On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:54:08 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"jps" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:36 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105609

I don't even like thinking about wood maintenance, but sometimes....

--Vic


Seems to me that if you can afford the boat, you can afford to have
someone
else do the work on it.

Depends on what kind of boating you're doing. Also the size, make,
materials, power, sail, etc. If you enjoy the process of maintaining
a boat, you can save a huge amount of boat-ownership cost. I do all
my own maintenance because, for me, it's part of the bliss of owning a
boat. In fact, it's just about equal to taking it out. There's a
well used maxim: "cruising is fixing your boat in exotic locations."

Some folks love sanding and varnishing.


Some folks love hitting themselves with baseball bats too I suppose.

I'm goal oriented so there are few processes that bring me joy.
Working on boats (some cars and occasionally the house and yard) gives
me an opportunity to live in a different space. It's as close to
bliss and I can get without going to the mountains or beach and maybe
one or two other things.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:10 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105609

I don't even like thinking about wood maintenance, but sometimes....

The 30 Squares are beautiful boats. Mystic Seaport has two - one
built in Germany in the late '60s which needs restoration and a George
Herreshoff designed 30 Square built at the Graves Lower Yard in
Marblehead which is completely restored.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:13 -0700, "SteveB"
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"Just John" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:10 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105609

I don't even like thinking about wood maintenance, but sometimes....

--Vic

Gorgeous. It would be great to own if one had the money to pay someone
to keep it up.
--

John H

People who own these types of boats DO have the money to pay someone ELSE to
keep them up.

Steve


Learn something new daily.
--

John H