Comments on: Living on a Boat http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-100112 mike Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:45:27 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-100112 i'm at the point now that, after 26years of owning a demolition company, that we are going to follow our dream. we are leaving soon to the caribbean again to look for a new home. we are going to st thomas. i just sugested living on a sailboat to my wife. she said as long as she can get to a beach sh didn't care. i have been talking to a lot of people on line. some love it and some think they really made a mistake. i'm 45 and i want to give it a go. wish me luck. good luck to all of you. i’m at the point now that, after 26years of owning a demolition company, that we are going to follow our dream. we are leaving soon to the caribbean again to look for a new home. we are going to st thomas. i just sugested living on a sailboat to my wife. she said as long as she can get to a beach sh didn’t care. i have been talking to a lot of people on line. some love it and some think they really made a mistake. i’m 45 and i want to give it a go. wish me luck. good luck to all of you.

]]> By: Darla http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-89380 Darla Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:22:42 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-89380 Joel, I say go for it! I too have the dream that one day I will be living on a boat somewhere in the Caribbean with my soul mate. This is one of the few times I actually envy being a man. A woman alone on a boat is not very wise. Britton, I agree that not many women are willing to live on a boat, but I think it's more for the safety reason than the comfort reason. You'll just need to find a very adventurous woman to chance it. For me, I know it's not going to be the cheapest way to live, but I would consider it money well spent to be free to move about the world as I wish, meeting new people, seeing new places, eatin wonderful local dishes (I'm a foodaholic). At 36 I still have plenty of time to find a way to start on the road to that freedom. For now, I'm just going to do all the research I can and plan for my dream. You'll have to let me know how it goes for you. Good luck and happy boating! Joel,

I say go for it! I too have the dream that one day I will be living on a boat somewhere in the Caribbean with my soul mate. This is one of the few times I actually envy being a man. A woman alone on a boat is not very wise. Britton, I agree that not many women are willing to live on a boat, but I think it’s more for the safety reason than the comfort reason. You’ll just need to find a very adventurous woman to chance it. For me, I know it’s not going to be the cheapest way to live, but I would consider it money well spent to be free to move about the world as I wish, meeting new people, seeing new places, eatin wonderful local dishes (I’m a foodaholic). At 36 I still have plenty of time to find a way to start on the road to that freedom. For now, I’m just going to do all the research I can and plan for my dream. You’ll have to let me know how it goes for you.

Good luck and happy boating!

]]> By: Bob Lee http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-88670 Bob Lee Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:27:40 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-88670 I too have found great pleasure in reading Bill Dietrich's daily log. One of these days I hope to be able to do the same thing and retire on sailboat in PR or the USVI. In the meantime I am just marking time and accumulating funds. I too have found great pleasure in reading Bill Dietrich’s daily log. One of these days I hope to be able to do the same thing and retire on sailboat in PR or the USVI. In the meantime I am just marking time and accumulating funds.

]]> By: Mr T http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-86831 Mr T Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:23:30 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-86831 I don't know , but I'd like to try living on a boat. It would be nice to move around & have a chg of scenery. Wouldn't have to worry about paying taxes (real estate 0 either. I don’t know , but I’d like to try living on a boat. It would be nice to move around & have a chg of scenery. Wouldn’t have to worry about paying taxes (real estate 0 either.

]]> By: britton http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-85788 britton Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:28:53 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-85788 It works out OK if you're a bachelor - however as Susie mentioned, most of the fairer sex are not fond of the idea. Unless you can convince someone that you're just taking them back to your yacht, and your real home is on Monaco. It works out OK if you’re a bachelor – however as Susie mentioned, most of the fairer sex are not fond of the idea. Unless you can convince someone that you’re just taking them back to your yacht, and your real home is on Monaco.

]]> By: Susie http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-85782 Susie Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:54:05 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-85782 I could not live on a boat. They constantly reek of mildew, they are moist to the touch (hence the mildew), they rock ALL THE TIME (and i'm not talking the good rocking, winkwink-nudgenudge), they break, they bend, they peel, they are money pits, they take huge amounts of upkeep, we don't know how to sail, we'd end up looking like all those 'boat people' up and down the eastern seaboard and any given island anywhere (DO NOT WANT!), and i have a water phobia. Oh, and we could die in a storm. But, Joel, feel free to have a boat someday for doing whatever on. I just can't live on it fulltime. <3's I could not live on a boat. They constantly reek of mildew, they are moist to the touch (hence the mildew), they rock ALL THE TIME (and i’m not talking the good rocking, winkwink-nudgenudge), they break, they bend, they peel, they are money pits, they take huge amounts of upkeep, we don’t know how to sail, we’d end up looking like all those ‘boat people’ up and down the eastern seaboard and any given island anywhere (DO NOT WANT!), and i have a water phobia. Oh, and we could die in a storm. But, Joel, feel free to have a boat someday for doing whatever on. I just can’t live on it fulltime.

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]]> By: YesYes http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-85773 YesYes Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:27:15 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/16/living-on-a-boat/#comment-85773 This is not terribly different from my chosen next lifestyle -- full time living in a motorhome. Last year I gave in to 13 years of wanting a motorhome and now only regret not doing it sooner. My wife currently has a job that requires she work in a downtown office but I can work anywhere as a telecommuting software developer. We have a plan that in 5 years we will sell the house, my wife will take a very long break from working and we will live as nomads while I continue to telecommute (until we realize, inevitably, that we have made a mistake). Good luck with the dream..... This is not terribly different from my chosen next lifestyle — full time living in a motorhome. Last year I gave in to 13 years of wanting a motorhome and now only regret not doing it sooner. My wife currently has a job that requires she work in a downtown office but I can work anywhere as a telecommuting software developer. We have a plan that in 5 years we will sell the house, my wife will take a very long break from working and we will live as nomads while I continue to telecommute (until we realize, inevitably, that we have made a mistake).

Good luck with the dream…..

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