Hope the survey works out this time, but I always suspect that there is some sinister motive when one trades-in one’s trawler license for a thousand cubic inches of wake producing machine.:lol:
Comodave, Here's hoping the survey goes well. And on vintage, the most "vintagie" think on our boat, unfortunately, is ME!
Hope the survey works out this time, but I always suspect that there is some sinister motive when one trades-in one’s trawler license for a thousand cubic inches of wake producing machine.:lol:
We did a sea trial and survey Monday on a Formula 34PC with 7.4 MPIs in it. They wouldn’t turn over 3100RPMs and then we found the entire engine room bulkheads and stringers would peg the moisture meters. That deal was toast. We are going to look at a 36PC tomorrow. It has 502s in it. I hope it is in better condition.
Yes, my wife had a birthday on Wednesday and I told her that I was giving her a new boat. She didn’t buy that idea. And while I tease her about getting old, i am 3 months older than her. We will have our 50th anniversary in August. I do keep telling her she has a good deal and not to mess it up…
Hi Dave:
Good luck with the survey!
And I am so sorry to read that your back issues have required multiple surgeries. Sigh. Getting old is definitely not for sissies.
We are in a very similar next-boat dilemma, only my Mom is a youngster compared to yours: 88 years young.
I am wondering (aside from the available speed and local mechanic resources you mentioned) if there are certain features of the Formula that you think your Mom might enjoy?
You are in Wisconsin, and we are in Florida, so there's one big different factor for us in choosing our next boat-that-Mom-might-enjoy-with-us.
Right now I am looking at day boats with roomy cockpits and small cabins; cabins primarily for the ladies to have a privacy loo.
Fortunately that describes many fishing boats, of which there are a ton for sale down here. Unfortunately, most of these fishing boats seem overpowered to me and Hubby Dan.
Cheers,
Mrs. Trombley
Is this the boat?
https://www.boattrader.com/boats/make-formula/model-36-pc/
Yes, that is it. Pretty poor job of listing it. It is also on Yachtworld. I amazes me that people will list a boat for sale and not even clean it. Or remove all their crap from the jammed lockers. When we sold our boat the surveyor told me it was a pleasure to survey a clean well maintained boat.
The engine room actually looks pretty nice. It needs a bit of cleaning but it appears that the PO didn’t hack things up. I will end up replacing the electronics, canvas and all the upholstery. Adding bow and stern thrusters. I hope it passes the survey. If not we have a Formula 41PC on standby. It is having all the headliner in the cabins replaced and is still not ready. But the 41 has 450 Cummins in it and we don’t have a marine diesel mechanic here. And I don’t want to work on the engines anyway.
I don’t think the hull below the waterline is cored but am not absolutely sure.
I hear you on the overuse of vintage as an adjective. But in this case I read Dave's use of "that vintage" to mean "that year range," and not that it "is" vintage.
Well, we are on our 3rd boat now. The first one failed sea trial and survey dramatically. All stringers and bulkheads in the engine room rotten. Engines wouldn’t turn up over 3100 RPMs.
The second boat, we had a verbal agreement with the seller and the broker texted me that they sold it to someone else.
We wanted a smaller boat and gas powered because I didn’t want to do all the maintenance. The first boat was 34’, second boat was 36’ and now we made an offer on a 1998 Formula 41PC with 450 Cummins. Oh well, hope it works out because there isn’t another boat in the Great Lakes area that I would consider.
The Formula is 11 years newer than the 41’ President that we sold and the buyer left this morning on his way to Green Bay with it.