These are very good points Rich. I'm wondering if a shared ownership thing might be a better solution for you Mark. You basically pay about $4500 a year for a certain amount of days. You then only have to schedule your time for sailing and the boat share company takes care of the rest. It's a pretty good deal really because storage alone for a 32 foot boat will come in at about $4K to $6k a year. then there is upkeep.
The boat share will get you into relatively recent model years on like a Beneteau or something. This seems well suited to your current situation in my opinion. Just google boat share and see what comes up. Danny Lolita 1973 Viking 33 Westport Point, MA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Knowles Rich <r...@sailpower.ca> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Bigger Boat Question Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:22:01 -0300 Mark: With respect, I think you have a conundrum to deal with. You want a bigger boat for all the right reasons, but appear to be unwilling or unable to make the required investment in time, passion and money to make your dream a reality. All the commentary you have received to date is from people who have experience, and that advice has been pretty much spot on, with some excellent offerings. "Toy" may be your descriptor, but a 30' boat needs care and attention and will make both routine and unanticipated demands on your time, patience and resources. Your current boat just might be your best solution for the moment, even if it doesn't fulfil all your dreams. Rich Knowles Indigo. LF38 Halifax On 2013-06-03, at 23:27, "Dr. Mark Bodnar" <drbod...@accesswave.ca> wrote: > activities. > No matter what I just don't have a huge amount of free time, or spare $ - > bumping up the boat is already a leap of faith. > But it fits - when I bought the M24 last year I renamed it "Big Picture" - on > the basis that I don't really have the time or $ - but the looking at the big > picture this is more important. I expect if/when I get a new boat I'll > re-use the name (or Bigger Picture). _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
