"Keep the Preventive Maintenance Creed"

"I believe that the work I do on my boat has great value because I am important and my time is worth more than money.  I believe that once I have poured great labor into my yacht it would be an insult to me and my yacht to knowingly allow the fruits of my labors to fall back to a state of disrepair when I could have prevented such decline.  I believe it is my ethical duty as the guardian of my yacht to maintain its dignity year-round, whether it is yachting season or the middle of the snowy winter.  And I beieve that, in dollar terms alone, I will spend one heck of a lot less money over the long haul keeping my yacht up on a regular maintenance regimen than I will allow it to fall into periodic ruin. Amen"

This is a great Commandment for boaters as layed out by Rebecca J. Whittman in her book "Brightwork and The Art of Finishing Work"