you'd need for more than a couple of grand to buy a boat
you'd be horrified at how expensive they are. particularly one which you could use to sail to the bahamas.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:39, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Yep
I rather use trains/buses/planes (in that order)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

oh I love the sea
it's just beautiful. Trains are always late and sweaty people always smear themselves on me.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Not all trains are bad, long distance trains are very cool
And I love the sea, but I get sick, so no.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:52, Reply)

That's true, I get on a Virgin train for about 10 minutes of my journey and it's always really nice
it's the Northwest trains that are horrible. They still have those bench seats that cram 3 people on one side and 2 on the other and the whole train shakes and screeches its way down the line. And it's usually late.

Trains in Europe seem to be brilliant though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I know!
Trains going to the North (appart from Edinbrugh or Glasgow) are always awful.

I've taken long distance trains in different parts of Europe and they're always great. In Belgium, the first time, we spend 10 min trying to find the 2nd class and so surprised that the 1st class had so many coaches, until someone pointed that we were already in the 2nd class.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)

I meant plus the boat. The £2k was for spending
My dad was in the navy and currently owns three boats. I know how much boats cost.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)

the being in the navy bit is a bit superfluous really ;-)
if I were sailing across any significant amount of water I'd be doing it on something like this
www.ukhalsey.com/newsletter/aug05/OysterCloseUp.jpg

which costs more than my house
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:45, Reply)

I would want a little boat that I can fix up rather than a sexy modern boat
This is the blog I've been reading,
chadlawie.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

he bought a rare boat that was all rotten and gross and did it up, which is pretty cool. Makes it all the more satisfying to sail.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

that's what my dad does
his last one was an 80 year old wooden racing yacht, the latest is approaching that age but has a cabin and stuff.

nice boats, but I wouldn't trust them to get me very far in a storm.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:52, Reply)

That does concern me a bit
I'd need a satellite phone so I could call my dad when it starts taking on water. Last time I went down to see my parents we went out on their narrow boat and Wiggy really enjoyed driving it so hopefully he's developing the sea spirit. They've also got a dutch barge in France but they're selling it which is a real shame, I really wanted to go out on it one last time. They also have a canoe, but it was waterlogged last time I visited so I didn't fancy it. My dad was talking about getting a catamaran and mooring it outside Australia if and when I emigrate.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

getting a catamaran near Australia sounds like an awesome plan
some friends of mine down near Plymouth have a cat which I want to go out on. The mrs isn't a sea-goer though, she got a little queasy on the car ferry to the Hebrides and that was almost as flat as it gets...

the friends I mention used to crew one of the boats I linked to earlier for a millionaire banker guy. Based in Antigua, they would bum about for most of the time, and when the banker came out they'd sail him and his family where he wanted to go.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:09, Reply)

best job ever.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:32, Reply)

it was pretty good
they went a bit mental though after a while. one of them quite literally, so they came back to blighty and got proper jobs.

they are now married as well which is nice. I feel I should point out that they are a bloke and a girl.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:55, Reply)

I don't assume all sailors are gay
if that were the case, I probably wouldn't be here.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 12:01, Reply)