So here I am updating the "For Sale" notices I have posted around on the various sailing and cruising websites and a thought hit me: Why not rent THIRD DAY rather than sell her? Oh I know...there are boat insurance issues with renting and I've already called my insurance company to have them give me a price quote (and they didn't laugh me off the phone).
The questions then become:
Is there someone out there that would want to rent a fully outfitted cruising boat for a month or for the summer in the Sea of Cortez during the prime cruising season?
Is there someone out there looking for a summer vacation of their lives?
Is there someone out there that wants to try out the "cruising lifestyle" without having to buy and ready a boat?
My gut tells me that there is and that I could be better off financially in renting THIRD DAY rather than selling her. [Important note: this is my gut talking here and it has not been calibrated by the all so important Admiral yet]
This type of thinking outside the box either makes you a genius if it works out or gets you committed to a nut house and since many of our friends are checking into vacancies at many of the leading mental health facilities for me after our bigger boat buy, why not give them the evidence to go all the way!
So if you are interested, shoot me an email at svthirdday@yahoo.com, let's talk!
What about the group purchasing the boat. Say a purchase price of $40K with 200 members contributing, the cost would be minimal (think timeshare). We could then have the boat available, maybe moved to SF, and managed by someone or some group. If a reservations type schedule could be created and annual maintenance fee assess... sounds interesting.