HungryCoyote
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Boats on ship.
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A lot of the boats going around the world get to the south China sea area and decide not to chance sailing the rest of the way. Several of the larger ones can be carried on racks inside the cargo boats that are built under them after sailing into flooded compartments. The market is so depressed there that you actually can save money by paying the several thousand dollar transport fee to the west coast of the US and selling it once it is back here.
Not that unusual too see boats being transported that way up the West Coast. It takes some real experience to travel from Mexico or California up the coast to the Pacific NW region or vice versa. A lot safer and less stressful to stick it onto a cargo container type of vessel.
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I've spoken with some Expat's who tell me that there is a glut of Yachts on the world market today. They had investigated living on a 40 or 50 ft Chris Craft or something similar to be docked in Panama or Costa Rica where they would live on it in the winter. (elsewhere in the summer hot months or just travel) As they weren't avid Yachtsmen, just wanting a Yacht to live on in a marina or do some day cruising from time to time, they looked to ship the Yacht they were purchasing to Latin America aboard a large ship.
The Expat buyers were thinking that they could acquire the Yachts and transport them for twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. Of course the Yachts were early 60's vintage but still in fair shape for living on and lite light cruising. Quite luxurious twin engine boats with generators and AC. These Yachts had just become too expensive for the owners to operate, store, and maintain while getting almost no use from them. There was no point in overhauling mechanical components. (like a high mileage car) So the owners were going to sell them for about as much as they had in their storage cost for the past few years. But moving them from the New England area to a much more affordable area could make them a workable solution for an Expat who would live aboard them and work from the internet.
One of these guys claimed to make a good living "day trading" in stocks. He wanted a small luxurious home in a tropical setting and a more minimal way of life.
The Expat buyers were thinking that they could acquire the Yachts and transport them for twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. Of course the Yachts were early 60's vintage but still in fair shape for living on and lite light cruising. Quite luxurious twin engine boats with generators and AC. These Yachts had just become too expensive for the owners to operate, store, and maintain while getting almost no use from them. There was no point in overhauling mechanical components. (like a high mileage car) So the owners were going to sell them for about as much as they had in their storage cost for the past few years. But moving them from the New England area to a much more affordable area could make them a workable solution for an Expat who would live aboard them and work from the internet.
One of these guys claimed to make a good living "day trading" in stocks. He wanted a small luxurious home in a tropical setting and a more minimal way of life.
I have known of a few individuals that have lived on boats and barges that have still had to maintain them so they continued to float or storage where they can live aboard and ended up selling them to a fellow that intends to park them on his property and use them as a bed and breakfast type facility. Can't wait to see how that works out, but so far he is selling/parting out the drive trains and pieces to pay for more. Mooring fees here are at least $400 a month and can be over $1800 a month in prime locations at Lake Powell.
