Feeling Badly About the State of Your Own Boat?

[woodster]

Lambchop27...if you don't know about Sailors Exchange on King St in St Augustine it's a good place to go for used parts and such .. Bill is the guy there and is very good..he will help you any way he can ...keep up the good work...oh and if you are looking for a good place to eat while there go across the bridge of the Lion's about a mile on the right is a little place that is very good to eat...... good luck to you

 

[Lambchop27]

Lambchop27...if you don't know about Sailors Exchange on King St in St Augustine it's a good place to go for used parts and such .. Bill is the guy there and is very good..he will help you any way he can ...keep up the good work...oh and if you are looking for a good place to eat while there go across the bridge of the Lion's about a mile on the right is a little place that is very good to eat...... good luck to you

Thanks so much! I do know Sailor's Exchange, very cool place. I will be spending quite a bit of money there I am sure. They also opened a store in Jacksonville that I'll be checking out. Which restaurant are you talking about? is it the excellent little taco place, Mojo's?

 

[woodster]

Thanks so much! I do know Sailor's Exchange, very cool place. I will be spending quite a bit of money there I am sure. They also opened a store in Jacksonville that I'll be checking out. Which restaurant are you talking about? is it the excellent little taco place, Mojo's?

no.... not sure the name of it ..it always has a line of people going in and out ..they have a walk up window on the out side and a parking lot in the back ...i think Bill put me on to it ..wish i could think of the name

 

[woodster]

here it is https://www.google.com/webhp?source...nt+St+Augustine,+FL&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAG1Rv2r

 

[Lambchop27]

here it is https://www.google.com/webhp?source...nt+St+Augustine,+FL&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAG1Rv2r

Ah yes, Osteen's, yep, always a line out the door. Fantastic fried shrimp, very light coating and cooked to perfection. St. Augustine has so many great places to eat!
Thanks Woody

 

[Scotty C-M]

Good luck on your project. Not everything we do has to make sense.

 

[Coriolisbc]

Lambchop; The good news is that you cannot do anything that will wreck the boat, everything is a step in the right direction.

 

[Lambchop27]

Lambchop; The good news is that you cannot do anything that will wreck the boat, everything is a step in the right direction.

Now that's what I call positive thinking! thanks!

 

[jrowan]

Some are just accustomed to buying instead of repairing. I for one would not have taken on such a project but a free boat is a free boat. Jrowan just likes to put it bluntly. My project boat is in much better shape than yours and he told me not to bother either.

I don't mean to be blunt, just honest. I am not trying to discourage anyone from restoring a hard luck case, I just don't want anyone to get sick from doing so. I am a practical sailor, & have restored many sail boats in the past 20 years, & have done so the hard way, through all my own work, blood, sweat & tears. I am smarter for the knowledge, but I know how much dedication & bucks that it takes to take a boat like that from the brink to sailing again. A lot of people go in with rose colored glasses with romantic notions of sailing round the world, but never get out of the marina, cause they have so much damn restoration work to do.

Black mold is a particularly nasty substance, & has made a few of my friends in the trades very sick. I always think its better to be safe then sorry, but to each their own.

 

[jrowan]

Didn't see you after power washing pics. Looks like you're making progress. The goggles are a good idea, but I still recommend a respirator! Good luck on your boat.

 

[pateco]

I need to show my wife your blog. It will make her feel better about our project.

Great work on the boat and blog. Good info about the trailing company.

I echo Garbone's Sentiments. My Wife must read your blog. Great Work. Keep us up to date.