hmmm..
The fact that you are asking the question is not good.
If you do it, it would not be about the money because you know, with ANYTHING, you won't get the money and time back out of it if you sell it. You would be doing it for you.
I have done complete interiors in the past on my first boat. I removed and restored teak on my present boat, stripped the bottom-barriercoated-teflon painted, gutted my present boat of all fuel lines, all wiring, all plumbing, all hydraulics, my entire dashboard, all electronics, removed and sold off the old motors, on and on and on...........it is not a big deal but you do need a plan and finances in order. It should not take to do the work. I did the bulk of it in a single winter, working around my schedule and the weather. Price shop everything along the way. My boat sat for 3 years while I was saving up the money to do it. You can't get much done without the money in hand. The teak/woodwork and bottom I did at a different time. All the rest, including removing and hanging the new motors I did myself in 1 winter without help. The wiring, it is good to know what you are doing and use the right materials, wiring is a place you don't want to make shortcuts, but I can tell you I rewired my entire for half the cost West Marine wants for the same materials. An upholstery place wanted 900 bucks for 3 ****pit bolsters, I built my own through ebay for 125 bucks. The savings goes on if you are comfortable with finding things on ebay. If you are running a single motor and have a single station, the job is even easier and much cheaper. Part of what makes the job easy is we love boats. The other part will come from you being comfortable mechanically, with wiring, with plumbing, hydraulics, etc. etc. For the things you don't know, help is here on the board.
Once you start the spending though, you are committed. So be sure you want to do it. Asking on a board if you should do it or toss it tells me you might not be motivated enough for the job.
If I had a nickel for every person who says they don't have time to work on the boat. It is like everything else, an hour at a time when you have it. The hours add up and the boat gets done!
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The fact that you are asking the question is not good.
If you do it, it would not be about the money because you know, with ANYTHING, you won't get the money and time back out of it if you sell it. You would be doing it for you.
I have done complete interiors in the past on my first boat. I removed and restored teak on my present boat, stripped the bottom-barriercoated-teflon painted, gutted my present boat of all fuel lines, all wiring, all plumbing, all hydraulics, my entire dashboard, all electronics, removed and sold off the old motors, on and on and on...........it is not a big deal but you do need a plan and finances in order. It should not take to do the work. I did the bulk of it in a single winter, working around my schedule and the weather. Price shop everything along the way. My boat sat for 3 years while I was saving up the money to do it. You can't get much done without the money in hand. The teak/woodwork and bottom I did at a different time. All the rest, including removing and hanging the new motors I did myself in 1 winter without help. The wiring, it is good to know what you are doing and use the right materials, wiring is a place you don't want to make shortcuts, but I can tell you I rewired my entire for half the cost West Marine wants for the same materials. An upholstery place wanted 900 bucks for 3 ****pit bolsters, I built my own through ebay for 125 bucks. The savings goes on if you are comfortable with finding things on ebay. If you are running a single motor and have a single station, the job is even easier and much cheaper. Part of what makes the job easy is we love boats. The other part will come from you being comfortable mechanically, with wiring, with plumbing, hydraulics, etc. etc. For the things you don't know, help is here on the board.
Once you start the spending though, you are committed. So be sure you want to do it. Asking on a board if you should do it or toss it tells me you might not be motivated enough for the job.
If I had a nickel for every person who says they don't have time to work on the boat. It is like everything else, an hour at a time when you have it. The hours add up and the boat gets done!
