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Your personal page says you answered an ad for a salvage Whaler.

Who scuttles a boat and then advertised it? If you cut it up, wouldn't you just dump it?

I am confused, but that doesn't really matter. Good luck with your project - hope you are in it for love and not money, as you have plenty to do and will be way upside down on it financially if/when you finish.

Me? I'd find a better boat to start with...