I think you missed the point, which was IF he had NOT done all the things he has done but instead admitted he screwed up and had stretched to his limit to buy the boat I'd be happy to contribute to its repair. I can spare $100 after all.
If none of those things are true and he's rich and can easily afford it then I wouldn't.
It's hard to imagine that someone who could easily afford to repair the boat would go to all this trouble but anything is possible I guess.
Didn’t miss your point at all. My point, folks are free to give away money to whomever for whatever but, I personally don’t donate money to people to pay for their expensive toys. But that’s me. I was raised to be self reliant and not sponge off others. If I was stretched thin to pay for a hobby I couldn’t afford, I’d get a loan or another job, not go begging.