So dRump promised to bring down the costs of everything and help you. Its benn 6 months hows that working for you ?

[Floyd Eye]

You gotta remember, mountains of evidence and stupid ass memes he made up are the exact same thing. There’s the disconnect.

 

[311boogieman]

Thanks!

still on the fence about the sailboat, as I considered the pros/cons....

I may go next year to get bareboat certified, that will let me rent/charter sailboats up to 50' in most of the world vs buying, marina fees and maintaining my own sailboat. I'll be lucky if I get 10-12 years before my physical strength / stamina will make it more difficult to solo sail. Not enough time to amortize and justify the costs for the sailboats I'd want.

doing motorcycles for now; much less cost vs a sailboat.

I hear ya. Renting/chartering makes sense. Bareboat certified is a (another) name for sailing certified?

But yeah, boats, motorcycles, UTVs, classic cars, etc are all money pits. And guitar gear

 

[rsm]

I hear ya. Renting/chartering makes sense. Bareboat certified is a (another) name for sailing certified?

But yeah, boats, motorcycles, UTVs, classic cars, etc are all money pits. And guitar gear

I have two bikes, older than 20 years, and an old sports car. all lin and combined, these are less expensive so far than even buying a sailboat; before any repairs, insurance, marina fees, etc.,


https://americansailing.com/learn-to-sail/certifications/asa-104-bareboat-cruising/


I need a few pre-requisite classes, and also the ASA114 Catamaran certification since I prefer cats and tris (multihulls) over monohulls.

 

[311boogieman]

We prefer catamaran's as my wife doesnt' do as well with waves. We will never own one though. We are more cabin/river people. Have you considered buying one and renting it out/chartering to recoup costs - or is that another money pit in upkeep and managing customer expectations/complaints?