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    Thinking about picking up this project...

    So I'm looking for a project boat that I can learn a few things on, maybe some fiberglass work, etc, that I haven't done before. Guy I know told me about an '86 Blue Water 18' Open Bow with a trailer ... has a mercruiser 170. They say itt runs, but there are a few soft spots on the floor, and...
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    Asking Price vs Realistic Value

    as I bump around on Craigslist, etc, looking for different boats to go through and get an idea of what my wife really wants, I'm finding a really large discrepancy on what the asking price is vs NADA book value. Is this normal? For example, '87 Chaparral XLC (27') asking $7k, NADA says $3,500...
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    How big a job is replacing this engine?

    I'm probably crazy for looking at a project like this, but how big a deal is it to replace this engine? Guess the engine itself has already been pulled so it's more an issue of picking up a crate or rebuild and putting it in. But I've never done that...
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    Choosing a new boat

    For the last couple years my family (me, wife, five kids ... youngest is 10) has enjoyed messing around on Lake Roosevelt and some of the other local lakes and such with a little 14' runabout with a big outboard. Mostly tubing with a few sight seeing runs. Pretty much everyone has the bug of...
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