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No, that is not a good deal. If that boat were in the water close to you. And you were willing to spend the money to bring it back to life. I would give no more than $6,000. That boat needs LOTS of work.
While searching for my C34 late in 2011, think you'll find lots of boats for not lots of money, much closer to home. One can find a pretty nice coastal cruiser in the $20-30k range, IMO. Even teens. Find one that has had some semblance of care, that maybe someone has to sell due to health or financial reasons. Not one that was used, abused and left for dead.
Look at the wood in the picture of the salon settee...looks like water damage up to 10" above the floorboards. This boats been sunk and raised from the dead. Probably why the engine was replaced in 1991...hehe.
Yes I saw that, it either was sunk or was a bath tub on the hard for awhile.
What we will be looking for is a 38-42ft boat to live-aboard. Our first few yrs will be spent coastal cruising the US east & gulf coast and than heading to the islands. Long term maybe crossing a ocean. But we need lot's of exp before that happens.
Our delima right now is the age old argument about production boats and going off shore. Do we buy a older production boat or a "blue water" boat.
We have explained a little of our plan on other threads. The budget for our boat will be $30-60K. You are right, we are looking for the smallest boat we can find that meets our few requirements.
We need a boat with 2 separate sleeping areas, although a aft quarter berth might work. We just don't want to have to sleep in the dinette every night. It would also be nice if it had a separate shower too.
As far as the cost we are very frugal and know how to do most maintenance work ourselves. Of coarse we have no way of knowing the real cost until we get out there. That's why we plan to spend a few yrs in the USA learning what works and what doesn't. At this point we are not worried about the money, we'll have enough.
We need a boat with 2 separate sleeping areas, although a aft quarter berth might work. We just don't want to have to sleep in the dinette every night. It would also be nice if it had a separate shower too.
My budget was 8 to 10 grand finished, for a 30 footer weak-ender. Got the boat for 1,500. so now I should be able to update her. around $7,500 I dont like to spend uke money.
Good luck. You may can find a free boat you know?
Life style will have as much to do with the cost to cruise as anything. For instance I can not tell when we went out to eat last & it's been so long since we went to see a movie I'm not sure it was this century.
Most of the furniture and cloths we have came from goodwill. We don't own a car with less than 100K miles on it. Heck I even built my own house, work shop and all the equipment for our business.
When is the last time you heard of someone removing the engine from their own car and rebuilding it?
These days it seems not many ppl do anything for themselves. There is nothing I can not fix or do myself. If I don't know how I'll learn.
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