OT Looking to Buy a Boat...

[Orion Bailey]

One thing you may have factored in already but I will mention it just in case. Although boats are made of fiberglass wood is often used throughout a boat. I would recommend whatever you commit to is make sure you are allowed to have a marina do a thorough inspection to make sure everything works and that there is no dry rot. Money spent upfront can hopefully keep you from starting off with expenses to make it water worthy. Chances are in order to find a boat of the size you want and with the features you want it will have to be an older boat.

Thanks. Good points. Thiugh i think im willing to wait a year and double my spending range to get a slightly larger and newer boat. Ill pay to have it hauled When needed and probably just pay for a dock space in the oc marina or something.

 

[Lanny]

Ive been a water boy all my life. Lived on a 55’ purse seiner in alaska for a while. Always been walking distance to a river or lake.

This is nothing new for me, but ive known with so little time in my life, a boat wouldnt get much use in the past. However, with things settling down this fall for me, i will have more time in the future.

And trust me i know the friends party factor. The pool house taught me that.

This isnt to party on. Sure, ill have friends out on it, but what i look forward too is going up and down the rivers and even puget sound and getting the views you cant see traveling by car.
So peaceful on a boat early in the mornings.

I love to travel and its all about the scenary for me. But i know the nw roads like the back of my hand, so this will be all new.

Might need to wait a year to afford osmwthing slightly bigger thiugh. Ive decided i want it big enough to get up to the puget sound on the water. 25-30’ im thinking.

My cousin lives on a converted tug boat moored on Whidbey Island in Seattle.

Edit: My cousin's brother, i.e. my other cousin, used to tool around on a trimaran. One time he moored it in Hilo, Hawaii. A big storm came up and is sank. He had no insurance and lost it all. He now lives in Washougal and lives the life of a hippy. He's pretty useless now.

Their parents also built a trimaran, I think it was a 35 footer and lived on it. Moored it in Clatskanie. My uncle built in his marble business shop in Lake Grove. He never wore any breathing protection and had serious medical issues the rest of his life. He sued the company that made, and now I forget whether it was a paint company or an adhesive company, a material that he applied to the wood. He lost his suit. He was a staunch Republican who firmly believed in do what I say not what I do except for not having health insurance. So, he spent the rest of his life living off the government which with his three kidney transplants cost a lot of money.