Mark Van Abbema is selling his Mark V 39 that he has cruised and lived aboard for 6 years. Looks to be an issue with not sinking the boat :-)

Living aboard interferes with my cumpulsive book hoarding habits, I am afraid that I will sink the boat if I get any more books. read more »

I don't put a lot of "for sale" stuff on here, but I thought this one was worth an exception. We covered Warren and Robin's Great Loop cruise log a few weeks back. They have been underway for three months or so and have decided to sell their boat. No, they aren't giving up already, rather they like it so much, they want a bigger boat.

Several factors make this really interesting to me: read more »

Not that I'm buying (or building) anything like that, but they're just pretty :-)

Gizmodo (a very popular tech blog) points out this "special deal". Sam's Club (a wholesale, discount bulk supply type place which is owned by Wal-Mart) is offering the boat and a lifetime membership to Sam's Club as a package deal.

The boat is $495,000 and prequalification begins today.

Although a bit humorous (this isn't the kind of thing you would normally run to Sam's Club for), it looks like a rather nice boat. More pictures and a full description are available at the link.

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Normally not looking to post for sale ads here, but if I find something especially interesting. This cropped up because of a recent discussion of ferro-cement construction on the BackyardBoatbuilding list. read more »