I'm trying to invest at least $20k before selling it for $15k
a) Don't think about selling, think about memories made or yet to be made!
b) Do what'll make you happy & the boat more enjoyable, within a reasonable budget that won't make your spouse want to divorce you.
c) $20K? Ha, ha! I've already "invested" $22K in various boat repairs, trailer repair/maintenance, and boat upgrades,
in addition to the initial $23K purchase price for boat & trailer. That figure does not include operating expenses such as fuel, insurance, wet slip & dry storage fees. Those costs add another $9.8K over the past five boating seasons. Boat fuel is the least of all the expenses. Also does not include road trip expenses for 16,000+ miles of over the road trailering. When the day ever comes to sell, which by then our boat will be over a half century old, we'll be lucky to get back 40c to 45c on the dollar "invested".
I've been working this week on refurbishing the stock plywood cockpit floorboards on our A25 (as I write this I"m allowing a coat of West System 105 resin cure before I paint with Rustoleum Marine Topside deck paint that matches the light beige color of the fiberglass($16.98/qt at Lowes), with Rustoleum pumice anti-skid pumice additive ($6.48 for 4 oz can good for 1 qt of paint).
I too have thought about various ideas of coming up with teak & holly floor boarding, either real wood or imitation Lonseal type vinyl. All too expensive. I had carpeting attached with button snaps, but it was too hard to keep clean (fuzzy marine grade carpet collected dirt like crazy & hard to vacuum out). Not sure what A27 cockpit flooring is like, but the A25 has removable plywood sections to access various parts of the bilge.
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But then scenes & memories like these are "priceless".
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