HOWEVER:

The idea of maintenance scares me

Are you planning to build new?

Sounds like not, when asking about a surveyor.

If an older wooden boat has not been kept under cover, you'll *wish* you just
had "boat pox" to deal with. Freshwater, (as in rainwater) is particularly
destructive to a wooden boat.

Maintenance? You may spend more than you can possible imagine restoring an old
wooden boat to the point where "maintaining" becomes the operative word.

Biggest key, again, is whether the boat has been continuously stored under
cover.
There are some 50 year old wooden boats that have been kept in covered moorage
that are still in reasonable shape-

They need to sell to people who anticipate spending a lot of time on upkeep and
repair and who find that sort of activity fun and rewarding, rather than a
danged nuisance that just obstructs easy use of the boat.

After a while a wooden boat is like a wooden fence. The fence has been there
for 150 years- although the posts have been replaced 12 times and all the
planks
about the same. :-)

I wrote something just like this below and then canned it. I started feeling
like I was being mean but really, you need lots of time and money for any
boat, but I imagine even more for a wooden boat.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA
www.kiene.com

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
HOWEVER:

The idea of maintenance scares me

Are you planning to build new?

Sounds like not, when asking about a surveyor.

If an older wooden boat has not been kept under cover, you'll *wish* you
just
had "boat pox" to deal with. Freshwater, (as in rainwater) is particularly
destructive to a wooden boat.

Maintenance? You may spend more than you can possible imagine restoring an
old
wooden boat to the point where "maintaining" becomes the operative word.

Biggest key, again, is whether the boat has been continuously stored under
cover.
There are some 50 year old wooden boats that have been kept in covered
moorage
that are still in reasonable shape-

They need to sell to people who anticipate spending a lot of time on
upkeep and
repair and who find that sort of activity fun and rewarding, rather than a
danged nuisance that just obstructs easy use of the boat.

After a while a wooden boat is like a wooden fence. The fence has been
there
for 150 years- although the posts have been replaced 12 times and all the
planks
about the same. :-)