land locked wrote:

.... Never
enough time or money, the perenial problem.

It's a trap. I don't think there is a solution, other than 1- choose the right
parents and/or 2- learn to be happy with what you can afford. I say #2 because I
have known some quite rich people who wanted fancier cars and bigger boats, and
were unhappy about it.



Guess I'll keep looking. Any
suggestions on good sources for inexpensive boats, NGs, web? I don't mind
having to fix it up, the interior could be trashed. I just want to get on
the water.

IMHO the problem with looking on the web is that the stuff you fnd may be on
another continent. EBay is interesting but their format is not very
buyer-friendly when it comes to putting down money. I would not ever contemplate
putting down a deposit, or making a legal commitment to buy, a boat I had not
seen & inspected in person. But there are lots of classified ad sites, here's a
sampling.

http://www.spinsheet.com/Brokerage/brokerage.php
http://www.sailboatlistings.com/
http://www.boats-for-sale.com/
http://www.boattraderonline.com/newadsearch.html
http://www.boats.com/listing/cache/q...src=header_bfs
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/index.html.en
http://www.iboats.com/boats/

and here's where EBay lists sailboats
http://listings.ebaymotors.com/aw/pl...33/index.html?

take a look at how many are sitting with no bids. A few nice boats though.

Happy hunting and Fresh Breezes- Doug King