Yep, it took us a long time to refit our hurricane damaged sailboat. 4.5 years from purchase to leaving the dock to explore the world. What did it get us? 1) a boat customized to our needs 2) a new motor 3) new rigging 4) new paint inside & out 5) all new plumbing 6) all new wiring 7) all new electronics 8) confidence in our systems 9) knowledge to handle all repairs 11) trust in one another What don’t we have? Any debt!! Yep, we paid for everything as we did it, which means we can spend our mon