so 1 of my dreams was to live on a house boat
problem is I have never even been in a boat
and I dont even realy live by much water (except the illinois river)

here are some questions:
are there schools to learn how to drive boats?

or is that something thats just passed down by sailors or self taught?

is there rent on a house boat? (ya im seriously asking that lol)

is it true there is no laws in the middle of the ocean?

are house boats just as expensive as a real house?
whats an average price?

lets say I have a house boat on the ocean
can I just go any where or stop any where to sleep
or do I have to dock at certain times

are yacht’s the technical term for house boat? or are they something completely diffrent

sorry for all the questions
I have no experiance with boats
I just always thought it would be fun living on a house boat

pretty much any info on houseboats or the life style would be cool

This is just the beginning or the Rising Action I want peoples’ opinions before continuing

Cruise Ship Fun

“Kids come down here, family meeting” Mrs. Fargo shouted. Jennifer, Tom, and Zayda walked down the stairs and into the dining room. “everyone have a seat, we each have 1 week off so it’s time to vote on a vacation” Mr. Fargo said. “you have the choice of a 4 day trip to Australia or a 7 day cruise to Mexico” Mrs. Fargo announced. “cruise” Tom shouted excitedly. “trip to Mexico al right, cruise” Zayda said. “Boat” jennifer said pointing to Uncle Hatchers Yacht. “well it’s 3 to 2 so we’re forced 2, lets take the cruise” Mrs. Fargo said.
Saturday morning the family arrives to the airport. “you excited?” Mrs. Fargo said while going through the security checkpoint. “yea” Mr. Fargo said lugging all the suitcases. after the security checkpoint and breakfast the family arrived at gate 7A. “Attention Ladies and gentlemen we will now begin boarding all our first class passengers. on flight 607 nonstop to Los Angeles at gate 7A” the boarding lady announced. “daddy the lady said we need to board” Jennifer said. “I know sweetheart lets go” Mr. Fargo said. the family board their flight and land safely in Los Angeles. Saturday night they stay in a hotel and get a cab to the Port of Long Beach
At 11AM the Fargos are in line to get their cabin keys. “mom I’m tired” Tom said. after getting their cards they go up the escalator and step on the gangway. “ship!!” Jennifer yelled pointing to the huge cruise ship docked in front of them. “look at this view” Zayda yelled. once they board they got to eat lunch then to their cabin. “okay Zayda since you’re 14 you go to Circle C get the paperwork then explore the ship, Tom since you’re 16 you go to O2, take this sticker, both of you be back at 3:45” Mrs. Fargo commanded. “what about me daddy?” Jennifer asks.
“you go to Camp Carnival, we’re going to take you there” Mr. Fargo said. at 3:45 everyone returned to then cabin and sat down. “okay we’re going to the Normandie to eat at 6:00 so…” Mrs. Fargo was interrupted by a doorbell type chime. “we have a doorbell?” Tom asked. “attention all passengers I am captain Galotto we will be having a mandatory muster station drill, once you hear the emergency alarm grab your life jackets and without putting them on head ti your muster station indicated on the back of your cabin door, this drill is mandatory” the captain said over the intercom system.
after the drill and dinner the family goes to bed. the next morning at 7:56 AM they are eating on the 7th deck. then a loud bang roars through the ship. then the ship begins to rock back and forth. “what was that?” a woman from the table next to them asks. “man overboard” a faint voice shouted. tension growing by the second 45 seconds pass, the sea is calm, the room is quiet. all of a sudden a second bang even louder, the rocking is so hard plates fall off tables and people are thrown to the glass walls. then the room is again quiet, everyone anxious.

I didn’t see it and given what it said on the back of the movie cover, I didn’t want to. On the back, it said that all the kids there out in the ocean in their yacht all took a swim and none could get up because someone forgot about the ladder. There was no way for them to get up.

Are they gonna design yachts with some kind of escape hatch so that in case they forget the ladder to get back up, they’ve got a plan B to get back in. And then they get eaten up by sharks. The thought of seeing it was too depressing. And it was based on a true story. I know motor boats don’t have that problem, but I see big yachts are different.

my family has always owned at least 1 boat and this year we bought a new yacht and i really like it… I wanted to throw my B-day party on it but my BF get sea sick…what should I do should I still have the party or should I find something else to do or should I go ahead w/ the party and do something else with him another time?

So my folks are looking to retire (rather nicely i might add) and might just sell their house, nearly everything in it, and buy a nice 60 footer yacht and just live the rest of their lives on it.

I’m trying to help them out and i’m wondering, what’s the standard upkeep for one of those things? I mean it’s gotta cost something with gas, repairs, oiling or something, etc. I’m not all that fluent with boats and sailing so i’m trying to find someone with a good estimate.

(For gas, let’s say they travel 100 miles a month on average?)

Thanks!

I’m just curious about the costs of owning a big boat. Like if I were to live on one. Sounds crazy I know, but what would the costs be of living on a powered yacht over a sailboat? I would rather be on the ocean, so would there be more cost cause of the salt water. I would like to be able to travel places like go to Europe or something crazy, is there a minimum size I should get? Is there a someway I could get a motorcycle on one? Any other things you could think of that would be helpful would be great? This is only out of curiousity, I’m way too poor to do it now. Someday.

Her small business was fined $6.8 million dollars and she has to serve 3 months in prison and then home confinement.

A family owned commercial fishing business in Virginia and two of its owners paid $6.8 million in fines and forfeitures after pleading guilty to hiring 126 illegal aliens to work on their boats.

The charge is a misdemeanor and federal prosecutors had recommended home confinement in addition to the monetary penalties, but U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson sentenced Yvonne Michelle Peabody, the company’s vice president, to three months in prison.

At the sentencing hearing last month, the judge said he was making an example out of Peabody, who had served on the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council’s law enforcement subcommittee at the same time illegal aliens had been working on the family’s eight scallop boats.

She paid a $50,000 fine and will also spend an additional four months on home confinement after her release. Her father, William Peabody, will serve five months of home confinement and paid $100,000 in fines.

Hiring undocumented workers or foreign crew already in the United States on a B1/B2 visa who are or were employed by another megayacht at the time of their entry is prevalent in the yachting community. The prosecution of the Peabodys is a reminder that when federal authorities choose to enforce the law, the penalties can be stiff.

John E. Holloway, the Peabodys’ attorney, had argued in court that the “government took a permissive approach to the presence of illegal aliens on commercial fishing vessels.”

The IRS mailed notifications that some of the alien registration numbers or social security numbers workers had provided the Peabodys could be fakes. Also, U.S. Coast Guard officials boarded the Peabodys’ boats at least 13 times from 2003 to 2007 and issued only warnings when illegal aliens were found aboard.

Miami attorney Michael T. Moore said he hasn’t seen this severe of a punishment in a case like this before.

“Illegal aliens are under the screen and that is very, very frustrating for the Department of Homeland Security,” Moore said. “The fundamental confusion that most people make is they get lost in the weeds over the flag, but you never can violate the immigration laws of the United States no matter the flag.”

The yachting community is as vulnerable to the same kind of prosecution in the event the U.S. government decided to enforce the immigration laws, Moore said. But he also cautioned against drawing too many parallels to the Peabody case for a few reasons, chiefly because of how the Peabodys caught the attention of law enforcement.

Prosecutors became interested in the Peabodys only after Yvonne Peabody’s boyfriend, a chief petty officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, got into trouble at work for e-mailing her confidential Coast Guard information.

According to court documents, in 2004 Yvonne Peabody asked boyfriend Morris Wade Hughes to send her a Coast Guard picture showing areas closed to commercial fishing. Hughes then accessed a government database, downloaded the picture and sent it to her.

The picture was not classified information, but Hughes’ superiors were not happy when they found out about it. They launched an investigation into Hughes that uncovered the illegal aliens working for the Peabodys.

In December, Hughes was indicted on seven charges, including unlawful access to a government computer, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and unlawful disclosure of confidential information. At his February trial, prosecutors called to the stand Yvonne Peabody to testify against Hughes, who had also been charged with sending her information about the investigation into her family’s business.

The Peabodys cooperated with prosecutors and worked out a plea deal, agreeing to the hefty fines and forfeitures.

A jury convicted Hughes of three misdemeanors for passing along confidential information to Yvonne Peabody. But he was acquitted of the more serious conspiracy charge, which was a felony. He is scheduled to be sentenced later this year.

Moore also said Newport News, Va., where the Peabodys’ business was based, is a tougher port because of its proximity to the U.S. Navy base in Norfolk.

“When we have yachts going to Newport News, we ask them: ‘Do you have to go there?’” Moore said. “We’ve had too many troubles there. I have spoken to no less than then the head guy at Homeland Security, and at that location, they are taking no prisoners.”
http://www.the-triton.com/megayachtnews/index.php?news=2504

I need to book a yacht for a party. Is this one nice or should i find another:

http://www.hornbloweryachts.com/uploadedImages/Global_Content/Fleet/GLA_Boats/Zumbrota/zumbrota-bow.jpg

http://www.hornbloweryachts.com/uploadedImages/Global_Content/Fleet/GLA_Boats/Zumbrota/Zumbrota-Int.jpg

http://www.hornbloweryachts.com/uploadedImages/Global_Content/Fleet/GLA_Boats/Zumbrota/Zumbrota-Int2.jpg

its 103 ft long, and has a downstairs thats not in the pictures. they make it look a lot nicer for the party.
there would be a dj and dance floor on the bottom

What is the career outlook for a yacht broker?

Is it similar to a Real Estate Agent?

Is it a tough market right now for yachts due to a slower economy, and people don’t have the dispensable income that they had years ago? Or do only people that have the money, spend the money on expensive yachts?

I was offered a position as an entry level yacht broker for a yacht brokerage firm in south Florida. They pay for my licensing, and for me to become bonded. The commission split is 50/50. The only thing I have to invest in is my time and effort. The sacrifice is that I won’t have a weekly salary, no benefits, and only get paid straight commission. It is more of a business opportunity. The commission collected on a sale of yacht is 10%. That 10% is split in half for the brokerage firm, and me. For instance, if I sold a boat for $50,000 the commission earned would be $5,000. The firm would get $2,500, and I would get the remaining $2,500.

In your opinion, do you think yachts are a hard sell, or is there still a market for them despite the economy in South Florida?

Hi, I am interested in living on a boat and am interested in a tiara yachts 3500 sovran. Could you please tell me if you think this would work and if this is a good boat.
do u have any ideas of what would be a good boat for this thanks