On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:36 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105609

I don't even like thinking about wood maintenance, but sometimes....

--Vic


Seems to me that if you can afford the boat, you can afford to have someone
else do the work on it.

Depends on what kind of boating you're doing. Also the size, make,
materials, power, sail, etc. If you enjoy the process of maintaining
a boat, you can save a huge amount of boat-ownership cost. I do all
my own maintenance because, for me, it's part of the bliss of owning a
boat. In fact, it's just about equal to taking it out. There's a
well used maxim: "cruising is fixing your boat in exotic locations."

Some folks love sanding and varnishing.