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Have you considered a float home yet? My Fiancee and I are graduating college this year and are moving to Victoria BC (1h from Seattle) from Toronto. We are in the process of desiging and building a float home. It is being built on a positive flotation foundation, its concrete and foam lasts over 100 years fire and damage proof. I have done a tonne of reaserch on this project, there are marine sanatation systems that are excellent and will allow us to have normal flushes and showers. The home we are building is a 2 story appx 850 sqft with a 250 sqft terrace. Small but for under 90 Grand cad we will be mortgage free and only have a once a year payment of $3700 moorage payment. We are doing this so we can save money for my start up and pay for her to finish off school. floatinghomes.com is a great website to find out about this topic.
Hope this helps, PM me if you have any questions.
PS. Go on a boat before you decide to live on one, boats are too small for us and to "campy" to live on for more than a year or two, we are planning on using ours for 8 years then use it as an investment and collect rent.
Dennis
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Lived aboard on and off since '77 on a Westsail 32 {same boat in " Perfect Storm."} last 20 years on the hook in the Keys. Better hurry I've seen a decline in places to anchor or marinas that alow liveaboard in the past 30 years. But there is somethiing to be said having a couple of bugs on the grill, a glass of crimson wonder all the while waiting to see the "green flash" as the sunsets. It is a lifestyle that is definatley worth exploring.
Floating homes are awesome, my millionaire cousin lives on one, he could easily afford whatever he wanted in Sweden but he likes it, I should post some pics when I get home, its not that big but very nice inside. He also has a kayak, a jetski, 2 waverunners and a 41ft Cranchi right next to it. He just recently got a 100ft yacht which he keeps in Monaco, it costs 15x more than his home
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I lived on my familys boat for 3 months at a time when i was younger...its THE BEST!
The boat was 40 feet long (powerboat) and it was cramped with my parents and my 2 sisters and me but that was the most fun about it.
Lots of people in our marina live full time on their boats and have for years...even on sailboats smaller than what your talking about.
I say do it - your young...its not like your gonna be sitting around all the time...i have a 2000 sq foot townhome that i am barely ever in because im alway working, traveling, or hanging out somewhere...
DO IT!
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I'm suprised at all of the positive feedback I was expecting the "you're insane, get a life" responses more than anything. Very cool to see there are some people on here that have done this themselves.
Honestly, if I were buying the boat outright I would be looking to spend less than 50k on it. I'm not baller status yet, and I make my income off the size of my trading account!
I've done overnighters and stuff on a 19' starwind for a couple days so I think a 40' would be like a damn palace to me. Sounds like a 35-40 footer could do it.
I've never really been seriously into sailboats (against my fathers will). Are there any specific boats out there to stay away from? Bad manufactures? Some of the older boats i've found (late 50's-early 60's) have wood hulls and a lot of teak. I'm thinking that would only multiply the maint. expenses. Trying to stay with a fiberglass hull if i can. Are there any good boats in that price range you would recommend? I don't really care about the age of it, so much as its quality and in good condition.
Also - are there better places to look for boats at cheaper prices than others? I.e. not looking in newport beach/san diego, but rather up the coast a bit or inland?
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Dude, come down to Dana Point and do it - that way, I can hook you up with friends. Of course, they are all old like me, but that means we can bring the booze! Crazy party life in Laguna just up the road, too...and you can take your boat over to Catalina FTW
Also - are there better places to look for boats at cheaper prices than others? I.e. not looking in newport beach/san diego, but rather up the coast a bit or inland?
Lots of boat dealers in Newport. You can also look inland like in Ontario/Corona. They won't have sailboats inland though
Ebay is also a good bet.
As for plubming: you are best off if the boat is already plumbed with a full shower and flushing potty. Go see about 10 different boats ranging from $30K - $100K and you will see the vast difference in plumbing/lavatories.
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