How To Get a Free Yacht

Sound impossible? It’s not… By Tim Anderson

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Figure A: Our first free yacht. Note the diesel tank made from a beer keg.

1. Get the free yacht

This is the easy part. Wooden Boat magazine has a “Free Boats” section in every issue. Any harbormaster can show you some free boats. They’re especially plentiful in the northeast in the fall. Divorce season, whenever that is, produces lots of project boats that “must be removed from my yard before such-and-such a date.”

My friend Patrick and I got the beauty seen in Figure A from the “free” section of craigslist.com.

2. Rent a marina slip

That’s where you’ll put your new boat. Our ...

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