The Price Is Right!

SHIP'S LOG:

The weather in New England this year has been more weird that usual. This past week, two, count'em two Nor'Easters in a row. And snow! Snow in the middle of October! I can't stand it. I have got to get the boat out of the water soon!

I have been scuttling around trying to make the coin to pay for hauling the boat. I have even been trying to make money on the Internet. Boy, talk about scam city! I have actually made a little money - emphasis on "little" - but it is a lot of work. for ever site that will pay you for taking surveys, there are hundreds, even thousands that are scams. Lots of pyramid schemes that "promise" thousands a week and deliver nothing. And you pay for the privilege of getting ripped off. Considering the number of scam sites, people must really be desperate for money. I guess the economy is worse than people reality realize.

I finally screwed up the courage to figure out the cost of hauling/launching for this year -$1,832! It doesn't sound like all that much unless you don't have the $1,832. I am going to see if the yard will let me work off the price or at least a part of the price working in the yard. Other than that, it will really take some fancy dancing to come up with that amount. I would need at least $1,000 before they will haul the boat. And I would like to do it before November as having once moved a boat to a yard for winter hauling during a snow storm, I have now desire to do so again.

MASTER PERSONAL LOG:

I may have to put ABISHAG up for sale. I hate to say it but it may become necessary. I can't keep her if I can't pay for her. It is as simple as that. Unfortunately, I doubt there is much of a market right now, at least not for the price she is worth. It would really be awful to let her go now as with her would go the dreams as well. I was looking at other boats online to see if there is a less expensive boat but nothing that really could keep the dream alive. There are some "project boat" available at good prices but when you go through the expense of fixing them up, there really isn't much if any savings. This really sucks. And if I put her up for sale, I still have to maintain her, haul and launch and have a place to keep her during the summer until someone buys her. No real savings there. I know that God has a plan but I haven't a clue as to what it might be and I am trying, trying really hard, just to take it one day at a time and trust that God will come through is someway somehow. It gets tough to hold on though.