Metalicmike
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You must have money to burn, or be a sucker for punishment. I never thought myself a masochist but for all the pleasure derived I must have masochistic tendencies.
Buying a Boat
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mrming
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Sucker for punishment, reporting for duty. 
johnalison
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What else would you do? Go on endless rides in Disneylandworld? Get an allotment? Train to be an influencer?
William_H
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Agreed with all above. However we of affluent countries have money, time and energy to spare for "hobbies" People should choose there own hobbies (passions)
and follow their heart.
Unfortunately boating is a hobbie which requires commitment of money and then time to get experience before it becomes a simple pleasure. Thus to buy a boat appears to be the answer to a dream of endless pleasure. To most people this dream turns into a night mare of disappointment.
Money gets wasted and boats remain idle.
I really don't know the answer for an aspiring boat owner except to start cheap (small) except that in itself has difficulties. You can only buy and plunge in to the hobbie knowing to give up if it is not for you.
For myself I have owned my little boat for 45 years and built a few smaller ones before that. No regrets. Boating suits me or I suit boating. still getting pleasure. ol'will
and follow their heart.
Unfortunately boating is a hobbie which requires commitment of money and then time to get experience before it becomes a simple pleasure. Thus to buy a boat appears to be the answer to a dream of endless pleasure. To most people this dream turns into a night mare of disappointment.
Money gets wasted and boats remain idle.
I really don't know the answer for an aspiring boat owner except to start cheap (small) except that in itself has difficulties. You can only buy and plunge in to the hobbie knowing to give up if it is not for you.
For myself I have owned my little boat for 45 years and built a few smaller ones before that. No regrets. Boating suits me or I suit boating. still getting pleasure. ol'will
scozzy
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A couple we are good pals with are both into crossfit and the like,spend a combined £200ish + a mth running about and doing weights etc with kettle bells and rubber bands,they love it and good on them! Like alot of others they tell me that boats are expensive, all the while spending 2.5Kpa keeping fit when they could go for a run every day for free!?
Takes all sorts but i think Im getting a better deal for my money
Takes all sorts but i think Im getting a better deal for my money
RunAgroundHard
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It's hardly having money to burn or being a masochist. Most people who own boats will be able to afford them and get pleasure from the activity. Some people make bad choices in life that create hassle and costs that they can't deal with or afford.
mrming
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I’m a PBO and DIY if possible, but that sounds cheaper than running our ageing boat. Maybe I’ll get some kettle bells.
fredrussell
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Buying a boat has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the most beneficial thing to my mental health I’ve ever done. Without the boat (and Radio 4) I wouldn’t last long! It doesn’t matter what sort of bleak post-work mood I’m in, when I step on that boat it vanishes. Stuff to do.
Laysula
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It's only money. You can't take it with you. If you don't spend it and enjoy it, some other bugger will.
Neeves
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Nah!!
Don't buy a boat. Leave, give, all your money (saved because you do not have a boat) to your children and grandchildren. They won't say thank you. Let them live the life of the Lotus Eaters, they can get fat, have no ambition, die young through overindulgence.
What else are you going to do with YOUR time and money, see Post 3 and 5. Add... World Cruise(s)
As a father, or grandfather, figure you need to set an example - you have a passion, you have ensured your children are 'comfortable' (and hope your children realise they need to set an example to their children), you might be a 'senior' but that does not mean you don't have motivations.
Jonathan
Don't buy a boat. Leave, give, all your money (saved because you do not have a boat) to your children and grandchildren. They won't say thank you. Let them live the life of the Lotus Eaters, they can get fat, have no ambition, die young through overindulgence.
What else are you going to do with YOUR time and money, see Post 3 and 5. Add... World Cruise(s)
As a father, or grandfather, figure you need to set an example - you have a passion, you have ensured your children are 'comfortable' (and hope your children realise they need to set an example to their children), you might be a 'senior' but that does not mean you don't have motivations.
Jonathan
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I don't have a boating hobby, I have a boating habit. It's a bit like a cocaine habit - lost weekends, waking up in strange places, and doing all sorts of unpleasant, sometimes painful, things to feed it. Just more expensive.
Metalicmike
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Have you de calcified your engine yet?