capt. mike - 8-19-2008 at 03:35 PM
http://www.seaofcortezboatclub.com/
this is a friend of mine here in Scottsdale. he has boats shared ownership. not cheap but compared to the cost of owning a machine in these classes it
might make sense if you want to just show up and fish conveniently.
fishbuck - 8-19-2008 at 08:46 PM
Looks interesting. Seems like anything worth doing isn't cheap these days.
capt. mike - 8-20-2008 at 06:50 AM
ya got that right Bucky.
for $450 a month flat rate plus gas when you go i'd call that a bargain. And only $300 a month if you put in $10K up front.
owing a boat solo like any of those in his fleet would be a min $1000 - $2000 A MONTH before you got to some of the incidentals
capital cost of boat (purchase and/or interest lease), insurance, storage, cleaning and maintenance, staging in and out, ............wow.
fishbuck - 8-20-2008 at 08:30 AM
I wish he had a few planes parked at Orange County or Long Beach.
I get promos from Cirrus and some other. The buy in is very expensive. But what a sweet machine.
I'll be lucky if I can buy myself an old Piper 140. Still better than driving. An cheap to operate(relatively).
capt. mike - 8-20-2008 at 10:34 AM
look for a mid 60's vintage cherokee 180. cheap to buy, maintain, fly and insure. reasonably fast. flew one around baja for 5 years early 80s. great
memories. perfect for 2 but 2 couples can ride pretty comfortable too.
get a 1/2 partner - less than any SUV