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nate
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Initially Posted - 04/25/2002 : 14:01:46

Here is a hypothetical question posed to the readers of Latitude 38 recently. I thought it might be interesting to ask you folks the same question. You have one year and $100,000 dollars as a budget. The money buys the boat and pays all expenses for the year. What do you buy and where would you go?
I think I would buy a $50,000 turnkey (is there such a thing?)Catalina 30 of 1990's vintage, budget $30,000 to live on and have the balance as a cushion for repairs and upgrades. Then I would load her up til the hatches bulged and chase the warm weather up and down the Eastern seaboard until my 12 months ran out!
Any other ideas? Nate

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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 14:31:33

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Here is a hypothetical question posed to the readers of Latitude 38 recently. I thought it might be interesting to ask you folks the same question. You have one year and $100,000 dollars as a budget. The money buys the boat and pays all expenses for the year. What do you buy and where would you go?
I think I would buy a $50,000 turnkey (is there such a thing?)Catalina 30 of 1990's vintage, budget $30,000 to live on and have the balance as a cushion for repairs and upgrades. Then I would load her up til the hatches bulged and chase the warm weather up and down the Eastern seaboard until my 12 months ran out!
Any other ideas? Nate

Nate,

Give a call when you're signing on crew.

Val

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Val Bisagni

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Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 14:47:26

This may sound like no fun, but we'd use most of the $100K to upgrade our present plans to purchase a house with a view of our new sailing grounds and within walking distance of the marina where we'd use the rest of the dough to slip our current C-25 for as many years as we want. Depending on where that turns out to be, we'll do overnights to Block Island, the Narragansett, and the CT River (from Mystic) or to St. Michaels, Oxford, Chestertown, etc. (from Annapolis). Much further, and the CFO prefers American Airlines and Marriott--lotsa miles/points with both.

But I'll be interested in the ideas from the rest of you!

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 SR-FK #5032 "Passage" in CT

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nate
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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 16:08:04

Dave,
You're killing me!! You sound as practical as my wife. She said she would rent a place in the Carribean to use as a base-camp and buy a smaller boat to do shorter trips on. Guess she's not quite ready to move aboard full time yet!
Anyway, your plan sounds good, albeit way too responsible for this dreamer.
Nate

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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 16:12:36

Buy an Alerion 28 (a great 2nd hand boat, if that's possible)
Load it with everything for single-handing. Raise the limit
on my Platinum Visa and head south Mexico Way.

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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 17:10:10

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Buy an Alerion 28 (a great 2nd hand boat, if that's possible)
Load it with everything for single-handing. Raise the limit
on my Platinum Visa and head south Mexico Way.
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You're kidding! I assume you seen one of those... Why would anyone sell one?? God, what a work of art! You've got me rethinking my plan.......

Nate, you dreamer, let's hear from you!

Val--your dream is to be rail meat?

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 SR-FK #5032 "Passage" in CT

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Response Posted - 04/25/2002 : 18:03:26

As I said, I'd buy a good used coastal cruiser, maybe in the Great Lakes, where I would start. No need to buy a heavy duty/expensive blue-water boat for this trip. I'd head up in the North Channel and hang in those islands as long as possible. Then as summer wanes I'd head for the canals of New York and motor on out to the ICW. Raise the mast and I'm off for points south.
I'd hope to make the Bahamas or the Keys for winter. Where I'd adopt the island lifestyle for a few months...living on the hook...snorkling...drinking rum...until things started to warm up. Spring means it's time to head back up the coast to visit all the places I missed on the way down...like the Chesapeke. Am I out of time yet? Darn...I was just geting started!
Nate

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John Mason
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Response Posted - 04/26/2002 : 13:45:22

Only $100 grand, wow, tight budget<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>. I'd buy a Searunner 37 tri for around $40,000, put another $15,000 into refitting, upgrades and rum <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> and head south to Mexico and then the South Pacific. Woohoo, dream on!

John Mason - Ali Paroosa
1982 - FK/SR #3290

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