Cap'n Ric wrote:
72' LOA with a 20' beam that draws about 7'. Where are you going to dock
it?

A lot more places that WONT take a yacht. Try just about any place....
but ya might have a barge for a neighbour.

You got 8 kids? Do you really need 72 feet of boat?
Depending on the fishery youre usually talking three people to run a
boat that size. One driving and two working the back deck.

I think you are probably looking at closer to $200,000 for a "complete"
liveaboard refit.

And the guys working the boat live in the stoneage??? Dont think so.
Men got to eat, sleep, and take showers. What else is missing?


Do you know how to maintain this boat's systems? Didn't think so.

I would argue that a commercial boat would be a huge improvment over
any yacht to work on. Guys working on the water dont have time to screw
around with all that sissy ****.


Add
another $10,000 a year for maintainence.

Why? There aint nutin to break and if so the system will be out in the
open and replaceable with basic marine stuff not the **** ya get from
West MArine.

How about insurance?

Hummm, Ill have to think about this.

Do you have
a 100 Ton Masters License? Didn't think so.

Now this really shows your lask of knowledge. how many commercial
fisher men do you know that hold a USCG master license beacause it is
USCG required?

You'll also need one of those
to operate this vessle in the US.

Not.

I have a friend that converted a 76' steel custom trawler that was built in
Biddeford, Maine. This boat was only 5 years old and in excellent
condition. He converted it to a blue water cruising yacht for a 2 year
around the world cruise with his family. The boat cost him $750,000 and he
added $800,000 over a year before they left.

So the guy is an idiot with too much money to blow. And that proves
what?


He is a retired ship's captain and a Merchant Marine Academy grad. He does
know what he is doing. Not counting fuel and other consumables he figured
his monthly maintenance at $1,500.

Leave the exotics to the fools and experts.

So what is so exotic about a simple workboat? Unless that is, you dont
know what you are talking about.
Bob


Cap'n Ric
USCG Licensed Master
S/V Sezaneh
2003 Beneteau 473 (I live aboard it)