You might want to charter a boat similar to what you think you might like for an extended trip, get a feel for the whole thing.

You drive the boat, you become a "sailor". You will be responsible for navigating, making sure you don't run aground, safe passage through bad weather (the great lakes can be just like the open ocean, from what I understand), proper operation of the vessel, etc. It's a lot of responsibility. I would far prefer to just relax and let someone else take on all that responsibility. But I do it anyway out of necessity as I use my boats too often to make chartering worth it. 40' is a lot of boat - my biggest is 23' and I would not want to manage anything much larger than that, but that's just me.

Having a boat is one of my dreams, I hope I will.

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Dreams are good, just go in with your eyes wipe open so it doesn't turn into a nightmare .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Owning a boat is like raising kids, it's a commitment. The difference is that when kids get older they move out. When boats get older they cost more....

You can sell boats

They told me to child proof my house, I tried but no matter what I did they kept getting back in.......

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Yeah, my #2 daughter just moved in with two of her lovely children. I love them but they are kindof noisy!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

This can be a mixed bag .

I know many who's children moved home again 'temporarily' and didn't contribute any $ and quickly got lazy and continued the poor lifestyle choices that had made then get in dutch in the first place .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Hey Kuan. Long ago met with a Texan near corpus. He bought a barge, and put a double wide on it, with astro turf, and potted tree's. Anchored, between padre island and texas. Bad thing was the Bull Sharks at night.Alot of retires there doing same thing.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

So he's out in International waters?

Get a flotilla going already!

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In part it depends on the size and type of boat. If it’s big enough to live on the the boat owns you. Don’t even think about owning a house and a boat. I love cruising sailboats. I owned a Westsail 32 which for two people would be perfect. The problem is I couldn’t find a wife that shared that opinion(I’ve tried more than once). I’ll never own a cruising sailboat again unless I’m living on it, have no other expenses, and the wife throws me out on my head. Now where’s my Yacht Broker magazine?

huan no inter costal water ways.ww2 alot of dredging from texas almost to new york. to keep german Uboats from sinking supplie"s to europe

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

Drinking and boating is almost as bad of a plan as drinking and flying.

My youngest daughters best friends Dad was in a fatal accident a couple of years ago that was clearly due to alcohol use.