Flash Poll: Mods?
How many mods did your boat require?
How extensively have you modified your primary small boat?
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How extensively have you modified your primary small boat?
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Making a boat "perfect" is part of the fun!
The 'laws' of boat size - the larger the boat the fewer, less extensive, and less practical modifications one can make due to cost and complicated systems; the smaller the boat the more numerous, more extensive, and more practical modifications one can make due to less cost and greater simplicity. Plus, small boat owners have the advantage of having to make fewer changes to new boats to meet our changing needs. E.g. with my 18' John Gardner workboat I went from an open boat to a small shanty-style boat to a mini-lobster boat with a cozy cabin and pilot house for my aging bones. Marty's work changing a Welsford Whaler sailboat to a practical, cruising cabin motor vessel is another great example.