YeOldeStonecat
Active Member
- Jun 10, 2018
- 332
- Boat Info
- '97 300 DA "Me-Shell"
- Engines
- Twin 5.7 V-Drive
So we've been getting serious about shopping and owning a condo down around Anna Maria Island, Perico Island, possibly Englewood/Cape Haze area, hopefully by end of the summer. After working on our boat yesterday, a dock neighbor of ours got a new 58 footer...my wife was like "it's a floating condo...hey, why not one of these in FL?" He got an older one that he's fixing up. 17' beam, huge space down below, got it for under $200k.
Just a quick tossing around of the idea....but when factoring say...purchasing a condo for ~$250k, plus HOA's averaging around $550 or so....just wondering what picking up a big old 45-50 footer....trawler perhaps...might end up being total cost wise down there. Hard to quick estimate with our experience of northern seasons, we pay about $15k to the marina now for our short season including winter storage.
Guessing insurance is more down there? Longer seasons of course (year round) plus hurricanes.
Anyone else tossed this idea around? We go down around 4 times a year....not "moving" down there full time for another 5 or so...
Just a quick tossing around of the idea....but when factoring say...purchasing a condo for ~$250k, plus HOA's averaging around $550 or so....just wondering what picking up a big old 45-50 footer....trawler perhaps...might end up being total cost wise down there. Hard to quick estimate with our experience of northern seasons, we pay about $15k to the marina now for our short season including winter storage.
Guessing insurance is more down there? Longer seasons of course (year round) plus hurricanes.
Anyone else tossed this idea around? We go down around 4 times a year....not "moving" down there full time for another 5 or so...