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01-06-2009, 05:04
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chesapeake Bay
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Definition of a 'Boat Unit'
I have long believed it was $100, but I am hearing some say recently it's $1000.
Which is correct?
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01-06-2009, 06:06
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Boat: 43 ft Selene/Solo
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This is 2009.........inflation has made boat units soar.....$1000 is the boat unit of the times...........
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01-06-2009, 06:08
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Haven't you heard the etymology of the word boat comes from: Bring Over Another Thousand?
That being the case, a boat buck is $1k, in US of course.
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01-06-2009, 06:22
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Senior Cruiser
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Maybe we should track it against the dollar and other major currencies?
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01-06-2009, 06:32
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CF Adviser
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out here on the Left Coast...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Strygaldwir
Haven't you heard the etymology of the word boat comes from: Bring Over Another Thousand?
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...people say, "Break out another thousand."
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01-06-2009, 07:18
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Australia
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boat
It would be OK if it was only one thousand....
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01-06-2009, 07:39
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: On the boat - Carib, Chesapeake
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Same as "Boat Buck". 1k or as my wife calls it; "chump change", me being the chump!
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01-06-2009, 07:40
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
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One boat unit = $1000.
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01-06-2009, 07:47
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle
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In the late 70's when I started sailing everyone I heard said $100. I don't remember when I first started hearing people call it $1000.
John
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01-06-2009, 10:10
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tampa Bay area, USA
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In my experience a Standard Boat Unit is 1% of the replacement value of the yacht in US$.
FWIW...
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01-06-2009, 10:26
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Location: living aboard in Friday Harbor, WA
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I think we should peg its value against a basket of currencies, and watch it soar as the dollar continues to contract. I'm heavily invested in boat-buck-denominated tangible assets, anyway...
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01-06-2009, 11:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by svHyLyte
In my experience a Standard Boat Unit is 1% of the replacement value of the yacht in US$.
FWIW...
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That would make a boat unit about $2800 for me (a new Tayana 37 = $280,000). That's just under about 100,000 baht, by the way.
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01-06-2009, 15:27
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I always reckoned that it was equal to the minimum cost of slipping the boat for annual maintenance, so that there was a sliding scale related to boat size and type, and somewhat to one's location.
Whatever its origin and actual value, it's too damn much...
Cheers,
Jim
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15-08-2021, 14:27
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Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Landlocked For Now, Georgia
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Re: Definition of a 'Boat Unit'
Seems like we've established that communicating what things costs in "Boat Units" is not very useful. Too many definitions. Someone just told me what something costs in BUs. So I googled and was led here to CF. I'm guessing the guy meant thousands. But this thread didn't exactly clear it up. 
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15-08-2021, 19:30
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Location: Boat - Greece - Me - Michigan
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Re: Definition of a 'Boat Unit'
I got tired of counting BOAT units so now I use BOATT units. It's a mental thing as every once in a while I don't actually use a whole BOATT unit and feel good about it.
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