1970 Columbia 28 MKII

Health issues have made me expedite this sale. If you are interested, please reach out, lets talk.

Here is a project boat in the Belfast area of Maine. Currently on the hard. During the October 2021 nor’easter that rolled through, she was the last boat to find her way from the mooring to the rocks in Rockland. We got a great few years of sailing in and at the time of her grounding, I was already pitching the idea to sell to someone looking for a solid boat to learn on or downsize to. Now, I am looking at the same thing except for it being a project boat to teach them as they go. I dont have the time to do the work needed to save her. Instead of just putting it off until she is really to far gone, I am hoping that someone will be able to save her and enjoy many more years of sailing. Damage: 1. Anchor roller tore off at the roller which sheered the mooring line. 2. Bow pulpit is pushed upward to port. 3. Keel-hull joint leaks. This one is the big one. I pulled out all the sealant from the joint a few weeks ago and re-bedded the joint. After a few days I put a fairing compound over the joint. Upon recent inspection and having some recent water in the bilge, It is leaking somewhere and compromised that work and set me back another couple weeks. 4. The rudder, it was bent up at a sharp angle and was jammed into the hull. (no structural hull damage from the rudder). 5. Lead keel was mushroomed out a bit from heavy contact with granite.

Possible Issues: 1. Finding new 3/16 wall x 1-7/8 dia. x 36 L. (316ss, rudder stock. 2. Mast wiring, I rewired the whole mast back in 2016 and when the stick was pulled in November, wires were cut at the deck step for the NMEA2k B&G wind transducer. It will be an easy cable to replace, if you pull the new one through with the old wire. 3. Hull nav. Lights. The tri-color lights on the hull work, but there is a ground issue somewhere. 4. Palmer M60, 22 HP gas engine has always been finicky. But, when it is running, It runs strong.

$3000. OBO

Equipment: Equipment and Upgrades since 2016: 2016: Sanded the decks down to glass & added a barrier coat, 2 coats of Petit White and then sandstone with sand non-skid. Removed all deck hardware, drilled out holes, filled with epoxy, drilled out and re-bedded hardware with butyl tape. 2017 Sanded hull. Above & below waterline down to glass. (Gelcoat was already gone from previous owner) New plumbing to head and galley sinks Barrier coat x2, new raised waterline by 4. Pettit ez-poxy white and Kelly green above the waterline and Pettit Hydrocoat Red & Black below the waterline. (When you start seeing red through the black bottom paint, it is time to either sand and repaint or add another layer)

2017: Continued: LED lights on hull for navigation lights and on the masthead and spreaders. New standing rigging. Full set. New running rigging, Full set. New Origo 2 burner, non-pressurized alcohol stove Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass. C-head, Composting toilet 2x 15-gallon water tanks under V-berth LED cabin lights 4 Beckson opening ports & 2 acrylic fixed ports/windows Folding Mast steps to the mast head. Diesel forced air heater and 5-gallon diesel tank in lazarette 13-gallon gas tank in port quarter berth Engine control gauges. Rebuilt carburetor (zenith updraft carb). Retrofitted the old hatch to have a nice big window. (wouldnt recommend standing on it for prolonged periods, but it is good against green water) 100 watt solar panel with charge controller Garboard drain in bilge

2020: Custom built hard dodger, (3/4 marine plywood, covered by 3 layers of 1708 Biaxal fiberglass and polyester resin. Lots of overlapping in the corners and deck attachment points. Standard Horizon Eclipse VHF radio Vesper Marine VHF/AIS antenna on masthead. (no AIS installed yet) Raymarine ST2000 Autohelm.

2021: Precision Sails Mylar Carbon flying jib

No further purchases for new or replacement equipment occurred.

Sail Inventory Precision Sails Mylar Carbon flying jib Full batten mainsail Original Mainsail 150% Genoa, has been patched on luff at height of the spreaders Symmetrical Spinnaker Gear and Hardware summary: 4-6 Docklines /- 20 Dozen sail ties Mainsail cover Winch handles Whale gusher bilge pump (not installed) Reefing lines All mainsail battens 200 or 5/8 3 strand anchor rode with 20 5/16 chain Danforth anchor (lunch hook) Spinnaker pole 100-watt Solar panel C-head composting head Folding mast steps (installed) Raymarine ST2000 Autohelm New Dinette and quarter berth cushions (2020) Origio 2 burner non-pressurized alcohol stove (2017) Spare engine parts, carb. Rebuild kits, notes Original documents with copies of work notes.

More pictures can be emailed to you if requested, If you are interested and would like to see her for yourself, please contact me by email and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If the ad is still up, she is available.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to speaking to you.