Breath Hold

Summer Stoerm (yes, that's her real name) is always just short of her goal. Runner up to the valedictorian in high school. Shortlisted for a prestigious fellowship in college. Overlooked for a promotion at her landscape architecture firm. She even got the numbers right in the last lottery-except one. One was enough to lose millions.
And she really needed that money. Or ANY money. She's taken a huge risk and opened her own business to her own standards, ones she'll never fail to meet. But business is expensive. Bills are mounting, clients are drying up (literally, in thirsty Southern California) and if she doesn't find $50,000 to cover her startup expenses, her dream will implode.
Out of the blue, she gets a phone call from her estranged father who lives along the central coast. He's retiring and wants to give her the first bid to buy his diving business. Summer hates diving. She'd hated the boat rides growing up, she'd hated when her father made her get certified, and she'd hated all the shells he'd drag up from the ocean floor and deposit all over their house. So when he offers to sell her his boat, she has to stop from laughing. When the shock subsides, she gets an idea. If she buys his business as cheaply as he's offering, then she can sell it for a profit.
Summer heads north to scope out the situation. She finds a father who has definitely entered the eccentric years and a boat that defies physics by remaining to stay afloat despite ample damage to its hull. This is not the bustling business she hoped to find.
Before she has a chance to reject her father's offer and drive back to LA, she encounters her father's long-time skipper and friend. He takes her on a ride down the coast before she leaves town, and somehow the boat doesn't sink. One sunset cruise and Summer is seeing this place differently. Maybe with a little time, a little fresh paint, she could make money on this thing after all.