Have any of you gents ever lived on a boat?

My Uncle spent years living on his catamaran. Do it.

You and the wife will likely be ready once the next house id built, but in the meantime, I see no downside. 

I like where this is going.   Many of the basics have been covered, the on property dock with shore power and water is huge.  With something this size I’d recommend a survey before purchase including a sea trial.  A lot of boats from the age that I’m guessing the Hatteras is used marinized Detroit Diesels for the main engines.  While eleventy billion of them were made they’re getting pretty long in the tooth now and I’m not sure what’s available for parts.  A repower would be a massive investment, what’s there needs to be operational and maintainable. 

If you both work outside the house, realistically you're just sleeping there, and some TV, etc. if you're there 24/7 it could get old quick, but thinking of it like an extended camping trip for the benefit of building a new place, I'd go for it. 

Am I understanding correctly that you are parking this thing at your dock on your property with functioning septic tanks on your property? Could you build a bathroom really close to your septic tank for #2's? I'm sure you could park the Sammy right next to the dock for quick offroad transportation for when it's an emergency. 

...or rent a Porta-Potty, have it dropped on the lawn near the dock, and let The Pros deal with your E36 M3 once a week. 

They'll probably even clean your bathroom and give you free hand sanitizer. 

I wouldn't want to even be a fly on the wall when pooping in a portapotty for two years is proposed to his wife. 

11GTCS said:

I like where this is going.   Many of the basics have been covered, the on property dock with shore power and water is huge.  With something this size I’d recommend a survey before purchase including a sea trial.  A lot of boats from the age that I’m guessing the Hatteras is used marinized Detroit Diesels for the main engines.  While eleventy billion of them were made they’re getting pretty long in the tooth now and I’m not sure what’s available for parts.  A repower would be a massive investment, what’s there needs to be operational and maintainable. 

I question if a Re power would even be a consideration.  My cruiser is 43 years old and if it had an hour meter on the original engine I'd be extremely surprised if it had 500 on it.   The pontoon which is the boat most in use now  has 66.6 hours on it in 6 years.   
  The pontoon is right at the dock  at the front of my property.   So a two minute walk, toss off the lines and I'm boating. 
  My point is, boats rarely get high mileage on them.   Around the world  is only 25,000 miles.  In my whole life I doubt I've seen or been on a boat with 100,000 miles.  
 Detroit diesels are known for longevity. 

In reply to frenchyd :

My parents put 30k miles on their last boat. That's about 4000 hours. I've put 10 on the Shamrock in the last month. Not everyone sits at the dock. 

One engine in the Hatteras has a recent overhaul. Parts for a 8v71 are still around.

I've always maintained that if I ever were to find myself single, I'd live on a boat. I'll be reading along. 

barefootcyborg5000 said:

I've always maintained that if I ever were to find myself single, I'd live on a boat. 

In the movie Absence of Malice Paul Newman had a sweet boat. Rum Runner. 

And a hot smoking brunette.......

Add these to your plans.

In typical FB marketplace fashion, messages to the owner of the Hatteras have gone ignored. He has seen them, but no response. 

In reply to Toyman! :

Does he have the boat listed with a brokerage anywhere?  Its rare for a boat this size to be sold solely by-owner.  Have you searched for the boat on Yachtworld.com

In reply to Toyman! :

That's around the world distance!   I'll bet there are some WW2 Battleships that don't have that sort of mileage. 

In reply to John Welsh :

Yachtworld was my second stop. 

I'll keep looking. 

Certainly not an expert here, but as an aspiring great looper some day, I have been researching larger boats.  It appears finding insurance currently for larger boats has become challenging.  Evidently, aggregate claims for boats have been rising and insurers are far more selective based on the boat's location, intended use, boat's age, and the prospective owner.   The insurance company will want to see your boating experience and limit the size of the boat they will insure to only 10 to 15 feet or so larger than the largest boat you have previously owned. 

I have seen quite a few reports where brokers are having significant issues closing deals because qualified buyers are unable to obtain insurance.  I have also seen instances where current boat owners have sold their current insured boat, to immediately fund the purchase of a similar boat, only to be denied insurance on their next boat.  Brokers were recommending not to sell your current boat until the deal closed on the next boat.  Having been insured before on a similar boat does not guarantee you will find insurance on another.  Just something else to consider.