If you read their blog more carefully you'll find the entry where he explains it. "He" being the older brother who I'm sure masterminded the whole thing. He sold his house to buy the boat and has a boat mortgage. They all continue to work and everyone pays for gas and food. He goes back to the US to work every few months. I know, it's not something that your common man can do. He ran his own business so he must have made some money to finance this thing. I don't think the money came from mom and dad. He's 35 or something like that (my age) and runs a software company. It's not unreasonable to think that he could make some loot doing that. I looked up prices for year ~2000 super maramus and I found one on fire sale for 250k, owners wanted the boat GONE and were entertaining offers. That was a 2000 model if I remember correctly or newer. Yeah, I'm jealous too. The Amel 53 is a damn nice boat to go around on. I'm not a fan of in mast furling but whatever, I wouldn't complain. If I'm going to live on a boat and go around the world doing it in comfort is preferable. Laundry machine and water maker? Yes please. I think those boats are very well designed, I would love to sail on one some day.
I like the Delos crew because they know how to have a good time and I can relate more to their antics than Paul and Sheryl for example (I'm a big fan of theirs regardless) or Lin and Larry at the other end of the spectrum. Most of the cruising blogs and stuff that you can follow online are older people. I might be dead by then! I want to go NOW. I'm considering selling my own house to do something like that, albeit on a much less expensive boat. Considering it, but it's hard to give up the security of a good job. I'm even considering doing it on the 32, fuck it, people have done it on less. If I do it on the 32 I can keep my house and rent it out. But, I'de much rather do it on a Perry designed fin keel cruiser like the Passport 40, my dream boat... or better yet, the Norseman 447. But I digress... Yeah, the interior is important. If I'm going to live on a boat it needs to be a home, not a campout. I like the SV Delos crew because I can live vicariously and I really like that they rely a lot on fishing and making their own booze, even though they clearly have some finances, they are careful with what they do have. They're more about having fun then the pretense of being "serious sailors", like so many posters on Sailnet and SA. You have to be a serious sailor to get a boat around the world! At the end of the day it's about having fun, exploring and seeing places you've never dreamed of. To me, anyway. Before it's all gone. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jean-Francois J Rivard <jfriv...@us.ibm.com > wrote: > I've been following sv Delos' blog from time to time and to be perfectly > honest, I'm a bit jealous.. > > Here's my question: How can a handful of 20 year olds afford buying, > outfitting and maintaining a high -end 53 foot Amel Super Maramu. An to > top it off, finance a world circumnavigation? > > If you look those boats up, they are Swan caliber boats and even older > ones go for 300 - 500K or so. If you look at the earlier blogs you see > these kids sharing apartments, working on low level IT and Fast food joint > jobs. While this is perfectly fine and normal for someone just starting out > where did the money come from? > > Must be nice to have parents that are wealthy and trusting enough to > subsidize such an endeavor.. > > Oh well, they are pretty good at making interesting videos so I'll keep > watch their YouTube stuff... > > -Francois > 1990 C&C 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georiga > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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