While, in my experience, boats do not provide much ROI in monetary terms they are much like motorcycles in that the return is in the joy they deliver. This particular example is the boat that my grand daughter grew up with. From about age two until about age twenty she fished, skied, tubed, partied and otherwise built childhood memories aboard it.
The boat's name is the "Carolyn J" because when i first drug it home badly in need of restoration, my wife looked at it and announced that she wouldn't be riding in it. She relented after the restoration was complete.
So yes, boats are a hole in the water where your money went. However, they can make wonderful memories. Time goes by, now it's someone else's turn to make some.
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