the myth that living on a boat is cheap.
Oh. Well. If you want to be THAT WAY.
A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into.
"If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it." (reputedly J. P. Morgan)
Here's the scoop. What city do you live in? Call up one of your marinas, and ask them if they allow liveaboards, and if so, what the added fee for living aboard is.
I don't have too. I have a sister in law that lives on one. She has friends who do. And most marinas don't allow liveaboards. But if you can get in, it's still cheaper than land housing.
Then, buy a boat, and find out about all the hidden expenses
You appear to have missed something. I've owned 5. I know about those "hidden expenses". Their much worse if the boat is raced. You plan on replacing at least one sail each year routinely.
Message #23867 from WWWWWWWWWW at 12/28/2004 7:10:43 PM
"You must move in a different group of liveaboards than I have seen. Here docking fees are less than trailer space fees and far less than apartment or house rent. And a houseboat costs less than a condo or townhouse."
Ah, the myth that living on a boat is cheap.
Here's the scoop. What city do you live in? Call up one of your marinas, and ask them if they allow liveaboards, and if so, what the added fee for living aboard is.
Then, ask them what the liveaboard rate is "capped" at and how long the waiting list is. How many years, exactly?
Then, buy a boat, and find out about all the hidden expenses, beyond moorage.
Haulout fees.
Sails.
Drop a shackle in the water? There goes $80
Storage locker.
Need a new halyard? Whip out the Citicard.
Damn, my Brooks & Gatehouse broke. Goodbye $2000
LOL. I'm sure you know all this.
And on and on.
If you're talking about liveaboards in metropolitan areas (as I gather from this thread, unless I'm mistaken, which I very well could be) it still takes some serious jack and I don't know if the majority of liveaboards there would be Democrats. <-- ASSuming that most well-off people are GOP in the first place, which is another assumption I guess.
Yep. Bur most liveaboards aren't sail; they're houseboats. They don't have sails or halyards. They do have other things to soak up money though.
ASSuming that most well-off people are GOP in the first place, which is another assumption I guess.
A popular assumption. Except when they want to pretend we're hillbilly rednecks. |
