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Old 02-15-2010, 04:06 AM   #9
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RE: Possiable liveaboard conversion??

Don't do it.
At the end of the day you would still have an old work boat that would only be marginal at best for live aboard purposes. To do it right, you would sink a boatload of money into it with little or no resale value. The old tugboats are sometimes hard to resist. What makes a tug good for towing-big deep belly/draft/weight/ horsepower also make it impractical for our purposes (no interior room). You can do better for a conversion! Some of the old military boats, or gov't agency patrol type boats are better candidates. Every boatyard has an "unloved" boat that some owner wants to "go away". These are the low money candidates you should try to find. especially in this economy!
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