If a buyer is getting financing they will want a survey. This happens less than half the time, so play along. Part of the boating public still thinks highly of these frauds and some prospective buyers believe they can gain leverage from any defects found to lower the price. Remember that they are paying for this, so when they ask if you have a copy

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

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.

Epoxy is the way to go when doing any structural repair. Within a week we had the boat ready to paint. The life-line stanchions were welded straight for sixty-five dollars at a local shop. The wooden toe-rail was spliced with Home Depot oak and stained to match. The black anti-fouling paint was applied. The Yanmar 4JHE was lifted in place with my

We prowled the auction sites, craigslist up the east coast, then across the gulf coast, then large cities up and down the Mississippi River and Tombigbee internal waterway system, Chicago Nautical Donations, Deltaville Maritime Museum (field of Dreams), Cooper Specialty Salvage, eBay, Certified Sales and the other auction outlets. After a week we

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.

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

On any body of water you absolutely must render assistance. It’s the Way.