"Gould 0738" wrote in message
I am 16 years old and I want to know what to get my father for
Christmas .... he is older now and he wants badly to build a boat for
our family, but doesn't find the time.

I'm with Chuck on this one. The boat is just a vehicle. Give him the most
valuable thing you've got -- time. In a couple of years you'll be off on
your own, and all he'll have is the visits. In what will seem like just a
few years after that, he'll be gone, and all you'll have is the memories.
Spend the time with him, doing something you'll both enjoy. It'll be the
most valuable thing either of you've got.

JG