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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (23860)	12/28/2004 7:10:43 PM
From: WWWWWWWWWW	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

"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.