It has been hot and seas calm. It is hard to believe we will have below freezing temps and snow with in the next 30 to 60 days. happy boating all, Rapple p.s. the "63" Custom Comet is nearing completion. All original, from the paint to the viny stern deck. Pictures to come.

t2doof · 11-01-2009, 08:33 PM

Just got a 1963 Silver Comet. Great shape. I just need/want to add some cosmetics to bring it back life.

Any parts for sale please let me know.

I would like a custom comet windshield and a light pole for it.

Thanks

Henning · 11-02-2009, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian

Foud a Roamer up here.
Not sure if it is accounted for...
http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/de..._Number=PS1221

That appeared to be about $100,000 away from reality, and 8-71s are not for that boat. The guys 6-53s are about a perfect power/weight package if they're turbos.... but those were both conversions from 73 to about 1985-87. After that, people went to a more modern engine with higher efficiency. Some years back when I was working ship assist and dredge tender tug work in the SF bay and up the delta to Sacramento and Stockton, the State of California was administrating some grant program that nearly every work boat took, which was a near free upgrade. There are no more 2 stroke Jimmys working that area. Everyone went to the electronic Cat and Cummins engines and were smiling big. I got 7 freshly powered boats to run....and one old single screw Fairbanks Morse powered girl, in one 90 day hitch out there running for 3 companies. The electronic engines are such a huge leap in efficiency (and HUGE reduction in soot, which is just wasted fuel money), it's almost insane to not upgrade. Yeah, it's a big hit, but If you run real trips and are actually "roaming" with the boat, the efficiency really pays off quickly, and yeah, it's pretty reliable.