So I've been working on my Tahiti mini day cruiser. Needs a lot of work...stringers, floors, transom....dash.
my question is,  should I continue with project or buy another Hull?
I've got a line on a bahner....looks identical to mine from what I can see in pics.  Would the bahner retain more value than the Tahiti. Both boats are mini day cruisers...21'.
not sure how much, if any work is needed on bahner... so I'll assume It's as bad as my Tahiti. Considering that all repairs were done, on either boat, which would hold more value?
I hear lots of good things about bahner..... more than Tahiti(of this model)
any thoughts??

There were a lot more Tahiti's made.
Not exactly the best boats ever made but made well for there intended purpose.
Bahner was just splashing everyone else's good hulls.
I'd pick the one that needed less work.

-beerjet-

i understand what you guys are saying.  obvious choice would be to pick the one that needs less work.  could very be the bahner, ill see soon.
i was trying to come up with some justification of getting into buying another hull....dealing with space/storage, transferring all the rigging...not to mention getting the hull here as trailer was not included in price.  i fully understand, you very rarely get back what you put in to toys/boats....  so i was curious as to which of the two brands usually sell for more....or at least hold their value.

what would you say is fair price for '81 21 foot mini day cruiser....bahner and tahiti??

What stage are they in?


-beerjet-

having owned both a tahiti 18 and a bahner 21... the tahiti is the lesser of the two.  bahner has much better quality fiberglass work, attention to detail, etc.  the tahiti was almost "thrown together" is if they were trying to crank them out as fast as they could.  some areas in the bilge had 1/2" thick pools of resin that add absolutely 0 strength to the hull.  it was flimsy, the deck shook, hell the whole boat shook when you'd get in mild chop.

look at this video... im in some fairly GOOD water and you can see my seat bases wobbling around.  keep in mind this is a brand new floor, brand new seat bases fiberglassed to teh floor, etc.  i did some things to improve it, full stringers, bulkhead, gunwale supports, etc but it was NEVER close in comparison.



my bahner is solid as a rock compared to the tahiti. 

i dont want to discourage you from the work you've already done and moving forward in your project.  but pretty soon the season will be over and there will be a giant flood of project hulls at dirt cheap to work with.  good hulls like rogers, hallets, spectras, etc. 

thank you gents!   
 thats pretty much what i was expecting to hear about those two hulls.  .......................HOWEVER......... .

i just came back from visiting the guy and the boat.  very cool dude by far.  but the hull is not a bahner.   
HIN says it to be a wet and wild boat.  never heard of them.  upon looking them up....they were in san dimas and like many manufacturers...are out of business (from the info i can find)

hull did look ok, all things considered.  full stringer boat. those appear to be solid for the most part.  transom had a bad spot by adapter cutout on driver side and entire floor needs to be replaced.  with all that....its a leg up from my tahiti...which needs all the above plus full transom, stringers, which were 1/4 length, dash, gunwale supports...the whole 9.

im a little disappointed it didnt turn out to be a bahner....or even an ultra as he thought it may have been one or the other.
maybe wet and wild boats were good....who knows?  upon inspecting it....it did seem to have a better looking layup than my tahiti.  like ka0tyk said.....mine looked rushed....quite a few larger areas that glass was dry, no resin. came right up. anyway.

H20Nut21Bahner, yes...hull was listed on here a short time ago.  started as a full boat for sale, then got parted out.  listed as 21 foot bahner.  red boat.

ill search some more on this company.  thanks to all for the insight!

That sucks it turns out to not be a Bahner. But I say if you like the way it looks, it looks to be the same or less work and looks solid to you. I'd hop on it

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What stage are they in?


-beerjet-

say they were both in same stage, turn key.  equally rigged.

Boats that age, are generally just a name plate.
They were all just a splash of another hull.
That being said, I'd pick the one that was laid up better.
Regardless of brand.

-beerjet-

copy that!  the 'new' one is definitely a better layup than my tahiti.  and about 8 years newer.  just wish i could find something regarding that brand.  its as if no one has heard of them at all.