How did you afford to buy the boat of your dreams

[Ian h]

Simply downsize your home and spend the released capital on boat.

Thats what I did

 

[MapisM]

Don't know why ... love the fact that I can repair then for a couple of hundred quid....

Yep, I'm aware of that, was only joking...

 

[Searush]

Simple, I didn't.
Years ago, I toyed with the idea of my dream boat.
That would have required continuing to "work hard and save" for quite some time, on top of what I already did.
So, I decided that I could rather go for my dream LIFE there and then, also without my dream BOAT, 'cause the one I had was already good enough.
Boats as such are overrated, they are just a mean to an end.

Absolutely.

Have dreams that you can achieve easily. Pretty simple really.

I have had my boat for 25 years so far & not really interested in changing it. If I got bigger & better, I would stress about it getting damaged or broken into, I would feel the need to spend a lot more time on it when I have family & other interests too. If I got smaller it would be less comfortable to live in or sail.

So many people are dissatisfied with what they have, forever changing their boat, car, partner whatever. What's the point, they will never be happy, always seeing "greener grass". to me it makes for a sad life, but what would I know, I'm happy with what I have.

 

[hlb]

Not me, but the bloke before me, invested money in a gold mine in https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGNI_en-GBGB530GB530&q=Meekatharra

Hence the boats name Meekatharra, or Mucky Farter to her mates.

 

[Divemaster1]

Yep, I'm aware of that, was only joking...

Sound may be nightmare for others though..

 

[DAKA]

Blimey, there's an awful lot of low life on here judging by the poll results

Hi mike, please excuse the pm, I was approached by a friend who used to work in the met and asked me to post a thread about how did you afford your boat that you responded to .(I ad-libbed a little)
Please can you delete your contribution. The more comfortable everyone feels to respond the better the results should be. Apparently some were already known about but they have managed to identify 4 new POI. (Not even sure what a POI is , I think they mark someone's passport so the next time they travel they will be pulled into a side room for a 'random' strip search).:eek-new::

 

[capsco]

Hi mike, please excuse the pm, I was approached by a friend who used to work in the met and asked me to post a thread about how did you afford your boat that you responded to .(I ad-libbed a little)
Please can you delete your contribution. The more comfortable everyone feels to respond the better the results should be. Apparently some were already known about but they have managed to identify 4 new POI. (Not even sure what a POI is , I think they mark someone's passport so the next time they travel they will be pulled into a side room for a 'random' strip search).:eek-new::

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In Mikes case POI could be probe of internals

 

[MapisM]

So many people are dissatisfied with what they have, forever changing their boat, car, partner whatever.

Yeah, that's the good old having vs. being, Fromm already said it all....
Not that such attitude became less popular since his writings, anyway. :ambivalence:

 

[rbcoomer]

Hi mike, please excuse the pm, I was approached by a friend who used to work in the met and asked me to post a thread about how did you afford your boat that you responded to .(I ad-libbed a little)
Please can you delete your contribution. The more comfortable everyone feels to respond the better the results should be. Apparently some were already known about but they have managed to identify 4 new POI. (Not even sure what a POI is , I think they mark someone's passport so the next time they travel they will be pulled into a side room for a 'random' strip search).:eek-new::

"Persons of Interest"... Thankfully, they'd find me pretty boring as my 'investment' adds up to not a lot... As MM suggests there's a lot more to life than always aspiring to a better boat, car etc.

 

[blueglass]

So many people are dissatisfied with what they have, forever changing their boat, car, partner whatever. What's the point, they will never be happy, always seeing "greener grass". to me it makes for a sad life, but what would I know, I'm happy with what I have.[/QUOTE
but my first car was a reliant robin! Sometimes you just have to trade up.

 

[MapisM]

my first car was a reliant robin! Sometimes you just have to trade up.

LOL, I'm sure even E.Fromm would agree with that.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Hi mike, please excuse the pm, I was approached by a friend who used to work in the met and asked me to post a thread about how did you afford your boat that you responded to .(I ad-libbed a little)

Nah, perhaps I shouldn't say this but the Met Police Commissioner is a regular guest on my boat so I'm fine

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I have had my boat for 25 years so far & not really interested in changing it. If I got bigger & better, I would stress about it getting damaged or broken into, I would feel the need to spend a lot more time on it when I have family & other interests too. If I got smaller it would be less comfortable to live in or sail.

So many people are dissatisfied with what they have, forever changing their boat, car, partner whatever. What's the point, they will never be happy, always seeing "greener grass". to me it makes for a sad life, but what would I know, I'm happy with what I have.

Without people changing their cars, boats and bikes and whatever, the economy would collapse. People like jfm and others on this forum should be hailed as heros for changing their boats so regularly and especially those that choose to spend their hard earned cash on British built products. Try spending a bit of that cash you've got hoarded under your own mattress for a change. It might even make you feel less grumpy

 

[Bertramdriver]

You left out- buy a wreck and rebuild it. Sell it, buy another, sell it, buy another etc. etc. until you end up with what you want at very low cost. Then you die!:ambivalence:

There is a very short time between finishing your last one, the arthritis and dementia preceding death when you can laze back on the aft deck and knock seven bells out of your liver. Who wants to die healthy?

 

[MapisM]

Without people changing their cars, boats and bikes and whatever, the economy would collapse.

LOL, you must be joking. That sounds like something I'd have expected to read on the Daily Wail! :nonchalance:
People have indeed changed their cars, boats and bikes and whatever (houses being another prime example of "whatever") for years.
Not because they had to, but just because they could. And guess what? The economy DID collapse anyway....
...which didn't improve the average grumpiness level either, I reckon.

 

[Searush]

Without people changing their cars, boats and bikes and whatever, the economy would collapse. People like jfm and others on this forum should be hailed as heros for changing their boats so regularly and especially those that choose to spend their hard earned cash on British built products. Try spending a bit of that cash you've got hoarded under your own mattress for a change. It might even make you feel less grumpy

You miss my point completely.

Being happy has absolutely NOTHING to do with money or possessions & I am sorry that you still haven't figured that out yet at your age.

I'm proud to say that my G-kids call me "Grumpy" because I won't let them do whatever they want, but it doesn't reflect my mood at all.

 

[Searush]

LOL, you must be joking. That sounds like something I'd have expected to read on the Daily Wail! :nonchalance:
People have indeed changed their cars, boats and bikes and whatever (houses being another prime example of "whatever") for years.
Not because they had to, but just because they could. And guess what? The economy DID collapse anyway....
...which didn't improve the average grumpiness level either, I reckon.

Very true & mainly because people just kept over borrowing to buy the next possession & the banks indulged them. Even Mr Pickwick understood that problem.

 

[rosssavage]

Inheritance and marine mortgage.

My boat is now 25, and whilst I would like a newer, bigger boat, that's mainly because having lived with this boat for eight years I finally know what I want!!

That said, I really, really love my current boat. I appreciate what I have. Fully. And I'm actually very happy with her.

I could be working 12 hours a day in a dismal factory somewhere, scraping together a meager existence and hating every minute of it. I don't, and I do know how lucky I am.

 

[Waterdiddy]

Sold the house, moved on to the boat instead!

 

[Vulkyn]

My dream boat is anything that floats, has an engine, doesn't need a budget the size of a country and is forgiving to my constant mistakes ..

And lets me enjoy fishing in peace ...... What more can i ask for ?