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Is the boat still for sale?

Is the boat still for sale?

nice steering wheel

I felt good about having a budget and I emailed Judi again. It was mid September now. They still had the boat. They had moved it from the dock out to a mooring buoy. Dock fees were raised from $425 to over $500 a month. I was thinking of how much money they paid just for keeping the boat at the dock.

Judi sent me a few pictures of the interior and warned me that it’s not pretty. They meant to re-build the interior after they moved ashore, but never got around to [...] Continue reading Is the boat still for sale?

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Raising money for a sailboat

Raising money for a sailboat

boat budget

Weeks and months went by without any progress on finding a boat or even saving up money for a boat. I was still at zero dollars for my boat budget. I really liked that 52-foot ferro-cement boat and could not stop thinking about it. Even without mast and sails I could use it to comfortably live on it and, money-permitting, fill up diesel and do some short trips up and down the coast. I had the feeling that “my” boat was out there somewhere and I could not get to it.

Judi had offered me [...] Continue reading Raising money for a sailboat

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What kind of boat should I get?

What kind of boat should I get?

Walk through a marina to find boats that are for sale!

When it comes to choosing a boat, it gets complicated. I am not sure how most people choose a boat, maybe by size or cabins or other features. Of course it has to be a sail boat. I want to live on it and cruise for long periods of time. So it should have more than one cabin. Sooner or later I want to cross the ocean and go to distant shores. How big does a boat need to be to cross the [...] Continue reading What kind of boat should I get?

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