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On Mar 7, 11:30 pm, Larry wrote:
"NE Sailboat" wrote in news:HuKHh.1566$pi.707
@trndny09:

Bob has that fever .. wood boat fever. This can be a very dangerous
condition.


This condition IS treatable. Find someone with a wooden boat and offer him
Bob and Bob's sander, every weekend for the next month, to help him do what
he does all the time....sand and paint...sand and paint.

Bob'll soon come to his senses and start looking for a nice FIBERGLASS boat
to SAIL not SAND on weekends.

Wood nostalgia is wonderful during that first hour of sanding, but wanes
quickly as the sun tops the mast....




Dont get me wrong........... I wood never own a wood boat. U got 2 b
nuts to own one or very very rich.
I have a GRP, 1979ventage. I love it. Why? Cause it aint wood!


Larry
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Can you hear the woodborers eating the hull as you lay in the v-berth?


Ah,ship worms...... gribbles, torredo worms (which are not worms at
all... actually a clam)

Whats not to love about red lead, white lead, Dolpinite, pine
tar................. Arg!

uh, just about everything............. every spring and every fall.

but please do not tell me a Pergo boat incapsulated in epoxy is a
"wood boat" It just aint so. Theyre pretty, ridgid, water proof,
light,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and plastic.
Bob