chubby
Well-known member
With various polices maturing the chance arises to spend a bit on the boat, planning to mainly to upgrade functional things like the sails and sail handling gear but how about the cosmetics? I had previously shied away from painting and taken the view it just conceals defect. We saw a stunning Tradewind 35 in St Vaast this year, looked like new but I knew it must be the same vintage as our boat, late 1970s, 1980s, it had a superb paint job including topsides and coachroof and deck and glistening fittings and bright teak.
So do you grow old gracefully with the odd polish and not worry about the odd bump or have a paint job, if so if you have the topsides done but leave the coachroof it still looks an old boat, money and loss of sailing time if you have it done during good weather aside, does the boat end up looing like an elderly matron with too much botox!!!!!
What do forumites do to upgrade old boats if funds allow?
So do you grow old gracefully with the odd polish and not worry about the odd bump or have a paint job, if so if you have the topsides done but leave the coachroof it still looks an old boat, money and loss of sailing time if you have it done during good weather aside, does the boat end up looing like an elderly matron with too much botox!!!!!
What do forumites do to upgrade old boats if funds allow?