Him asked: Like a new Mac 26M for example?

NO! Don't nuy crap! I thought you were trying to be fiscally =
responsible???? Find an old, well-kept Catalina or O'day, or Pearson or =
Erikson....Don't ever buy new, the depreciation is horrendous...and you =
have to put all the "stuff" on yourself....get a boat that someone else =
has already outfitted....(stay away from yellow Coronado's with mauve =
interiors, though...you'll never resell it)=20

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