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There are always a few for sale in Portland OR, but they most likely spent time in salt water getting there.

I lived for the better part of a decade in Juneau Alaska and owned a 27’ SeaSport that I drove all over SE Alaska including several dive trips along the outer coast between Cross Sound and Sitka. Personally one of the reasons for getting a smaller boat (aside from trailerablity) is the ability...

Come to think of it, I think the RIX ran off a 220 volt motor. On the few occasions when we brought it diving to remote locations in Alaska we swapped the motor out for a gas Honda engine and ran it on the swim step or on shore. Unless you are planning some sort of big liveaboard operation...

On the west coast, or at least Alaska you also get recreational boats that have been in commercial charter service and 6-pack charter fishing service. They can be run pretty ragged.

Diver here. I used to do a LOT of boat diving up in Alaska. We had a RIX SA6 oil-free compressor but mostly kept it in the garage and found it easier to just load up a bunch of extra AL80 tanks into the boat rather than bring a compressor along. I only remember one dive trip that we brought...

Personally I think the sweet spot is fairly late model used boats in which the current owner has already poured all the money into accessories, electronics, tenders, etc. and everything is still in good working order and up to date. So you can get a fairly turn-key operation in which the...

Don't be tempted by anthing wooden. My brother lives on a 1960s wooden trawler and has for at least 18 years. It consumes his life. He's trying to get it into good enough shape to sell to someone else and move onto a glass boat. Don't buy a project boat unless you have infinite free time...

Not sure what I was looking for exactly. But for example, here are 3 boats we are considering: Ranger Tug R31: 31'2" LOA, 10' Beam, 11,500 displacement, Volvo 300 HP engine Nordic Tug 32/34: 34'11" LOA, 11'4" Beam, 15. 500 displacement, Volvo 260 HP engine American Tub 34/365: 36'6" LOA...

It is very easy to compare different cars on the basis of fuel efficiency because the government collects the data. Even though the mileage you actually get in real life may be different from the window sticker, you can at least make educated comparisons between different models and brands...

I wasn't sure if it was like cars where if you spend one winter driving in the salted roads of Michigan you car is basically going to eventually rust out even if it spends the rest of its life in Arizona.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I'm curious what you guys consider to be a freshwater boat? Is a freshwater boat one that has never touched saltwater? Or is it one that has always been permanently moored in freshwater but may have had annual excursions to saltwater destinations? Put...

Some sailing yacht designers do this sort of reverse transom in order to lengthen the waterline and increase the hull speed on racing boats. And save weight in the transom area. I’m not sure that would be the case here though. These are 12 meter racing yachts designed like that.

That’s true, In my past life I worked on Bering Sea fishing trawlers and have been in winter ice storms when everything on the boat freezes solid. I don’t remember being worried about the radar arrays. We were out with baseball bats trying to keep the ice off the superstructure and out of the...

There is also a HUGE range in the level of maintenance and upkeep required depending on the age and type of boat purchased. For long distance ownership it would seem that something designed to be simple and robust with little brightwork and fussy maintenance would be preferable. The types of...

Looks like it is just loose carpet pieces and not glued down in the engine room. Perhaps extra scraps from when they did the rest of the boat. Probably makes it nicer to work on your hands and knees on the engine. I agree, I’d prefer not to see a single scrap of permanent carpet in my boat.

This one looks the part https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bod/d/seattle-custom-western-star-steel/6934607666.html

Kind of a side question. But is there a difference in the reliability of open-array vs enclosed array radars? I would expect the open-array antennas to be more prone to failure. But I have no idea.

I expect this procedure is like real estate. You make your profit when you buy, not when you sell. If you can find something reasonably popular for a screaming deal then maybe it might work. But it’s only going to sell for what the market will bear. And boats generally don’t sell fast at the...

I used a 32 ft Nordic Tug to tow a 16’ heavy aluminum Workskiff that had a 50 hp outboard on it all over SE Alaska. We were using the skiff as a dive tender and usually had a few scuba tanks lashed inside. So it wasn’t light, several thousand pounds at least. Had no trouble at all. As I...

This is the consequence of one state relying on sales tax and the neighboring states (and provinces) relying on income tax. I'd venture to say that most Oregonians with enough wealth to own a cruising boat pay more in income tax than the equivalent Washingtonian pays in sales tax for the boat...

I don't think in this instance they are limiting the definition of fishing vessel to commercial fishing vessels. Sportfishing also falls under the Federal jurisdiction for Halibut. So to legally claim there is no Federal authority for NOAA to board a yacht you'd probably need to make sure...

Yeah, that's always a possibility. I have chartered Nordic Tugs out of Juneau before. But of course owning a boat one wants to use it. I'm still trying to figure out the logistics of boat ownership in Portland when one wants to sometimes use it elsewhere. Probably the best solution is what...

Thought about that briefly. But we aren't yet retired and I'd much rather have it 5-10 minutes away and available to use and mess with at a moment's notice on the Columbia and Willamette. Going up to Puget Sound would be sort of a once-a-year vacation thing maybe 1-2 weeks tops every summer...

No worries. I'm in the boat shopping phase and looking to keep the boat in Portland but ship up to Puget Sound on an annual basis for summer cruising. So I wanted to get hauling quotes for several different models (Nordic Tug, American Tug, Ranger Tug, etc.) to see how LOA, beam, and...

Great advice, thanks! I assume this is only a technique you can use on used boats bought from a private seller? Because no way is WA going to exempt things like new electronics from sales tax just because you bought them attached to a boat instead of in a box from West Marine.