Worst MV purchase

[Jes Andersen]

There were a few ex RCMP Fairmiles out here on the west coast and probably more if you knew what to look for. Most were modified to the point of being unrecognizable. One was shortened and used locally for a dive boat but it disappeared a few years ago. Wooden boats... If you think that some rusty old trucks are a money pit, then just wait until you get a boat. Wooden, even worse. The bigger, the cheaper to buy and more likely to never get done. Around the west coast, Bay Class minesweepers are (were) cheap, the YFP series built on Gabriola Island are around and would be more manageable, but I recall that with original power, they burned 16 gal per hour at 10kt cruise or close to that. My pension would be spent just on moorage...
Just the same as Rob Love, I like pretty much every military vehicle I see and have a few I should have left where they were. Anyone need a couple of lovely M37s....