Hydraulicjump
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- La Barka (2015)
After reading David and Maureen's wonderful earlier posts about using Karma as both office and condo in Seattle, I thought I would do the same, but with a twist.
Having a series of late afternoon and early evening business meetings in San Francisco, followed by a morning meeting the next day, I decided to use our R-27 as an office and hotel. For context, those of you who know the Bay Area know two unyielding realities: traffic is awful and the price of a hotel is even more awful.
So instead, I took Tugnacious down to Berkeley (60 miles) on its trailer, launched it at the Berkeley Marina ($15), glided across flat calm glassy waters to South Beach Harbor (next to ATT park, home of THE World Series Champs), paid $35 and set up my office. Walked to all my meetings, got work done in between, spent the night on the boat, went to morning meetings, and motored back across the Bay in perfect weather to my truck. I got there early enough to beat the traffic home. Total fuel used was 10 gallons on the truck and five gallons on the boat, about $60. $20 toll (four axles!). Total direct cost, not counting wear on the truck or boat, $130. One night's hotel in San Francisco, $220. Parking: $30. Tolls $10. Gas $25. Total cost: $285.
That's right, it is half the cost to drive and boat to work than it is to drive and it is 100 times more fun. I may be on to something here. Time to call my CPA.
Jeff Mount
Having a series of late afternoon and early evening business meetings in San Francisco, followed by a morning meeting the next day, I decided to use our R-27 as an office and hotel. For context, those of you who know the Bay Area know two unyielding realities: traffic is awful and the price of a hotel is even more awful.
So instead, I took Tugnacious down to Berkeley (60 miles) on its trailer, launched it at the Berkeley Marina ($15), glided across flat calm glassy waters to South Beach Harbor (next to ATT park, home of THE World Series Champs), paid $35 and set up my office. Walked to all my meetings, got work done in between, spent the night on the boat, went to morning meetings, and motored back across the Bay in perfect weather to my truck. I got there early enough to beat the traffic home. Total fuel used was 10 gallons on the truck and five gallons on the boat, about $60. $20 toll (four axles!). Total direct cost, not counting wear on the truck or boat, $130. One night's hotel in San Francisco, $220. Parking: $30. Tolls $10. Gas $25. Total cost: $285.
That's right, it is half the cost to drive and boat to work than it is to drive and it is 100 times more fun. I may be on to something here. Time to call my CPA.
Jeff Mount