• @[email protected]
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    225 months ago

    Boats aren’t even that expensive everywhere. In America they’re priced as luxury objects for the richest of the rich from what I’ve heard. Sailing as a way of traveling is actually a kinda cheap and rough activity, like camper vans. Not very “rich” stuff at all. My grandparents had a 30 footer and it wasn’t exactly luxurious, definitely camper van vibes. They’d sailed it all over around Europe though.

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      105 months ago

      A new camper van in the US can easily cost 6 figures.

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          75 months ago

          I can’t even get a used car with less than 100,000 miles for less than $15,000.

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          15 months ago

          I once bought one for less than $1000… Granted it needed a lot of work to get roadworthy, but about another $2500 later, it had good tires and could drive without overheating, and more importantly, stop too. Girlfriend I had at the time made me give it up, I still resent her for it.

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      5 months ago

      My dad got a relatively seaworthy one for around £5000. It’s the maintenance and marina fees that cost.