This is how the Flying Fox looked when I first saw her. She had been floating in the marina for 5 years. I went in halves with a friend in buying this boat on ebay. We brought the boat to Riverside, Ca. from its home there in Redwood City, Ca. We found the bottom of the boat covered with barnacles. Having a swing keel there is a slot in the bottom of the boat. This slot had driftwood caught in it. I scraped as much of the hull as I could and then we hired a diver to finish the job. We also had him reconnect the keel winch cable as it had broke. We found later there was a small crack where the keel slammed into the hull. The Flying Fox also came with the original trailer which will also need restoration.Upon bringing the boat to Riverside we began the task of cleaning her. I say "we" my boating partner did as little as he did when I first scraped the bottom in Redwood City. Then he had read the manual as I scraped, once in Riverside the first thing he thought he needed to do was go shopping for deck shoes! I was proud and happy to have the boat but I had to give up after a couple of days of working alone. After a year of the boat just sitting I got my partner to sell me his share.
