Re: When do you know its time to give up on a project boat?
I have been doing mine for just over a year now.
I kind of got forced into it.
I was just going to repaint my skiff, but there was a poorly done repair on the front so I asked a friend who worked on boats how much to fix it.
He told me $60 to do the fiberglass repair, and I would be doing the painting.
He checked out the boat and discovered it was all rotted out.
He told me he would redo the whole skiff completely if I sprayed his car, jetski, and four wheeler for him.
I said sure, because painting labor for me isn't much.
I figured I'd have my skiff done in no time because he's good and fast at fiberglass work.
So he jumped at it and within a couple weeks he was almost done.
He had torn it all apart, put the new composite transom, replaced stringers, sole, and was getting ready to finish it up.
I painted his four wheeler and never saw him again.
He disappeared leaving me with my skiff taken apart.
I had no choice but to learn how to do the remaining of the work myself with the help of a friend.
The deadlines keep coming and going.
But I've realized that it's not about setting a final deadline.
I like to pick a project and stick with that project until it's complete.
Like, get the inside painted in one week.
See that through and then once it's done assign another thing to get done and get it done.
I've been seeing much more progress this way.
It's a shame my skiff can be done in a weeks worth of time, but I just can't get the work done in such time.
I'll just keep pushing and try to get it done asap.
I already bought another project to get started on once this one is finished.
