I guess the only downside to buying one already equipped is the workmanship that went in to equip it.
If it was all just hacked it then it may be more trouble and more work to clean up than having to install it right the first time. I don't know how many times I've said "what the F?#% was this guy thinking about?" when finding the PO's "upgrade" installations. One of them cost me my steering in 18 knots of wind and a 3 foot chop and a 2-day towboat us tow home. Just sayin' Danny Lolita 1973 Viking 33 Westport Point, MA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Colin Kilgour <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List tips Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:38:39 -0500 Wally's email reminds me of one more important tip I shared recently. All the tips so far are about buying a particular boat. Before doing that, I'd focus on find the nicest, most well equipped boat you can afford, and buying that one (using all the advice provided so far). Outfitting/re-fitting a boat is EXPENSIVE and time consuming (this is the Wally part). But if you buy a boat that's already outfitted, you'll save a ton of money. My $0.02 Colin On 2/27/13, Wally Bryant <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom wrote: > > One last thing...listen to your heart... > > if she's your boat, she'll speak to you. > > Colin wrote: > > Or, if the only concern is the engine, > > run it while the boat's still on the hard... > > Which is probably what I would do. > > - - - > > Well, I was going to spend a great deal of time expounding on this topic. > > However, being drunk before breakfast (oh shucks is it noon already) > I'll let the above quotes stand as truth. > > At the moment I'm on the hook in a moderately protected anchorage with > the breeze howling through the rig. > For four days. > > I call it a breeze because I know what wind is. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
