Even though you might spend a fair while doing things to it at the end you will understand how to fix and maintain a boat and how expensive it is to let a boat go. Its a lot easier on the heart to rip the decks of a dear old girl than a $20000 A class. I would really encourage you to go for it and repair it as economically as posible, at any stage of the repairs if you have a doubt search this forum or post a query on this site. I have just gone through all that and yes I parted with the first boat but it gave me an economical start to my now uneconomical addiction.
I encourage you to go for it and keep us up to date on what you go through.
Could the two tramps be one old and one new one?
regards


Jeff Southall
Current boats
Nacra 5.8 1703 Animal Scanning Services
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Nacra 18 Square
Arrow 1576