The idea here is to share our beginning into sailing and
living aboard.
So a few things to know, we are new to sailing and to the idea of
living aboard. We area
family of four Americans and live in Dubai,UAE, which is pretty cool.
So far we have being looking at the very limited catamarans here. Which is a 2013
Leopard 48?, 2013
Lagoon 380 and 2007
Lagoon 440. We have been looking on line at Bali and others. I use USAA for banking. I applied for a loan but they do not like
live aboard and will not loan without having previous
history with a 350k loan. credit
history is good but my largest loan has been 120k. It would also require
survey and be registered with the U.S Coast Guard. Both are good things but also something to over come.
Fun fact: I bought my house and also own a separate 8 acres. But when I tried to buy a smaller cheaper home the joins our 8 acres, I was turned down. I was told I could only receive a loan for More than my
current home! So can not get 75k but I can get one for 200k! WHAT!? And now I cant get 350k even with a job that pays 2 times what I had, Go figure.