[quote=Edchris177]That was the same logic used whren I bought my Bombardier 16' Invitation. The boat leaked like a sieve, but the blades were solid mahogany, & the spars & sail were very good to excellent condition.
Because the boat sank when I launched it, i paid nothing. I did some research on fiberglass boats & how to repair them, $34 later I had a perfectly functional sailboat that was nearly as fast as a Laser, but a cockpit for 3.
We sailed the crap out of that thing for a year, 5 kids who had never sailed cut their teeth on it.
This year we only used it 5 days, so i'm tinking of selling it as a "cottage" boat. My sister in law & niece both sailed it one day & said, "don't sell that boat, we love it".
So' look at it as something for fun a few days a year, the kids can run it single handed, & if they crash it, so what, you're out a couple cases of beer. They can learn to sail on it, then graduate to your Cat, & 5 years from now you can still sell it as a "cottage boat" for $200.
A man can never have to many boats, I just added up the inventory, I now have 7 at my cottage, & we use them all.<!-- editby --><em>edited by: Edchris177, Sep 09, 2010 - 09:51 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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