Thinking about selling everything and buying a yacht?

Absolutely. The wife & I just came from a great lunch for $13.36 total.....Ah White Castle.

LOL ah yes the fine dining experiance on a unmatched level!
I saw today where a couple got married in one, they closed the dining room but not the drive thru for the event!

Bottom job usually means cleaning and painting the bottom. If it's been done regularly the cleaning part shouldn't be too bad. The boats that are going to make comfortable liveaboards are going to be inboard unless you're looking at something like a houseboat (not recommended). There is no lower unit. The engine is completely in the hull. All that will be outside is shafts, propellers, and rudders. There may be some struts to support the propeller shafts and possibly stabilizers also outside the hull.

I don't know these folks, but a week on a boat cruising and learning is a great experience. It'll give you a touch of reality.

"I suspect I'd end up buying a yacht to save fuel ..."

Now there is an interesting concept!

Well maybe he is going from a 48' Hustler to a 48' Grand Banks.....hehehehehe

Must have missed that comment. Definitely the laugh of my day. LOL. Well, back to snow shoveling.

Ummm. I think you forgot to post a description or pic.

he could allways get a job as a deck hand on a fish boat out of seattle or alaska that would be an education he would not soon forget , and the experiance of a life time

travler

40 to 50 hour shifts of back breaking work in 20' to 50' seas, and then spending the "off" hours breaking ice off the ship so it doesn't turn turtle? Get past that and all they have to worry about is getting crushed, broken, falling overboard or sinking. Since Deadliest Catch is on TV some might be forewarned.

They don't show the dead calm sunny days that happen just as often.

The Bering can be ugly but anywhere offshore can be just as bad. Believe it or not on a nice day, from a couple of miles offshore the islands look just like they could be in the South Pacific. Except for the volcanoes puffing steam clouds.

So true, but even on those beautiful calm days it's still dangerous, backbreaking looooooong shifts.

look at it this way where else could you have that much fun and get payed for it , it cost a lot of money to go on a vacation like that , untill my kids got older i had them convinced it was an adventure in travel then some one told them they should get paid then i had munitny on my hands , and look at all the priceless scenery you get to see with out worry of pirates(unless you get to close to russia) there are endless anchorages to spend nights in watch all the wild life (some times even on the boat ) catch fresh fish to eat every day crab& shrimp it's like my daughter says it's a pitty life but some one has to live it

cheers travler

I'm not a snailboater, but good names and good looking boats.

LOL in three months working the crab boats I never saw a"dead calm sunny day"