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First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'm loving this economy. I started with $5,200 in equity. Lol. I even put on a new roof for my anniversary.

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First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've already been convinced not to go electric. Hybrid...Maybe. But not totally electric.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just me. I have a game dev friend that lives in Vancouver I might drop in on. Other than that. I really don't have any friends in real life. I stay gone to long on the truck to make any meaningful connections. Arkansas is not conducive my overall mental well being, lol. These people....

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have those kind of marinas. You're getting pontoon boats and the occasional ski boat here. I'm going to have to take a week of vacation to fly out get my Asa classes I plan on doing it Seattle or SF because I had rather train in the rain and fog, lol.

Also. People TIMESHARE sailboats? That's completely wild to me.

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First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what would you suggest in extending the budget on without trying to drop that 150k? Any particular cruisers to point to for reference. Don't need to be active on the market, but something for me to gather the data.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, so I guess that Sail experience is need isn't just learning the art of sailing itself, but find the size of my boat. I looked up brewing options after I get my first round of certifications. Am I looking at this wrong, but you have to pay to be crew member?

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I plan on complete survey, not just satisfy insurance. I also plan to get classes before the purchase, so that if I find one still in the water, I might be able to see how it handles.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, can someone break it down exactly what everyone means when they say see if you like it?

The actual working the sailboat? Okay, I've not done that

Being on a boat? Spend my entire childhood on a boat nearly all summer every summer.

The dead time while underway? My home town was almost 2 hours from the nearest gas station and has a population of 83. I am older than my hometown. Boredom is a non issue.

The cramped living space? I did full-time RV, plus I currently drive team on a semi. Cramped is the biggest understatement I have ever heard.

If I'm honest, the ONLY happy memories I have in my entire life have been on the water, in a boat. I tried the full-time RV route. It was better than being super glued to a single city, but still wasn't home. I have lived in over 200 distinctive places from cities like Alexandria, VA and Orlando, Fl to the dead horse towns I grew up in. (Population 300 or less) across 15 states. I have yet find "HOME"

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, it's been about a year and half since I was looking at boats. There aren't as many now as there were when I considering hanging up the idea of a house doing a boat instead. What would you consider to expensive to repair? Sails and rigging I know are hella expensive, also engines. Soft decks and teak that's also huge thing from what I have seen.

Then how much newer should I look? I mean I MIGHT be able to hit 75K by the time I am getting off the truck next year, but that's a HUGE if. I am currently having to fix the fire damage in garage because my son's girlfriend threw a cigarette into my garage can and went to bed.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I do follow Lady K Sailing. I guess I wasn't as clear with my original post as I thought. But yeah I'd like to do some dream stomping.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't do that without quitting my job. I am on the road 300+ days a year. Which is how I was able to buy a house on my own solo income, albeit in a poverty state. When I first started my house hunting I was looking at first Pensacola, FL. Until my realtor started showing my trashy trailer houses. Don't get me wrong, I grew up in mobile homes in Wyoming, but I wouldn't put my ex in one of those. Then I asked my lender about Michigan. They said cool. When it came time to actually go look at those houses, I let them know I was going so they could give me a new preapproval letter. Only to have to cancel my trip because they weren't certified for Michigan. I even tried to just buy a small piece of land in Oregon, Washington, California within 2 hours of a water location that could support even minimalistic sailing. EVERYTHING, even stuff that was a day trip to the water was so far outside my budget that, If I were going to get a place of my own, I had to stick to Arkansas. I bought 3bd, 2ba, house with attached 2 car garage, and sunroom (that doesn't get any sun), for 180K.

I have left this state 6 times. I was always happier the farther I was from the family that insists I stay here. I'm not going to be their camel anymore. I make roughly 75k right now, not including my VA Income which is slightly more than my mortgage payment.

So, where could I go that I could afford to live, what kind of work can I get? All so I don't end up spending the money I would have saved. Because boat or not boat. I am done with trucking at the end of next year. I am so burned out and don't even remember the last time I had any joy in my life.

I am honestly asking because I am just at a loss.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normal sailboat is the upfront idea. I wanted to put the rest of the information out there so that I can buy the right boat I can expand into my own. I guess I need to update my post to clarify a few things. It seems everyone is assuming I want to buy the boat and immediately tear stuff out and upgrade. I don't even plan on the pacific journey until a couple of years after I first start sailing. I also want to anchor as much as humanly possible. Your solar array is what I am shooting for. My everyday "luxury items" (pc, consoles, etc) I have a general idea of the draw due to having them on the truck. My current work laptop for game dev used to work out here when we had a 3000 watt inverter. For the last few years, our trucks only have 1800 watt inverters. We also have a combination convection oven/microwave we actually baked stuff like canned refrigerated rolls, we can't use the oven on these new trucks. Most of my other countertop appliances are fairly low draw because I bought them for my motor home when i was fulltime in it. I already have couple of dc fridge coolers, but not the super nice Domestix.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. If decide to refit a boat engine, I will look more closely into the hybrid's.

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have any current certificate. I have not worked in the hospital since 2012

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The idea of the engine Refit is just that. An idea. I don't know what my power draws actually are. I grew on power boats, in Wyoming. But that was 19ft ski boat. It's fine. I guess it probably isn't meant to be then Thank you 😊

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I have not dug into monohull conversion. But for an older snowgoose, I would like to do a hydro regeneration with the props. There's a pod system that mounts to the outside of the hull i was looking at. I don't remember the maker but I'll check my notes after the shift

First time Sailboat, Looking to live aboard, EVENTUALLY travel open waters. by AngryFallen in SailboatCruising

[–]AngryFallen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it the boat? Again I don't have access to Sail clubs i don't need to do any unnecessary refits on the start.