When we sold our C&C29 and moved aboard our 43' trawler, we kept track of the
time devoted to "boatkeeping". We lived aboard for 8 years cruising 31,000
miles. We found that while in port, boatkeeping ran about 6 to 8 hours a week
or roughly an hour a day. While cruising, boatkeeping takes a back seat to
driving and enjoying the places one visits. After a a few days at sea, it
would take about 5 hours to get the boat cleaned up and back in shape. Hank
Evans
On Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:20 AM, "Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List"
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
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{}#yiv2870770372 The remote boat ownerships that work are big $$$$. The yard
works on the boat M-F and you step on Friday night and everything is perfect.
Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On
Behalf Of Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:23 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Chuck Gilchrest
Subject: Re: Stus-List A VERY tough decision Neil, On the plus side,
bringing the boat up to NY means it will live in fresh water and require far
less attention to corrosion prevention and bottom painting moving forward.
Yes, you’ll have a shorter season than in Maryland, but it seems right now that
you have no season at all if the boat has been sitting since 2009. And if you
love the boat and love to sail her, cut a few pieces of plywood to fit the
floorboards, cover it with some carpet, clean the fuel tank, commission the
engine and get out a sail the thing. So many folks won’t go sailing until
their boat is “perfect” and spend every nice weekend doing boat projects where
they could be sailing. Even so, I believe that many people underestimate
the burden of being an “absentee landlord” to their boats especially when you
throw in the economics of paying someone to keep the boat up if you’re unable
to tend to its needs due to time and distance from the boat. I had a friend
from Colorado who bought a brand new Hylas 54 about 10 years ago and he made
arrangements to keep it in Massachusetts during the summer and would fly in
periodically to use the boat. What he found was that every long weekend he
allocated to his new boat was spent doing all the maintenance work, cleaning
filters and strainers, scrubbing the bottom, working out bugs with the
electricals, charging batteries, and dinking around with the myriad of odds and
ends that the boat needed. As such, he really never got to sail the thing. I
“volunteered” to oversee some of the maintenance chores in return for the
occasional use of the boat, but I found myself overwhelmed by the number of
systems aboard to say nothing of keeping such a monstrous boat free of seagull
droppings and the debris caused by occasional use of the boat as an Osprey’s
sushi bar. And mind you, this was a brand new boat where most everything is
under warranty! After two seasons, I was more than happy to hand over the
care of the boat back to the owner and be quite content to sailing the C&C 25
that I owned at the time. Boats cost money to buy and keep up, but can cost
even more in the long run if you don’t invest in the periodic maintenance. The
“new” Half Magic (35 Landfall) sat on the hard since 2007 when I bought it this
January, and while the purchase price was reasonably low, the cost of
commissioning the boat was far more expensive than I had anticipated. Chuck
Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Neil Andersen via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:36 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Neil Andersen <neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List A VERY tough decision Thanks Joe. The problem up
here (2 hours north of me is Lake Ontario, the finger lakes aren’t all that big
and tend to be narrow) is that the sailing season is Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The Maritime Museum sounds like a worthy cause. Neil From: CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:20 AM
To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com'
Cc: Della Barba, Joe
Subject: Re: Stus-List A VERY tough decision I am not sure how being on the
Shore changes the value of the boat one way or the other. I feel your pain – I
tried keeping my boat on a mooring for free about 45 minutes from my house and
the ability to keep up with boat chores declined a lot so I moved back the $$$
slip 10 minutes away. Is there any place local to you the boat could be? Joe
Coquina Btw – the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a worthy place to donate a
boat. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Neil
Andersen via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:11 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Neil Andersen
Subject: Stus-List A VERY tough decision Fellow list mates, I am facing
aVERY tough decision. I live 7-8 hours away from my boat (it is in the
Chesapeake and I am in central NY state). That is a long story in itself, but
irrelevant. My boat (1982 C&C 32) has just had it rigging serviced or
replaced as needed due to a yard incident and I have new floorboards that need
their finishing (underside) completed, etc. etc. The boat means a lot to me
and the family, but from what I hear, it is showing the fact it is neglected as
we are not able to get down to the boat to keep her up. The boat hasn’t been
in the water since 2009. I don’t want to, but am looking to part with the
boat unless I can come up with another reasonable solution. I don’t want to
part with her unless it can go to a good home and/or donate it to a good cause.
I have been told that she is worth less than $10,000 USD based on the Eastern
shore of MD. Thoughts or interest? (Stu, I’ll donate part of the proceeds of
the sale to the list if it sells through here) Neil Neil Andersen 315-707-7905
(home) neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The pessimist
complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist
adjusts the sails.
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