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Stage 5—You just stop counting.
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Originally Posted by Ilenart View Post
I think there are four stages of boat accounting

stage 1 you record everything in detail
stage 2 you record only the big items
stage 3 you start lying to your wife
stage 4 you start lying to yourself!

I've heard that a good approxiation is 10-15% of the capital cost for a 10-15 year boat (excluding borrowing costs but including upgrade / replacement costs). My first year the number was 18% (1st year costs are always higher) and last year it was 14%.

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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.

—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)

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