I got free O'day 22 as my first sailboat. Needed everything but the
hull was in good shape. I went through the whole damn boat including
new engine rigging, sails, bulkhead, teak toe rails, rub rail, various
deck core/ rebed projects and crack fixes. The boat came out really
nice but, I had dumped about 8 or 9k into it and sold it for $4800 after
I got the viking 33, That boat was a similar story but, I paid $5k for
it and dumped about 25k into it and sold it for $18,900 with a similar
list of renovations including nav instruments, electrical wiring and all
new head and plumbing holding talk... blah, blah, blah. I don't really
complain because of the education in sailboat's inner workings and the
warm and fuzzy feeling of saving another old, plastic boat from the
scrap heap. Both of those boats, potentially, will have many more years
of life out sailing. Funny thing is that they were both bought bought
by new sailors who happened to be of the fairer sex, for whatever that
is worth...
but, a boat sitting holding 18 inches of water for god knows how long
and leaks, and blisters...OMG I'm getting nauseated thinking about
it... The hammer and thumb analogy is awesome Joel!!!
Danny
Tartan 40
Mattapoisett, MA
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