I’m so bored due to Corona Virus isolation that I am featuring a boat I found abandoned in Alaska! Boats and planes are almost as common as cars and trucks in Alaska. Naturally, I like the older stuff, especially growing up watching Jaws. First off, sorry that I have not been as active on here as I have in the past. I am focusing more on the YouTube side of things, and you can see my YouTube channel here. Anyway, back to the vehicle in question!
Normally I like to get some video of what’s abandoned, but this time I only got some pictures, so that’s perfect for you readers versus you watchers! Now, I don’t know anything about boats aside from the fact that I know I can’t afford to store one.
This appears to be a late-mid 70s Bayliner Victoria. Apparently these 27 foot boats were powered by a Chevy 350. Again... I am learning all this as I go, so bear with me. There is a huge hole where the prop should be, so I don’t know if the engine is missing, or just the prop portion of it. I did not venture close enough to look inside the hole, and if I did, this was six years ago at this point, so I don’t remember. Yes, I am going through my achieves!
When seeing some of these boats for sale online during my recent research, one floating in the water and running had an asking price of $3,000, and one with an engine sitting on a trailer looking only half better than this had an asking price of $1,500. I don’t know much about the value of boats, but I assume that would make this one with a value of free, if it were for sale.
Back in the day, this would have been quite a nice, comfortable, and fully loaded boat! This Bayliner has it all: a head, galley, cabins, and all the other nautical terminology, but for now, it fits my terminology of “Rotting in Style”.
That’s all for this one. I do have more footage and pictures from the Alaska, Gabel, and Retro collections, as well as some one-offs, so be prepared!
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