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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

They're not that expensive, at least not up-front. A guy I know bought a sailboat for a few thousand dollars, but the catch was that it was almost 50 years old and needed a lot of repairs. He saved money by doing the repairs himself, but the $400 per month slip fee was still too much for him eventually and he sold the boat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

My friend bought a single mast boat for £50 off a guy at his local. The dude had bought another bigger boat and just wanted away with the smaller one.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You got the right idea I think. The boats are all smooshed together in a Marina so it's natural for people to overestimate the number of boats relative to the number of people. There are way way way more people then there are boats. Honestly that's the appeal of boats, the ability to go somewhere there aren't a lot of people because most people don't own boats.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

For similar reasons, I would like to build a house in the form of a 300' tall wizard tower in a random suburban neighborhood. But those bastards down at the planning division won't approve my plans!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago

Dude, you want to get together? I've been planning my wizard tower for years. All I want is a parapet around the top with a telescope out there. The best part is that finding an area with low/no light pollution means there won't be dang pesky jerks that want to keep a certain look to the neighborhood.

[–] WhatYouNeed 2 points 2 hours ago

Burn all the grass around the tower, and have bands of roving dogs running wild around it.