BigBoatinOkie
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- May 28, 2009
- Messages
- 763
Just wanted to start a fun little discussion and get peoples thoughts. I bought my very first boat last summer. It was an '86 Cheetah 19ft. bowrider. Soon after I bought it I realized it was trashed. Deck, stringers, transom, and motor mounts were all beyond rotten. So, I stuck that one in a barn and bought one in better condition. Guess what, the deck, stringers, transom, and motormounts were rotten, although much less rotten. They were just solid enough to fool me into thinking they were in good shape. So I decided to jus bite the bullet and repair the damage myself without any knowledge what so ever about boats much less restoration. Anyway, I'm getting close to completing the remodel of the second boat I mentioned, thanks to the help of all the great iboaters. I've cussed, shouted, whined, moaned, complained, bled, itched, spent way to much money, etc. throughout the whole project. The thing is....I love it! I'm not even done with my first project and I'm already thinking about how I'm going to rebuild that first crapper I bought and I find myself looking on craigslist for good projects. Is this just gonna get worse? Is this addicting? Are you addicted? Share your thoughts and/or stories. Have a nice day.