Thanks for your input. I already have
"From a Bare Hull". It's a good book.
The Westsail is also very similar to
Lynn and Larry Pardey's boat in design
but built in fiberglass instead of wood,
which I prefer so I have their book,'The
Capable Cruiser'. I know my boat still
has 'projects to do', but it's not that bad
and I can do alot of it myself with simple
tools and the space is there to do it without tearing stuff up. There are no
blisters or structural problems. This
is on a 29 year old boat. So I guess
that speaks for itself and explains why
they don't depreciate.