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Old 11-19-2007
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Originally Posted by sailingdog View Post
Some of the larger boats are going to be in serious trouble if they overstay their welcome in SC now... especially if it is owned by people who are now long-term cruisers, with a limited budget. How many people do you know who are out cruising could afford to take a $6,000 hit for just being in an are for two months.... For some cruisers I know that's close to six months of their budgeted expenses or more.
We're buying a Halberg-Rassy 53! It certainly won't be $6k for that! I could buy a decent 20-25' boat every year for the tax on our prospective new boat!
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