Moving Aboard... 65LRC... Maintenance? Insurance?

[GJH]

This thread just illustrates how personal a decision finding the right boat is. For us, an enclosed pilot house and galley up are no-gos. Others love either or both. To me the corridor between the engines back to the master allows every bit as much privacy with out the wasted space of the salon stairway, but others like Dave dig it, and prefer the one big engine room, which I certainly understand. No one is right or wrong; it's just a matter of personal style and taste. I do think the day head is a pretty cool feature. A cock pit is a wonderful feature, but to get one along with the "house" we desired added 5 feet of LOA and we would have sacrificed a lot of fun times for that. Ah, the art of compromise that is boating...

So the 65 in Ft Lauderdale sold? It had been on the market for awhile. I actually met the bankers who were involved with the mystic boat. The Cleani Dini guys (really nice young brothers) showed them my boat as an example of what "after" could look like. But overall, what a CF, I wonder if those bankers still have jobs. Of course that was right in the midst of the banking insanity.

 

[Bill Root]

Insurance will be hard to get and that is where you should start. I hate to hear about buyers who spend a long time searching, then find the right boat, but can not get insurance.
Check with your current insurance agent first because you already have a relationship with them, try your home owners agent and your business agent. If that does not work try Joe Kolisch at 305-992-3482. And yes, you might have to have a licensed captain on board for the first six months or year.
An older Hatteras might be easier to get insurance for than an older boat from another builder, so that helps a little.
Then there is a different Hatteras option, generally the LRC's sell for a higher price than the motor yachts. You might find a newer motor yacht for the same price as an older LRC.

BOAT US tells me they will insure any boat. They insured my 1973 43' DCMY, the boat we used to do the "loop" two years ago. They insure my 54 MY in Florida now. I have found their coverage to be top notch and their rates have become quite competitive in the past year. You may want to check them out.

 

[Capt K]

Years ago, we docked behind a LRC 65 in Block Island called Seatag. The owner's name was Gates. He used to run back and forth from Ct to FL and back again...a lot. I really fell in love with this boat. If times were different.....He was actually selling it and having a larger yacht built at the time.
I love my old 50MY, but this was really an awesome boat.

Good luck in your hunt!!

Capt K

 

[nyrussell]

First of all, From a liveaboard in NYC, Welcome. Look at a boat that will fit your needs now, 4 staterooms is a must? how about a place with a workbench? that or you will need to figure a place to put stuff while you disassemble and reassemble stuff.

The rest of it is just like a house. I have a friend who just moved ashore again and he ran the numbers... No big change up here.

As for Boatsb... we have not run in 2 years much due to life so... BTW the baby just started walking.

Oh yes, never mention living aboard down there... full time cruiser and when proving your address, the marina's manager will verify where you live for school etc... Which can limit your choices of Marina's boats etc...

Noel

 

[Angela]

Oh yes, never mention living aboard down there...

There is no reason to try to hide being a liveaboard down here. First, it’s not all that taboo unless you are in Fort Lauderdale trying to live on a boat in a canal behind a house. Second, if you are living aboard and claiming you are not and the marina determines that you are, well that’s going to get your status changed to liveaboard, anyway.

Some marinas have quotas to fill. At one point, my marina was on the hunt for a 40-something foot liveaboard slip to fill. At another time, my neighbor behind me took a liveaboard slip, even though he’s not - he lives in Tampa, just to be able to have a permanent slip in Miami. The marina didn’t have any 50' annual slips available, but they did have a 50' liveaboard slip available. Our marina, though I don’t know just how true this is or not, claims to monitor the parking lot to see who is living aboard and not paying the liveaboard rate (which is only about $120 more per month for me). At least in my marina, you get a few more perks by being a liveaboard (extra permanent parking stickers for more than one vehicle, your own mailbox, your own pump out hose - supplied by the marina at not cost - to keep at your boat, etc.).

Some places actually like liveaboards - it’s extra sets of eyes and ears for security purposes. When I lived at Rickenbacker, it was us liveaboards who busted a group of would-be thieves in the night who were arriving in the darkness by dinghy, all dress up in camouflage clothing with no lights, claiming to be fishing in the marina, but without any fishing poles.

So, don’t be afraid to mention “liveaboard” down here - it’s not a dirty word like it may be in other places.

 

[Boatsb]

First of all, From a liveaboard in NYC, Welcome. Look at a boat that will fit your needs now, 4 staterooms is a must? how about a place with a workbench? that or you will need to figure a place to put stuff while you disassemble and reassemble stuff.

The rest of it is just like a house. I have a friend who just moved ashore again and he ran the numbers... No big change up here.

As for Boatsb... we have not run in 2 years much due to life so... BTW the baby just started walking.

Oh yes, never mention living aboard down there... full time cruiser and when proving your address, the marina's manager will verify where you live for school etc... Which can limit your choices of Marina's boats etc...

Noel

So when does the baby start driving the boat?

It's about time for the kids to learn about yachting.