Sunday, January 17, 2010

Found: Boat junkyard of sorts that has sailboats huzzah!


Drove all the way to Annapolis yesterday to visit Bacon's, but apparently they aren't open Saturdays in the winter (maybe ever?). Took a trip to Sailrite, where we had the most astonishing customer service. Matt remembered once passing something that looked like a boat junkyard while driving down the Eastern Shore so we left and crossed the Annapolis Bay Bridge. We drove south for another hour and found a little tiny establishment with twenty or so junk boats. Feeling like we had found Christmas we ran inside a little shed/garage that was chock a block full of motor parts, refurbished antique outboard motors, odds and end and a dusty counter top. The owner came out and greeted us. We asked her if she had any bow or stern rails, at which she expressed some reluctance to part out the boats out front, but agreed to sell us parts from one particular boat. We're waiting on her email with a price for the rails we want. While we were looking around a young man asked for a price on a 22 foot wreck on a trailer and she told him she would take five hundred, so we are optimistic that the price for the railing may not be too bad.






Amidst the crowd of sad old boats we spotted a Grampian 26 in relatively good condition and asked to go aboard. We climbed up a rickety extension ladder, over the mast, and then through the companionway hatch as the doors were struck in place. The cabinhouse liner was completely intact as were all the original shelves, galley counter and table. All the plywood had significant water damage but it was very interesting to see the original layout and placement of the teak.


























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