38 Riviera Restoration

Gorgeous!

I bet you stole that beast.. my gosh, it makes a 53 Hatteras look like a Bayliner! More pics.. I mean gorgeous!!

Hedgehog = ROAMER KING!

OK.. you are in FIRST PLACE for most gorgeous ROAMER... you are taking the baratone out of our voices!! Thanks for raising the bar.... I doubt you will ever have any competion on this one.. but you never know.. 9,000 people have been on this thread in just a few months so it's getting seen bigtime. We get surprised from time to time as each new Roamer owner strikes the thread with his or her ROAMER. What makes me laugh is the thousands do people who spend several hundred thousand on a 30 foot plastic boat. I mean, think about it, what an opportunity a used Roamer is that just needs a paint job and a Vacuflush john.

Here is the deal...

Hey a 53 Hat is the largest production yacht of all time and a proven entity. BUT, a Roamer is a better yacht. A Burger is a better yacht than a Roamer. BUT, a ROAMER is 10 to 1 the best buy out there and if anyone wants to contest it.. feel free. If I have any bones with the Roamer is that you need to be careful where dissimilar metals are connecting next to paint... it can bubble... Big deal, Teff Gel your screw holes. Glass boats blister 5086ALUMINUM is THE BEST HULL MATERIAL PERIOD.

If it's not why does the Coast Guard order all their boats to be 5086 Aluminum?!

Why don't they build more boats out of 5086.. TOO EXPENSIVE/ requires highly trained aluminum welder and reserved for super yachts and Burgers... No boats now in USA in the smaller sizes are made of 5086.. they would go broke. But the secret is getting out hence why I can only find 3 aluminum smaller Roamers for sale and I bet you they will get snapped up very soon..mark my words.

I took mine apart.. looked at every single weld.. 40 years later, still the hull is PERFECT, not a stressmark, not a cracked weld and no electrolysis.

Hey Hat is a nice boat, but your Roamaer is faster, eats less fuel and will give you a more dry ride adn wont roll like a pig. It's 10 times more sexy than a Hat, not common and much wider too!

I hope someone reading this can give your Roamer a run for its money becasue as of now, you appear to have the nicest one in the world or darn close!!

This Roamer is over the TOP!

Homer Romaer is speachless.. now that's a feat
People spend more on junky cardboard condos and get ripped off by condo fees too!

In fact, what you go there is something real special.. like finding buried treasure as long as you bought it right... now, nobody would give that Roamer away.... too nice.

Now, there may be one as nice or even nicer.. not sure, but can tell you it was owned by F. Lee Bailey and it was yours with an extension, was at Ribovich yard years back.... name was Spellbound.

I can measure mine

Mine are really perfect. The original did not graduate the size which if you do it makes it look much better/bolder more up to date. If you go to the earlier thread pages, you can see it.

Has to be done by hand and is not easy.. there is a trick too it... long pieces of tape pulled 8-10' at a time and slolwy laid down and must be played with many times. Roamers without stripes in this type Roamer do not look as good IMHO.

Use 3m expensive striping tape.. autobody grade.

Can you load your 38 pictures here... mine is RXP 505

HOMER

Will Do

I will have the measurements for you within a week. We are snowed in here and can't get out.

HOMER

My Roamer....

Which 38' do you have? Happen to know the Hull #? It is generally etched in the vertical stinger side behind the engines in the center in a dotlike impression.

Where is this 38 Roamer? Would like to see a photo regardless of her shape and some feedback on her. All Roamers are of interest to me and others. Glad you agree about the stripe... it is very in tune with the era/original as well as lowers/sleeks-out the hull profile.

If you do a graduated stripe it looks bold/slick and up to date. The factory did not do this but boats nowadays do it. If you look closely you will see this graduation most of which begins to occur around the forward site ports.
The waterline stripe graduates as well.

Thinsulate by 3M

Hello HedgeHog,

Here is the skinny on it. It THE BEST marine insualtion you can use. It is also expensive. It comes in two thicknesses. I used it in the header, the walls anyplace I could. It is the same stuff in gloves. It holds heat and cool better than anything. The other plus is that it does not mildew or is mildew resistant.

However, it is not as sound resilient as is ethe Sound Down or even better Glacier Bay. I like Glacier Bay better than Sound Down as it uses two layers of sound retardant and is not as heavy as lead and works incredibly well.http://www.glacierbay.com/. Homer has tested them both.

Thinsulate is the best for temperature insulation/value per se and would be a fraction of the price of either Sound Down or Glacier Bay.

I have a big roll of the thicker Thinsualte that I would sell at a deal if you would be interested. It's on a big 5 or 6' roll, not sure on the shipping challenges as it came by truck. If it is sound, they both help, but Glacier Bay (2 layer) is way better for strictly sounnd. For a quick easy much more cost effective general inuslator, Thinsulate is better and so easy to do. Back tthen, they dio d not insualte as well, but Roamer aluminum hulls were sprayed with a Bituminous product that is quite good to this day. The 1969 38 only isnsulated the sedan top, but tno thte sides or the bow sleeping area. When I took it apart it explained why the bow woudl not hold cool well. I changed all that and this machine is packed with Thinuslate and what a difference it does make.. still hear the "chine chimes" though... but only in choppy type water.. I like the sound actually.. it's sort of cool.


The aluminum chimes... yes, it's part of the fun. Actually, most folks tend to like it and there is something about it that can be restful while sleeping.... a bit of an acquired taste, and usually happens most in the bow area.

HOMER

Ok

Will let you know how much I have and will offer it at a much cheaper price.