[FELLOW-SHIP]

Well the first thing you need to do is go to your closes grocery store and buy at least 1 case of your favorite beer. Then after you have drank a few you will be able to think clearly about a PROJECT BOAT JOB “do I really want to do this”. I wish that I would have spent more time on this first step before I got into my project. Next step is to make a decision on the size and type of boat you want, think it out, and then stick with your decision. You don’t want to put all that work into a project and then at the end say you know I wish I would have picked this model instead. Then you need to except the reality that the project will take twice as long and will cost 50% more then you think it would cost. If you are thinking that it will cost less to buy a old boat in bad condition and fix it up for less money that what you could buy a newer used boat that some one is selling, you will be making a mistake, there are a lot of boats on the market that can be had for a fair price. But if you are thinking you want this boat and want to bring it up to almost new or sometimes better than new because of your customization then you can start on a boat finding stage. When I got to this place I was only interested in the hull and nothing else I finally found a guy that was willing to keep the 2 old motors and the trailer and t-top and leaning post and just sell me the hull. Now don’t get me wrong if that stuff was in expectable shape I would have bought the hull with that extra stuff. But usually on a project boat just the hull is what you want and if there is other stuff attached you are going to throw it away anyway because it shot. After you find your hull go back to the grocery store and buy more beer lots more beer. Everything about doing a project boat is more sweet than inspiration or abilities. To do a deck, transom, cap, gas tank, paint, gel coat, what ever is mostly just plain work lots of it and fiberglass with epoxy resin is not a difficult thing to do. Time, money, scratching, and more beer in what it’s all about. The guys here will give you a combined wisdom that’s equivalent to 100’S of yrs experience and 100’s of methods to do it plus books and internet sights that will do the same. Good luck
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