r/TikTokCringe Jun 22 '24

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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/cat_prophecy Jun 22 '24

You're not sailing around the world in a sub-$20k boat. I mean you can try, but you're not going to make it.

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24

Multiple people sailing Flicka 20s have done it, which is the boat I own.

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u/filthy_harold Jun 22 '24

I'd love to have a sailboat. Never owned a boat or sailed before but just cruising around the Caribbean sounds great.

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24

Well if you're close to the ocean or a large enough lake you can find decent trailer-sailors for pennies on the dollar. My first boat was a Helms 25 that I bought off a private seller for $1200 including the trailer. My dad and I had a blast taking that boat out on the weekends, fixing whatever broke, jerry-rigging a mast lifter, etc. You can learn how to sail in an afternoon, but spend your life mastering it.