On Nov 23, 6:35�am, Wayne.B wrote:
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.

people are getting to soft, I don't see how living on a small boat can
be much different then living in a small camper.
I am very interested in what expenses might be for living on a small
boat all summer. And what are normal port cost on east coast?

I bet turning one of the diesel engines to run off cooking oil would
bring cost down, might be a little more work but i'm thinking if all
the lights were led and not needing electricity all that much (im not
a tech person). I have a small stove/refigurator that works off
propane.

I'm not trying to act like I know it all but it doesn't seem like it
would be much different then the cost of one of my VW campers (excpt
Vw's are getting very costly and so is the gas to get there)