Water water everywhere!
What better project can you have than a boat right?  Cheap to maintain, safe, practical?  
No, just kidding, but it made for a good story and cheap rent for as long as we could take
the sea life.  It was a 37' Chris Craft Constellation, 1962 vintage.  It was a very roomy cruiser
in decent shape, and has twin 427 Fords powering it.  Great on gas too :-)   Sold it recently,
will miss it, but a better choice in the long run.