On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:37:11 GMT, "Janet O'Leary"
wrote:

That is:; a good "small" boat that is seaworthy, will allow the new
owner to have money left over after the purchase to outfit the
boat more completely.

That's an excellent point and most people totally underestimate the
cost of outfitting a boat and the ongoing maintenance costs. Almost
everyone I know that lives aboard does almost all of the maintenance
work themselves. The parts alone are expensive enough.

Perhape Larry would be kind enough to repost his "liveaboard
simulator" one more time for your benefit. There's a lot of truth to
it unfortunately.