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I'm always mystified by a set of boats I see here in San Diego sitting in their $800/mo ~40' slips, wasting away, year after year, with "For Sale" signs on them, asking mid five-figures, never ever used... gotta cost their owners $15-20k per year, 30-50% of the boat's value each year, over and...

I use two anchors quite frequently as SoCal island anchorages are often tight, but always one off the bow & one off the stern. I've never heard of two off the bow 180deg apart - why would you do that rather than a bow/stern setup?

You can indeed do this - I posted a thread on how I'm doing it with my single-bank, no generator, 12V only boat a couple of years back. The question is whether it's worth it - simplest thing for you to do would be to just use the setup you have & somehow program the inverter to heat water for...

I always heard: It's a boat if you're buying It's a yacht if you're selling

This is an interesting discussion. I was pretty stoked when I got a simple Raymarine MFD interfaced to my EV1 AP and watched it automatically course correct for wind/current. Our passages are typically 10-14hrs straight in one direction. This "feature" makes the passage even more boring, and...

Well said! Best to get a boat that was designed to be slow from the get-go. Look at single-engined trawlers in the 32-36' range like the Willard 36 for example, or even an old Grand Banks 32. Should be able to find something good for a similar price that's not so compromised.

That's an interesting idea, but there are only a very small number of homes with private docks in San Diego. Like three or four. There's a set of condos off Coronado which I think come with dock access but not for boats this big (from memory).

Thanks guys. @yungpeter your SWAG of $60k is really close to the number I spreadsheeted out ($54k) based on quoted slip fees and escalations of my current expenses. It does not include cost of money or depreciation estimates. Slip availability looks like a huge barrier. Basically what I'm...

Yeah 10x seems very high. Current boat has 2 engines, but NA and much smaller (FL120's). Moorage will be 10x since I have a sweetheart mooring ball in America's Cup Harbor for $150/mo right now. Just checked and the larger moorings I'm on the wait list for are still years out. Slip...

That's encouraging. She does have quite a keel on her. I still feel like anything is easy compared to my 41' fin keeled sailboat. Maybe worth hiring a captain or someone like your friend to boost my powerboat skills instead.

Yeah, we have no idea. They have a guy who basically lives at their property whose only job is to take care of the boat. That would *ahem* be a bit beyond our means here in San Diego! Plan for a slip would be to get on a wait list here in SD & then move it from MX once it's available...

Thanks for all the generous responses all! A few clarifications to questions asked and some further questions of my own: - We were casually looking for a larger boat already & are prepared for the increased costs this entails. We were probably going to delay for at least another year or two...

Ok, need some coolheaded guidance from the forum here... I posted this over at the Sam's Marine Hatteras forum as well I'm a fairly experienced boater, and have owned a '79 CHB42 trawler for the last four years, 40' sailboat before that. We've had a blast exploring the cruising grounds between...

Well I suppose if you have crew you can just tell them to go into the engine room and do your laundry. :rofl:

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2008-expedition-trawler-8621381/

Yeah honestly a liveaboard floating condo might be the best and highest use of a big boat like that. There are a few similar vessels around here in San Diego that I've never once seen leave their massive and expensive slips. Keeping a vessel like that in top condition & ready to leave at a...

Thanks for posting Donna! Our headliner is a mess - a PO varnished the teak grab rails and battens without taping off the headliner! We've been debating what to do for a few years, and this seems by far the easiest solution.

Yeah that's the concern - especially with a $2500 dishy versus the $600 version. That said, there's no alternative when outside cell service range that's even remotely in the same price/performance ballpark. Since the data throttling is likely to happen mostly in populated areas where...

That is a shame. Seems like he doesn't want to sell - hard to sell a huge boat in a faraway location with import challenges even in a strong market. You'd think he'd be jumping through hoops to make sure the deal closes. Keep us posted - I love those big old Chevy Lees & the one in the PNW...

Wow! 49 ton engine. Just the engine. 1000hp at 300rpm. 15,000 gallon fuel and 2600 gallon fresh water. That's a boat one could reorganize one's life around. I absolutely love it. Now to find a 100' slip in San Diego...

Wow - congratulations! Fleming 55 is a true dream boat for me and many others here - you must be over the moon. Please post pictures!!!

Oh geez. Well Kevin says Mexico is nice; I think I have enough diesel in the tanks to make it to Ensenada at least...

You don't need to pickle the water maker if you use it regularly - like every few days. If you let it sit for more than 5+ days it'll start to grow stuff & your produced water will stink and taste crappy. I'd not have a water maker on board if I could get by without it. But for us, with 5-7...

I actually was the winner, but I immediately deposited the $2B in my FTX account, so I'll be keeping my '79 CHB after all.

That's a dangerous perspective! :) It's difficult to be hard headed around boats, but do yourself a favor and work up a spreadsheet with parts & labor estimates for every single system on that vessel that needs attention (which after 11 years on the hard and water damage will mean *all* of...