Walter P
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- Joined
- Apr 15, 2005
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- Hatteras Model
- 48' MOTOR YACHT-Series I (1981 - 1984)
Bob,
I am listening now but it's almost midnight and we just got home a little while ago. Thanks for yielding your title of "cheapest" to me, I will wear it with the proper honor. On a serious note however is that as you know I am always looking for new ways to do something that is either cheaper or better or both. As nice as EZ2CY is, I think it is unrealistically priced and obviously they charge what they do because they can. As we recently discussed, I get about 5 or 6 years out of a standard stamoid and isenglass enclosure before it starts to show it's age. Since we are both in our mid 70's, I figure that a new complete bridge enclosure will be good for another 5 or 6 years at which time I will be 80 and possibly finished with boating. If health holds out, I would like to make 85 so that makes two enclosure replacements at about $6,000 each = $12,000. Not really bad when I consider that my original plan of a hardtop and total hard enclosure will cost several times that amount and will probably not add a dime to the resale value of one of our boats. I think Vincente's research was well spent and although it probably won't work out as we would like, I (being cheap) am glad that someone else spent the coins to do the experimenting. Bob as our resident PhD Chemist who spent a career in plastics, you are in a good position to come up with something that the average HOFer with a little talent can accomplish on his/her own. We'll talk...
Walt
I am listening now but it's almost midnight and we just got home a little while ago. Thanks for yielding your title of "cheapest" to me, I will wear it with the proper honor. On a serious note however is that as you know I am always looking for new ways to do something that is either cheaper or better or both. As nice as EZ2CY is, I think it is unrealistically priced and obviously they charge what they do because they can. As we recently discussed, I get about 5 or 6 years out of a standard stamoid and isenglass enclosure before it starts to show it's age. Since we are both in our mid 70's, I figure that a new complete bridge enclosure will be good for another 5 or 6 years at which time I will be 80 and possibly finished with boating. If health holds out, I would like to make 85 so that makes two enclosure replacements at about $6,000 each = $12,000. Not really bad when I consider that my original plan of a hardtop and total hard enclosure will cost several times that amount and will probably not add a dime to the resale value of one of our boats. I think Vincente's research was well spent and although it probably won't work out as we would like, I (being cheap) am glad that someone else spent the coins to do the experimenting. Bob as our resident PhD Chemist who spent a career in plastics, you are in a good position to come up with something that the average HOFer with a little talent can accomplish on his/her own. We'll talk...
Walt
