What do You do when not boating?
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Time at home with family and friends. Visiting the orphanage we're involved with. A couple of days here and there at our business. Tennis, basketball, swimming, music. And boating as even when not cruising we still get out on the water at home. And doing nothing but doing it together.
Looks interesting although if I drank that much beer we'd need a larger boat!
I do love good beer...
Bruce
Well now, thank you very much!
Now the disappointing part, I traded our F-150 in on a diesel Ram 2500 this year. Partially because I wanted the diesel but mostly because of all of the "stuff" we bring with us when camping. The poor Ford was simply overloaded and the scales told the tale.
We will likely keep the Bambi forever though. It is a great way to travel!
Bruce
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I love what I do, but it I was that financially set at your age, I would retire in a heartbeat.
I was in practice with my father. At age 71 he decided to start taking it a bit easy and cut down to working 3 days/week. He also decided that he would start taking longer vacations to enjoy his boat more. That next summer he died suddenly during the first week of a 6 week sailing trip to the Broughtens.
My wife doesn't want me to be like him. So my plan, such as it is, is to hopefully be able to cut down to 3 days/week in 2-3 years. I will be working for another decade but hopefully will be able to afford to retire then. Of course, if I go early as my father did, I will have plenty of money.
My wife and I retired at the end of 2010. Since then we've done a bit of traveling by car, by plane and by boat. We spend winters in AZ and enjoy that. We're about to get the bathroom remodeled on the condo down here, so that will be fun to watch but not fun to pay for.
I spend my time playing with grandkids (there's never of that), working on the three boats (the Sea Ray and two Boston Whaler 13'ers), keeping the yard and the pool clean and neat and enjoying Happy Hour.
At our age, Happy Hour is a good afternoon nap!
I spend my time playing with grandkids (there's never of that), working on the three boats (the Sea Ray and two Boston Whaler 13'ers), keeping the yard and the pool clean and neat and enjoying Happy Hour.
At our age, Happy Hour is a good afternoon nap!
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Wifey B: Oh I think I have it partially figured out. Bambi is a luxury dog house for the two doggies. Where you you sleep?
Just teasing. Airstreams are very nice. I can't pull one behind my car though.
Dreaming for a flybridge
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After several comments about retiring I guess I should describe my job. I am the marketing and sales dept. for a medium sized new home builder. I do project planning for our releases and the sales when we open. 9 months of the year I work from the boat by cel and internet getting clients registered for an launch. Then, for 3 months I work 6 days a week nailing down the sales. In 2016 I worked January to March, released 3 projects with sales of 100 million and then back to the boat where I deal with a dozen phone calls and the same number of emails in a day. I can work from anywhere there is internet, in my jeans or housecoat. They wanted me to write down my methods but settled for me to train my replacement on my schedule which I agreed to. Here is a 50 million dollar weekend.
The old guy in the white shirt and black sleeveless sweater is yours truly.
As one of the first to use Social Media for marketing in the area and the video just makes the next release that much easier. No haggling when there are 50 families lined up behind you.
https://www.facebook.com/marshallhomesca/videos/463506377189391/
The old guy in the white shirt and black sleeveless sweater is yours truly.
As one of the first to use Social Media for marketing in the area and the video just makes the next release that much easier. No haggling when there are 50 families lined up behind you.
https://www.facebook.com/marshallhomesca/videos/463506377189391/
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5 Months as a Snowbird, far from my boat, cycling, Sports Car Club, etc.
7 months near my boat, RCMSAR activities, woodworking, home DIY projects, Boat DIY projects, etc. Add annual boating vacation, travel to see Grandkids in Europe, how did I ever have time to work full time?
7 months near my boat, RCMSAR activities, woodworking, home DIY projects, Boat DIY projects, etc. Add annual boating vacation, travel to see Grandkids in Europe, how did I ever have time to work full time?
I have asked myself this many times.
That's pretty funny. I used to do a lot of full grain brewing when I lived on the other coast. Also depending on the weather, I'd be out wave sailing, exploring underwater caves, shooting fish underwater at close range or shooting things on land at all ranges ... then I got married. Now we do more boating.
