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Mark
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I have had several sailboats. The last one Hurricane Katrina took away from me. I bought one that had been taken apart the year after Katrina but I found out I just don't have the heart to put into another one. That is why I went back to a previous love, motorcycles. I still have that boat only now the bottom has dropped out of the market. I would sell it at a loss if I could just unload the thing. If it doesn't sell soon I am going to part it out on ebay. It is a Macgregor 25 on a trailer. Sailing is a great hobby but for me it had to be my only hobby. Stuff is expensive. You know BOAT stands for Break Out Another Thousand. Good luck with what ever you decide.
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I got the bug in a big way a few years ago. Thought of buying a boat very seriously. With a new baby and house still being renovated, we chose not to.
Instead, though, we signed on with a "lease share" company called Pinnacle Yachts for a 1/8th share for a season of a new Jeanneau 37 in Boston Harbor. At about $7,000 for the year, everything included, it turned out to be a wonderful deal for us. All maintenance, gas, insurance included on a $180,000 boat that we had rights to use 30 times that season. I honestly sailed 24+ times that year. I really, really enjoyed skippering the boat and taking friends and colleagues out. It was a fantastic craft.
I didn't necessarily enjoy the limitations of the lease: you must pre-schedule, and if weather sucks, you're hosed and simply lose that slot. If weather is ideal, someone else is likely using the boat and you can't. (They promise free, unscheduled availability, but it never happens.) And occasionally another lessee will leave the boat a mess - a strictly agreed responsibility. Still, all-in-all, a great value.
Another firm that does this is called Sailtime. Cheaper than Pinnacle, but a lower-end boat (Hunter), more lessees per boat, and shoddier maintenance. We chose Pinnacle are were very satisfied with all aspects save those mentioned above. There are other firms that do this, too, as well as many sailing clubs.
We dropped the lease after that season and I really feel like I scratched that itch. Sometime later in life, we may own another boat or do the lease share again. Right now, though, I'm busy with many other things.
Your location isn't shown, but perhaps the lease share will work for you. As Mark suggested, and as the adages go, a boat is a hole in the water where you throw your money. The happiest 2 days of a boat owners life? The day he buys and the day he sells.
Lastly, I personally greatly prefer a boat with a wheel instead of a tiller. Just feels more serious to me.
Happy boating!
Instead, though, we signed on with a "lease share" company called Pinnacle Yachts for a 1/8th share for a season of a new Jeanneau 37 in Boston Harbor. At about $7,000 for the year, everything included, it turned out to be a wonderful deal for us. All maintenance, gas, insurance included on a $180,000 boat that we had rights to use 30 times that season. I honestly sailed 24+ times that year. I really, really enjoyed skippering the boat and taking friends and colleagues out. It was a fantastic craft.
I didn't necessarily enjoy the limitations of the lease: you must pre-schedule, and if weather sucks, you're hosed and simply lose that slot. If weather is ideal, someone else is likely using the boat and you can't. (They promise free, unscheduled availability, but it never happens.) And occasionally another lessee will leave the boat a mess - a strictly agreed responsibility. Still, all-in-all, a great value.
Another firm that does this is called Sailtime. Cheaper than Pinnacle, but a lower-end boat (Hunter), more lessees per boat, and shoddier maintenance. We chose Pinnacle are were very satisfied with all aspects save those mentioned above. There are other firms that do this, too, as well as many sailing clubs.
We dropped the lease after that season and I really feel like I scratched that itch. Sometime later in life, we may own another boat or do the lease share again. Right now, though, I'm busy with many other things.
Your location isn't shown, but perhaps the lease share will work for you. As Mark suggested, and as the adages go, a boat is a hole in the water where you throw your money. The happiest 2 days of a boat owners life? The day he buys and the day he sells.
Lastly, I personally greatly prefer a boat with a wheel instead of a tiller. Just feels more serious to me.
Happy boating!
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Panman
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If you buy a boat don't get one with any wood, wood is maintanance!
El Toro
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The lease/eighth share idea above is a good one, and it does allow one to seriously scratch the itch. The positives and negatives in the post above are right on the money.
I have chased a lot of hobbies over the years, and I find that with my level of passion, it is really hard to seriously pursue more than one or two at a time. If I went to sailing, instead of mooching off my sailing friends :lol: , I think I'd end up spending a lot less time on the motorcycles. I'm tempted every year, but I remember my Dad's boat, and I see my nautical friends and their investment every year, and it sobers me up.
I have chased a lot of hobbies over the years, and I find that with my level of passion, it is really hard to seriously pursue more than one or two at a time. If I went to sailing, instead of mooching off my sailing friends :lol: , I think I'd end up spending a lot less time on the motorcycles. I'm tempted every year, but I remember my Dad's boat, and I see my nautical friends and their investment every year, and it sobers me up.
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Sailing, is a little like motorcycling- isn't everything?
Soon it will interest only you most likely, You will want low maintanace, You will want to go and ride it now, You will want to run it on great roads, You will want high preformance, and you will want low cost.
Use to be addicted to wind surfing. If it was blowing 20+ and stuck at job ....bummer & if I went my hands would be shaking as I rigged sail & board... doing 30mph on sail board is a thrill!... ocean, wind, water, waves, sunshine...can't be described.
Next... the last 12yrs. I bought 18' NACRA catamaran, It was 5yrs. old with perfect hulls...my restoration project was small scale yet lot of time, effort, & $ to get back like new. I get to keep it lakeside set up a week each year...LG N.Y.
If I had to set it up each time wouldn't have it. Boat is 8'6'' across... Fly a hull out of the water your up singing along nonstop rush ... can't be described. NACRA 20
You can have fun with a sunfish... there great! Do it!
If you get hooked You can get a "I'd rather be sailing" plate for the bike.
Soon it will interest only you most likely, You will want low maintanace, You will want to go and ride it now, You will want to run it on great roads, You will want high preformance, and you will want low cost.
Use to be addicted to wind surfing. If it was blowing 20+ and stuck at job ....bummer & if I went my hands would be shaking as I rigged sail & board... doing 30mph on sail board is a thrill!... ocean, wind, water, waves, sunshine...can't be described.
Next... the last 12yrs. I bought 18' NACRA catamaran, It was 5yrs. old with perfect hulls...my restoration project was small scale yet lot of time, effort, & $ to get back like new. I get to keep it lakeside set up a week each year...LG N.Y.
If I had to set it up each time wouldn't have it. Boat is 8'6'' across... Fly a hull out of the water your up singing along nonstop rush ... can't be described. NACRA 20
You can have fun with a sunfish... there great! Do it!
If you get hooked You can get a "I'd rather be sailing" plate for the bike.
