"DSK" wrote in message
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A general question- what is the most ambitious boat repair or improvement
project you've accomplished? What project would you like to take on?

I know of people who have rewired boats, repowered, repaired major hull
damage, and so on. I meet a lot of sailors who seem reluctant to take on
big projects, and we all know other who are perpetually working on their
boats.

At the moment I'm putting a new deck on our tugboat. But I'd rank that as
mundane, the toughest project I've tried is making a competitive racing
baby out of a 20 year old Lightning. This went through 3 phases, the first
two were moderate successes and I never got to try the final result.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Being terrible with projects, the most I have ever done was the autopilot
installation. Turned out well, but it took forever. Seriously considering
replace the rubrail extrusion and insert, but will give very careful
thought, it's the kind of project that would keep the boat on the hard until
it's done, unlike the autopilot install. Believe it or not, couldn't find
anyone to do the autopilot installation, OTOH, probably saved quite a bit of
money going the DIY route.

John Cairns