If you haven't heard that long-winded story yet, here goes. We have had a small houseboat in the dock for about ten years now. The boat is a 1970 30' Gibson that used to belong to "Dive Shop Randy." He sold it to another guy who kept it until recently. The latest owner got into some legal trouble and quit paying rent about 2 years ago. The lawyer he owed money to got the "Arkansas registration" signed over to him. Titling a boat in Arkansas is a joke. No titles for motors at all and only a little 2" x 3" registration on the boat. The registration got "lost in the mail" so when we ordered a duplicate we were able to put it in PCM's name so we would have a Missouri title to transfer when we sold it. The rent was continuing to rack up on the boat and the lawyer wanted out so we made him an "offer he couldn't refuse" and are now the proud owner.
Jabet & Matt agreed with me that it would make a fun little day cruiser that would be easier to handle than the "Five O'Clock Somewhere" so we have decided to keep it for now and fix it up. The boat is one half the size of "Five O'Clock Somewhere" hence the name "Two Thirty Somewhere." I have been wanting to sell the "Five O'Clock" for some time now and CJM says she isn't willing to let it go until she sees and approves of the finished "Two Thirty."
So, today I got started. First order of busines was to buy several bug bombs and set them off inside the boat to hopefully get rid of the wasps and spiders before I start digging in the cabinets and ripping out the carpet.
I have included some "before" pics. Stay tuned as I progress toward the "after" pics :)
CTM
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