joined the darkside.. sold the sailboat... bought an....OMG

[offline]

Hey all.. Sold the Columbia sailboat and bought:



Am I crazy?????

[speedoo]

Looks comfy!

[ebaugh]

Not if you are navigating on a lake.

[Tony B]

How could you?
That's utterly disgraceful.
Totally un-American. You are a traitor!!!

In light of that, congrats on your new boat. Really nice looking too.
What size? Does it also have the basement apartment?
We were also seriously kicking around the possibility of a houseboat and looked at several. My Allied 39 Ketch is still for sale and I just bought a Mainship 36. We are going inland next year when I retire. Are you planning on changing your cruising grounds?

[Piglet]

I like all boats. A boat's a boat. That's a pretty boat.

[offline]

Originally Posted by Tony B

How could you?
That's utterly disgraceful.
Totally un-American. You are a traitor!!!

In light of that, congrats on your new boat. Really nice looking too.
What size? Does it also have the basement apartment?
We were also seriously kicking around the possibility of a houseboat and looked at several. My Allied 39 Ketch is still for sale and I just bought a Mainship 36. We are going inland next year when I retire. Are you planning on changing your cruising grounds?

It is a 50' Gibson Cabin Yacht.... and in a pinch I can honestly say it does in fact have a basement

We've named it... "Ditch Rider" and will be cruising the intracoastal in South Florida.. no way we would consider taking this offshore, except in absolutely perfectly flat conditions.....

[offline]

Originally Posted by Piglet

I like all boats. A boat's a boat. That's a pretty boat.

Thanks piglet...

[Piglet]

Make sure to make your way up the ICW to NW Florida. Gorgeous stuff, but don't tell anybody.

[Tony B]

Originally Posted by offline

It is a 50' Gibson Cabin Yacht.... and in a pinch I can honestly say it does in fact have a basement .....

Great choice! I think someday we will end up with a houseboat and Gibson will be my ONLY choice.

[River Cruiser]

Gibson builds a very nice HB & they perform very well if used for what they are designed for. There are a lot of them on the river & the owners enjoy them even if they seldom leave the slip.

[maxingout]

I own a house, and I wish there was some way I could make it float away! Does that make it a house boat?

[Adelie]

Originally Posted by offline

Hey all.. Sold the Columbia sailboat and bought:



Am I crazy?????

Owning a boat in the first place is a sign of insanity. Trading a perfectly good sailboat for a power boat is just moving up from a mild neuroses to schizophrenia. At least you didn't get a multi.

[Ocean Girl]

I bought a trawler in my twenties after owning only monohull sailboats, my sailor friends called me trawler trash.But that was nothing to the ribbing I got when I bought a multihull!!
Now I'm back to the mainstream mono...for now

Love the houseboat, she looks great! Embrace the darkside

Cheers,
Ocean Girl

[impi]

I think you are going to have some very HAPPY TIMES on that boat ... and hey, thats what counts!

[Reflections]

Hey Ditch Rider, Great Choice! You'll love it. We have a 35' Bluewater and in less than 30 days, once the sale on our house closes, we will Liveaboard her full time. Our backyard is going to be Sebastian, Fl to Key West, Fl. This type of boat is perfect for cruising the ICW. Lots of room, shallow draft and stable. Maybe we'll see ya, the first rounds on us.