If a boat sank, its what destiny had in store for it.

My eventual goal in life is to live on a boat and just leave civilization behind.

In the meantime, I'll be doing the Tybee 500 this year.

http://www.tybee500.com

back to the topic though.

I know it sounds tempting, but what you would be buying is what we like to call "a project." Here is how we distinguish between a "project" and a "boat." You enjoy your "boat." You use it, you clean it, you get chicks drunk on the bow and then show them the stateroom. Your "project" sits at the dock. Its never complete, never quite where you want it to be, Your "project" never sets sail, it never cranks up with the women are watching, and the smell of mildew that's crept into the core of the laminate will NEVER go away no matter how much you rip out and replace.

In the end, You pay lots of money on your "boat" to keep it from breaking. On your "project" you just spend money undoing someone elses' f-up. Now heres the plot twist kids. If you enjoy working on boats (this invariably means that you're like me and immune to the effects of inhaled fiberglass dust) then a project is a worth-while investment. I've restored a couple of smaller boats when I was a kid and resold them for more than 4x what I paid for them. However, I don't think a project like this would be a one-man adventure. Were you planning on having a professional crew work on it or are you a DIY kind of guy?

This is my kind of a 60'er: