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Originally Posted by psneeld
But if looking for something in particular and on a certain budget and time frame...sometimes you have a heck of a compromise on your hands.
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Exactly right
An experienced and well seasoned boater such as you is uniquely qualified to take a chance on something I would pass on. I've met too many folks who decided on a fixer upper boat based only upon purchase price that later discover the cost of renovation and repair is directly proportional to their time/ability to do the work.
I feel sorry for a couple of miserable trawler owners I've met that bought something they should have passed on. Our budget left us with a wide selection of project boats in our initial size range. My hobby is boating not renovating so our compromise was to purchase a smaller boat that met our current needs better anyway.
Time frame did not apply as ours is strictly recreational use only. Time is a definite factor for those whom live aboard.