PierreR
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2022
- Messages
- 582
- Vessel Name
- Mar Azul
- Vessel Make
- 1977 Hatteras 42 LRC
You would think after 60 years of boating that I would leave those two characters ashore but that does not seem to be the case. Stu and Pid love my company. I purchased my boat cheap two years ago. I bought the right boat, at the right price and had the money, talent and time to make the boat like I wanted it or so I thought. I love to tinker and work on boats but there comes a time when one needs to use them.
What I forgot is that I am not 40. The first year I needed a total right shoulder rotator cuff rebuild, I through that and this year I find out I am bone on bone in the right knee. I take two steps forward and one back. Things are taking much longer to complete than I had imagined. A one year project is now stretching towards three. Three times the number of hours I figured and twice the money in parts. To be honest though I have used the boat for over 5,000 miles in the last two years.
Here is where Stu and Pid get involved. Last week Momma tells me that we lost more $ in one week than the whole boat completed project! My reactiion! "DON'T TELL THAT G# SHT! YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT CHEAP BSTD LIVING IN A SCARCITY MENTALITY" Did I really need to know that!
Okay that does it. She put a mirror in front of my face reminding me that the clock is ticking faster at 70 yo. My fantastic project looks a bit STU-PID. I have the talent and the desire for the project. I have hired nothing done and will have spent $50k in parts by the time I have it done. I figure I have another 400 hours at my current rate. At that point, every system will have been rebuilt in this boat. I am now torn between finishing it or writing a few checks and hiring some work done. My knee replacement is scheduled for April 2 and we plan on leaving with the boat around July 15 on a loop.
What would you do in the same situation? I don't trust and don't know how to hire the work done. I love the work but my body does not. We plan on putting only about 10k more miles on the boat in the next 3-4 years and then selling.
What I forgot is that I am not 40. The first year I needed a total right shoulder rotator cuff rebuild, I through that and this year I find out I am bone on bone in the right knee. I take two steps forward and one back. Things are taking much longer to complete than I had imagined. A one year project is now stretching towards three. Three times the number of hours I figured and twice the money in parts. To be honest though I have used the boat for over 5,000 miles in the last two years.
Here is where Stu and Pid get involved. Last week Momma tells me that we lost more $ in one week than the whole boat completed project! My reactiion! "DON'T TELL THAT G# SHT! YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT CHEAP BSTD LIVING IN A SCARCITY MENTALITY" Did I really need to know that!
Okay that does it. She put a mirror in front of my face reminding me that the clock is ticking faster at 70 yo. My fantastic project looks a bit STU-PID. I have the talent and the desire for the project. I have hired nothing done and will have spent $50k in parts by the time I have it done. I figure I have another 400 hours at my current rate. At that point, every system will have been rebuilt in this boat. I am now torn between finishing it or writing a few checks and hiring some work done. My knee replacement is scheduled for April 2 and we plan on leaving with the boat around July 15 on a loop.
What would you do in the same situation? I don't trust and don't know how to hire the work done. I love the work but my body does not. We plan on putting only about 10k more miles on the boat in the next 3-4 years and then selling.