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Old 03-07-2009, 09:42   #14
Roy M
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Southwestern Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
Boat: Searunner 40 trimaran, WILDERNESS
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Same as the other advice given. It all depends on whether you get your pleasure doing maintenance or sailing the boat. Expensive stuff often lasts longer, much, much longer. Ultraviolet light, heat expansion and cooling, and saltwater are the enemies that attack your work. Hire some cheap bodyguards and you will have lots of activity around you all the time. Hire the pro and things get very quiet for long stretches. Eventually, however, you have to give your protector(s) some relief and recovery.
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