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Hi Gabe n Em, sorry for the delay in responding - family issues with elderly mother-in-law plus our daughter is about to head off to college in 6 weeks. Lot of life going on right now. Thanks for your comments. I've got plenty of questions and appreciate the cell number. Good news about being...

Thanks for the comments. Thinking back on my question, and reading the responses so far, I see I really didn't think things through to begin with!

Looking at a used trawler for sale in Florida. Owner forwarded some of the boat's recent paperwork. His current insurance shows boat is insured for 250k; he's asking 350k for the boat. 100k spread seems a bit wide to me. Am I overlooking something? Thanks!

Good comments, thanks. She'll be on campus during the school year. Doubt she will want to spend the whole summer on a boat with Mom & Dad! But that will be a year away. Keeping a GA slip full time (whether we're there or not) appears to be the workable solution at this point. Will keep...

Thanks for the detailed response! "Luckily", we're still living in our GA home of 19 years so daughter is classified as in-state for start of her Freshman year. We are in the midst of boat hunting, but I've been a local elected official in my GA city for 15 years and I've seen how a Catch 22 can...

Hi. Just retired & looking to sell house in GA & liveaboard in a marina along GA coast. Our daughter is starting college @ U of GA this August. We need to maintain GA residency so we can keep in-state tuition & Hope Scholarship. Anyone on TF who's doing this? Using boat as address to keep GA...

Wayfarer, I couldn't get your link to Charlie Noble's blog to work. Can you post the link info? Thanks.

Sharpe series is excellent. Try to read them in chronological order. Large municipal library likely to have some of the books in the series if you want to read before you buy. Sharpe was also made into a TV series, those are darn good too!

Re: Dan Gallery I've read his books too! Well worth tracking down. I'm also a fan of steel drum music. Admiral Gallery commanded the Naval district in the Carribean back in the 50's & started a Navy steel drum band that was quite a hit. From stories I've found online, it sounds like it was an...

Careful. I have a 2010 ETEC 130. The engine cover is painted plus a special clearcoat on top of the paint. Go easy on the cleaners as too abrasive a cleaner could mar the clearcoat or worse. Try the vinegar first. Bon Ami might work. It's not supposed to scratch paint, etc. Google removing acid...

Hear! Hear! Grey Seas Under is a great non fiction book about an ocean going tug and its rescues. Mowat died last May. Other books are good reads too. That movie is darn good as well.

Two very good naval war flicks. Both British from the early 1950's. The Cruel Sea (also a great book) about convoy duty in the North Sea aboard a corvette. Filmed aboard real ships and very authentic. Also The Battle of The River Plate about the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee...

Wife and I chartered a GB42 from SWFY July 2014. Same reasons - retiring in a year and we wanted to check the size, handling & liveaboard experience. 5th time with them over the years, but first powerboat charter. Got a deal - 5 days for 3 day price. Went up to Boca & back. Anchored out every...