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Well, did it all 'back in the day'. Not now.
In Response To: A quick survey - How much maintainence/repair work on your boat should you be able to do yourself? ()
Hell, Todd, I'll be lucky to get Jaunty done. After that back surgery last May I'm still stiff and sore daily and trying to install the water tanks in the foreward lockers each side is slooooow going. Still sluggin' though, that doggone Charlie Jones keeps settin' me a bad example. 
I hope to get down to south Texas and give him hell if it ever warms up down there.
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- A quick survey - How much maintainence/repair work on your boat should you be able to do yourself?
- If by ''component" you mean....
- Ideally I agree with you
- everything but electronics and sail making
- DYI
- Why should anyone have to be able to do 100% of their own boat maintenance, if they can't or don't want to?
- Everything but electronic repair, crane work, and machining.
- Work aboard and age....
- almost everything
- More than half the reason I have boats is that I enjoy working on them..
- maintenace/repairs
- Almost everything
- Well, did it all 'back in the day'. Not now.
- The mechniacal and electrical things you "should" be alble to do only depends on your sailing area.
- IT DEPENDS
- Have done everything except fixing electronics, but
- I do nearly everything myself - not because I want to....
- When you are itinerant like us, there is
- I think you shoud be able to do what will get you homel
- I do most things....
