• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The real cost of a boat is like 90% maintenance costs. It’s just a money pit, honestly.

    The better use of obscene riches is to charter a yacht that has a full crew when you want to go out. Otherwise, you’re just burning cash.

    • Smokeydope@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Oh so this is why so many of my yuppie nenighbors have a rotting boat in their yard that hasn’t been touched in decades. NGL though, hundredrabbits vlog of sailing across the ocean from canada to japan and back in a yamaha 33 is some really inspirational stuff and I love the idea of doing something adventurous like that once in my life even if its supremely dangerous.

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      10 months ago

      If I ever get rich enough to buy boats, they’ll mostly be jet skis. Fairly inexpensive (for a boat) and tons of fun

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      10 months ago

      It’s actually really affordable to do that for your birthday or whatever. In Mexico you can rent a nice boat for a few hundred dollars for the afternoon. What are you actually going to do with a boat besides use it on vacation?