I just bought an old 20' Hood sailing boat, and have the use of the mooring for 3 months.
It's my first boat, I don't know much about sailing, but I intend to learn.

I swam around it today and had a look underneath, the rudder has some kind of sea squirt creatures living on it and seaweed, and I got a rough quote for $850 to antifoul it out of the water.

The standing rigging also looks a bit tired, there is rust on most of the wires, and the ropes are old looking. I have decided to have all of it replaced. the mast and boom look fine to me.

Inside the boat is bone dry, and in really nice shape.

The tiller is really really worn out, its wooden and has a driftwood look to it - like it's been wet too many times and crumbled. I'm obviously going to get a new one from somewhere, but I'm having trouble sourcing one, probably because I'm using the wrong terminology.

The deck is dirty but feels quite solid, up the front it flexes a little bit.

all in all I'm happy with it so far, and I'm expecting to spend about $2500 on the rigging and antifoul.


I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts for a new sailor. I only paid $600 for the boat, I think that was a bargain for what I got.

It also has a few sails, and an outboard bracket.


Does anyone know if the quote for rigging and antifoul sound about right for a boat like this??