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Update:

This past Saturday afternoon I took "the first mate" aka the lady friend to take a look at the boat. Her remarks:

"THAT aint happening!"

I reluctantly agreed, called the owner to give her the news that I had decided it was going to be too much of a project for myself, and that we needed to work out some kind of resolution on the pair of old wheels and tires---there were 4 extra wheels and dry rotted tires in the deal in addition to the pair of wheels and dry rotted tires that were currently on the trailer--- that she told me to take with me if I wanted to fit new tires. Last Friday afternoon I dropped the pair of wheels off with the tire shop and picked them up Saturday morning with new 14.5 x 8 14 ply tires fitted and I paid the tire shop about $165.

Yeah, I made a mental mistake on a boat and trailer that the owner didn't have the bill of sale from the person she bought it from that would have to be provided to the next buyer along with a bill of sale between her and the next buyer in order for both bill of sales to show chain of ownership for the boat to be registered with the State, and I spent $165 for a pair of tires to fit the trailer so it could be towed.

Luckily I have a friend that has a trailer that uses that type of wheel/tire and he and I can barter something, so that's one solution. The boat owner can either tell me "the wheels are worth X" so I can go that route and everybody is happy. OR if the owner can get full asking price for the boat with the new tires to go on the trailer and compensate me to some degree for the tires then that is a solution as well. OR I can just pay up front for $165 worth of good karma and give the owner the new pair of tires on her old wheels if that will help her make the deal to get the boat out of her yard. My take of course is that the owner owes me nothing, yet I feel I owe her something.

So that's where things are. Still looking for something else.