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And, because this is a holiday weekend, you won't find many people hanging  
around the list until Tuesday or Monday night.

Rummy

In a message dated 5/24/2008 7:47:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

Hello Mazz The Mixer:

You failed to state where things would  be shipped to.  Consider distance a
factor.

Consider that any  boat that is 82 or later that is offered for sale and is
in descent  condition and Stan believes that price if fair, he will either
buy it for  recycle or broker it.  If it needs major renovation, then he
leaves  that for individual with boat building skills.

Boat building skills  include cabinet making skills.  Could he ship
components for  cabinets?  Probably, but when putting in cabinets on boats,
and that  includes new ones from the molds, one size does not fit all. 
Shaping and  fitting require cabinet making skills and lots of time.  That is
a big  reason why recycled boats
costs as much as they do.  If he shipped  part like those, it would still
require a cabinet maker to put them in so  that there were right.

Sails are another matter.  Stan sells new  sails all the time.  Occassionally
he ships them.  When using the  term shipping, remember that Stan does not
have a shipping  department.  So anything he ships has to be easily packaged
and  shipped from the local UPS store in Edenton.

Another thing to consider  is something that Stan does do:  Custom Recycle. 
You bring the boat  to Sta and he rebuilds it to your specs.  Then on the
other side you  come and get your boat.

Because a boat may float does not mean it is  easily useable or readily
useable.  Rebuilding a sailboat that  requires work usually takes months,
sometimes years and lots of  money.  Ask recent boat rebuilders Lou Rosenberg
and John  Shulick.  These two guys are currently on the list.  Many  others
have cleaned up and rebuilt Rhodes 22's.

Consider whether you  should try to rebuild a sailboat.  I have done it.  It
takes more  time than you imagine.  You will spend more than your budget. 
You  should not have other family responsibilities requiring your time.   On
the otherhand, if it is the only way you can get a sailboat, then  evaluate
it and make your dicision according to time and money to do  project.

Again, feel free to post questions to this owners forum.   Also wait a few
days until all respond to get various opinions.

Ed  K
Greenville, SC, USA
“Twenty years from now you will be more  disappointed by the things that you
didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor. Catch the trade  winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.”  Mark Twain  

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