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southern cross
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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 10:47:51

WOW,
I had no idea that this topic would get so much attention. I appreciate all of your postings and I really did not mean to bring an episode of Oprah to the forum. But I agree with every comment posted so far. Things will work out and I will enjoy the freedom and I will buy another boat (maybe a much bigger one)

Anyways, sailing my C-25 has been a great learning experience and I love her. If is is not another C-25 I will always have great memories.

Pura Vida,
Zach

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southern cross
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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 11:04:53

Check this out guys. Not a bad idea I think, If I sell the house and rental property I think I might just be able to swing this one or something very close to it.
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/photo_gallery.jsp?currency=USD&units=Feet&slim=quick&checked_boats=1443583&back=/core/listing/pl_boat_detail.jsp;jsessionid=dk-jLO9Kmusb&boat_id=1443583

Pura Vida,
Zach

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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 11:23:23

Here is the one I would buy. I know, I know, it is not a sailboat, but I have druwled (sp) over tubboats my whole life.....wierd ah? Cheers.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_detail.jsp?currency=USD&units=Feet&checked_boats=1450871&slim=quick&

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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 11:35:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by djn
 Here is the one I would buy. I know, I know, it is not a sailboat, but I have druwled (sp) over tubboats my whole life.....wierd ah? Cheers.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_detail.jsp?currency=USD&units=Feet&checked_boats=1450871&slim=quick&
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Whatever floats your boat Dennis (no pun intended). Personally I wouldn't want to get near that thing, I might break something

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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 12:54:48

Thats the cool thing,....you can't brake it. Although you could brake other stuff with it. Cheers.

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Response Posted - 02/28/2006 : 15:12:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by djn
 Thats the cool thing,....you can't brake it. Although you could brake other stuff with it. Cheers.
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I like that way of thinking. maybe some release of aggression
Full throttle and get out of my way

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Response Posted - 03/01/2006 : 09:04:05

I like that Catalina 310, the tug is nice too, but maybe too big. Too bad I don't live closer to the water or that live aboard slips were so expensive in DC. I want to buy a condo, but 1 bedroom condos start at $200 and go to $300k+. That could buy a nice boat, but I wouldn't build equity to move up to a house in the future.

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Response Posted - 03/01/2006 : 11:13:55

Hi Justin, I don't know what it is like in DC but here in Michigan the condos charge a monthly maintanance fee. The cheapest I've found is $350.00 per month. I can keep a 60 foot boat in most any marina here for that amount.

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Response Posted - 03/01/2006 : 11:37:09

I'd be careful on that tug Zack, great to look at, but a lasting relationship...I don't know. It was built the year that I was born. We 1930'ers get a little cranky now and then

Other than that I'd say that you're looking in the right direction

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue, N.Y. TUGLUVER

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Response Posted - 03/01/2006 : 13:04:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tinob
 I'd be careful on that tug Zack, great to look at, but a lasting relationship...I don't know. It was built the year that I was born. We 1930'ers get a little cranky now and then

Other than that I'd say that you're looking in the right direction

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue, N.Y. TUGLUVER
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Tinob,
It wasn't me that suggested the tug. I was looking at the 31' Catalina. And I agree it sounds like a good option for me. My marina charges nothing extra for live aboard and they only charge $1950 per year for the slip with power, water, very nice restroom and shower facilities and The Rusty Rudder Bar & Grill

shares the parking lot.
Not bad HUH?

Pura Vida,
Zach

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Response Posted - 03/02/2006 : 12:28:44

Zach-

Have you looked at a C320? The 310 is nice, but I found the cabin to be cramped - they stole a little too much space from the living area to create that spacious master cabin in the V.

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Response Posted - 03/02/2006 : 12:46:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by cathluk
 Zach-

Have you looked at a C320? The 310 is nice, but I found the cabin to be cramped - they stole a little too much space from the living area to create that spacious master cabin in the V.
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Cathy-
I would love to have either. I just found an awesome deal on a 310 that got me thinking of the whole thing to begin with.

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Response Posted - 03/02/2006 : 13:46:42

What a great way to get your mind of marital woes. Boat shopping.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2006 : 14:44:38

Mike,

Boat shopping more than likely causes most marital difficulties

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue, N.Y.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2006 : 18:55:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tinob
 Boat shopping more than likely causes most marital difficulties<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

It does in my family!

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Response Posted - 03/04/2006 : 08:01:37

Sorry for this post but it seems appropriate at this juncture to retell the FIONA episode. Last time I swear

Eric Forsythe, Cruising Club of America, Blue Water Club Medal recipient, has extensive worldwide cruising experience aboard the 42' Westsail yacht Iona. Time was that whenever he was leaving the house his wife would ask ,"where to"' to which he always answered, "to the boat"( where else). After years of this she was said to have responded on occasion ,"that f$%^ing Iona again". And as the story goes Eric changed the name soon after to FIONA.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue,N.Y.

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Response Posted - 03/04/2006 : 11:08:53

If you are serious about living aboard for an extended period, and if you can swing $40~$60 plus slip fees, I suggest you look for a Catalina 36. There are lots of them around, and the early-80's models are relatively inexpensive - one of these would cost a lot less than a new Catalina 310, and give you a lot more living space. The longest time I have spent on my C-25 was two weeks, up in the San Juans, and it's definately "camping" (roughing it). Think of all the little amenities you WON'T have available on a small boat, like, how will you iron clothes? And cooking and washing dishes, hunched over in that tiny C-25 galley gets real old after a couple days. In a dire emergency, I suppose you could live in a C-25, but I wouldn't want to try it in anything smaller than 30'. I do know of a family (two parents with a 1-year old baby) that lives in a Nor'Sea 27, which they cruised all the way from the west coast to New Zealand. Don't know how they manage in such a small volume of living space; I guess they just accept "minimalism" and getting by with just the barest essentials.

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Response Posted - 03/05/2006 : 12:18:39

'When the going gets tough the Tough get going".I think that's a Marine Corp. expression. When I was just out of High School. I lived in a tent in Montauk and ran four+ miles to the boat that I crewed on. Usually got a lift back to the camp grounds. All things are possible if you have a mind to do it. Hey I'd never consider it at this age but like I said I was fresh out of High School and the gate was wide open. Joined the U.S. Navy that winter.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue, N.Y.

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Response Posted - 03/15/2006 : 12:14:54

If your serious about the live aboard go to the web and type in "Dove". A book should appear about a sixteen year old who circumnavigated most of the way on his 25 footer in 1968 then "moved" up to a 30 footer. Guess it all depends on your reference. When does big become "big enough"? I do not know for your spot in the scheme its just that from a dock a C25 can be a pretty big boat. I have spent two week stints of time with my three teenagers (two girls and a boy) and we have fun. While sailing the boat is just right for all of us and hunkered down at night waiting out a rain squall paying cards seems like fun to.
Anyway it is amazing how well you grow into and adapt to the space you have while your living it verses what you "think" you need. Good Luck!

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Response Posted - 03/15/2006 : 12:56:18

Where are you paying $40-60 slip fees??? I am paying $155 on Lake Travis, and that's cheap!

kim

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Response Posted - 03/15/2006 : 13:53:18

Folks,I don't know how those fees equate to fees here in the n'east. I pay a yearly fee of $ 2400 American, which provides slip fee hauling in and out with power washing, winter storage on the hard, and showers, dockside power, swimming pool, and two or more parties, free food and drink. How am I doing ?

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936 Patchogue, N.Y.

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Response Posted - 03/15/2006 : 14:08:08

I agree with Larry, the C36 is a good choice, as is, the, ahem, C34, which also has by far the largest V berth ever built into a boat of its size. If you have a chance, compare the C34 to the C36 or any other boat at a boat show.

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Response Posted - 03/15/2006 : 14:55:28

One person on a C25 is do-able.
If it were me, I'd be living on my C25 until the right bigger boat came along.
When there are two of us onboard, its more like camping because when the Admiral is aboard, we have to adhere to the rules of decorum - real meals, no lounging in underwear, no unstowed gear, no unstowed used underwear, lights out by 11PM, no eating off yesterday's slightly used but still clean looking plates,and etc.
Now I'm getting jealous of Zach and I may just run away to sea...I have this little boat, and I think I could live aboard it.

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Response Posted - 03/16/2006 : 01:04:19

I've been staying on my C25 4 nights a week since August. I have a minifridge in the qb and use a microwave or the Magma for meals. I also have a Mermaid a/c with heat. The only problem I have is I'm 6'1" but you'll find that you don't stand that much. I've found it's easier to sleep in the v with my head towards the bow, easier ingress/egress. I don't watch tv on the boat, occasionally movie on the laptop. There is adequate storage for items for one but not extravagant. Overall very doable and the sailing therapy always helps.

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Response Posted - 03/16/2006 : 15:57:48

Shrinking living does tend to shrink one's head. I cooped up in a 1-bedroom apt with 2 bikes, a windsurfer and a dozen tubs of outdoor gear for a few years AD (after divorce). When you feel claustrophobic, you are cured.

Are you around NC? I think there are two C30s and a C36 for quite a bit less than 99k around Oriental (not 2005 of course). Good luck.
<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by southern cross
 Found a Catalina in Oriental, NC for right at 99k a 2005 Catalina. WHY NOT, RIGHT

Pura Vida,
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