Have you checked mooring fees? Taxes?
"Everyone" is right. My guesstimate - a wild one - would be $150,000
to $250,000. Here is a site that discusses both time and $$ but it is
for multi-hull boats. Given the number of owner built ply cats that
used to be around I'd think a mono hull would require more of both $$
& time.
http://www.f-boat.com/pages/costs.html

All of this is still less than buying a house. Median cost of a house in O.C.
is currently 600K and in five years it will be even more. Long Beach is not
any better. If I keep the boat there I realize there will be fees but is
that more expensive than owning a house? Is it more expensive if I can pull
of the uild without any loans at all and maybe only taking out a loan for
spars sails rigging and some electronic equipment if at all?

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