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That was January 10th. Today is April 10th and my Jeep is still in the shop. Luckily my parents live
nearby and have an extra truck I9ve been able to use, or I9d have had to spend thousands of
dollars to Uber to work since my rental ran out after 30 days. I lease my Jeep so that9s $630 a
month that I give to Chrysler Capital for nothing. I9ll never lease again. But the boat is
salvageable.
It has been a long, dreary, sunless winter here in upstate New York. In January my dad, 67, cut
the tree up, and I split it by hand, but its resin wood, which is no good for firewood. By March my
yard was clear and I was able to untangle the mangled aluminum poles of the canopy that I9d
put over the boat, twisted and tied like dinosaur bones doing yoga.
I extricated the boat and trailer from the yard. It had been impressed down into the mud by the
tree, and towed her into the driveway so I could assess the damage.
The trailer is twisted such that I don9t think I can take her on the road. The hull has a hole where
the tree forced her down onto the trailer which punctured the bottom. The bow is damaged, the
dash and driving mechanism has been smashed, and the windshield has been transformed
into myriad smithereens.
But she is salvageable! I can fix her below-waterline hole, and honestly I don9t care that much
how she looks above the waterline as long as she floats.
It is now getting to be nice weather, with sunshine that continues after I finish my day job work
for the day. I9ll have this baby floating by May 15th. And now I have a Hobie Cat catamaran to
deconstruct and turn this into a
