All About Used Houseboats
As you are searching for the boat, you may also want to search for a good boat repair company. You may want to have someone at this disinterested company look over any boat that you would like to purchase, just as you would for a car. This step will also create a friendly business relationship with the repair man. This relationship will be profitable in the future for both maintenance and repairs on the boat. Remember that your boat will need routine maintenance in the fall so that it can be stored safely over the winter. There are many steps that need to be completed before you "put the boat to bed" for the winter.
Today, modern boats come with many more conveniences than they did years ago, but don't expect that things will be as normal as they would be living in an apartment or a house. The larger the boat is the more likely it is that you will have most of the conveniences that you are accustomed to. Space is a major factor when it comes to living on a boat. While boats do have storage space, you will still have to downsize your possessions quite a bit to get things to neatly fit on the boat. Before bringing anything on to the boat make sure it will fit through the door. Then you have to make sure there is an actual space for it on the boat.
That was all it took to elevate our experience to the next level. Somewhere between the cheeseburger and key lime pie, from within the vibrant fog cast by the Cabbage Creepers coursing through our veins, the idle thought slowly began to become reality. Our waitress overheard our conversation and sent over a female manager. Minutes later she was giving us a tour of a two bedroom cabin, assuring us she could make all the arrangements with Captiva Cruises to stop them from coming to pick us up. She said she would make the necessary phone calls to have us picked up tomorrow. Are we really doing this? And before we knew it, we were down at the white-wooden boathouse gift-shop, giddy and giving her our credit card to charge the cabin on. I can't believe we're doing this. It was a done deal.
You also need to observe the upholstery and canvas for rips, tears, and worn areas. If the boat is more than a couple of years old and has a wooden floor under carpet, be sure to check for soft spots that may indicate rotting. They should resist the probe of an ice pick; if they don't, there likely is a problem. The fiberglass gelcoat surface should be free from 'dock rash'. A few minor scrapes may be acceptable, but if they are deep enough to go through the colored gelcoat, they may require some expensive fiberglass repair. Be sure to inspect the boat thoroughly.
When you find a boat that meets your feature list, and is within your budget, it's time to contact the seller and go see the boat in person. When you visit the seller, make sure to have a list of questions you have about the boat. You might want to know the history behind it, how many previous owners its had, and where it originated. You can ask about the service history of the boat, and how many hours of operation the engine has on it. Ask if the boat comes with a cover.
Often, people who do not have much houseboating experience tend to approach a dock head-on. Although this may sound like the most ideal way, this is actually a big misconception. Docking a sf yacht charter is much simpler if you approach a dock at a certain angle. Also, coming from a different angle instead of 90 degrees will also help you dock without too much maneuvering. This reduces the chances of damaging the boat's exterior.
Of all the things I've done to try to make the Phoenix beautiful, to make this boat our own, nothing compares to the improvements they have made. The useful little items they thoughtfully brought. The entertaining little souvenirs they left purposefully behind. The laughs that will forever echo. The memories that will forever remain. These are our love of the Phoenix.
Yacht sales companies on the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts all report severe drops in sales, taking the prices right down to the bottom with them. Great time to buy a boat of your dreams and yet not a very good time to sell a boat unless you are trading up and thus it is all relative really. When will boat prices recover ask many marine enthusiasts? Probably not soon, some even wonder if they will recover in their life times.
The Brooklyn Theater, which seated 1600 people, had been built in 1871. It was an L shaped brick building with its main entrance on Washington Street, and a secondary entrance on Johnson Street, a smaller thoroughfare, which ran perpendicular to Washington Street, 200 feet to the east. One block to the north was what was then Brooklyn's City Hall, and one block to the south was Fulton Street, the main thoroughfare to the Manhattan ferries, which brought theater-goers from the mainland of Manhattan to the Brooklyn Theater. The Brooklyn Bridge wasn't built until 1886.
