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Re:A decade-long effort to put a WWII boat back to water by Animats on Sunday April 02, 2017 @11:37PM (#14020442)
130,000 volunteer hours and $6 million to restore a PT boat? Someone had one for sale for $750,000 on eBay in 2004, and they weren't getting any bids. The going price for an 80 foot yacht is about $1-2 million.
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Re:A decade-long effort to put a WWII boat back to water by gozur88 on Monday April 03, 2017 @01:41AM (#14020810)
The condition matters, though. PT boats were not designed to last.
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