Steve Wardell
Newbie
Hello!
Thanks for reading my post. My wife and I are dreaming about longer range cruises and am thinking about buying a bigger boat. We've had a number of boats, but all smaller runabouts or fishing boats. Our current boat is a 19' deep V fisher. I've been reading about and looking at trawlers until I'm dizzy. There is so much to figure out and learn... it's a bit overwhelming. I have about a 5 year timeline to sell my business and semi retire; then we could do some extended cruising. Until then it will be weekends, and probably a week or 2.
What I'm thinking, is to buy a smaller older boat for now. This would give us a chance to learn how to run and maintain a "big" boat, as well as figure out what we like and don't like. Then, when we have more time, we could buy the "retirement boat". I see it as a low risk way to figure out if we really like the lifestyle. On the downside we will be spending money that we could have put towards the "right" boat.
We live very near the St. Lawrence River and would dock there. There are always a multitude of older lower end boats for sale. Opinions? Thanks!
Thanks for reading my post. My wife and I are dreaming about longer range cruises and am thinking about buying a bigger boat. We've had a number of boats, but all smaller runabouts or fishing boats. Our current boat is a 19' deep V fisher. I've been reading about and looking at trawlers until I'm dizzy. There is so much to figure out and learn... it's a bit overwhelming. I have about a 5 year timeline to sell my business and semi retire; then we could do some extended cruising. Until then it will be weekends, and probably a week or 2.
What I'm thinking, is to buy a smaller older boat for now. This would give us a chance to learn how to run and maintain a "big" boat, as well as figure out what we like and don't like. Then, when we have more time, we could buy the "retirement boat". I see it as a low risk way to figure out if we really like the lifestyle. On the downside we will be spending money that we could have put towards the "right" boat.
We live very near the St. Lawrence River and would dock there. There are always a multitude of older lower end boats for sale. Opinions? Thanks!