We (my ex-admiral and boat partner (and her new hubby)) spent about 4 grand on Penniless last year - haul out and in, bottom paint, slip fees, shrinkwrap, dry storage, diver, etc. - no capital improvements of any significance - I do 90% of the labor (I'm handy and retired, he's a doctor), and we used her about 50-60 days - Wednesday night racing, Sunday racing, Frostbites, cruising, daysails...so that's about 80 bucks per usage. There are not a lot of things you and your friends can do for 80 bucks, good deal???
Gary Penniless 30-1 St. Michaels, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Della Barba, Joe To: Dennis C. ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Economic justification for owning a boat You wake up, quietly get in the dinghy with the dogs, push off and drift 50 feet away before starting the outboard, and head to shore. The dogs pee while you get the morning paper and some coffee from the coffee shop. Heading back out to the mooring field with the morning sun flooding the anchorage with an orange glow you gently climb back aboard to surprise your still sleeping wife with the treats from shore and think you wouldn’t be anywhere else for ANY amount of money. Or the sane people realize they could go on a cruise ship or other expensive vacation two or three times a year for what it costs to run the boat. So we the not-quite-right sail on and the sheeple get herded here and there on the latest discount tour to some tourist hell. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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