23 CC -I/O Rebuild

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HA GUYS
I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR COMMENTS ON SPENDING BIG $$$ FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO RE DO YOUR BOATS. I GUESS I AM COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I SPENT ABOUT 150 DAYS OF HARD BUT REWORDING WORK RE DOING MY BOAT. THE ONLY THINGS I HAD SOMEONE ELSE DO IS MOUNT THE MOTOR (DRILL THE HOLES AND CONNECT IT I DID ALL THE REST), BUILD A T-TOP (I INSTALLED IT AND PULLED ALL THE WIRE), AND MAKE THE NEW GAS TANK I INSTALLED IT AS WELL. BASICALLY I DID IT ALL, REPLACE THE DECK, RE DID THE CAP, RE DID THE TRANSOM, BUILD A LIVE WELL FROM SCRATCH, SAND, PAINT, AND ON AND ON AND ON I NEVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND PROBABLY NEVER DO ANOTHER I LIKE FISHING MORE THEN BOAT RE FABRICATION. FOR ME, I WOULD NEVER BUY A OLD SEACRAFT AND THEN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO ALL THAT WORK YOU WOULD SPEND TO MUCH $$ FOR THAT. WHY NOT JUST GO OUT AND BUY ONE NEW OR 2-5 YEARS OLD THAT IS SOLID? IN THE LONG RUN THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN HAVING OTHERS DO YOUR BOAT WORK FOR YOU. I USED THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AND A LOT OF SWEET EQUITY IN MINE. I SPENT ABOUT 50% OF WHAT A NEW BOAT WOULD COST ME BUT IF I HAD OTHERS DOING THE BOAT IT WOULD HAVE COST 75% OF WHAT A NEW BOAT WOULD HAVE COST OR 100% OF WHAT A FEW YEAR OLD BOAT WOULD COST. JUST A THOUGHT FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
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