Stevan wrote:
<snip> He sold his house to buy the boat and has a boat mortgage.
...<snip>... Most of the cruising blogs and stuff that you can follow
online are older people. I might be dead by then! I want to go NOW.
I'm considering selling my own house to do something like that, albeit
on a much less expensive boat.
I wonder who holds the paper on the boat. I remember one boat that was
seized by the lender, because the fine print on the loan said it
couldn't leave the country. Weird story. The guy changed the name on
the boat to try and avoid the lender, and then went back north to try
and negotiate, leaving his wife alone on the boat. She got lonely, and
ended up sleeping with about every available guy, and when he found out
about it he walked away from everything and told the lender where the
boat was. As the world turns...
The great thing about cruising that young is that you can still start a
new career when you're 30 or 35. You're right, most cruisers these days
are older people. They like to talk about grandchildren and health issues.
Definitely go NOW. It doesn't get easier when you get older. Heck,
it's been six years for me, and I now tend to avoid beach landings in
the dinghy when the surf is up. Tossing a Jerry can of fuel on board
from the dink in heavy chop is harder. The only thing that's easier is
making bad jokes.
It's certainly not easy to sell the house and abandon everything.
Believe me, I had a rep as one of the best Silicon Valley bigdeal tech
sales guys, and was just getting into my prime earning years. Job
offers coming from everywhere. Somebody told me 'you can write your own
ticket.' And I did... <VBG> No regrets. (Gee, that would be a good
boat name.)
Wal
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