It’s an unpleasant fact, as you get older it gets a little harder to get on and off the boat. I’ve tried several commercially available boarding steps but wasn’t very happy with any of them. However, when my friends Vince and Dianne Purcell on board Finn MacCool stopped by for a visit, I found just what I was looking for.
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In the first Daydream article, I discussed the importance of laying out a plan for the project. The first step in that plan was evaluating the current condition of the boat. I inspected the boat in detail, photographing the current condition and location of parts with my digital camera. That way I could check the pictures while laying out the plan at home on my PC. The plan needn’t be elaborate or even on a PC, it’s just basic road map to define the project and keep it from eating up time and going over budget (assuming the idea is to get a usable boat as soon and as economical as possible).
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Just about every boat out on the water has an assortment of fenders aboard. Round ones, tall ones, hung vertically or hung horizontally. In most situations, they do okay. However, some situations call for a little more protection. These cases call for something called a fender board.
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