I've just bought my first sailboat, and am waiting for spring so I can
launch
her. It will be a long wait. In the meantime I have to re-outfit her
safety
gear since I bought her in the USA and im****ted to Canada where some of
our
safty gear requirements are different.
I see 4 ways to go about getting the necessary gear:
1. Wait until spring and go to some of the local "boot sales"/swap and
sell's/garage sales. This would be really inexpensive, but its safety
gear,
do I really want to depend on other folks' castaways?
2. Wait until January and go to the boat show. While show sales may make
things less expensive, I have a love/hate relation****p with trade shows
and
wouldl come away feeling exhausted. I'd also be lucky if the first mate
went
along since she fares poorly anyplace there is a crowd.
3. Shop at local chandleries. Thisis likely the most expensive way to go
about things, but would giv eth ewarm fuzzy feeling of sup****ting local
economy and so on. Trouble is the local chandlery is an hour's drive away
in
the city. Not something fun to do.
4. Shop online. I could buy all the kit in one fell swoop save some bucks,
and have it ****pped to my door. seems most convenient, but takes away from
learning new stuff from folks who should know and I always seem to end up
with the hassels of returns.
What are your preferred shopping methods - and what would you do?
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