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I will add a (somewhat) ridiculous and unhelpful comment here: I wish my wife and I were in a position to make an offer on this boat. It checks most (all?) my boxes but we are still a few years out. FWIW, your boat is exactly what I hope to purchase someday. Obviously well maintained and...

I think my wife has been surprised at the way my "kid dream" has come back. (Maybe it's a late mid-life crisis!) I grew up fishing, shrimping and crabbing on the salt water rivers in coastal South Carolina. I rarely remember a weekend where I was not on a john boat fishing in a swamp or tri-hull...

We're going to take this advice for sure. Nothing on the calendar, yet, but we're definitely planning to charter (with a captain for part of the time, at least).

Read this whole reply to my wife. As a consummate realist, she was very grateful for the perspective.

Comodave, I'm new on this site and still dreaming of days to come with a boat. However, I've seen this comment from you a couple of times, and it makes a lot of sense to me. I definitely flirted with the idea (and an actual boat for sale) that would have been considerably smaller than the one my...

Absolutely love the definition of cruising ("fixing boats in exotic places"). That one's going in my collection of wise and witty sayings. I'll look into some nearby boat clubs, and I've already checked out some squadron activities near me. Thanks. Not sure whether/what opportunities I might...

Haha! I'll translate it to "as pragmatic as one can be when buying a boat." I'm also collecting the wisest and funniest quotes I find as I trawl forums. This quote is up there with the wittiest (and wisest?): "Only time you really need a boat is when the one you're on is sinking.......and the...

Really good advice. I've taken a quick look at boating courses. There are several near me (and more online, of course). And I just stopped by a marina today to talk with some folks. After I get a little more time and experience under my belt, we will look at taking a boating vacation. Not this...

The tremendous irony of this post is that I went to a Marina today to look at some of the boats coming out of storage ... and it started snowing. (Late April in MN. Gotta love it.)

Loved "it's all Laura's fault." My wife and I jokingly say that you get married so you'll have someone to blame. (She'll definitely have me to blame for this one!)

I think I'll be on this forum a lot in the next few years, so I decided to post early rather than lurk long. I was sitting at a picnic table near the lift bridge in Stillwater, MN two years ago when a trawler passed me on the St. Croix River. It piqued my interest for some reason (probably...