For Sale: Wife Said SELL the boat!

[BlackOak]

Sometimes in life, one must put aside the things one enjoys to attend the important things.

My 82 year old father-in-law, who lives with us, is in failing health with prostrate cancer. My wife says she needs me around the house to help care for him. I doubt he will be with us this time next year. I was surprised to see how frail he looked when I saw him yesterday when we got home from the boat. This is not the only reason my wife explained to me, but its the big one.

I dont really want to sell my boat, but living so far away from the ocean makes having it hauled out and put on the hard somewhere is not appealing to me either. I have seen hauled out boats sitting in marinas wasting away from neglect and scavengers, and the same for those sitting tied to a dock or a mooring ball, covered with birdshit and growing its own eco-system from the hull down to the sea floor. I dont want to see this happen to my boat.

I'll take 10k for my sailboat. Its not the "perfect" boat, but its a damn good sturdy vessel that really needs nothing to keep on sailing. Its well equipped, and is as "turnkey" as it gets. Not to mention, its currently located in Key West, one of the best jumping off point to anywhere in the world. For a live aboard. ya got what ya need already in place. A great little dingy, with a great little merc outboard to get ya around the bight, with a great little folding bike to get ya around on the hard. The mooring its on is city owned and cost $300 and change a month. Or you could move it around to the other side, anchor out, and live with the pirates and theives for free.

Yes, I could bring it back to northwest Mississippi, but there really isnt any place close by to sail it. This Seafarer needs an open ocean, as it was built strong to be in an open ocean, not floating around in one of the small local lakes we have here.

I will get another boat one day, I'm not finished with this sailing stuff, but for now this one has to go. If I cannot sell it, I will take it on to Bermuda as planned, and leave it with family I have there and fly home.

[boatman61]

Hi BO... bumma about the F in L... I figure your making the right moves for the situation mate.. as you say... the Oceans there waiting and not going anywhere soon...
Looking forward to your return... unless I'm away having a few beers with your F in L by the time you hit the water again

[Snore]

BlackOak


I went down that same thorny trail with my Mom and Dad a few years back. You are doing the right thing! God always seems to reward good deeds.

In the interim there are some fun micro cruisers you can trailer to the lakes up that way.

All the best

Bill

[BlackOak]

Originally Posted by alibaba.e

Sell the Wife, keep the boat

nah...i got a real keeper!!

[Teknav]

Guys...be nice to BlackOak's wife! She might have very compelling reasons, for requesting the sale the boat, that we are not privy to. He is in a less than ideal situation that is stressful enough; don't add to it. Try to be understanding! Mauritz

[beachbum29]

Sounds like a few have never been in a meaningful relationship...

[Travelnik]

Sorry about your situation BO.

If I had $10K I would buy the boat in a heartbeat.

Maybe your family in Bermuda could borrow the boat for a while, and be able to do the upkeep for you until your situation changed?

Best wishes in whatever happens!

[BlackOak]

no worries guys, i'm doin just fine. if I can sell the boat then fine, if not, well thats fine too. My beautiful bride just wants me home and not out floating around, which I can understand. I told her I could put it up on the hard, but she says that would not be a good idea, as I would be worried about the boat (damages, thief, vandalism, etc kinda thing) the whole time I am at home. Plus, we all know a boat that is not regularly used deteriorates over time. She retires from her job in a couple years, so I hope by then to get another one. This one needs to be doing what it was built to do, be on the water and sailed...not sitting unattended somewhere.

ps. maybe havent sailed it to Bermuda as planned, but I have been nearly 90% on the boat in the saltwater. It been great, puncuated by periods or shear terror for a nub like me.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by BlackOak

nah...i got a real keeper!!

That good huh....??
SELL THE BOAT....

[salticrak]

Blackoak.

Here is a crazy idea and thats all it may be .

What after a while you still have not sold your boat, which you say is ready for cruising, you donate it to a worthy candidate.? The candidate would have to want to sail around the world. How to chose such a candidate would need some figuring.

To compensate your good self a fund could be set up to deposit some monies into, by those following the adventures of the new skipper ?

It may not be the best option but it would mean some lucky/deserving individual gets a shot at living the dream. Also the yacht will not rot away abandoned somewhere?


Just thinking out loud....

[boatman61]

MEMEMEMEMEMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just kidding... go for the cash...

[SaltyMonkey]

"Sometimes in life, one must put aside the things one enjoys to attend the important things. etc..."

BO, that's gotta be one of the best sailboat listings I've ever read. Serious.

Best of luck with it. Think it will go quick.

[IdoraKeeper]

Originally Posted by Don L

a wife normally never likes a man's mistress

You got that right. Don't get caught down at the dock whispering sweet nothings and getting creative in her engine room.

Todd

[lateral]

Originally Posted by Rakuflames

Or in my case, "fudigs" -- I'm going sailing!"

This is why I'm a fan of boat surveys (even though the one I got was badly done) -- lots of times, people hold on to their boats for emotional reasons and turn a blind eye to what's deteriorating.

Total Deja vu!
Like, my thoughts exactly from preceeding post.

[BlackOak]

Originally Posted by salticrak

Blackoak.

Here is a crazy idea and thats all it may be .

What after a while you still have not sold your boat, which you say is ready for cruising, you donate it to a worthy candidate.? The candidate would have to want to sail around the world. How to chose such a candidate would need some figuring.

To compensate your good self a fund could be set up to deposit some monies into, by those following the adventures of the new skipper ?

It may not be the best option but it would mean some lucky/deserving individual gets a shot at living the dream. Also the yacht will not rot away abandoned somewhere?


Just thinking out loud....

While in theory it does sound good, but if a person has not taken the time, effort and energy to aquire a sailing vessel "by the sweat of ones brow" I do not feel they are deserving of being gifted one. Call me old fashion or old values.