Recent content by mikeg

Can I just come live with you then? ;)

What Marina in Savannah? Rates?

Awesome advice. I am pretty sure you're right about "you'll know it when you see it". I'm smart enough to know I don't know, you know? I'm of the same mind when it comes to my future boat. I'm doing as much research as I can, but it's still pretty unlikely I'll pick the right boat first...

Thanks! This is good info. For the interested: New Bern has a pop. of 30000, liveaboard slips are about $7.50/ft. & up. Just down the coast in Jacksonville (pop 70k) has a few marinas that offer slips for $5/ft.

Not necessarily. I do have family in the midwestern US that I would like to keep within reasonable reach. I'm not opposed to Mexico, the Bahamas or other nearby locales.

Experienced liveaboards! Tell me about your favorite place to be for an extended stay? In the next 2-4 years I will be transitioning to a full timer. I'm fairly set on staying somewhere between the Great Lakes and Florida, but the East Coast or even the Tropics are possibilities. West coast...

Probably not Cthulhu then...

That would freak me out. Where exactly are you?

So, you're uncomfortable with the headroom in the shower? What model & year boat are we talking about? Like I said, I'm a few years out from buying, and I'm not in a location where I can look at boats in person. That's why I"m here asking the question. I'm hoping for responses like "I have a...

Hello all. I am new to the forum and just beginning the search for my boat. I intend to live on it. I am looking at trawlers in the 32-44' range, hopefully $20-60k. I'm probably 3-5 years out from purchase. I'm 6'3" tall, so headroom is a big concern for me. Not only in the main salon, but...