So you win the lottery what do you add to your fleet

I can't say I'd get a new boat. I just got a Back Cove 37 and it's pretty much the max I can fit in my slip. Other than the owner's slip it's the biggest one at my boat yard.

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That said, I might just buy the boat yard and improve / expand it to get a bigger slip. It would be awesome to move to a spot on the water where I could keep the boat. But there really aren't any in my town and I don't feel like moving until my kids are out of school.

I think I'd find a little sailboat for my wife though.

I would certainly do some things to ensure my extended family is comfortable and secure in their retirements.
 
My problem is the boat I want isn't being made. If I won the lottery I would buy a 260 Sundancer with a 300 hp Mercury outboard (if Sea Ray made one). Thankfully it's not a problem until I win. :)
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View attachment 97572 Easy decision....There is a such a thing as too big a boat for lk st clair but this one would be absolutely perfect and imo one of the nicest boats searay has ever built, this one in particular. I’ll drive a duffle bag full of cash out there next week when i win tonight. :)

Great plan :) I might be biased.
 
I've alway liked the idea of buying a vintage 50-60 ft Hatteras Motoryacht, gutting it and doing a complete custom renovation. But if the lottery check was big enough, I would probably buy a Marina
 
Yeah I have been researching and looking. Figuring something like a Cessna 182. Been researching costs/hour for flight time and the fixed costs. Problem is at 52 not sure I m not sure I want to spend that much. Also considered just renting a plane when I want to fly somewhere. Not feasible to go on a weekend jaunt when you are paying by the hour but nice short day trips would be nice. Will see how things go and make a decision later.
I've been in aviation owning a few FBOs since 1982 and lost count of the number of airplanes I owned, they were mostly rentals for the flight schools but I owned several personal aircraft as well from Super Cub to Turbo Arrow. My last plane was a Maule M5. I sold it after I left the business end and went into teaching as I just did not have a mission for the plane anymore and even though I had a free place to store it, I just could not justify the cost of ownership for something I just don't use much. Renting sucks but unless you truly have a passion for owning along with a mission for the plane, save yourself the grief. I've seen a few really successful partnerships work out, share expense and have someone to go fly with. It is way different than a partnership in a boat, for very obvious reasons. Blue Skies
Oh and my dream boat would be a 65 Tollycraft, I'd have the money to pay someone to keep it perfect. There is one in our marina, the owner lives aboard and it stays literally museum perfect. It is his full time job and he is the happiest guy I think I have ever met.
 
I've been in aviation owning a few FBOs since 1982 and lost count of the number of airplanes I owned, they were mostly rentals for the flight schools but I owned several personal aircraft as well from Super Cub to Turbo Arrow. My last plane was a Maule M5. I sold it after I left the business end and went into teaching as I just did not have a mission for the plane anymore and even though I had a free place to store it, I just could not justify the cost of ownership for something I just don't use much. Renting sucks but unless you truly have a passion for owning along with a mission for the plane, save yourself the grief. I've seen a few really successful partnerships work out, share expense and have someone to go fly with. It is way different than a partnership in a boat, for very obvious reasons. Blue Skies
Oh and my dream boat would be a 65 Tollycraft, I'd have the money to pay someone to keep it perfect. There is one in our marina, the owner lives aboard and it stays literally museum perfect. It is his full time job and he is the happiest guy I think I have ever met.
there is a Tollycraft where i dock at. my guess 50-55', not well kept but was know doubt a Caddilac
in its day. I look for the guy to sell it, he's getting up there.
Boat reminds me of big trawler with twin power.
 
Ok with all this lottery talk what "Yacht" would you buy and why. Rermember you have to be able to keep it so those 200 footers costing millions a year just don't make sense. What is your dream boat?

Too many dreams!

I would want something I could handle with myself and my wife, so likely under 60 feet as I think I've read insurance gets weird over that size if you don't have some kind of official certifications.

Lately I've been quite taken with the Maritimo M55. I like the enclosed flybridge and keeping the helm on the flybridge makes the boat a lot roomier than its OAL would indicate. If long-range live-aboard appealed to me, maybe a Marlow Explorer 58E, but honestly I'd have trouble choosing between Fleming and Grand Banks in very similar boats.

I've always liked the Hinckley jet boats, if $xxx millions really came my way, I could see keeping a Picnic Boat or T43 for day boating in addition to my long range cruiser.

A wilder idea is getting a Linssen Grand Sturdy 500 and spend a few years bumming around Europe. I think this boat has a low enough air draft (by design) to manage all the bridges on the French canal system to allow passage from Amsterdam to the Mediterranean. But it's big enough to probably do coastal duty and get you to the UK, Norway, or Spain and Portugal.
 
1st give a % to a charity , 2nd invest, 3rd set up family for retirements.

If I stayed on the same lake I would get three slips all in a row. 1st slip with a 80ft house boat- 2nd slip would have a Formula 40 SS with diesels, a nice wake board/Surf boat, and waverunners and maybe a nice center console with triples or Quads, 3rd slip would be built out with a out door kitchen and bar and then room for friends to slip there boats when they come by.
Our slips are 75 ft x 22
Oh and Someone to wash all that weekly.

Or put boats at:
Lake Powell, Lake of the Ozark's, NW , Cabo and Florida or Bahamas.

https://www.bravadayachts.com/atlas-v-series-page

https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2008-formula-400-ss-7585040/

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We met a couple this summer who had essentially won the lottery after selling their very successful business in Oklahoma. With their newfound wealth they bought a winery in northern California, a house in Newport Beach and they went to Italy to take delivery on 70’ yacht. They both obtained their captains license before going overseas. They spent several months on their new boat with an Italian captain and crew exploring the Mediterranean. Then they had it placed on one of those yacht specific transport ships where it was delivered to the west coast. We got the full tour and I must say the yacht is incredible. I think I might do the same if I somehow won, but the problem is I never play. o_O
 
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My problem is the boat I want isn't being made. If I won the lottery I would buy a 260 Sundancer with a 300 hp Mercury outboard (if Sea Ray made one). Thankfully it's not a problem until I win. :)
I got a 250, and for what you win I will have an O/B installed, you pay, I got guys can do! Just checked, Bubba said he can do. And Guido will finance! PM me when you cash that check
 
Keep what I got but add a dedicated maintenance and detail crew.

Reminds me, there's a lotto ticket in my wallet
 
Wow these are some really modest wants !!! this was a threat about mega millions you know like clearing 300 million and making 10 to 15,000,000 a year and interest alone I think with those kind of numbers I would have a fleet of boats one in the Caribbean one state side and the toys in between
I would NEVER own a boat that I can’t take out by myself, hence I stay in the 25 - 27 range. Not depending on other people to use my boat.
 
I've been in aviation owning a few FBOs since 1982 and lost count of the number of airplanes I owned, they were mostly rentals for the flight schools but I owned several personal aircraft as well from Super Cub to Turbo Arrow. My last plane was a Maule M5. I sold it after I left the business end and went into teaching as I just did not have a mission for the plane anymore and even though I had a free place to store it, I just could not justify the cost of ownership for something I just don't use much. Renting sucks but unless you truly have a passion for owning along with a mission for the plane, save yourself the grief. I've seen a few really successful partnerships work out, share expense and have someone to go fly with. It is way different than a partnership in a boat, for very obvious reasons. Blue Skies
Oh and my dream boat would be a 65 Tollycraft, I'd have the money to pay someone to keep it perfect. There is one in our marina, the owner lives aboard and it stays literally museum perfect. It is his full time job and he is the happiest guy I think I have ever met.
OMFG. I want a Pitt s2c so bad. But i not good enuff to fly it. And with all respect, not sure half our fighter pilots are good enuff either. It’s an amazing dangerous plane!!!
 

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