I'll put my 2 cents in here. There are some people that enjoy fishing and there are some people that enjoy working on boats. Then there are some people that enjoy both fishing and working on boats. We have all three groups here on this site. I see the guys across the street tinkering with their Harley's all the time and I just cant figure out what they see in those bikes... I'm sure they think the same about me when they see me tinkering on my boat. A brand new 23 SeaCraft or Regulator with a hard top/leaning post/Livewell/aluminum trailer and all the goodies is going to cost between 60K and 75K these days. Who has that kind of money laying around to spend on a boat? and IMHO taking out a loan on a boat is foolish.... but to each his own I guess. I got my 75 SeaCraft for 13K. I put another 10K worth of fiberglass and countless hours into it and so for 23k I have a boat that will do and go were the new 70K boat will go. Plus it looks just as good and ITS PAID FOR. finally time and money are of minor concern when you are talking about a labor of love.
Being able to turn this:
Into this:
And knowing that you did it your self. Can give you a very warm fuzzy feeling every time you look at it. And I look at it almost every day [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
Strick