"bb" wrote in message
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From my experience, a single male can cruise comfortably on a 20K boat
with $1,500 a month living expense. Add a female to the mix and your
entry level boat goes to about 125K and monthly expenses begin at
about $6,000.

bb
"Pat Noonan" wrote in message
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But you are not bitter bb ........ ;-)



No, just realistic :{))

Citing personal experience, if I were to do it alone (which I probably
wouldn't - who wants to do all that neat stuff without sharing it??), I
could have easily bought the first boat we bareboated - a Freedom 32 which
needed some work - at 20k this year. At that price, with a cash purchase,
I'd self-insure.

It would have been fine for me - alone - and I have no doubt that I could
have added a couple grand worth of renewable power, and ditched the engine,
which was a recently rebuilt (but not yet reinstalled - it broke when we had
it, and hadn't been installed after rebuild nearly two years later) 3GM30,
perhaps at a net no-change. I have no doubt whatsoever that left to my own
devices I could live on less than 100 a month, plus upkeep/maintenance.

However, in the end, we bought in that price range. Luckily for us, I don't
think it will take the monthly costs to make it, as we share the same
philosophy - but if she liked wine more, and the AC at the dock, we could
easily be in the second range, too.

As Rick said, you have to seriously monitor your current lifestyle to see
what you're willing to do without...

L8R

Skip and Lydia

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"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin