Posted by MG56 on 07/30/15 - 11:02 AM
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Geting wrote:
Hmmm, I see your points on cost and also a lot of practical issues, perhaps I am living in a dream, but I will certainly consider everything. The question is how much I am prepared to spend for these fantastic few days out there on the water in a proper and well equipped boat.
This boat will only cost you what you let it. There isn't the demand for the large Whalers like there is for the little ones so you should be able to buy this for less than you will ever sell it for. Cost of purchase zero, and most likely you make a profit. Storage & docking by the year is a cost you have to absorb, so plug that number into your budget and expect that cost to rise in the future.
The real variable in cost is how much you use the boat. You implied that you only get limited time in the boat, and if so the cost of actually running the boat can be very manageable.
Today I have painted the bottom of my 19 Outrage, nightmare job as it sits on a trailer. With a bigger boat I would delegate this kind if work to the marina staff, at a high cost of course. We will see how it goes.
When you find a marina to store & dock your boat they will have to pull your boat out of the water at least once, so have them set the boat on stands. I could probably bottom paint 5 of the 27' boats on stands in the time it would take to paint one 19' on a trailer.