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- 1997 Wellcraft Excel 26 SE
The title of my thread is a little mis-leading however ....
I am nearing a time when a four letter word in my life called work won't get in the way of what I really want to do. And that is to do some cruising for weeks at a time. My current arrangement allows me to store a 27' foot, three and a half ton express cruiser on my property (land) in an enclosure and when I want to go into local water just drive 60 minutes and I am there for a few days. When not used my boat needs very little and costs very little not use it. The batteries are kept up with a charger, the water and waste tanks are emptied before I take the boat out of the water and a ritiual I do is to fill the fuel tank before I park the trailer. So non-use is confined to keeping the sun off of the boat and trailer, keeping the insurance and license fees paid. The boat needs very little maintence, upkeep or repairs when NOT used. If you notice I live a good 6 hour drive from a US saltwater acess. Sooooooo
Stepping up now to something that could cruise for weeks would need to be slipped on the West Coast. For much of the time remain unused waiting for that four letter word in my world to wind down it's influence. I also believe (may be in error) that the entry cost for this vice may be lower now than some point in the future. So if I bought a yacht in the next year or so, some money may be saved over waiting when the market really gets going and the price of things heats up. And I wouild have a new place to go a few times a year. However that isn't necessarily my question.
My question involves non-use of a trawler (or any larger yacht) for maintence and upkeep. Doing the routines I currently do now I would asume still apply batteries, tanks and such. However if I only was only to be at the trawler 2 to 5 times a year wouldn't upkeep still be needed on some level? Water is a harsh environment. Or better asked, What type of maintence or upkeep should be done or expected even if the yacht isn't used?
What I don't want to do is buy now and then have a major pain a few years from now because upkeep or maintence was not done. I did discover the hard way a long time ago, maintenance is a far easier thing than repairs.
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I am nearing a time when a four letter word in my life called work won't get in the way of what I really want to do. And that is to do some cruising for weeks at a time. My current arrangement allows me to store a 27' foot, three and a half ton express cruiser on my property (land) in an enclosure and when I want to go into local water just drive 60 minutes and I am there for a few days. When not used my boat needs very little and costs very little not use it. The batteries are kept up with a charger, the water and waste tanks are emptied before I take the boat out of the water and a ritiual I do is to fill the fuel tank before I park the trailer. So non-use is confined to keeping the sun off of the boat and trailer, keeping the insurance and license fees paid. The boat needs very little maintence, upkeep or repairs when NOT used. If you notice I live a good 6 hour drive from a US saltwater acess. Sooooooo
Stepping up now to something that could cruise for weeks would need to be slipped on the West Coast. For much of the time remain unused waiting for that four letter word in my world to wind down it's influence. I also believe (may be in error) that the entry cost for this vice may be lower now than some point in the future. So if I bought a yacht in the next year or so, some money may be saved over waiting when the market really gets going and the price of things heats up. And I wouild have a new place to go a few times a year. However that isn't necessarily my question.
My question involves non-use of a trawler (or any larger yacht) for maintence and upkeep. Doing the routines I currently do now I would asume still apply batteries, tanks and such. However if I only was only to be at the trawler 2 to 5 times a year wouldn't upkeep still be needed on some level? Water is a harsh environment. Or better asked, What type of maintence or upkeep should be done or expected even if the yacht isn't used?
What I don't want to do is buy now and then have a major pain a few years from now because upkeep or maintence was not done. I did discover the hard way a long time ago, maintenance is a far easier thing than repairs.
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