I owned a small 17 foot 1965 Glastron power boat with 250 hp motor, and before the hull cracked it was very fast.
Then the hull cracked on the bottom a foot long, ripped the fiberglass. Water coming in but we had a good pump.
I kept fixing that boat, fixing EVERYTHING, till I gave up and got a 37 foot Egg Harbor wooden boat. And I find I am always fixing EVERYTHING on it too. Obvious disadvantage of a larger boat, it has to be hauled and kept at a marina, so the cost is a lot higher even if the boat value is low.
Old things that most people would not want, and broken things seem to find me.
My newest vehicle is a diesel 2005 Ram dually 3500 truck 4x4 with 4 doors and 8 foot bed and 170,000 miles.
Almost everything on it works fine. And it still looks ok, but it is 20 years old now.
When I bought this from Keller brothers in PA, no one wanted it, they were sending it to auction. I called them up and said bring it back and I will buy it.
Cost was $18,900. It has ZERO rust. It is definitely a beast.
