just a question

[smallboatlover]

So i like to work on boats. i was wondering roughly how much would it cost to do my boat the right way? new transom, deck, stringers, and work on the motor? just had a thought that i might want to do it all over and have a one of a kind boat. thats like brand new.

 

[Bondo]

Re: just a question

So i like to work on boats. i was wondering roughly how much would it cost to do my boat the right way? new transom, deck, stringers, and work on the motor? just had a thought that i might want to do it all over and have a one of a kind boat. thats like brand new.

Ayuh,.... 2 or 3 times as much as that boat yer were gonna buy last week......

Maybe More....

 

[Summer Fun]

Re: just a question

NOT again !!. :facepalm: . :facepalm: . :facepalm: . :facepalm:

I offered to get you a FREE O'Day sailboat & you NEVER responded.


I tried to help but I'm done with you.


SF

 

[smallboatlover]

Re: just a question

never mind can't do this dad won't let me. ill end up saving up for another motor boat. some thing like 14-18' skiff with a tiller steering like a 30-40 hp motor just a basic boat no thrills

 

[Summer Fun]

Re: just a question

Hey JB, Please take this kid under your wings before I KILL myself.

 

[JB]

Re: just a question

You know, SBL, I used to do that. . .jump from one idea to another without developing any of them.

My mentors called it "thinking out loud" and patiently explained why each idea was impractical or not good for some other reason.

My Mom called it daydreaming and yelled at me for "wasting time" and quoted Shakespeare, something about a "tale told by an idiot . . . full of sound and fury and signifying nothing."

We know that I am not an idiot and I don't believe you are an idiot, though some folks would disagree on both of us.

Thinking back, I think it was more like a kid with one penny in a candy store who wants to know the price of every item in the case but is unwilling to settle on one and part with his penny.

It drives folks like Summer Fun crazy. They really, really want to help but every time they offer anything they feel rejected when you ignore them. That simply isn't fair.

I doubt that you really want to do any of those ideas. I think, down deep inside, that you just want to talk about boats until you know everything. The problem is that your friends here expect something to happen and nothing is happening. That is very frustrating.

I suggest that you scale down your ideas to one small thing that you can DO today, then DO it. Then another small idea that you can DO in a short amount of time, then DO that one.

When something is really happening, however small, you will be a lot more credible.

Good luck.

 

[jigngrub]

Re: just a question

You're a teenager without much money, about the only kind of boat you can afford to own and operate is a small tin with a small motor on it that doesn't use a lot of gas. Get one bare-bones and fix it up like you want. After a few years of working hard and saving money, you can sell that one and upgrade.

 

[lncoop]

Re: just a question

You're a teenager without much money, about the only kind of boat you can afford to own and operate is a small tin with a small motor on it that doesn't use a lot of gas. Get one bare-bones and fix it up like you want. After a few years of working hard and saving money, you can sell that one and upgrade.

Yep. That's how I did it. Started with a fourteen foot john boat with a trailer and 9.9 Johnnyrude. Paid $520 for it (no, not $500, not $550, but $520 ) By the time I was done it had a FCTM, three swivel seats on pedestals, front deck, docking lights, and all sorts of ridiculous stuff. I could barely move around in the boat LOL.:facepalm: I went through several more john boats and now I have a party barge (among other water toys). Frankly, I'd give anything to scale back to a john boat, but I've spoiled my girls, so if I want a john boat I guess I'll just have to add to the fleet.

Anywho, the point of my rambling is that for once I agree with the Jigster. Start small with something you can handle and enjoy the journey from there. It does sound like you're moving in that direction, but please, whatever you do, give your education its due effort. If you don't want to go to college that's cool, but it's difficult (not impossible, but difficult) to pursue any kind of worthwhile career without demonstrating at least a fundamental proficiency in grammar and spelling. I'm not trying to put you down, just speaking the truth. Good luck little fella.

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: just a question

I have less patients for this stuff... There is a part of me that doesn't even believe this kid is for real.... possibly just a bored person pranking us over and over with a fictitious 15 yr old character he made up

 

[hungupthespikes]

Re: just a question

X2 ^^^^ from the get!
huts

 

[zopperman]

Re: just a question

This was the second thread you started in an hour baout the same subject. EZ closed the other one. I hope he does the same to this one so you don't get offended. People have tried numerous times to help you.

JB nailed it: "I doubt that you really want to do any of those ideas. I think, down deep inside, that you just want to talk about boats until you know everything. The problem is that your friends here expect something to happen and nothing is happening. That is very frustrating."

 

[bruceb58]

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My bet is that this is not a 15 year old kid and he is playing everyone. Just a troll.

 

[zopperman]

Re: just a question

My bet is that this is not a 15 year old kid and he is playing everyone. Just a troll.

what kind of person...

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: just a question

A 1968 Chrysler 14' with a defective restoration job, isn't worth doing anything to. Start over. Your "bird in hand" has died.

 

[JimS123]

Re: just a question

My bet is that this is not a 15 year old kid and he is playing everyone. Just a troll.

I don't think so. Too many pictures of the botched up job. You can't make them up.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: just a question

Holy smokes dood:facepalm:

SBL, good for you coming here and seeking advice. Good for you to ask the important questions. Good for you to try and not make a giant disaster of things by asking those who are in the know. Well done buddy!

In my late teens I thought I knew everything. I thought had it all figured out and couldn't care less what other folks thought. I went my own way for many years. I did a lot of stuff that today I am quite ashamed of. Really had no interest in being mentored or seeking advise of others.

But not you, you are all about it.

But here is the part where I (we) are totally perplexed!!!

Why are you asking???

You promptly ignore every word shared by the crew here on iboats! Sharp guys who have taken valuable time out of their day to give you a hand!

So, why ask??? Why do you bother??? Same basic questions over and over too. So confusing man!

Tell ya what, you do seem to roll with the punches though. So, well done on that front SBL.



All the best....

....and I am begging ya, don't let anybody climb into that little red boat with you when you go for lobster.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: just a question

I don't think so. Too many pictures of the botched up job. You can't make them up.

I don't discount the story about the boat. Just everything else.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: just a question

what kind of person...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=internet troll

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: just a question

I don't discount the story about the boat. Just everything else.

It's no secret that Bruce and I have been known to disagree from time to time but not today....

The BEST lie is built on just a little bit of truth..... a little bait to slip the hook in.

 

[smallboatlover]

Re: just a question

how do you guys think i could make a pot hauler to haul pots? 4x4 fiber glasses to the boat? with a pulley. i'm seroius i'm getting the part to fix the boat and fixing the motor and outfitting it to work on.