"Bryan" wrote in message news:xr6Kf.35601

I'm a lousy log keeper. I take the boat in for maintenance or repair as
scheduled or needed. I have an hour meter on my boat. I leave the
receipts on the counter and they eventually disappear. Would you really
not buy my boat if I couldn't show you records in my handwriting of
maintenance and repairs? Would my handwritten log suffice or would you
have to have all receipts on hand, as well?

You're missing the point. Buyers can make up their own mind re condition -
at least they damn well ought to. A bound, handwritten contemporaneous log
becomes a powerful legal record, should the need arise, more than any
electronic record that could have been composed or edited just last night.