Just purchased a Scorpion 5.5

[lebo]

New member and first time poster. Hoping to get advice on restoration project. would like to avoid at least a few pitfalls that i'm sure lay ahead!
Hull #17 is in need of a great deal of work. Interior including bulkheads should be sistered or replaced. will have her on the Hard next week. if anyone would like to share there experience i would be grateful!! Warm regards, Mark Liberman
(941) 809-7424
Will post photos soon!

 

[Loren Beach]

Not too many of these models around...
You might try contacting other owners who have posted here over the years. You can click on a name and look for an email contact.

I used Google search, and put in ericsonyachts.org scorpion,
and got some site hits -- altho not too many.

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?11838-I-m-looking-for-Scorpion-owners

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?3770-Ericson-32-I-Scorpion-or-5-5

Regards,
Loren

 

[toddster]

Very interesting. Please post pics as you go!

 

[tenders]

June and July 1965 ads from Windward Magazine.

 

[lebo]

Not too many of these models around...
You might try contacting other owners who have posted here over the years. You can click on a name and look for an email contact.

I used Google search, and put in ericsonyachts.org scorpion,
and got some site hits -- altho not too many.

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?11838-I-m-looking-for-Scorpion-owners

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?3770-Ericson-32-I-Scorpion-or-5-5

Regards,
Loren

Thank you Loren
great photos. love to see others have saved some of the 5.5's some very good info indeed.. i will be starting soon. i live in Florida and it is still very hot. waiting on cooler weather to start the real work! Best regards Mark

 

[lebo]

The gentleman that sold me #17 owned the boat for over 30 yr. and can't remember her christened name. It's the hull on one of the advertising
fliers shown in the above post.. would love to put her name back on her...