cardude01
Guru
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2012
- Messages
- 5,290
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Bijou
- Vessel Make
- 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
My youngest son is going off to college (UT Austin— EE major) this fall, so dear wife (DW) and I have been spending some time in Austin getting things situated and enjoying all Austin has to offer, and reminiscing about how much the city has grown. We graduated UT back in 1988-89.
Anyhoo, today we drove over to Lake Travis and stumbled across a super clean 1999 vintage Sharpe Houseboat and met the super nice (and persuasive) older owners, and now DW wants it. It’s 60’, aluminum hull, twin 5.7 gassers with EFI, with hydraulic stern and bow thrusters, and a 12kw Westerbeke gen that runs the 2ton house type heat pump AC unit (which I think is pretty interesting). DW says you can’t get a house on the water for this price! [emoji30]
Anyone have any experience with these big floating bricks? I think I can pilot it OK since it has the good thruster setup, as long as the winds are pretty light. It’s been under a covered slip the last 13 years this owner has had it so it looks good, but some of the rail stanchions on the party deck are a bit loose and I wonder what they are screwed into. If it’s wood under the fiberglass roof (and I kind of think it is) I’m a little scared of that.
Should we run away, or go for it and party on the deck like (old) rock stars? [emoji51]
Edit: This boat would not be for the kids and friends, unless we are there on the boat. Too much liability.
Anyhoo, today we drove over to Lake Travis and stumbled across a super clean 1999 vintage Sharpe Houseboat and met the super nice (and persuasive) older owners, and now DW wants it. It’s 60’, aluminum hull, twin 5.7 gassers with EFI, with hydraulic stern and bow thrusters, and a 12kw Westerbeke gen that runs the 2ton house type heat pump AC unit (which I think is pretty interesting). DW says you can’t get a house on the water for this price! [emoji30]
Anyone have any experience with these big floating bricks? I think I can pilot it OK since it has the good thruster setup, as long as the winds are pretty light. It’s been under a covered slip the last 13 years this owner has had it so it looks good, but some of the rail stanchions on the party deck are a bit loose and I wonder what they are screwed into. If it’s wood under the fiberglass roof (and I kind of think it is) I’m a little scared of that.
Should we run away, or go for it and party on the deck like (old) rock stars? [emoji51]
Edit: This boat would not be for the kids and friends, unless we are there on the boat. Too much liability.
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