boat life...i'm curious.... (140)
jeepers: I guess it is just up to the lifestyle you choose. A lot of people here on the island live aboard boats, but it is a lot of work and it isn't always as simple as pulling anchore and sailing off into the sunset.
Quite...I sailed to Ireland and back last year. Not straight forward by any means. In fact the return journey was quite an epic,
scary to say the least.
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jeepers: I know a couple who lived of a sail boat together for about 19 years. This is what I would call the ultimit test of being able to live together and get along, especialy when at sea for months at a time..
It isn't for eveyone.
For me, it seems like too much of an inconvinience if this is your only residence.
It isn't for eveyone.
For me, it seems like too much of an inconvinience if this is your only residence.
Hi Jeepers. Good wishes to you. I like your attitude man.
I had a 31' wooden cruiser, the "Lady Di." Just big enough to live aboard, but I never did. Stayed only on week-ends and overnight trips. Was very nice to have a "room on the water," in downtown Tacoma.
I used to love to sleep on board, even at the marina, tied in the slip. The feel of the gentle rocking, the sea smell, even the sound of the ropes creaking with the rhythm of the water.
Oh, and the sound of a hard rain, pounding on the deck above, while snuggling warm in the roomy forward birth, unforgetable.
The best part for me is the feeling of freedom on the water, to heave anchor and just go, anywhere.
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bodleing: Quite...I sailed to Ireland and back last year. Not straight forward by any means. In fact the return journey was quite an epic,
scary to say the least.
yea, i've been on a pretty hairy sail as well...it can be very scary...we were in a 42 ketch...and when the waves were above the spreaders, that 42 ft boat felt like a canoescary to say the least.
...the boat would "surf" down the waves and CRASH into the next, sending sprey all the way back over me ,while on the helm...when we got back to land, we found out our bow sprit was cracked, from all the slamming...if it would've give way, the standing rigging could've killed one of us....the seas definatly are'nt a playground, that's for sure... 
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AmoroArboles:
The best part for me is the feeling of freedom on the water, to heave anchor and just go, anywhere.
....that's what i'm talking about...The best part for me is the feeling of freedom on the water, to heave anchor and just go, anywhere.
a boat is'nt a cheap venture, by any stretch of the imagination...you can pay as much for a boat as you can a house, in most case, depending on size and make....but with a house, you are where you are, and you'de better like it...
i guess i just have a travel lust...
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jlw45: ....that's what i'm talking about...
a boat is'nt a cheap venture, by any stretch of the imagination...you can pay as much for a boat as you can a house, in most case, depending on size and make....but with a house, you are where you are, and you'de better like it... i guess i just have a travel lust...
a boat is'nt a cheap venture, by any stretch of the imagination...you can pay as much for a boat as you can a house, in most case, depending on size and make....but with a house, you are where you are, and you'de better like it... i guess i just have a travel lust...
It was much more work than owning/operating a classic aerobatic airplane. The expense was similar.
A boat can be legally considered your residence. You do not even have to rent a slip. Anchorage has no fee almost anywhere.
Freedom. Risk.
"He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea." Beautiful Loser, by Bob Seger.
Lots of labor, lots!
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jlw45: how many of you would consider living aboard a sailboat?...if you've had your fill of one place, just pull up anchor and see where the wind blows you... there's alotta romantic ideas, about living on a boat but, ruff weather can be a beeyatch...
well not a sail boat...but a house boat..that I would love to do
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AmoroArboles: It was much more work than owning/operating a classic aerobatic airplane. The expense was similar.
A boat can be legally considered your residence. You do not even have to rent a slip. Anchorage has no fee almost anywhere.
Freedom. Risk.
"He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea." Beautiful Loser, by Bob Seger.
Lots of labor, lots!
yes indeed, alot of labor...but a labor of love...it would have to beA boat can be legally considered your residence. You do not even have to rent a slip. Anchorage has no fee almost anywhere.
Freedom. Risk.
"He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea." Beautiful Loser, by Bob Seger.
Lots of labor, lots!
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jlw45: yea, i've been on a pretty hairy sail as well...it can be very scary...we were in a 42 ketch...and when the waves were above the spreaders, that 42 ft boat felt like a canoe ...the boat would "surf" down the waves and CRASH into the next, sending sprey all the way back over me ,while on the helm...when we got back to land, we found out our bow sprit was cracked, from all the slamming...if it would've give way, the standing rigging could've killed one of us....the seas definatly are'nt a playground, that's for sure...
I use to leap over the wake of a Paddle wheel,
I am not sure I would want to be in the middle of a rolling Ocean...
Wonder how those Vietnamese did it in the eighties when they came over on Rafts
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jlw45: yes indeed, alot of labor...but a labor of love...it would have to be
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onemoretry63: well not a sail boat...but a house boat..that I would love to do
what i'm talking about is, cruising the open waters...island hopping...or possibly taking a shoal draft boat up the amazon river....adventure!!!....you only live once....why not live it to the fullest ??....
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jlw45: what i'm talking about is, cruising the open waters...island hopping...or possibly taking a shoal draft boat up the amazon river....adventure!!!....you only live once....why not live it to the fullest ??....
well i do got my sea legs..when do we start ..
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A converted Dutch Barge.
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onemoretry63: well i do got my sea legs..when do we start ..
as soon as you get a 60 foot cabo rico and pick me up on the dock... 
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Veritaas: A converted Dutch Barge.
i've seen one of those...that's more like a house boat though...they are neat though...
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jlw45: i've seen one of those...that's more like a house boat though...they are neat though...
Yes they are, and very spacious, but if you pick the right sailing boat they are livable. Takes special kind I think and to have an affinity with water to live on one. And sailing aint no easy ride, especially when the elements are against you. So yes I would reside on a boat, as it presents a challenge. Plus the up keep of them can be expensive.
Say for instance if you have a mahogany hull, tis not suited to fresh water, better in salt water when it is moored up for a period of time. Much prefer a wooden hull and deck to fibreglass.
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jlw45: as soon as you get a 60 foot cabo rico and pick me up on the dock...
let me get right on it
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Veritaas: Yes they are, and very spacious, but if you pick the right sailing boat they are livable. Takes special kind I think and to have an affinity with water to live on one. And sailing aint no easy ride, especially when the elements are against you. So yes I would reside on a boat, as it presents a challenge. Plus the up keep of them can be expensive.
Say for instance if you have a mahogany hull, tis not suited to fresh water, better in salt water when it is moored up for a period of time. Much prefer a wooden hull and deck to fibreglass.
as shakespeare said, "ahhh, there's the rub"...Say for instance if you have a mahogany hull, tis not suited to fresh water, better in salt water when it is moored up for a period of time. Much prefer a wooden hull and deck to fibreglass.
...a wooden hull presents itself to limits as well...they are'nt suited to warm waters...fiberglass is the way to go, IF you want to cruise the tropics...and to me, that's what it would be about
wooden boats are very pretty but DAMN, alotta work and upkeep...there's plenty of upkeep with a fiberglass hull...a wooden boat would be a nightmare
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onemoretry63: let me get right on it
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Veritaas: Yes they are, and very spacious, but if you pick the right sailing boat they are livable. Takes special kind I think and to have an affinity with water to live on one. And sailing aint no easy ride, especially when the elements are against you. So yes I would reside on a boat, as it presents a challenge. Plus the up keep of them can be expensive.
Say for instance if you have a mahogany hull, tis not suited to fresh water, better in salt water when it is moored up for a period of time. Much prefer a wooden hull and deck to fibreglass.
oh yea, forgot to say...."there'de be the devil to pay"....do you know where that expression comes from ??...Say for instance if you have a mahogany hull, tis not suited to fresh water, better in salt water when it is moored up for a period of time. Much prefer a wooden hull and deck to fibreglass.
it's a sailing term for wooden boats...to pay is to caulk...the devil is the keel beam....i don't want to do that EVER... ------ This thread is Archived ------
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pulling up anchor can be easy...until it gets stuck...
no, like i said in my opening statement...there's alot more to it than sailing away in sunset....but there's alotta good, AND bad, in just about every endeavor you could imagine....