This one was different.  Besides being a beauty of a boat with classic lines and exactly what I was looking for in a restoration project, she was also a mere 75 miles from my house!  Even so, I still waited 8 months to make the call -- yes, I'm a bit of a procrastinator -- but once I did there was no turning back.She has been on the hard -- actually the 'soft' as her cradle was on a sandy Cape Cod beach when I got to her -- and out in the weather for over a decade