Today I’m going big… much bigger than the random assortment of cars and trucks I posted in this series. I want a boat, but I want to find a boat big enough that I could live on it. That sounds expensive, and it is but relative to the cost of a house or condo (especially where I live now), it’s dirt cheap.
At least, the initial purchase price isn’t terrible.
I have found a 72-foot tug boat that would allow me to live out my ocean-going fantasies but also provide me a place to live (and live comfortably) while I’m tied to a dock. You might expect some insane number for a boat like this, but what if I told you the asking price was just under $140,000?
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Just look at that library/office room! Yes, I’d replace the terrier pillow (with a dachshund pillow), but the rest is pretty damn near perfect. This ocean-ready tug is being offered up with all of its existing furniture (minus personal stuff like photos and the aforementioned terrier pillow, I assume). It’s a turn-key setup, and it’s packing ocean-going power.
Under the hood In the engine room, sits a Detroit 8V92 Diesel engine, which most likely produces around 1,200 pound-feet of torque at 1,300 rpm. That’s enough to move the seven foot propeller and get the tug going at its seven knot cruising speed. Fast? No, but efficient and it gives you a cruising range of over 8,000 miles. It has a massive steel hull, 50-ton deck winches, and three staterooms with full air conditioning.
I want this boat to be my home.
Yes, it will cost about $27,000 each time I need to fill it up. I’m still figuring out how I’d make that work. For right now though, I’m firmly planted in Fantasy Land and this is both my new chariot and my new palace.
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Now sound off with your own Fantasy Finds for this Friday in the comments below.