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Who owns the boats? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 51 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

My dad used to own a sailboat, which was a high point for someone squarely middle class. We're talking a 44 ft sailboat.

These things are holes in the water who the fuck wants a boat

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How do you make a small fortune?

    Start with a large fortune and buy a boat.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    I used to work at a fish market, and one of the fishermen we dealt with once won a large sum of money from a big fishing tournament. When they asked him what he was gonna do with the money, his response was, "Keep fishing until it's all gone."

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    At the height of being poor in like '83 or so (mortgage rates to 17%; just ponder that) we panick-moved to a smaller town with a union job but found a fixer house with an attached shop.

    Dad, ever the salesman and skilled labourer, would do work for people in exchange for wood-working tools: Old window Jenkins would part with Lester's Table Saw if Dad re-tiled the shower.

    So we got tools. And he traded for plywood and plans. And suddenly we had a dory he could fit on top of this '75 econoline150 van. And fishing was great. But it was a lot of rowing this pig of a boat.

    So he modded it with a dagger-board and a mast port. Took him 5 min to rig it and he was set for fishing.

    Those summers camping because we couldn't afford to do anything else but at least gas was cheap, they were awesome.

    I think these people just have shiny boats, which are too expensive. If you want to find them, they're finishing the Penske file so they can still afford exorbitant Slip fees and dream of Taking the Boat Out with the estranged family members who will then love Dad again and make up for all this toil. Dude needs a cheap ugly van and a wallowing pig of a dory to 'sail' around a lake in the woods; aim smaller and actually go make memories.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    At the height of being poor in like '83 or so (mortgage rates to 17%; just ponder that)

    FWIW A mortgage payment at 17% interest on the $20,000 my parents paid for my childhood three bedder in 1980 was cheaper than a single mortgage payment i make today.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    the upkeep alone - painting scraping replacing the anode every fuckin year.... it's a fuckton of work for a 'fun hobby'

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The costs involved with boats is why I have a kayak instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have two boat friends. One has a 20' sailboat, it's just under yacht size. The other has a dingy he built in his garage. The dingy gets far more use.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I do wish I had storage nearer the sea for it though. It's about 20-30 min walk from where we live now and need to get it moved to our new house at some point. Don't really have a suitable spot for it to go yet. Or it would be a pain to get in/out.

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