RE: See how Hive is changing my life, and my long term plan (2021.10.26)

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Hey you!! @xplosive Thanks for the mention, although you give me more credit than I deserve. It has been a real pleasure to watch you blossom into such a kind and gentle soul. I know you are nice, but, life is being a bit kinder to you and you actually have a reason to smile.

People love seeing people thrive and do well. I know I do. It is always fun to find different ways to do it, but, outright donating works too. :)

It would be nice to sail around, but, being you will be waiting a few years, and I probably would as everything like boats, Recreational Vehicles, and the like are expensive right now with travel very limited. When the pandemic goes to sleep, they will be flooding the market and the prices will be cheaper than now. I would watch for that time. You can look now, but, you will more than likely get a newer one or a better one that will be affordable by waiting. I am waiting on a Recreational Vehicle.

I was raised on the Atlantic Ocean and my brother lived on a boat for a few years. Wooden boats require more maintenance, especially painting every year, the underside, plus if the boat is older, wood rot. My brother swore that 500 hours on a boat was perfect, even 700 if it was maintained. Sails get damaged. $$$

Fiberglass also needs care, waxing every year or Awlgrip three to five years. I would have to look that one up.

There is so much to learn, but, the journey to learning will be fun! I am wishing you luck and left you a little something in your wallet.

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over 2 years ago

It has been a real pleasure to watch you blossom into such a kind and gentle soul. I know you are nice, but, life is being a bit kinder to you and you actually have a reason to smile.

Thank you. This is real kind. Feels very good.

Recreational Vehicles, and the like are expensive right now with travel very limited. When the pandemic goes to sleep, they will be flooding the market and the prices will be cheaper than now. I would watch for that time. You can look now, but, you will more than likely get a newer one or a better one that will be affordable by waiting. I am waiting on a Recreational Vehicle.

I have to wait either way, because I cannot afford to buy one right now. Maybe I will really get one for €500 EUR a few years later, as one sailor person wrote to me in an e-mail.

I was raised on the Atlantic Ocean and my brother lived on a boat for a few years.

This is awesome. Hopefully I will do something similar in the upcoming years.

My brother swore that 500 hours on a boat was perfect, even 700 if it was maintained. Sails get damaged. $$$

Good to read some personal experience. Thank you. Is this for a wooden boat? 700 hours is almost one month. So basically it needs some kind of maintenance more than one time every month?

Fiberglass also needs care, waxing every year or Awlgrip three to five years. I would have to look that one up.

Thank you. I searched for this, and I found out that the waxing (in general) costs something from $8 USD to $40 USD per foot. The smaller the boat, the smaller the price. This price information is from 2019, so it may have changed since then.

If I count with a 15 foot sailboat and $40 USD per feet price, then that would be $600 USD. My current annual rent is approximately $2096 USD, so this is much more cheaper than my current rent, but of course it is also depending on the fact that whether the sailboat needs other kinds of maintenance or repairing or not.