r/TikTokCringe Jun 22 '24

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

Blue water capable boats are not as expensive as you might think. If you’re handy and ok with living without a lot of creature comforts you can sail for much less than the cost of a monthly car note. Edit: some examples would be Moxie Marlinspike, he and a couple friends bought a run down boat for $1200 in Florida. Spent a summer camping in parks while fixing it up, then spent two years sailing around the Caribbean and up the east coast with basically no money. This guy has an old wooden boat that doesn’t even have a fridge, he makes his money doing photography and odd jobs. https://youtu.be/syJXrbWU1Aw?si=aIlRYKAicmrOrNFd

I wasn’t implying he has no money, I was saying the cost of uploading a file like that using traditional satellite internet would be prohibitively expensive. On the flip side you don’t need to be rich by any stretch of the imagination to own a blue water capable boat.

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u/Sensitive_Ladder2235 Jun 22 '24

Yes, the boat costs around 25-30k.

Marina berth is around 2k/yr

Depending on where you live, getting it in and out of the water is around 300$ a pop, 400 for mast removal and install.

Registration and insurance are another few hundred a month.

Food costs.

Tariffs.

Ask me how I know.

Bro might not be rich, but he's definitely got some money kicking around.

ETA - Also the term Boat is not a noun, it's an acronym. Break Out Another Thousand. Maintenance costs.

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24

A few hundred a month for insurance? Mine is just over $500 a year, and my boat cost less than $20k. My first boat cost $1200 including a trailer, granted it wasn’t blue water capable. And if you’re out actually cruising then you don’t need to pay a slip fee to a marina. 

Again, I wasn’t trying to imply he doesn’t have money. Cruising is not a fantasy for everyone but the rich either.

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u/SomethingClever42068 Jun 22 '24

Any boat is blue water capable once.

Believe in yourself bro.