Hey All, well I'm getting a 1990 Chris craft Catalina 372 basically given to me. it had a fire at the electrical fire at the circuit breaker panels. it burned hot and they are trash. needs to be rewired and panels. is it worth the time and money for items to repair it. i can do the work i just need to get the parts and a manual. is it worth it?
My ribs still hurt. Nobody else has offered to help. Lets expand this thread. Lets start from the beginning; What exactly do you have? Year, model, engines, gen-set any working equipment? Does anything work correctly? Lots of pictures here will help (please no larger than 600 pix wide). Copy of last survey available? What exactly fried and why? More pictures here also. What exactly do you expect to do when done? Please tell us you have cash and lots of it. How much cash do you have in it already? Have you transferred the title to yourself yet?
I have nothing in it. Motors are chevy 270 hp. Generator is an Onon 6.5 gen set. Motors run good. Before the fire they were gone through. The generator works fine. It's a 90 Chris craft Catalina 372. Complete boat. Have not transferred title. And I'm good in the financial area. I want to do the work myself. My son is a lic electrician and is up to date on cert. It's going to be a lot of work but own two other boats and love the water. I'm going to put it at our property at holden beach in Supply NC. Just family use. Thank you I'm new here and just feeling the situation out. I live at Tuckertown and lake with 16 acres. Not for sale. We have 4 big lakes around us. Like within 30 min to any of them. I'm working on the photos. I'm was going to gut it and redo it all and update it. I have all the electrics, radar, radio, depth finders, chart plotters ect......
Al rite, your not a dreamer, not looking for a home, not with-out-a-clue and can spend some money that you really have. Already own 2 other boats. All in the correct direction to become a boat addict.. I have rebuilt some boats also. Out of the many, completed a few & lost lots of money. I did learn lots, stayed out of jail, kept the marine hardware stores open and sadly, kept some scrappers busy. Went thru a couple of wives also. I also learned, sometimes you will spend more money and get old VS. purchase an already running vessel and maintain that. Lets get some pictures uploaded and check out your money pit.
I love to fix things, there is very little I cannot fix. I have been told in gifted. I have an engineering degree and worked aircraft in the USAF.
Looks like a lot more then just electrical work. I don't know if that's smoke damage or mold (maybe both). At minimum, I would try to estimate what you think it will take, then double or triple that and decide if you want to proceed. For what it's worth, there appears to be a fairly nice condition, twin diesel 372 on YW asking $60k. What will yours be worth after yo fix it up? I get your notion of liking a project. You might find better projects. There's a reason this one is free! https://www.**************/boats/1990/chris-craft-372-catalina-3840535/
Yep, a money pit. BTW, that gas gen-set model may have more deaths associated with it than any other model.
Well you guys know better than I. It's not worth the chance of something happening. I dont think I'll be moving forward with it.
Sorry but I believe you are making a better decision in passing on this. Wish I had my pals here when I started rebuilding boats, I'd be rich by now & famous by now.. Now, Lets spend your money on something already self propelled... Tell us more on the two boats you already have. On going projects there? Need anything?