How many crossroads can there be on one trip to the water? Seems like there's one every day, and we have no map.
We applied for a boat loan. If we're approved, we might go ahead and buy an Island Packet. Gasp. Two boats and no house? That seems ridiculous even to me. So instead of that oceanfront house, it could be a soundfront boat.
It's a thought we've been struggling with for about a month as we've watched IP380s selling like it's 1999. Our thoughts: Buy now while the prices are low. Live aboard and start fitting it out, getting used to it while we're landbound, and, most importantly, start paying it off while we still have a good income. Why pay for housing when we could be paying off our boat ....
The problem: where to dock it. There is only one liveaboard option locally (Manteo), and it's full. This week we started looking at other options: Hatteras, Ocracoke, Deltaville, Norfolk, Edenton, Oriental. Chip would stay with friends two nights a week, and I would live aboard full time.
Yesterday, Chip got a call from the Manteo dockmaster. He unexpectedly has an opening. He called us first.
So in December, we're headed back up to Rock Hall, Maryland, to look at boats.
We applied for a boat loan. If we're approved, we might go ahead and buy an Island Packet. Gasp. Two boats and no house? That seems ridiculous even to me. So instead of that oceanfront house, it could be a soundfront boat.
It's a thought we've been struggling with for about a month as we've watched IP380s selling like it's 1999. Our thoughts: Buy now while the prices are low. Live aboard and start fitting it out, getting used to it while we're landbound, and, most importantly, start paying it off while we still have a good income. Why pay for housing when we could be paying off our boat ....
The problem: where to dock it. There is only one liveaboard option locally (Manteo), and it's full. This week we started looking at other options: Hatteras, Ocracoke, Deltaville, Norfolk, Edenton, Oriental. Chip would stay with friends two nights a week, and I would live aboard full time.
Yesterday, Chip got a call from the Manteo dockmaster. He unexpectedly has an opening. He called us first.
So in December, we're headed back up to Rock Hall, Maryland, to look at boats.
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