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  1. Brew
    Build slots are going for 6 figures now. I’ve seen some year old boats selling for well over cost because they are something like 3-4 years out on builds. The cat market has really taken off in the offshore power boat category the last few years, but man they are expensive and you’re talking about close to a one trick pony in the big ones. They are hardcore fishing/offshore machines. However, the Calcutta 263 would be awesome for where I am.
  2. Brew
    Dealt with one at our last house that took out a master bedroom ceiling and garage ceiling. From what we were told then, it typically happens where two different pitches come together. The ice formed, blocked the gutters, and we had a rain before it melted which caused our issues. Snow melt wasn’t an issue because it was slow. The rain was a different story.
  3. Brew
    I have a client (three brothers) that kept a 62 foot Sunreef in St Croix. I just double checked the numbers, they spent about $175k a year on upkeep not including capital improvements. They had a husband/wife that lived on it year round and served as captain/chef that they paid and then all the other costs added up. It got damaged in a hurricane several years ago and they took a bath on it when it all settled. They also found they didn’t go that often because of having to fly back and forth. A US base of operations is much easier to get use out of it I would think.
  4. Brew
    You have my email if you get serious about South FL down the road and want to talk boat partnerships. I’m on the West Coast, but I’m pretty flexible although I would only be looking at sportfishes and express style. No sailing for me. I prefer internal combustion propulsion.
  5. Brew
    I love the 26 Open/Bay, but there has been a ton of drama around Kevin the last few years with them putting out a cat model. I don’t remember all the details but it was a mess from what I remember.
  6. Brew
    If it’s anything like the Savannah area, most of your time is spent in marsh areas where you need to be able to float in a foot and a half or less water if fishing or you’re going to run offshore chasing the big fish. There are some large boats that have a draft where you can still fish skinny water. I know the Bonefish Tortuga is under a foot and a half because I’ve spent a lot of time looking at their Malvado/Ozona lines. They are probably a little too hard core fishing though for sight seeing. I would look at the 26 foot or so bay/hybrids out there as the counter to the 30+ feet boats. There are several that have nice seating options that will cover all water needs outside of having a cabin. If a cabin is a deal breaker, then you can focus on fishing deeper water/cuts starting out or buy two boats.
  7. Brew
    That looks like where we run our side by sides, not boats. I fish shallow, but to me that’s calf deep and I’m not running the boat. FWC would not take kindly to me running across the flats in that I don’t think. I assume the tunnel directs water to the prop so you have propulsion. However, how do you keep from grenading lower units in those conditions? It seems like the ability to pull enough clean water to cool everything would be difficult.
  8. Brew
    I run all over. We are on the lake while school is in session and it’s warm and then at the beach for the summer and off and on the rest of the year. I keep a pontoon and jet skis at the lake and typically have a wakeboat, but I sold it last spring. At the beach I don’t run offshore other than just on calm days. It was lowest on my list of priorities. I want to inshore fish, hit the sandbars, run to restaurants, etc., so I’ve screwed with a few different varieties and have settled on going back to a 24’ bay boat for down there. I want something trailerable or that I can keep in a dry stack this time and the big boats just don’t work for where we’re at. I had planned on going with a DC, but I fish too much at this point. I also don’t keep boats long and like to rotate, so it will probably be something else this time next year.
  9. Brew
    I can’t remember your intended uses, but an inshore boat can be had reasonably and upkeep should be minimal. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy to fish with, I’ve seen everything from 4 figure pieces of shit to $300k+ Calcutta 263’s running in a foot and half of water chasing reds and tarpon. They work great for sand bar boats, cruising inshore, etc, but you see a lot of people with a bigger boat also to run offshore with or just to hang out all day on. It’s impossible to check all of the boxes, so it’s either check the most important ones or let’s talk about multiple boats. I usually have 3-4 by the time summer comes around, but I also don’t buy super high end and prefer multiple tools rather than one.
  10. Brew
    Now we’re talking.
  11. Brew
    We may need to better define inshore fishing (reds, trout, snook, tarpon is what I fish inshore), but true inshore fishing other than bridge fishing is going to be next to impossible in anything the size you are talking about. I only fish inshore and 22-25 foot is the limit on size with 12-13 inch drafts and a trolling motor being a necessity. I can’t see where a 33 foot twin outboard is going to be all that great for it although you could probably make an express work for portions of it.
  12. Brew
    I should have said excess boats are an ask for forgiveness purchase. First boats are a necessity. My wife just shakes her head every time I buy a new one at this point. I like those flats style boats, but I really want something I can run down the coast a little bit in and still sight casts reds.
  13. Brew
    Boats are an ask for forgiveness purchase. You also have to bring the kids into the reasoning.
  14. Brew
    Since your budget is now more like $300k and we’re talking inboards, a Hinckley Picnic style should be in the discussion if fishing is out. I want something like this to just cruise around in. https://www.galatiyachts.com/yachts/details/7667284/2005/hinckley/picnic-boat-ep/36/lq02/
  15. Brew
    You are likely going to have to go slip with a 30+ foot non center console. People with boats that you can’t trailer either run them someplace out of the way, run them inland as far as they can, or do their best to secure them and hope they get a miss.
  16. Brew
    This. You will knock out sandbars with an inboard unless you plan on swimming in. You will also knock out most inshore fishing options. You open up a number of different boat options with inboards that can cover a range of express style fishing boats, express cruisers, day boats, sport fishes, etc. Knowing what you plan to do with it makes a lot of difference in the 30+ foot world as there is a boat for all activities, but the ability to crossover to other activities can get limited.
  17. Brew
    You could roll it into a solo 401k or SEP IRA if you want to go that route going forward with retirement planning. You could also just roll it into an IRA and start funding a separate SEP, SIMPLE, Solo, etc. A lot of what you can do going forward depends on income, employees, etc.
  18. Brew
    If you go the inboard route, it opens up a lot of possibilities but limits you on a lot of things. I would take an Albemarle Express (formerly Carolina Classics I think) over most of the rest of the options out there if I was looking for a blue water boat. I’ve seriously looked at their 27 DC but I just need to buy a bay boat and be done with it.
  19. Brew
    It’s all about use. Most any brand that is run in freshwater on a lake/river and serviced regularly is fine for a long time. Run it in saltwater, run it hard (running 60 miles back in at mid/high RPM’s), etc and you’re cutting that timeline significantly. I would not run a high HP outboard on a big boat that long.
  20. Brew
    I had to pull a Subaru out of the ditch in front of my house yesterday. A road tees into our road right in front of the house and I guess the guy decided to drift the corner expecting it to go well. I will say he had it moving back and forth more than most anything else would have been. Based on the roads around this week, skip the 4WD and just get a side by side. There have been more of them out on the main roads than anything. I picked up lunch for the kids yesterday and the parking lot was full of them.
  21. Brew
    Agreed. Until you get out on the water, you never know what you’re going to end up doing. You’re also going to bounce off a dock or two and screw something up putting it on a trailer and it hurts a lot worse when the numbers are higher. The most stressful time I’ve ever had as a boat owner was when I bought a couple year old Nautique right after we had our second child. It was more money than I probably needed to be spending at that time and this was back when they were still reasonable. All they wanted to do was eat Cheetos and drink koolaid and jump off the sun deck. After about a year of having it, we got caught out in a bad storm that popped up and I bounced it off the dock trying to get the kids back in. It went up for sale that weekend and I went back to an older boat I didn’t have to worry about. You have to find what fits your life circumstances.
  22. Brew
    The problem with the concept of a budget is that all the sites allow you to search by dollar range. Then I start expanding that dollar range figuring I could negotiate down. Then I start wondering what awesome boats are just outside of that range and so it expands further. Next thing you know you’re budget has doubled and you can’t go back because you’re giving up too much to go back. I’ve given up on budget and just identify a few models I want and then search them constantly until I can find the one that fits closest.
  23. Brew
    You could easily run that DC at the coast on normal days. It’s probably not the best idea to run 60 miles out in it, but I’ve seen much worse.
  24. Brew
    As much shit as they get on here and other boards, my pontoon is probably used more than everything else combined. It’s the first boat that goes out and the last one that gets pulled back in. It was even more that way when the kids were younger. They just wanted to park it in the middle and jump off of it all day.
  25. Brew
    Day 5 of rotating hand warmers on my outside spigots. The joys of owning an older home. I have one more set, so I’m going to stretch them a little tomorrow to see if I can get through until Saturday. The separate well is frozen solid as well as one outdoor spigot with zero insulation around it, we’ll see what happens Saturday with them. Luckily the well is just an additional source since we switched to city water, so hopefully it survived. Going to go ahead and buy a cap for the spigot tomorrow just in case as the pipe runs up 3 feet out of the ground.

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