If you buy or own the boat next comes the financial and emotional pain of ownership.

Yep, let's not forget what happens after you "complete the project" You are then married to it and will spend nothing but the best for it. This sucks you into a financial death spiral, while the whole time you're just trying to do something you enjoy.

Don't fall in love with it, it will only hurt worse when you wake up one day and figure out what you've done. Walk away, and find a boat that doesn't need that. You will be much better off, ten fold.

I've been thru what you're about to do. Many others here have also. Ask them if their experience was any different than the above. I'll bet you the repair money they would agree.

While projects are fun and can be quite the adventure, these toys aren't the easiest. They are not hot rod cars - world's apart. If you can take what you're about to spend, throw it in the fire pit or lose it all in the stock market and it doesn't affect you, then by all means, have at it.

Here you go, this is a resto which you will be into if you do stringer repair. It's basically open heart surgery for a boat. This is one of the better threads ever on this site:

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you’ll basically want to nuke it and start over

Wheres the build thread on this one?

Welcome to OSO!

Loads of negative comments here and they're all correct. As nice as these old school boats are when fixed up, unless you have a well set up workshop, plenty of free time and can do most of the work yourself, it's not worth it.

You'll get plenty of info and followers here if you decide to proceed but sympathy will be scarce, you've been warned. Sorry.

RR

maybe I’ll put one together under the Chris craft section if I can gather up enough pics.