[gatotom]

Our annual cost for a 36' sailboat is 5K which includes slip, insurance and fuel costs. If we rent a 36 footer for two weeks on charter it would be about 5K for everything. We use our boat all year or about 45-60 days in a yr. Some yrs we sail every month and some yrs dec, jan and feb is fix and repair months.

I do my own maintainance which saves tons on money but there are some things that I can not do nor do I want to do.

Initial cost with all things considered was about 50K and as long as I maintain it in the Bristol condition will get that when I sell or trade for a better boat.

After raising three children, this boat deal is a piece of cake.