"Roger Long" wrote in
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to dodge around it at your peril.



I think the title of the thread needs to be changed:

"True cost of PERFECTIONIST'S boats"

is more appropriate.

Plastic fittings above the waterline don't need replacing with bronze and
amazingly-priced bronze ball valves. There's lots of other niggling
examples of nonsense in your list. But, it had to be a perfectionist's
boat, not just a pleasure boat. Everything had to be perfect, not just
functional and safe.

I bet the yard owner was smiling from ear to ear every time you found some
other niggling little defect for him to tear it all apart for....(c;