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Captain Jim — Thanks for the heads up. Until such time as we're no longer able to actively enjoy all kinds of watersports, we're not about to trade the Caribbean for the chilly Pacific Northwest and Canada. That said, we think a Leopard 45 cat would make a great sailboat/powerboat/home in the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska. As we've mentioned many times before, because they are so spacious and economical, sailing cats make great motoryachts, too. Just so nobody gets the wrong idea about return on investment on boats in yacht management programs, the common 70/30 split between the boatowner and yacht management company is after all expenses. And the expenses can be considerable, particularly if the all-important maintenance is as good as it should be. ⇑⇓IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CASH FLOW Since 'ti Profligate is paid for, I suggest that you keep her, pay someone you trust to store and maintain her, and do some charters — lesbians, drone operators, photographers, whatever — to keep the cash flow from going (too far) negative. That's what my wife and I do with an asset in Europe and one in Palm Springs. It works well. We even have a slight positive cash flow. Rod Sherwin Planet Earth Rod — Yours is our default strategy, mostly because it's the least complicated and involves the least asset churning. ⇑⇓TOY OR TOOL? Option #5 works fine for me. By the way, I'd sign up for the 'lesbian charter', as I must be one, since I'm only attracted to women. Could you provide some details on the Latitude drone(s)? Most of the ones I've looked at are cheap, low-run-time toys, that fly for only five minutes before requiring 30 minutes to recharge. Camera capabilities are important as well. I seem to recall your noting the use of an attached GoPro. Kerry Kalarney Green Place Ranch Olathe, Colorado
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Kerry — It's just a wild guess on our part, but lesbians may have heard variations of the 'I must be a lesbian, too' joke from guys too many times to think it's still funny. Not that they probably ever did. With regard to drones, we've only used DJIs, and are up to what must be the third generation. It was the original model that ran for only five minutes before the battery drained. Subsequent models have batteries that supposedly are good for 25 minutes, but we don't like to fly ours with less than 50% battery power. There have been many other excellent improvements with each generation. Our first four DJI drones were all connected Try to get a photo like this, of 'Profligate' to GoPro Hero 3 cameras. on the hook at Yelapa, without a drone. Our most recent DJI — a Vision 2+ — has a proprietary camera that gives you firstperson view (FPV) using a smartphone or iPad. Apparently the twice-as-expensive GoPro version takes a little bit better video