I am new to the world of boating, however, the wife and I are considering selling everything and purchasing a liveaboard. I work as a computer programmer and feel I can do quite a bit of work on board (a working sabbatical if you will). It will probably be about 1-2 years before we could leave. As I have been doing research on the subject for the last 6 months or so, I think I am leaning toward buying a power cat. (My wife and I really like the specifications and look of the Lagoon 43). I have so many questions, I'm not sure where to start, but I can probably boil it down to two main questions. 1) Is the Lagoon 43 or a similar type vessel a good liveaboard vessel for cruising the Southeast US coastline and Caribbean? 2) Does anyone have experience with purchasing a boat for chartering? It seems like if we could do this soon and get a couple of years of others chartering our boat we could generate cash to help pay for it before we leave. For example, one company appears to offer a 77/23 split. A Lagoon 43 appears to charter for anywhere from 6000-8000/wk. I read somewhere that average charter occupancy is 20-22 weeks per year. That seems to come to 6000*20*77%=92400 (low) or 8000*22*77%=135520 (high). It seems the boat could help pay for itself in just a few short years. Is this crazy? Is my math off? I keep asking myself that if this worked, why doesn't everyone do it? Any thoughts are appreciated... Thanks... Greg... ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs