There are indeed many ways to skin a cat. At this point I'm exploring all of the options, and there are many.
We could sell all and go for broke! We could rent the house for a year and sail the 32 down (reasonable). We could sail the 32 down and park it in Florida as Jean-Francois mentioned (I did consider this as well!). We could sell the house and live in a boat, here in Toronto until we have lots of money saved up. We could rent the house and live on a boat. We could move the boat up to Georgian Bay and take month long sailing vacations to the north channel every summer (again, pretty reasonable, I have five weeks of vacation) We could move to Halifax (I've brought this one up before, those that sent me their phone numbers can expect a call because we ARE coming for a visit!) And more. I won't list them all but know that I'm looking at this with an open mind. The more I think about it and the more honest I am with the math, it doesn't seem like "going for broke" is the right decision. But that doesn't mean it's off the table either! People have done it! Paul and Sheryl Shard have done it, Lynn and Larry Pardey have done it and many more. Can we do it?! That's the million dollar question. Speaking of a million dollars I've decided that playing the lottery is one of the options at this point :) Thanks to all who have provided valuable advice and experience, as always, it's much appreciated. I think in the short term the thing we have to focus on most is getting some ocean miles in. I'm signed up on the offshore sailing opportunities website and I've put my name forward to a few of you already :) Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard <jfriv...@us.ibm.com > wrote: > There are many, many ways to skin that cat :-) > > I can understand the all or nothing thing, but if that means compromising > a marriage, the kids college, other hobbies (I also own a race car.. but I > digress), or your ability to retire early or at all.. There are other > options.. > > Personally, I would picture myself eventually trucking "Take Five" over to > the nearest navigable water way to the coast (Lake Guntersville in > Alabama), cruise on down to Ft Lauderdale / Miami area , and berth the > boat somewhere in the vicinity. From there I would take vacations on the > boat and cruise to the BVI's / surrounding Caribbean islands, perhaps > finding a suitable marina in the Caribbean and fly there / do some island > hopping for 2-3 weeks at a time vacations. > > This way I keep my house, my job, see my kids, occasionally blast 'round > Road Atlanta in my track car, basically get my cake and eat it too. > > One of my (car) racing friends has a 48ft Beneteau First he keeps in the > Greek isles and 'Visits" on his vacations it seems to work fine for him :-) > > Docking fees in South Florida or Caribbean and flying gets expensive? > That's peanuts compared to the opportunity cost of zero income for a year > or more... > > My 2 cents > > Francois Rivard > 1990 C&C 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, GA > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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