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11-08-2014, 12:48 PM
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Senior Member
City: Bohemia
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 140
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Help me!!
I have a Ranger 27' Tug and decided to move up to a 32 Nordic Tug. Now we started looking and we are looking at the 37 Nordic Tug! I am trapped in a never ending cycle of bigger and bigger boats! I need to put in some overtime at work and save an extra $50K! Help me PLEASE!
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11-08-2014, 12:57 PM
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Senior Member
City: Northern Chesapeake
Vessel Model: Carver 440, 6CTA8.3's
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 421
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How old are you?
I'm guessing 40.
You have many years of issues ahead of you.
There is no cure.
Sorry 
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11-08-2014, 12:58 PM
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Guru
City: South FL
Vessel Name: Oliver
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 47 Hull# 12
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,607
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Ah yes you've caught it.... Another gone to the horrible need a bigger boat disease.
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Thanks, Oliver
M/V Oliver
Nordhavn 47 Hull #12
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11-08-2014, 01:02 PM
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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Wisdom comes when your next boat is smaller than your last!!!
I have yet to find wisdom!!!
On a serious note, I have a narrow, simple 38' and find it excellent to travel long term with comfort for two, a bit tight with three or four. I have no intentions of going larger.
Good fuel economy, decent offshore, shallow draft, easy to single hand, easy to find dock space... Good mix of compromises.
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11-08-2014, 01:12 PM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,568
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11-08-2014, 01:15 PM
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Guru
City: North Carolina for now
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,348
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Our first boat, we started out looking for an aluminum skiff to putt around Lake Union and the canals, maybe Lake Washington on a nice day. Ended up with a 32' Tollycraft flybridge Sedan, twin V8s.
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George
"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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11-08-2014, 01:15 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Pierce
Vessel Name: Florita Ann
Vessel Model: 1982 Present
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 1,935
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Try this?...
Hello, my name is Chester, and I have a boat addiction.
That is the first step.... 11 more to go....
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11-08-2014, 06:21 PM
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Grand Vizier
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,599
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When I saw the title of your post, I thought you had fallen and couldn't get up. That I could have helped with. 5footitis is incurable, so you are on your own on that one.
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"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis." - Jack Handy
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11-08-2014, 06:21 PM
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Scraping Paint
City: -
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 13,745
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Not long after acquiring our 36' boat we started looking hard at 46' boats of the same make. Today, 16 years later, we are so glad we did not make the move to "bigger is better." The reason? We don't want to maintain one more inch of boat than we have now. We don't want to refinish and maintain one more inch of hand and caprail. We don't want to wax one more inch of hull and cabin. We don't want to maintain one more inch of teak deck. We don't want to maintain and repair one more inch of canvas.
Doing most of the work on our boat has cured us of foot disease, at least here at home.
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11-08-2014, 06:46 PM
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Guru
City: PNW
Vessel Model: 1976 Californian Tricabin LRC
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1,860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chester613
I am trapped in a never ending cycle of bigger and bigger boats! I need to put in some overtime at work and save an extra $50K! Help me PLEASE!
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Chester I don't think you are alone. A boat owner on another forum had similar feelings and is starting a "12 step program" for boaters on his forum. A portion of his post is below:
"Hi. My name is Vern (name changed to protect the poor guy) and I think I might be a boataholic."
Just need to test the waters here - During a 2-week trip to the states I ended up dropping a grand or so at West Marine for boat "essentials."
I got back and installed all that stuff and Saturday, while at the chandlery I dropped $100 bucks on fuel line, hose clamps, battery cable and battery terminals - Oh! and some really cool telltales... I have a new $100 battery on order that delivers on Friday. The boat already has 2 but 3 can't hurt, right?
I was on my boat Saturday morning. Not to sail but to install a piece of equipment. A big rainstorm came through and I stayed on board and played cards with my son while it passed. I started planning the interior refit that I didn't know I needed. I'd also like to install Solar right away and while I am at it completely rewire the boat. LED position lights would be nice...
I sailed 2 weekends ago for 2 hours. Next weekend I am sailing in someone else's boat on Saturday and on Sunday I am installing batteries and fuel lines. I might get out Sunday afternoon.
Oh, I am still waiting for the ($1200) bill for the bottom paint and new chain plates we installed while I was in the states...
So does $2400 bucks for 4 hours of sailing over 5 weekends indicate I have a "problem."
Please share! You are among friends. 
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Larry B
Careful . . .I Have a Generator and I'm not afraid to use it !
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11-08-2014, 07:01 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,540
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marin
Not long after acquiring our 36' boat we started looking hard at 46' boats of the same make. Today, 16 years later, we are so glad we did not make the move to "bigger is better." The reason? We don't want to maintain one more inch of boat than we have now. We don't want to refinish and maintain one more inch of hand and caprail. We don't want to wax one more inch of hull and cabin. We don't want to maintain one more inch of teak deck. We don't want to maintain and repair one more inch of canvas.
Doing most of the work on our boat has cured us of foot disease, at least here at home.
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 Agreed!!
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11-08-2014, 07:58 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Call me crazy but I'd only buy a boat with cash, therefore, I'm immune to 2footitis 
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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11-08-2014, 08:20 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,540
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MurrayM
Call me crazy but I'd only buy a boat with cash, therefore, I'm immune to 2footitis |
Ok, Murray... You're Crazy! There now, feel better?? - LOL
I also am a cash guy for toys such as boats, classic cars etc... I too have no detailed 2 footitis or any other footitis for that matter. However, and happily so... I do have big case of boatitis, and, I love it!
If I see it, want it, can have it, and feel good about cashing it... I get IT!
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11-08-2014, 10:07 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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If you are not familiar with the story of B'rer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, you should google it. Boats are like that.
And don't think you can wait it out. We held off for over 30 years. Then one day, when I wasn't looking, the Tar Baby reared its head and "BANG" there we were with a new boat.
The disease is terminal, but pleasant. Enjoy.
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11-08-2014, 10:08 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mule
Try this?...
Hello, my name is Chester, and I have a boat addiction.
That is the first step.... 11 more to go....
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Tears are running down my cheeks.
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11-08-2014, 10:12 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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If there is a cure, keep it the hell away from me! I would rather die happy than in a small boat.
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11-08-2014, 10:35 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drake
If there is a cure, keep it the hell away from me! I would rather die happy than in a small boat.
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But...but...but...to somebody else, your 50 footer is a small boat 
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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11-08-2014, 10:45 PM
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#18
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MurrayM
But...but...but...to somebody else, your 50 footer is a small boat |
That is precisely what I am afraid of.
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11-09-2014, 07:53 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Pierce
Vessel Name: Florita Ann
Vessel Model: 1982 Present
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 1,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drake
Tears are running down my cheeks.
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Men's only meeting on Saturday morning at West Marine across the country
Coed meeting at your fav broker, Sunday afternoon.
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11-09-2014, 08:05 AM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,228
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Let's see, so far we've gone from 19' to 32' to 37' over five years - oh man, we're about doubling our boat size every five years. By 2019 we'll be in a 74, by 2024 a 148... Oh this is worse than I thought.
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