Boats

[SR]

Kinda an offshoot of the thinkin thread, so I've been looking at boats recently. Mnay seem excellent and the ones that would manage/navigate some distances with sleepers seem quite affordable.

Anyone done anything like this or have horror stories of boats.....good experiences?

[Hype]

Somewhat tangential, but I have seafaring blood in me (grandfather was a merchant marine in WWII, parent grew up sailing), and have never had the chance to learn. I have also discovered that I don't get seasick. So, I live right by the water here and have discovered that there's a shop that'll give you a 3 hour training session on a small sailboat so you can take it out on your own, and I'm SERIOUSLY thinking about paying for that... the idea of working on some stuff over the summer in the middle of the water for a few hours seems idyllic. If I manage to figure this out, I suppose I could post here relevantly.

[creep]

i've owned many boats from 12ft to 47ft. what sort of boat..power or sail?

[creep]

grandfather was a merchant marine in WWII

most didn't survive that. it's amazing how many merchant ships were sunk by japanese subs. it's also amazing how fast the merchant ships were built at that time.

take the sailing class. you will get hooked. i took sailing all through college and have sailed many time on some pretty big boats.

[Hype]

grandfather was a merchant marine in WWII

most didn't survive that. it's amazing how many merchant ships were sunk by japanese subs. it's also amazing how fast the merchant ships were built at that time.

take the sailing class. you will get hooked. i took sailing all through college and have sailed many time on some pretty big boats.

My grandfather's got a cool story on the BBC website somewhere about the time they got torpedoed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peoples ... 5401.shtml

[creep]

grandfather was a merchant marine in WWII

most didn't survive that. it's amazing how many merchant ships were sunk by japanese subs. it's also amazing how fast the merchant ships were built at that time.

take the sailing class. you will get hooked. i took sailing all through college and have sailed many time on some pretty big boats.

My grandfather's got a cool story on the BBC website somewhere about the time they got torpedoed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peoples ... 5401.shtml

that's a cool story.

the Jap

you might want to clue him in that it's not ok to use that term anymore.

[Hype]

grandfather was a merchant marine in WWII

most didn't survive that. it's amazing how many merchant ships were sunk by japanese subs. it's also amazing how fast the merchant ships were built at that time.

take the sailing class. you will get hooked. i took sailing all through college and have sailed many time on some pretty big boats.

My grandfather's got a cool story on the BBC website somewhere about the time they got torpedoed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peoples ... 5401.shtml

that's a cool story.

the Jap

you might want to clue him in that it's not ok to use that term anymore.

But he's just taking you back in time with him!

[kv]

just keep in mind if you are planning on going a ways off shore that you are the boats everything ie take cpr classes and the like

[SR]

I just got back from MDR.....it's a couple of miles from where I live. creep, I am definately looking at power boats. I had an opportunity to speak with a gent who was working on his Seaswirl 23 (ft). I t was beautiful. Volvo/Penta 5.0 8 cyl.....he said it was excelent for families and fishing alike as well as long trips....sleeps 2 very comfortably.

kv, I am cpr certified, but in my minds eye, I am thinking of loading up some books and seeing some new places solo.

The Seaswirl seeems a bit opulent for me and am thinking in the 15 to 20k range. I would need sleeper accomodations and I'd like it to be able to navigate safely from here to the islands and ports here in southern and central california......or further.

[SR]

Oh and I have an M nd C class licence.....are there DMV requirements involved in Ca?

[creep]

i would look for a trawler with diesel engine. they have a lot of range but you get there slower than a gas boat. you save a shitload on gas though.

something like this

http://ventura.craigslist.org/boa/2992211839.html

you could take that fucker to mexico.

but it looks like you are looking for a trailerable boat. most trawlers you would have to keep in a marina but what is better that spending the weekend on your boat at the marina?

[kv]

i like where you are heading here...you have been yearning to get away....and a boat is a great call...i'm not a religious person...but i love to float lol...something so peaceful and relaxing about it...i have a bass boat and have taken it all over the place and i find i get more out of my weekends floating then the weeks i would go on vacation

[kv]

diesel is a great call

[SR]

Wow that's huge and sexy as all get up. I am hearing boatrader is a good place to start too.....ebay, and craigslist of course. The thought of buying a machine sight unseen scares the shit out of me as well. But like this guy said at the marina, it's a buyers market.

[creep]

diesel is a great call

yeah they run forever and are very efficient. most sailboats come with a small diesel and are cheap. i would even look at sail and just motor it around until you get comfortable with sailing.

[SR]

i like where you are heading here...you have been yearning to get away....and a boat is a great call...i'm not a religious person...but i love to float lol...something so peaceful and relaxing about it...i have a bass boat and have taken it all over the place and i find i get more out of my weekends floating then the weeks i would go on vacation

How do you like this on the stern

SHAMROCKS

You like?

[kv]

whatever works for you....my boat is named ron plush....loooong story

[creep]

Wow that's huge and sexy as all get up. I am hearing boatrader is a good place to start too.....ebay, and craigslist of course. The thought of buying a machine sight unseen scares the shit out of me as well. But like this guy said at the marina, it's a buyers market.

boattrader is not the place it used to be.

this is really the place to look these days. it's mostly brokered boats but nothing wrong with buying from a broker. they are usually pretty knowledgeable.

http://www.yachtworld.com/

[SR]

Wow that's huge and sexy as all get up. I am hearing boatrader is a good place to start too.....ebay, and craigslist of course. The thought of buying a machine sight unseen scares the shit out of me as well. But like this guy said at the marina, it's a buyers market.

boattrader is not the place it used to be.

this is really the place to look these days. it's mostly brokered boats but nothing wrong with buying from a broker. they are usually pretty knowledgeable.

http://www.yachtworld.com/

Thank you.

[SR]

whatever works for you....my boat is named ron plush....loooong story

Sounds like a porn star. I dunno why, but I was thinking of names when I was down at the storage/sales place just now. The first thing that came to mind was my mom's name, Joan.

[SR]

I like this alot, but this is sell the house time and though I don't know, I would think you could go almost anywhere in the world on it. Very nice.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... 75816&url=

[kv]

i'll break it down...not porn star..."ron" when i was a kid in highschool and me and my friends started smoking weed..i coined calling weed "ron" because i didn't know a ron and when you are living at home before cell phones you had to have convo's in front of you parents...so it was always "hey whats up tonight? party cool...is ron going? oh we have to pick him up sweet!" worked like a charm and caught on...to this day in the southbay there are a lot of people who don't know why they call pot ron lol...now the "plush" part was a thing we used way too much we'd go play golf "hey what a plush little course" this car is plush...that chick is plush it just got stupid so of course when i got my boat someone said "hey a plush lil boat ya got there"...and ron plush was born...i then bought a bottle of champagne to christen it and put two large dents in my boat before breaking the bottle on the trailer lmao

[creep]

I like this alot, but this is sell the house time and though I don't know, I would think you could go almost anywhere in the world on it. Very nice.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... 75816&url=

yeah nice but limited range. two huge gas engines plus $1200 to fill up the tank. all your money would go to gas.

[SR]

i'll break it down...not porn star..."ron" when i was a kid in highschool and me and my friends started smoking weed..i coined calling weed "ron" because i didn't know a ron and when you are living at home before cell phones you had to have convo's in front of you parents...so it was always "hey whats up tonight? party cool...is ron going? oh we have to pick him up sweet!" worked like a charm and caught on...to this day in the southbay there are a lot of people who don't know why they call pot ron lol...now the "plush" part was a thing we used way too much we'd go play golf "hey what a plush little course" this car is plush...that chick is plush it just got stupid so of course when i got my boat someone said "hey a plush lil boat ya got there"...and ron plush was born...i then bought a bottle of champagne to christen it and put two large dents in my boat before breaking the bottle on the trailer lmao

[SR]

I like this alot, but this is sell the house time and though I don't know, I would think you could go almost anywhere in the world on it. Very nice.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... 75816&url=

yeah nice but limited range. two huge gas engines plus $1200 to fill up the tank. all your money would go to gas.

How far does 1200 bucks get you??