Garold
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Four years for this yacht - longest period of ownership so far. Still happy at the moment
How long have you owned your boat?
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BabaYaga
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38 years this spring.
I think the decision to keep, formed about 20 years ago, has made my boat ownership more rewarding than if I had changed at that point.
I think the decision to keep, formed about 20 years ago, has made my boat ownership more rewarding than if I had changed at that point.
johnalison
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20 years from new. Previous boats 12,14 and 2 years, in reverse order.
Praxinoscope
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My previous boat 22 years, current boat 4 years and counting.
capnsensible
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We bought our Moody 33 in 1998 and moved aboard soon after. Im posting this from the saloon. 
Will likely finally move ashore at the end of the summer but still sail her. As one does.
Will likely finally move ashore at the end of the summer but still sail her. As one does.
Muddy32
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21 years so far. Hard dinghy still going after 42 years.
westhinder
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Current boat 9 years and planning to keep her as long as I can safely sail her.
The previous one 11 years in ownership, but crewed on her and chartered her from new, which was another 11 years.
The previous one 11 years in ownership, but crewed on her and chartered her from new, which was another 11 years.
doug748
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27th season coming up. Unless your hand is forced, it's a mugs game changing boats
Babylon
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Quite. Also keeping what one's already got will help mitigate the confusing effects of early-onset senility...
Seajet
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38 years - 42 overall but I sold her and she was left unused for 4 years. Her story and how I got her back was taken up by David Harding in a PBO review.
Stemar
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16 years in May. Our first and probably only boat
Aja
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I get the sense that all the new boat salesmen that lurk on here have phoned the office to say they won't be in tomorrow morning.
Habebty
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16 years from new, no plans to change.
Resolution
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Spot on! When I worked in a company that sold boats we used to reckon that yachties changed perhaps every ten years on average. Motor boats much more often, say three years.
Resolution
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I have owned my yacht for 16 years.
My car for 16 years.
My house for 33 years.
My wife for 48 years (although ownership may be questionable!
)
I must be a very dull person.
My car for 16 years.
My house for 33 years.
My wife for 48 years (although ownership may be questionable!
)I must be a very dull person.
chubby
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27 years, bought her when youngest daughter was one and we needed more space! have now grown into her and no plans change
James_Calvert
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We've had our Sadler 32 from new. She'll be 35 this March.
No plans to change. She's always been big enough as our family expanded. And she's not too big for us as a couple these days.
No plans to change. She's always been big enough as our family expanded. And she's not too big for us as a couple these days.
Koeketiene
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First boat: Dufour 2800 - 2 years
Second boat: Etap 38 - 5 years
Third boat: Kalik 44 - 14 years
Currently looking for fourth (and last) boat.
Second boat: Etap 38 - 5 years
Third boat: Kalik 44 - 14 years
Currently looking for fourth (and last) boat.
Laminar Flow
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We have made so many changes to the current one that, for all intents and purposes, she's been a new boat every year, for the past four and will continue to be so, as time continues.
Bobc
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We bought her new and she'll be 17 next month. I can see at least another 10 years with her. No plans to change at all.