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Way too much building, Gordy !
I no longer have a full scale boat, but the last one I had was a Hydro Stream Vector powered by a snarly Mercury Outboard with a 26 pitch ET cut stainless Chopper prop. Thing was scary fast. No longer have interest in owning a boat. "BOAT" is actually an acronym- Break Out Another Thousand ! A buddy of mine has a 38' Sea Ray motor Yacht. Powered by twin inboard Chevy 502 big-blocks. Burns 1 gal of fuel for every mile traveled. Holds 400gal of fuel. Many years ago I messed around with Offshore big boats like Scarabs, Cigarettes, and Ocean Express racing Catamarans. Got annoyingly expensive.
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Several friends have acquired and then sold their boats over the years. All of them attest to the old saw "The two best days of my life were when I bought my boat and when I sold it...." |
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Well, it’s like this for me... The sailboat I built for my brother-in-law who passed away over a year ago...I built it so, I inherited it. The cost was all on my brother-in-law so it was free. It is for sale! I built the canoe next for me. Well, the native Americans are wrong on this one. A canoe and Lake Huron is a bad idea. So I sold it. It cost about $200 in material. I sold it to my neighbor for $2,500. The rowboat is it’s replacement. Cost was about $300 in material. It’s my fishing boat and I love it. So to me, boats are basically free if you build them yourself. I am sad when I sell one of my boats but the money makes I OK. I put a lot into them. Besides, I have to admit, I am addicted to wood.
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Being addicted to wood is probably one of the safest/healthiest addictions one can have.
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Very nice model, Gordy!
This forum needs a "like" button, BTW. James |
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That’s a beautiful model Gordy! It looks like it could be a movie prop.
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