Living Aboard a Boat

Here is a blog by a dreamer! It is a cloudy Monday here in Los Angeles and I was thrilled to see something aspirational on this otherwise melancholy morning. Enjoy!

It’s been far too long.

It’s been quite a while since I posted on this blog about my live
aboard dreams. In that time I tried to join the US Coast Guard but was
shot down at the last minute due to past problems of delinquent debt.
Fair enough, it happens I guess. Unfortunately I also lost my place of
residence in the process. I was told I was on my way, so my room mates
had gone ahead and replaced me, which was going to effectively leave me
homeless. Luckily for me fate had other plans. …

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Here is another nicely written article. Be sure to check it out!!!

Richard Switlik has had a floating address for 16 years. His
first residence was a 38-foot Atkins Ingrid double-ender but, when he
met his wife, Mary Ann, in Bermuda, the classic wooden yacht was doomed
in favor of a larger yacht. Before that happened, though, the Switliks
spent 13 months cruising 13,000 miles through the Med and Caribbean on
an extended honeymoon. “One thing I’ve learned over the years,” says
Switlik, “is that as long as you’re traveling on a boat, you can get by
on the next size down. But as soon as you spend dock time on a boat, it
begins to shrink in size”.

The couple now own a 1979 Gulfstar 47 ketch, which Richard calls “the ideal liveaboard boat…

http://www.boats.com/news-reviews/articledetail.html?lid=1185

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i enjoyed reading this article. be sure to check it out!

i’ve been thinking about this “living the adventure” thing, and one must remember that by definition the word means challenge. living aboard is a challenge with facets that i didn’t anticipate. like so many others i wasenthralled by the romance of it all and i couldn’t imagine that there would be hardships.

for anyone who is contemplating living aboard you should know this before you begin, especially if you are older. we take so many things for granted living in our traditional homes; even if they are just smallapartments you will have much more comfort and ease than you will living aboard. one’s ability to adapt to these hardships (if you can even call it that), will be dependent on a number of factors, but don’t take them lightly.

http://loosemoorings.org/2008/01/22/life-as-adventure.aspx

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Here is some more great advice! Nice article.

Living Aboard

A first-person account of the live-aboard experience

by Chris Caswell

I live aboard a 44-foot Gulfstar trawler, which is certainly not a
large boat by any means, but it literally has all the comforts of home.
I have a fireplace in the main salon for cozy winters, air-conditioning
throughout to ease heat waves, a washer and dryer (small, but
sufficient) and an all-electric galley with microwave,
refrigerator/freezer and trash compactor. The master stateroom has a
queen-size bed, plenty of closets and drawers, and even a bathtub in
the head. There’s a guest stateroom forward for weekend guests or
visiting relatives and a nice aft deck that becomes my patio.

http://www.boats.com/news-reviews/article/living-aboard

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Wishing you a very happy new year - I wanted to share an article that I found enjoyable. - click HERE

New Orleans Liveaboards

Published: March/April 2005
Living Aboard magazine

Yeah sure, everyone’s heard of Bourbon St., but for me, a life-long resident of New Orleans, the epicenter of the city is in West End on the other side of the floodwall running along Lake Marina Ave. In a city surrounded by water and resting nearly eight feet below sea-level, that’s home to three yacht clubs including the second oldest club in the country, has three major marinas with plans for another 700+ slips and has one of the most laissez-faire attitudes in the world, it should surprise no one that New Orleans is one of the few remaining liveaboard friendly cities in the country. And consequently, it has a very active liveaboard population that can rival the French Quarter for its characters.