I imagine I'm going to catch a lot of flack for this post but what the heck,I'm not too proud and I'm cyrious if this situation is a dead end
Here's an interesting Catch 22 I'm discovering up here in Canada
I have a wooden sailboat 25' , that's currently uninsured
The boat was inexpensive (under $2000) not too old (30 years) seems well made and sound with relatively dry bilges ( a bit of seepage but very minor)
I do have good woodworking skills and I've been researching surveying a lot
It has not been surveyed recently (last 10 years)
It does however need a scrape and bottom paint and maybe a look at the caulking to be safe ,general painting and some work that could better be accomplished on the hard
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To haulout, one needs insurance (pricey for wooden boats)
For insurance one needs a recent survey
For a survey one needs to haulout
and round and round
If one can only afford to spend money on fixing the boat rather than surveys and pricey insurance so that one can go for a bit of a sail occasionally with a clean and seviced bottom(no jokes please haha) what can one do?
Is there any way around this?? or other feasible alternatives
I imagine a certain number of people will say if you don't have piles of money you shouldn't have a boat but I refuse to believe sailing is only for the rich or well-heeled
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