Hey Everyone,
Good afternoon! As some of you may know, I am currently enrolled at a community college in Tomball to earn a two-year associates degree in business. The reason I've made that decision is simply for the sake of saving money, seeing as I have to pay for college tuition and books myself. After these two years, my plan is to transfer to Texas A&M Corpus Christi; they seem to have the business program that I need, and the campus is beautiful, right on the beachfront. Not too far from the campus is Corpus Christi Marina, which gave me the idea to just sail down to Corpus and live on Valiant, paying 250 bucks monthly rather than paying 1300+ for a dorm or apartment.
Recap on my boat stats:
She is a Catalina 25 tall rig, fixed fin keel, transom-hung rudder. Her draft is about 4'5" when she's loaded down and has a Mercury 8hp outboard with a 6 gallon fuel tank. As of this weekend, we are having the sunbrella on our jib replaced, and having a new custom mains'l made by our local sailmaker, Banks Sails. I am also fixing any electrical issues that we're having (nav lights and breaker panel) and plan to have the hull cleaned and inspected, the running rigging cleaned/replaced, and inspect the standing rigging myself (don't trust anyone else, I have my reasons). What do you think of the idea? Too risky? Any tips or opinions help!
Good afternoon! As some of you may know, I am currently enrolled at a community college in Tomball to earn a two-year associates degree in business. The reason I've made that decision is simply for the sake of saving money, seeing as I have to pay for college tuition and books myself. After these two years, my plan is to transfer to Texas A&M Corpus Christi; they seem to have the business program that I need, and the campus is beautiful, right on the beachfront. Not too far from the campus is Corpus Christi Marina, which gave me the idea to just sail down to Corpus and live on Valiant, paying 250 bucks monthly rather than paying 1300+ for a dorm or apartment.
Recap on my boat stats:
She is a Catalina 25 tall rig, fixed fin keel, transom-hung rudder. Her draft is about 4'5" when she's loaded down and has a Mercury 8hp outboard with a 6 gallon fuel tank. As of this weekend, we are having the sunbrella on our jib replaced, and having a new custom mains'l made by our local sailmaker, Banks Sails. I am also fixing any electrical issues that we're having (nav lights and breaker panel) and plan to have the hull cleaned and inspected, the running rigging cleaned/replaced, and inspect the standing rigging myself (don't trust anyone else, I have my reasons). What do you think of the idea? Too risky? Any tips or opinions help!