If you find a model boat that you like, get on the owners e.mail lists and look for For Sale By Owner boats. How about a Whitby 42 or CSY 44? It is good if the PO did the upgrades, look for quality work. Boats that have been for sale 1 year plus have owners that will take low offers, gladly. Lee Haefele ----- Original Message ----- From: "casey koogler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 12:47 AM Subject: [Liveaboard] Opinions and advise
> Hi, > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I am retired and sitting on a small nest egg. I am in > the market for a liveaboard. I am new to sailing but > grew up on tugs, know my way around a dock and a tool > box. I have known kayaks, sailboards, ski boats, > joined a sailing club and took the Basic KeelBoat > class. I've spent the last 4years online looking. > > I went to an openhouse at Sailing Life here in > Portland Oregon yesterday and talked briefly with an > old salt salewoman. Her advise was to buy the boat I > will be wanting to use for the next 5 years and take > the time to learn how to run her. Big isn't hard. > > I am a bottom feeder. I want to keep it under $70K > but 42 to 55 feet. I also want as many whistles and > bells as I can get, to include a wash/dryer and safety > gear. I'll learn as I go. I've nothing to prove if I > make it around the world it will be secondary to just > finding warm water, fun sailing and nice people. > > I am too old for a project boat. > > Any thoughts will be taken seriously. > > Casey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1466 - Release Date: 5/25/2008 > 6:49 PM > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
