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budget: up to $8000 wants: weekend cruiser/marina cocktail sailboat Great Lakes The boats: 1973 Ericson 29 w/ atomic gas & tiller. deck leak somewhere drips into galley area nice hull with good paint, roller furling. Okay sails. $4000 1985 O'day 26 500 hours on yanmar diesel...

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I will spend next week at Catalina at different locations. First Cat Harbor on Sunday the 22nd, possibly Little Harbor on the 23rd and then Two Harbors for the 24th & 25th, Avalon, (if I can get in) on the 26th and 27th. This is a very loose scheduled but the long and the short of it is that...

In reflecting on last year's boat maintenance costs, and planning a retirement budget, I am wondering how much most of you generally budget/spend (I know there's probably a difference ;) ) on boat maintenance, excluding insurance, moorage fees, fuel and purchase of new sails or engine...