List of "Known Survivors"

Survivors

Greetings,

I have a couple updates for Survivors. The 41' Roamer here: "1968 Regal RDP-41-25** (AL) """The Roamer""" FL FB. Not bad; 427s??" Actually has T 6V53s. I have just placed a bid on this boat.

I also saw mention, but can't find it now, of a 1960 Steel Roamer listed as 35' and residing in Texas. The boats' name is listed as "In Too Deep" and I am 99% sure I owned this boat in the early 90s. It had no name when I bought it and after some thought to the matter I named it "N 2 Deep" Arctic Springs, for my riverfront neighborhood on the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, IN, which is directly across the river from Louisville, KY. The boat had T 283s and ran great. It was equipped with only the basics. I sold it to a fellow who was taking it to Kentucky (or Barkley) lake in western Kentucky to reskin the bottom and live aboard. I always thought the boat was a 32 footer, but never actually measured it.

another Roamer found

Foud a Roamer up here.
Not sure if it is accounted for...
http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/details.asp?File_Number=PS1221

Ahoy Maties, new to the Roamer life with the purchase last week of a 1960 31' Roamer (I believe a Regal). Her hull is #ROX 31 170. I bought her in Clatskanie, OR. She now lies in Portland, OR on the mighty Columbia. She's in fine shape for a 49 year old steelie. The weather is warming up and I'm looking forward to fixing some leaky windows, replacing the heater, fixing the Lectra San, and hopefully haul out at the end of the season and paint the bottom, replace the zincs, etc. I've only owned sailboats before, and this boat is so awesome. I have to step out doors every few hours to take another look at her cuz I am in love! She is currently named Capt. M.T. Pockets. I am unaware of previous names or locales this boat has lived in her long lifetime. I am going to buy the records package from the link above to learn more about her.


Brad

You have a beautiful boat there Brad. But I believe you have a Riviera instead of a Regal.
http://www.geocities.com/alloyed2sea/Regal_31.html

roamer on the hard

hello, i have a roamer i was planning on restoring. i started on the hull but business has picked up and i had no time to continue. she is a 1958 28 foot steel hull roamer. express?? hull number ROX 28 119. her name was bud man when i aquired her in 2006.i found her at wardells boat yard on the erie canal where she sat for many years.

Great looking boat!

Welcome Friend

Great to see another one of us rebuilding a roamer. I have a '67' 30' aluminum roamer. I have been working on it now for 5 years. I gut her to the hull and have been refitting her. I live in KS so finding a welder was a 2 year project. I finally found a really good one with the certifications I wanted. So we are now refitting the hull. decks, and some cabin work. The more I work on this I have realized I made the right decision by gutting her to the hull. If I wouldn't have I wouldn't have found some problems that just couldn't be seen any other way.
Welcome friend and hope you have as much fun as I have. I have also learned a lifetime of new things.

hull number

i am looking at a romer now i have found one number it says 540589 is this the coast gaurd registration number or actual hull number?

According to the USCG database (http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html), that USCG number belongs to a 1968 steel boat registered under the name Eagle out of HAVERSTRAW NY.

Got pix?

I picked up a 27' custom comet a couple of years ago in Cleveland. I have it about 75% completely restored from the ground up. Pretty cool. everything 100% original, It even has the "gay striped interior" stated in the brochure. (it may be the one thing I change.) Hull #RXE27-0605R. My family is quite occupied with the roamers. My father had a 42' regal. He bought it from the Ford motor company after they upgraded. He sold it in perfect condition, but it ended up in a scrap yard in Milwaukee. My family currently owns 4- 38 footers, 2 -33 footers and 4 comets. I have 7 siblings, I guess we are a little C C crazy. We've scrapped a few for parts. I should have saved the hull #'s for the record. Still have a 35' steel hull avialable. Keep cruising. Ray in Green Bay.

Geez, Ray, you guys have got the affliction baaaaad. lol

Pics of Roamer RMP 0501R

At last a pic of my Roamer. Here she is laying alongside the pier at Marina Bay in Ft. Lauderdale. Refit is going slow but still going. I would like to make sure she is listed in known survivors. We have done three additional restorations of Chris' but this is my own personal boat.

Did you see my post of giving up on my 43 foot roamer?

32 footer bites the dust

We picked up a 32' steel roamer today. Hull # RXD320317, it had a pair of 327's (likely junk) I will know in the next week or two when we part her out.
the hull is bad enough that I almost poked thru it with my fountain pen. It has a very interesting hard top that extends from the windsheild all the way to the transom. It has been sitting for 5 years and had about 12-16" of water in the hull, but it will live on as "parts" for our other "family of Roamers"
Unfortunately this one will not survive another day at sea. Mark this one down in the non-survivor column. On another note, our summer has finally arrived in the north. It has been hot and seas calm. It is hard to believe we will have below freezing temps and snow with in the next 30 to 60 days. happy boating all, Rapple p.s. the "63" Custom Comet is nearing completion. All original, from the paint to the viny stern deck. Pictures to come.

1963 Silver Comet 27ft

Just got a 1963 Silver Comet. Great shape. I just need/want to add some cosmetics to bring it back life.



Any parts for sale please let me know.

I would like a custom comet windshield and a light pole for it.

Thanks

That appeared to be about $100,000 away from reality, and 8-71s are not for that boat. The guys 6-53s are about a perfect power/weight package if they're turbos.... but those were both conversions from 73 to about 1985-87. After that, people went to a more modern engine with higher efficiency. Some years back when I was working ship assist and dredge tender tug work in the SF bay and up the delta to Sacramento and Stockton, the State of California was administrating some grant program that nearly every work boat took, which was a near free upgrade. There are no more 2 stroke Jimmys working that area. Everyone went to the electronic Cat and Cummins engines and were smiling big. I got 7 freshly powered boats to run....and one old single screw Fairbanks Morse powered girl, in one 90 day hitch out there running for 3 companies. The electronic engines are such a huge leap in efficiency (and HUGE reduction in soot, which is just wasted fuel money), it's almost insane to not upgrade. Yeah, it's a big hit, but If you run real trips and are actually "roaming" with the boat, the efficiency really pays off quickly, and yeah, it's pretty reliable.