The
life we all live on our sail boats is not all what it’s cracked up to be. The
floating house or cottage if you will is always in need of re-adjustments of
lines, moorings, fenders, maintenance, and just plain keeping it clean. Then
there is the problem of space or the lack of it. You are always repositioning things in a
boat. Does this item fit better here or should I move this over there. I have
an idea maybe it would be better if I make this space my work area and this
space my reading area, right. Well it
was a nice thought anyway.
So
the life on a sail boat is not all that, but that said, I would not live
anywhere else. I find that living on a boat is living small, free, and just
about the best life one could ever imagine. The best part about living on a sailboat
is the house you live in is not only your cottage on the water it’s your
vehicle to the world. A sail boat
properly outfitted and up to par on sails, electronics, maintenance and a good
dingy can go anywhere in the world if one chooses. The cost is very minimal
compared to travel with a car or flying somewhere. The cost of fuel is cheap
your sailing using the wind to get from point A to point B. Every sailor is pretty good at cooking for
themselves, plus you can fish and live on the sea as much as you choose to.
When you reach your destination your home is right there with you, everything
you have is always with you. One can stay in a marina at a cost or one can
anchor in the harbor for free or place themselves on a mooring ball at a small
cost. One can live cheaply on his or her boat or one can live very lavishly on their
boat, it’s all on how much you have to live on. The other great thing I have found on a boat
an traveling is you can always find work somewhere to tide you over for six
months fueling a nest egg to travel further down the oceans high way. I really
like the solitude that comes with sailing and living on my boat. The world is
slower out here on the ocean and it’s a world that existed 40 years ago, no
traffic, no rat race, no real crime, nobody bothering you. The live you lead on
a boat seems to be slower and more relaxed. It’s been documented that people live longer
on boats than they do in the mainstream world of traffic jams, work, phones,
deadlines, stress, and the everyday bullshit that we put ourselves in just to
make that mighty dollar.
So
I guess I have told my tale of wool as to why I love living and existing on my
sail boat. You can take the material I have presented you with and make your
own conclusions. As I have said some
love the boat life others could never do this.
The ones that say they can’t do this, I believe have just never really tried it. The best way to go about this is to just try
staying on some ones boat for a week and see how you like it.
The
next time you drive down to the marina just look out at those boats sitting and
blowing in the breeze, remember they are floating freedom. The people that own
them tried it out once and fell in love with the freedom and island style life
they live, whether it’s on weekends or full time. Remember people, Twenty years from now you
will be more disappointed in the things you didn’t do then in the things you
did do, Throw off those bowlines sail away.
Skipper out.
Wayne
L. Dewyer
Living on the Wanderer II
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