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researching live-aboard cruising boats
RW Salnick wrote: DSK inscribed in red ink for all to know: Budget max to buy is low $100k's. Annual budget would be in the neighborhood of $25-30k. Cap'n Ric wrote: Annual budget of 30K for a power boat isn't much unless you plan on not going very far. Or get a boat that is fuel efficient (ie not a speedboat) From what I have read, and talking to a lot of different cruiser in both power & sail bost, there isn't a whole lot of difference in the cost of cruising (unless you are burning fuel to make ten tons of boat & furniture plane). DSK I can only offer this direct, real-world comparison. Two years ago, we (and our 50' ketch, Perkins 4-236 4 cyl diesel) made a month-long trip from Seattle to Desolation Sound and back. During the same time frame, friends of ours down the dock made essentially the same trip in their 55' (?) trawler-style power boat. Not sure of the power plants, but they are also diesel. We burned 95 gallons of diesel over the course of the month. The power boat burned 895 gallons of diesel. bob s/v Eolian Seattle How much time was spent under sail? |
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