This is an especially good point if you're planning on cruising in foreign waters, far from modern boatyards. Also a good point if you're not filthy rich and plan on doing a lot of work on the boat yourself.
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Originally Posted by Idiens
I was advised to get a boat in a material I was familiar with repairing. GRP is fairly easy, I think. But I have a friend who wouldn't touch the carcinogenic stuff. He is a steel man, runs around with bits of welding rod behind his ears, a dab hand with a wire brush and knows ever rust remover / inhibitor on the planet.
He has a point, I could not repair minor damage with tool No 1. - a hammer.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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