I guess I misunderstood again. Instead of looking to buy a mint 22' Sisu. You bought or found a low priced or something free for removal boat that you want to slap some lipstick on and make some money. How many times can I try to guess what you aren't telling? The low hours diesel apperantly means nothing since it needs work already and you probably didn't properly investigate what it may need to become a sound motor that would be incinuated by the menton of the low hrs. For all we know, it might be worth spare parts or scrap metal? A cored hull is subject to moisture damage which is probably very likely since the deck failed. Often if one occurs you can probably find something in the other. Paint, this boat should be gel coat finished. Do I guess you mean you are going to paint the hand rails and other minor wood or painted pieces or did someone ruin the boat by spray painting the hull and topside or something worse, they rolled or brushed it on? Anyone who would paint a boat that should be gel coat is looking to slap lipstick on a project to make money . So what if a profession paint job is done. It is the half assed way of doing the job. Which are you? Do you do it the right way or do you do the easy way and slap some lipstick on? Maybe you can bring the boat over to maco on their 299 special and make her look all nice and shiny.
So have you investigated the motor properly yet or do you even intend to?
Have you found any damage to the core or do you intend to even inspect every square inch so the next owner can be confident he is going to get a solid boat and moneys worth.
Do you intend on slapping a shinny coat of paint on the boat to make it all shiny looking .
1981 How is the shaft. thru hull fittings. exhaust, , stuffing boxes. instrument panal. steering .etc
You can easily spend all winter just investigating all the things you should be checking without even doing anything.
Or, you can just see if it works good enough and let the next owner worry about how long it will work for. A 1981 Sisu with a unknown history can easiy be worth well more in time and repairs than what the fair selling price should be. So you can either fix it up because you like doing that sort of thing and break even at best or even take a loss. There are people out there that will do that because they love what they are doing or you can slap some lipstick on it and make a profit off some unsuspecting buyer who wouldn't know the difference what lipstick is on a boat. There are people out there that actually think a nice shiny painted boat on a boat that is intended to be gel coat is impressive.
What kind of boat is the next owner going to be getting for the money he spends?
