Living on a boat

[swampknob]

Something like this shouldn't depreciate too much in two years. What would typical annual upkeep costs be?
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...sport-97289211

[Bad Habit]

Something like this shouldn't depreciate too much in two years. What would typical annual upkeep costs be?
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...sport-97289211

if you run and use it, proper upkeep including keeping it current is $1000 per foot per year- if it just sits and is used as a live in probably half that. so $2000/ $2500 month in upkeep and slip fees

[Maggie Glover]

Some marinas have rules about liveaboards so be sure to check before you try. Sailboats are really cheap for what you get. In the ICW/MYR marinas we all joke that they are chained to the dock because most are floating condos. Beyond that I am a huge fan of Miami Vice so if Crockett did it, it must be cool. Of course the aligator as a pet watchdog is mandatory. MG

[marsh chicken]

And the $1,000 per foot per year thing is goofy. I don't know why people always say that.

As southernduck alluded to. I would highly suggest renting a boat for a week and try living on it before you dive in with both feet. A boat will get real tight...real quick.

[FishSticker]

And the $1,000 per foot per year thing is goofy. I don't know why people always say that.

As southernduck alluded to. I would highly suggest renting a boat for a week and try living on it before you dive in with both feet. A boat will get real tight...real quick.

Years back, Staying on the boat in the Bahamas for 10+ days was enough to make you go crazy....let me tell you a couple of things that suck....walking to/from the boat in the rain, cold, heat, etc. Carrying groceries down to the boat. Carrying laundry back and forth. Windy/rough nights with everything creaking/squeaking and the wind howling like a banshee though all the rigging on the blow boats. Water cooled A/C systems. Dealing with holding tanks and the fact that no matter how many times you tell females that come to "visit" not to flush anything down the head but they still do it any damn way. Dumb asses that do 10 kts out of the marina to go fishing at 2AM. Drunk dumb asses that do 15 knots coming back into the marina at 2 AM...

The list goes on and on....and if you can afford a large enough boat that makes all these things moot, then you can buy a house and pay the outrageous mortgage prices that are only going to go up the longer you wait.

Just my two pennies...

[Bad Habit]

And the $1,000 per foot per year thing is goofy. I don't know why people always say that.

As southernduck alluded to. I would highly suggest renting a boat for a week and try living on it before you dive in with both feet. A boat will get real tight...real quick.

apparently you must not know any owners- that cost includes keeping it current( saving money for repowers etc) and is averaged out over a period of years- it is a pretty accurate number for a boat that size with DD engines.

[marsh chicken]

apparently you must not know any owners- that cost includes keeping it current( saving money for repowers etc) and is averaged out over a period of years- it is a pretty accurate number for a boat that size with DD engines.

I own one myself. The cost to maintain it has so many factors that the $1,000 a foot estimate is not accurate. It can be less or it can be more. Every boat is different and every owner is different.

[Bad Habit]

I own one myself. The cost to maintain it has so many factors that the $1,000 a foot estimate is not accurate. It can be less or it can be more. Every boat is different and every owner is different.

what do you own?