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I'm a DIY and all my previous boats in the past 3 decades were at least 20 to 30 years old when acquired and some 50+ years old. I loved restoring them and using them extensively, no matter if they were 15ft or 36ft long, single inboard or twin inboard but mostly wooden hulls with exception of the larger sailboats.
The admiral had enough of me always working on them and said we get a modern Whaler and she wouldn't let me get a 17ft as thart was to difficult for her to trailer so here we are as safe always starting good running little Montauk