Danny,
Retirement is a life style decision. If you are OK with living in a used
single wide trailer in southern Mississippi and driving a rusty old 1983 pick
up truck, you can retire now. :)
If you want that new Lexus every year and that fancy house, keep on working.
I like my pick up truck. :) (Just teasing)
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: "djhaug...@juno.com" <djhaug...@juno.com>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:24 PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>
>
>
>Holy crap... I want to go there!!!! I wish I could retire now! Just one
>lucky lottery ticket away... LOL
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
>To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>Subject: Re: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:24:45 -0500
>
>
>Damn! There are eleven three bedroom places here in Washington, NC �in the
>$40s. In fact, I’ll sell you my 1400 square foot 3 bedroom on � acre of land
>for $65, such is the local market. And I’ll even set you up with a slip for
>your boat at the local country club – about 1 mile away – where you can sail
>12 months a year for under $3500 a year.
>
>Or you could buy a bigger, newer place with a deeded slip for a bit over $200k.
>
>Rick
>
>From:CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Jacobs
>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 1:11 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>
>Whoops, that’ll be $500K. But in fact there are several 3 bedroom places in
>the $400’s.
>
>Dave
>
>From:CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of
>djhaug...@juno.com
>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 12:55 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>
>Dave,
>
>did you really mean 55K? I want one of those!!! If that's true I'll be
>moving to Bristol!!!
>
>Danny
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: "David Jacobs" <davidjaco...@comcast.net>
>To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>Subject: Re: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:38:17 -0500
>Bob,
>
>My wife and I faced the exact same dilemma last year. Since I sailed out of
>the New Bedford YC many years ago we were looking at Padanarum/South Dartmouth
>on Buzzards Bay. We went to the Boston Boat Show and ran into a realtor there
>who put up a display. We told him what we were looking for and he suggested
>Bristol which up to them was only a sign I passes when we’d drive to Newport.
>
>We visited Bristol and found that it had everything we were looking for,
>restaurants, the Herreshorf Museum, Linden Place, Blythwold Mansion, The
>Bristol Yacht Club which is very much a sailors yacht club, a 14 mile long
>bicycle trail that runs along the water all the way to Providence, beaches at
>Colt Park all in a very compact walkable town. Roger Williams University is
>also there which brings young people and culture. Finally the town is host to
>the longest continually running (238 years) 4th of July parade in the country
>and several weeks of concerts and fireworks leading up to the 4th.. We liked
>it so much we ended up purchasing a home there that was built in 1845 and
>we’re totaling renovating it. There are several homes available in town for
>less than $55K that are within walking distance to the restaurants (some of
>them quite good) and shops.
>
>We’ve been amazed at how many people retire in Bristol. Many of these folks
>are young active retirees and a lot of the social life revolves around the
>yacht club and the Herreshorf museum. In fact there seem to be a lot of
>college kids and a lot of 60 somethings and not a lot in between because the
>people who grow up in the area all move to Barrington and the schools there
>when they have school age kids.
>
>There is an event at the Yacht Club sometime in January for people who might
>be interested in joining. You might want to call the Stewart there to find out
>more details.
>
>Good luck,
>Dave
>Saltaire
>C&C 35 MK III
>
>From:CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bob
>McLaughlin
>Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 6:09 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Stus-List So New England retirement/harbor perspectives
>
>I’m interested in locals’ opinions of good towns to retire to and good harbor
>suggestions to move my C&C to in the So New England area.
>
>We sailed our C&C 33-II for the past 22 years and last year moved up to a C&C
>110 (6.5’ draft) with the intent of moving from the Midwest “back” in the next
>~2-3 years to the southern New England area to retire and do more sailing. (I
>say “back” since I grew up sailing in NJ with many summers out to Nantucket.
>My parents lived in Newport for awhile too, so the area from ~Block I to
>Nantucket became the center of my interest and we’ve chartered there many
>times in the years since moving to St Louis.)
>
>Any thoughts of CT, RI or MA preferences? This may be mostly an issue of tax
>differences but are there some other state-wide issues someone might suggest
>for consideration?
>
>Our thinking regarding towns from afar is either the Narragansett Bay area or
>the northeastern shore of Buzzard’s Bay. It would be ideal to spend less than
>$500k for a 3-4 BR house or condo near the water/boat. Reasonable access to a
>major airport would be a plus too but not under the approach/departure flight
>path (an issue for the Providence airport/Greenwich area?), as well as nice
>shore activities such as theater etc.
>
>The early short-list to explore is below, though I’m curious what gem we’re
>overlooking or perhaps areas to eliminate. At one point moorings in some
>harbors had long wait lists. Is that still the case? What about the moorings
>themselves, are some harbors know for good facilities/better holding ground?
>Are helical screw mooring fields the way to go? I thought I read some towns
>were installing them. (Our family lost one boat to a hurricane when she
>dragged her mushroom anchor up onto a sea wall....).
>
>In RI:
>Bristol or the East Greenwich/Warwick area, though I wonder if it’s a bit far
>up the bay to get out to the islands quickly (though I like the idea of some
>protected sailing for the more blustery days). Bristol appears open to
>storms but I like the town and harbor area.
>
>Newport would be great but I fear I’d grow weary of the summer crowds.
>Jamestown seems too open.
>
>Anyone know about Melville? Wickford?
>
>In MA:
>Marion or Padanaram seem possibly idea, and I love insight to these. What
>about Mattapoisett? Is my thinking that getting onto the Cape is asking for
>traffic and crowd headaches correct?
>
>In CT:
>Stonington (though getting a bit east, our daughter lives in Newton MA- but
>right on I-95 maybe no further away by car than say, Marion...)
>
>I’d welcome any thoughts and opinions from the List.
>
>Bob McLaughlin
>Blue Devil
>C&C 110
>
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