T&T: 1984 boats

[patrick Benvenutti]

With all this discussion on the price of ownership of these fabulous 
vessels, I think I would like to try my hand at bare boat chartering. 
Preferably some where tropical this winter season. With the last 12 months 
and all the "Katrina" memories still very fresh in our minds the wife and I 
would love to get away to some where out of range of my constantly ringing 
cell phone and recharge our batteries.  Can any of you folks recommend a 
company or service that we could contact?  At 46 I still have one child left 
at home and to put thru school before we make the big (trawler) purchase and 
I would like to be extremely knowledgeable of what to look for and what to 
avoid at that time.  In another life time I operated tug boats (for 15 
years).  I am now a generator dealer on the Gulf Coast of MS.
Patrick Benvenutti

>From: Joel Wilkins <cruiser6003@yahoo.com>
>To: Trawlers-n-Trawlering <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>
>Subject: Re: T&T: 1984 boats
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:34:50 -0700 (PDT)
>
>snip...
>"Faure, Marin" <marin.faure@boeing.com> wrote:     >Buy the highest 
>quality, best condition boat you can afford....You'll
>find yourself buying new or near new boats that are smaller than you
>might otherwise buy.
>
>This is good advice but it leaves out a very important aspect.
>Regardless of the quality and the price, you have to buy a boat that
>will do what you want to do. If you want to live aboard, for example,
>buying a 24-foot SeaSport in excellent condition for an amount of money
>you can afford is a meaningless purchase because the boat will be
>incapable of doing what you want to do with it. So it's a three-way
>balance--- your budget, the condition of the boat, and what you want to
>do with the boat.
>
>   Reply
>Marin again has hit it on the head. The boat MUST do what you need it to 
>do...After you know what you want to do, then check your wallet to see how 
>much you have to spend. Then....you can start bouncing price vs condition 
>vs size.
>
>   In my price range, total cost of ownership increases much more with 
>purchase price than it does with required repairs. Just to use numbers.
>   Monthly bank note....500 (actual)
>   Dollars towards repairs...guesstimate...300
>   Total cost per year (not including common constants like marina, bottom 
>paint, etc.etc) 8400
>
>   Boat newer than 84 but comparable...
>   1500 bank note ...based on yachtworld prices
>   100 in repairs per month ...guesstimate
>   Total cost per year (same exclusions) 19200
>
>   No brainer in my book.....
>   Joel Wilkins
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