Thanks! Knnnn and Brian...

This is invaluable information for someone who's never been within
10,000 miles of China, but who's going there...

Fortunately the "Fitting Out" part is my strong point, engines,
welding, electronics and like that. I'm retired, with USA SS and a
smaller pension from a shorter second career at IBM. I have a couple-
few $K saved up (And I'm motivated to try to save some more / make
some more between now and August. Never been a good money guy :-) I
will have a few hundred$ a month available while I'm there. So I'll
work something.

And TEAK.. It seems there's a big break in longevity based on
materials used in China. I get the impression that those really rough
boats seen in some of the photos I posted (Thanks to you-know-who)..
are made of (some species) that is cheap and only lasts a few years.
Anyone able to illuminate more on that subject??

Uh-Oh, now I have a Chinese Teapot full of questions brewing! I
probably should take some of them to new threads. Like:

- Cheap conversions of Nissan automotive diesels / Drive systems
- Welding / Brazing copper to build exhaust manifolds
- Homebrew heat exchangers

- Modern caulking materials for old boats

- Building a new cabin into an old boat, with construction / sealing /
ventilation so it doesn't always smell like the bilge.

- Computer Hardware / Interfaces / WiFi / OS / Software / Display for
homebrew shipboard system.

Anyone interested in these???

(I'll add a photo of my Vermont boat to the Chinese ones I pointed to
above...)