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Old 08-20-2020, 12:43 PM   #15
rgano
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City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
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Originally Posted by Xsbank View Post
Good one Rich!

A lot of the stuff we buy is cost-compromised: a trap-puller with galvanized hardware? A dinghy anchor system with galvanized shackles and polypropylene rope? Plastic shelves on a barbecue that are so slippery you need to hold anything on them with vice-grips?

Innovation and improvement can be one of the real pleasures of boating.
With sixty improvement/mod projects completed on this boat since I bought it five years back, I'd say the whole boat qualifies as one gigantic "pleasure."
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