On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:36:21 -0500, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

On 1/19/2011 12:07 PM, Jack. wrote:
On Jan 19, 10:50 am, wrote:
About a zillion new posts and from the headers it looks like very very
very very few are worth reading.

Maybe rec.boats needs an independent post rating service.

So post something worth reading.


Well, I am thinking about going partners with my bachelor brother and
buying a "new to us" larger and "fresher" boat whose current owner is
under some financial stress. My brother likes to fish, too, and since he
went into law and not teaching, he's got some real bucks. He says he'll
pay 75% of the purchase price and we can split the club fees and
maintenance. We get along very well, even when he shows up here with one
of his weekend wives. He practices and lives in NYC.

But the idea of "boat partnership," well, I just don't know. There are
some boat partnerships at the club, so I'll have to ask the guys how it
works out for them.

I'd have to sell my current salt water boat.

I would definitely get their opinion. We're in the midst (for almost a
year) of negotiation with another couple about just such an
arrangement. We want to cross all the T's and dot all the I's as best
as possible, while maintaining our mutual friendship.

I'd recommend that you get everything in writing. Then there will be
much less chance of an emotion-based dispute later.