Minerva
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I got caught up in a daydream of a stunningly beautiful, 100year old wooden 38ft yacht for sale last year. Easily within budget & with a “row away” factor to die for.
The cabin looked absolutely perfect for enjoying a cut glass tumbler of peated whisky, on a cool evening with the fire going beside your feet after a cracking sail to west loch Tarbert on Jura.
Then I thought how much maintenance my 34ft 1980’s plastic boat demands. That I can decommission her in an outdoor yard in October and leave her with confidence ’till March. Then I thought of the cost of having to put a wooden boat in a shed each winter and then as I’m working with a family so limited time, have to pay a skilled craftsman to do the inevitable maintenance.
I came to the ultimate conclusion, I’m not wealthy enough to run a ‘cheap’ wooden boat.
The cabin looked absolutely perfect for enjoying a cut glass tumbler of peated whisky, on a cool evening with the fire going beside your feet after a cracking sail to west loch Tarbert on Jura.
Then I thought how much maintenance my 34ft 1980’s plastic boat demands. That I can decommission her in an outdoor yard in October and leave her with confidence ’till March. Then I thought of the cost of having to put a wooden boat in a shed each winter and then as I’m working with a family so limited time, have to pay a skilled craftsman to do the inevitable maintenance.
I came to the ultimate conclusion, I’m not wealthy enough to run a ‘cheap’ wooden boat.