Finding shangri-la: How about a Boat?

Now that we have a plan on how to make money, we'll need a boat. But what kind of boat? I didn't realize just how many types of boats there are out there. There are fishing boats and speed boats, sailing boats and pontoon boats. Boats for sleeping in and boats for skiing behind. There are catamarans, house boats, jet boats, row boats and yachts. If you can dream it up there's a boat for it. Our dream boat needed to be big enough that we could comfortably carry multiple passengers at once plus we needed a platform on it where people would easily be able to get into the water. After sifting though tons of images online I've narrowed it down to two. A yacht or a catamaran.

A yacht has plenty of room for passengers and a lot of yachts have observation decks up top. That would give a nice spot for people to look out over the Caribbean and possibly see some fish during the ride to our snorkeling destination. Yachts also have sleeping quarters which will come in handy seeing as how we'll have to put all of the money we have into buying the boat and won't be able to actually purchase land. Instead of waking up each morning and walking down the beach to the water with my cup of coffee I guess I will be dipping my toes in the water from the back of the boat. It's a compromise but not a bad one. I do worry a little bit about not actually having land under my feet to call home. It would be temporary though and once the business starts making money we could hopefully be able to buy a piece of land.

Catamarans can be either sail powered or motor powered. We don't know how to sail so for us a motor powered one would be the best bet. They have very large decks and sleeping cabins. The draw back in a catamaran is getting the people into the water. Most of them I've looked at don't have swim platforms. I found some where people have put custom platforms on theirs and we could do the same with ours. I don't want people struggling when they try to get into the water, I want their experience to be an enjoyable one from the time they board the boat until the time they set foot back on land.
Another thing to consider is where would we dock the boat? Our customers have to be able to board the boat somewhere! We would need a permanent location that was easy to find. Once we have our own property and dock it won't be a problem but until then we will have to look into renting a slip somewhere.
Did you know there are websites out there giving away free boats? Most of the boats are from people who either don't have the time or don't have the money to restore them. They want them to go to a good home where someone will take good care of them. In most cases you need to be able to come pick them up It's almost like a boat adoption.
If you can't find the boat your looking for on www.free-boat.com here's one that might interest you.

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