Log Entry

I spoke with my brother Paul today around lunch. He is skipper of a Cacci Craft, an open bow tri-hull runabout currently named Bandit. He purchased Bandit with my advice/assistance and we allowed the seller to pull a fast one on us. He took a depth sounder/fish finder off of the boat (it was off when we saw it, we presumed it would be put back on once it was clear we were buying it) and gave my brother an older, un-pretty model of depth sounder/fish finder, an older Hummingbird model. Needless to say, the holes on the transducer mounts did not match up and well, holes in a boat present a little problem. The good news however, is that Paul has found what sounds like a reputable shop that has quoted him a reasonable price and given him what appears to be sound advice regarding it's repair. In a nut shell it can be summed up as:

This boat will not be repaired properly this season, the fiberglass is too wet. Fix it next year when the glass is dry.

I for one appreciated this kind of assessment. It seems to be an honest approach and the quote my brother told me seemed reasonable for the amount and kind of work involved. This person also gave my brother a temporary work-around to get the boat out this season, so hopefully, he'll have it out maybe even this weekend.

I feel badly about all of this however, because I found the boat and I urged my brother to buy it, pumping him up about it. Overall, I don't think the boat is a disaster, but a little more care in our negotiations or just more caution in general when a boat has a damned hole in it, might have spared my brother some aggravation, but I still think, over all, that this boat will serve him well.