My "Free Boat" project

[bigshrimpin]

NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!!! Stop before it's too late.
I know I sound like a jerk, but these comments are based on mistakes I've made.

Pretend this is a choose your own adventure book.

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Choice A: You spend $50 here, $100 there and every weekend in 2007 grinding fiberglass. You bust your hump getting the boat ready for the 2007 summer (but it still looks amature, b/c it was your first fiberglass job and you rushed to get it done).
The 3rd trip of the year that motor blows up after your dumped $500 to get it in running condition. You're mad at your wife b/c she won't let you spend another $2000 to repower. Now . . . You just spent every free minute of 2007 working on the boat, you've spent $4000 (but you won't know b/c you didn't save the receipts), the boat doesn't run and looks like hell. 2 weeks before christmas you are forced to dump the boat (b/c no one will buy it) and sell the trailer with new wheels for $250 to buy the presents.
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Choice B: You sell the trailer and motor separately and make $400 - $500 bucks. Buy a copy of the book "rich dad poor dad", get a second job (a long term goal oriented job), invest the $500 + money you make at the second job. Next christmas buy $4000 boat, have $10,000 in the bank, and have 1year of meaningful goal oriented experience.
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