Posted by MG56 on 08/06/14 - 3:52 PM
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Finnegan wrote:
There is always somebody.....
I think it's beautiful, the finest, most professional, restoration work I have ever seen, and a great service to the overall Classic Whaler community, keeping these famous boats out on the water and in the classic boat shows...
Go back to the first pictures and look close at the hull they used for this project. You have museum quality Whalers because you have genuine hulls & genuine parts. They took one of the last remaining quality 50 year old hulls and raped it. This is now a second tier hull, never to be genuine again.
And this isn't a restoration, I doubt there is an original part other than the rails & there are many things not "right" with the reproduction. It is a very professional finish, top rate. Someone asked what the sale price is, is it 20-30k? Try like 60K, and I doubt they got a buyer, and if so I doubt they are out frolicking. And what happened to the Red Ritchie Compass?
Regardless, I didn't mean to post to this thread, Joe made me do it. He poked at us to check out the sponsors, (Metan isn't now, btw), so I did. I remained shocked at what happened with this specific hull and didn't reply several times, because this is an old thread, but I had to post what I did above.
I am more shocked that I am the only one here that has a problem with the destruction of that classic hull. Actually, not restoring that entire boat was an opportunity lost,
A genuine Whaler is genuine once!
That's ok, I am used to the masses not having a clue what I am talking about.