T&T: 1987 Peterborough power cruiser dilemma

[trawlerphil]

Seems to me it's a question of open checkbook vs. sweat equity.  If you've
got to pay someone to solve the problem as Joyce has done you could be
opening Pandora's box and Joyce's advice reflects hard realities.

Fixing the stringers or adding enough glass to make the rot moot isn't
rocket science, but takes a lot of sweat equity.  If you aren't willing to
do the work, then sell it as a "project boat".  Junking the boat will also
take a fair amount of work.

I've got a 1990 GlasStream 190SE Bow Rider worth about $4,500 which needs a
motor and an out-drive.  Rather than mess with it, I'm simply going to put
it in the paper as a project boat for $700. I'm getting too old to be
hauling engines under shade trees, but lots of us old guys (and a few gals)
like to "mess around in boats" as "water rat" from Wind in the Willows says.

                                          Regards....

Phil Rosch
Old Harbor Consulting
M/V "Curmudgeon" MT44 TC
Currently lying Bond Creek, NC


[Philip J. Rosch]