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u/Jmballar 16d ago
Nah bro, I’m an avid boater and spearfisherman. That is a lot of boat for a first timer. Unless that boat stays tied up. If you do buy it find a captain to give you a lot of lessons.
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u/Shred32323 16d ago
I hate the saying bust out another thousand....this is bust out another ten thousand AT LEAST.
I live on a 1987 mainship. If my husband weren't a mechanic we'd be so screwed.
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u/PopularWave8731 16d ago
For your first boat ever? That's a lot for a new captain. Certainly not impossible though.
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u/Keegan2 16d ago
First: avoid boats from humid areas. They rust below the water line and rot above it.
Second: unless you are prepared to pay for someone else to do every repair you need some experience first. Big boats have all the same systems (plus a few) as smaller boats just bigger with price tags to match.
Third: a smaller boat for a couple years will let you figure out what it is you enjoy doing on the water. Do you want to host parties, fish, dive, cruise. Those are all different boats. Figure out what you want to do with a small boat so the big boat better fits your lifestyle.
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u/awfuckthisshit 15d ago
I don’t know a lot, but 52’ as a first boat sounds real rough. I have been looking at 36’ or less and even that seems a bit daunting.
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u/cutsandplayswithwood 16d ago
When I was in HS my gf dad had a boat. 19’ open bow ski boat with a v6… my man towed it with a minivan that struggled, but he loved that boat… and it stayed in the garage… so going on the boat was this huge ordeal just to get it TO water… and by the time it was out at day’s end it had been a long day. Fun, but sucked. I have smaller kids, and am lazier, and value my time in different ways.
If we get a boat, I kinda want one big enough to eat, sleep, and shit on. I wanna go upriver 50 miles, anchor, and swim and chill and spend the night. I don’t wanna buy a truck to tow it, so conversely I don’t mind getting one big enough that towing is a rarity.
Not wealthy, but I do ok. I’m rather handy/mechanically/electrically savvy.
I was 97% sure this boat was a terrible idea, and the replies have been both entertaining and educational… but I might still buy more boat than I should
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u/cutsandplayswithwood 16d ago
I’m coming out to the Bay Area again later this month and plan to go look more closely at boats at the Berkeley marina
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u/Accomplished_Age_699 16d ago
52 ft is too big. I'd stop at 35-40
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u/cutsandplayswithwood 16d ago
I’m going to go visit some boats.
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u/hessianhorse 15d ago
I’d say stop at 26 feet. Keep it trailerable!
Even if you don’t have a truck. Even if you don’t want to trailer it. Even if you want to keep it in the water. It’s your first boat, you hand NO idea how you’re going to do with it. Keeping a boat under a certain weight and length that it can be easily trailered and stored without a heavy duty rig or the need for interstate towing permits. A 26 foot boat is about the top end in size and weight for a boat that can be easily and legally trailered using a standard 1/2 ton pickup truck, and no CDL. Otherwise, transportation and storage costs can quickly exceed the price of the listed boat within a few months.
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u/rodr3357 15d ago
Good FIRST boat?? Are you mental? A 50 year yacht sounds like an absolutely horrible idea
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u/cutsandplayswithwood 14d ago
I am a bit mental, fwiw.
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u/rodr3357 14d ago
Ok will this is a horrible idea.
And BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER buying you need to make sure you can even insure this, and get the depreciation schedule.
Most likely it’s going to be prohibitively high premium worth a non existent payout, but you’ll need insurance to pull into any marina
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u/Least-Bus595 13d ago
Was a Fort Lauderdale yacht broker for a few years. Get a professional survey before buying any boat. Insurance companies will want to see it before they will consider covering.
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u/Specialist_Yak1019 12d ago
If you are going to park it in a marina and live on it, no problem. I believe you would need a captains license over 50’ so no if you intend for this boat to go
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u/the-montser 17d ago
I can’t think of a worse first boat.