On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:17:55 -0700 (PDT), North Star
wrote:

I'm talking to a guy in Alabama who is selling a like new 2010 model
of the small micro-cruiser sailboat I like.
It would save me somewhere north of $3K to drive down and tow home
this boat (3600 miles round trip) but it's missing two options I'd
really like to have... opening ports in the cabin and a stern rail in
the cockpit. I had a new Siren 17 sailboat in the same size range back
in the 80s and I found the new smell of fibreglass a bit
overwhelming. What to do???

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That's a long way to drive for the wrong boat.