While haunting the maritime thrift stores look for a book called Charts of the Chesapeake and buy it for about five dollars.

Now take a piece of easily formed aluminum from Home Depot and attach it to the hull over the outside damaged area using self-tapping screws. I’ve used cardboard. Conform this to the hull shape the best you can, be artistic. Leave it and move to the inside where you have also cleaned the damaged area with your grinder and sterilized the wound with

You won’t need as much equipment as you are led to believe. A grinder, sander, skill-saw, jigsaw and drill will be your power tools,

The sailing world loves a sunset. It’s part of the mystique. We always include one in the ads to evoke the romance and beauty the buyer will soon have.

A booster will be a necessary piece of gear.

patches of fiberglass matte to cover and fill the actual damage from the inside. You’ll soon learn the amount of mixed epoxy you can manage. Proceed slowly and you will learn, just like with the other skills you will master. The tools and materials will teach you. Right now you are forming a level foundation in the damage area for the overlying lay

Another underestimated source is Boat Angel. These people are based in Mesa, Arizona far from any ocean and use eBay as their sales outlet. The descriptions are accurate most of the time. The key to buying from them is finding the marina that actually has the boat and calling them for price of storage due, price of further storage, work allowed and

A Westerbeke W30 diesel is based on a British Leyland 1500D and the recirculating pump is the same as for an MGB automobile for $29.95

Add a battery charger, Shop-Vac and hand tools and you are off to a good start. Buy any specialty tools as you need them and add the cost to the project’s total expenses.