buying and piloting a live aboard

Re: Methinks....

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Methinks there be a troll about. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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I'm 50/50 on that, as you might have sensed....

Having said that, SWMBOs nephew has a dream of owning a Turkish Gullet sort of thing and running a diving school from it, which is a real pipe dream, but he talks about it all the time and, who knows???

I bought a gas hob and extractor from a guy who was in the process of buying a trawler in Fleetwood to live on, so nothing would surprise me.
 
So, you don't know how to drive but you thought you'd practice with a 44 ton juggernaut and no instructor? Yeah, I can see that.

For the good of the rest of us if nothing else, PLEASE buy something small and sensible to start.

Nobody gets it right first time, you have to buy and sell two or three yachts before you know what you really want. And first thing you're going to find out is that "trawler yacht" and "ocean going" are mutually exclusive terms.

(PS The first rule of a good troll is that you never come back in yourself)
 
I heard the QE2 is going on the market soon...

I would seriously reconsider the size thing, to get a feel for the situation, give a marina in poole harbour (for example) a buzz and ask if they have any berths available for a 72ft converted trawler. If you have no experience of boat ownership, and jump in with something like what you suggested, I would expect you to get overwhelmed pretty quickly with all the work that has to be done, both in terms of volume and the level of skills required. I'm not saying don't do it, I liveaboard a 27ft sailing boat and love it, just set your sights a little lower, for now, and the experience will be much more worth while.

p.s. put yourself in our shoes: a new user comes online asking about a pretty outlandish proposition - now what do you think a troll might be?
 
Over the years I've known several people to go from complete beginner to sailing large yachts, blue water, more or less single handed (just with the wife). The ones I know have all had some relevant experience - e.g. were private pilots - but they had no marine experience at all. I know a husband/wife team who have been sailing their 88 foot Dagless around the Med for years, just the two of them! I know others who motor all over the world in their small ships - just the wife and the kids.

None of what the OP says he wants to do is particularly unreasonable. If he is a troll he is a thick troll since his post is perfectly reasonable, which breaks the first law of trolling.

It will cost him a lot of money but we don't know anything about his finances. Quite a few of the posters here could afford a boat like that if they sold their house (which is what I had to do to afford a reasonably large, high quality yacht).

I say to the OP "if you want answers, keep asking". Once people realise you are genuine they will be very helpful. Certainly what you want to do is very do-able albeit not exactly the way you are suggesting - but that's why you are here asking questions, I presume?

Sorry you've had a bit of a bashing here. If you have been trolling, then you'd be advised to take up a new hobby as you are not very good at it.
 
Welcome!

My guess is that 70-odd foot converted trawlers will hang about on the market for considerable periods because there isn't a big demand for them. That means that if you go for it and find you don't like it you may be stuck with the consequences - and the costs - for quite some time. So what about starting some other way until you have a pretty good idea what boating is all about - the downs as well as the ups.

Think about smaller boats. Think about skippered charters. Think about offering to crew for other people. Think about doing some courses. Then - if you still like the idea - go for the big one ... with a lot of new knowledge and friends to help you.
 
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