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I grew up in SD and we had many friends with boats kept in the water, we always trailered and it's an incredible amount of work. I told my wife to budget $35K a year if we pay cash for the boat, she says she's ready to do so. You touched on an important element of our boat search though.....I want to spend less going in, in case my wife changes her mind in a year or two and we need to unload the boat. Going out and buying something REALLY expensive then selling it two years later is a good way to lose a couple hundred grand very quickly.....
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The Devil's Advocate is here to rain on your parade:
Zip the boat up the coast to visit your friends? That's what the freeway is for. 7 hours and $1100 in fuel.... you'll make that trip once.
Think about the costs...you thought a river boat got expensive... wait til you have a salt water boat.
Monthly dock fees, insurance utilities, bottom paint, bottom scraping......everything wears out and fast!
Plus all the bird shit. LOL
On the other hand, you'll have lots of jealous friends who will want to come along....![]()
I grew up in SD and we had many friends with boats kept in the water, we always trailered and it's an incredible amount of work. I told my wife to budget $35K a year if we pay cash for the boat, she says she's ready to do so. You touched on an important element of our boat search though.....I want to spend less going in, in case my wife changes her mind in a year or two and we need to unload the boat. Going out and buying something REALLY expensive then selling it two years later is a good way to lose a couple hundred grand very quickly.....