Live on Boat?

dtp5150

dtp5150

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Im sick of this rat race population filled with morons. I need to do something.

Does anybody have experience living on a boat? Can i find an island somewhere near the equator and grow organic vegetables?
 
I spent last winter on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. You can easily live there $1000.00 a month and it is great...no hunger there. Bocas Del Toros in Panama is nice too. There are a lot of cheap but beautiful places to live.
 
Easy to live on a boat. Hard owning one. Dry dock, repairs, bilge pumps and foul holds. Add storms and partying idiots and many places are not fit to live. But find a little place to tie up with electricity hookups dockside and someplace to dump your holding tank legally and cleanly and life could be way worse. Tired of your 'hood? Weigh anchor and get underway. With new GPS systems traveling in good weather you can easily move a little ways away or on down the coast. Little bicycle and maybe a scooter aboard and have wheels when in port.
 
cindysid said:
I spent last winter on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. You can easily live there $1000.00 a month and it is great...no hunger there. Bocas Del Toros in Panama is nice too. There are a lot of cheap but beautiful places to live.
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My buddy says if Romney wins he's moving to Costa Rica. He lived there working for a petroleum company and loves it.
 
hotrodharley said:
Easy to live on a boat. Hard owning one. Dry dock, repairs, bilge pumps and foul holds. Add storms and partying idiots and many places are not fit to live. But find a little place to tie up with electricity hookups dockside and someplace to dump your holding tank legally and cleanly and life could be way worse. Tired of your 'hood? Weigh anchor and get underway. With new GPS systems traveling in good weather you can easily move a little ways away or on down the coast. Little bicycle and maybe a scooter aboard and have wheels when in port.
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with a large enough vessel with the right accoutrements i could live quite well on a boat. hell i lived in trailers,, in tents, and even in half demolished barns in my life,, a boat would be paradise. especially if it has sails. then you could sail to actual paradise.

those looking for an island to squat on, google "Guano Islands" theres tons of them, and if you mine birdshit for sale (even if you never sell it) you can squat there under US law and customs for as long as you desire. all you need is a couple burlap sacks and a shovel to be in the guano business. this presumes an island with a water source, with enough elevation to not get swept away by storm swells, no hurricanes, tropical depressions, tsunamis, typhoons, or volcanoes to disrupt your placid existence. plus your right hand will become enormous from all the fapping,, and youll need regular infusions of porn just to keep from losing your mind to cabin fever.

most people have neither the will, nor the knowledge to live a frontier existence. most people are too conditioned to the comforts of society, and would never actually leave the immediate vicinity of a wal-mart and a 7-11. those who do embrace the castaway existence should also be prepared for the possibility of pirates (yes virginia there really are modern pirates in every sea), narcotrafficers and others who may visit your island hideaway for their own nefarious purposes.

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I loved aboard a 42'er for most of my early adult life. Sailed the Caribbean extensively, both Central and S Americas as well. Back in the day, it was great. These days, an American "Coast Guard" Cutter can pull you over no matter where you are and board you, as many times as they care to. No more rights against search and seizure than you have in car, as the federal courts have deemed a vessel a "conveyance", no matter that it be your home. Banana Republic customs agents are pretty much squirrely at best, and corrupt.
Still and all, the life of a "boat nigger" is a good life, and I miss it a whole lot.
 
I have that ideal idea too!
So I went to google....house boats...found some for sale in tennessee....there is one house boat I would love to put 10 lights in for my hobby farm.
problem so far I have yet to win the lotto...the boat is 100 feet long and the owner wants...$460,000 dollars for her.
 
Jack Harer said:
I loved aboard a 42'er for most of my early adult life. Sailed the Caribbean extensively, both Central and S Americas as well. Back in the day, it was great. These days, an American "Coast Guard" Cutter can pull you over no matter where you are and board you, as many times as they care to. No more rights against search and seizure than you have in car, as the federal courts have deemed a vessel a "conveyance", no matter that it be your home. Banana Republic customs agents are pretty much squirrely at best, and corrupt.
Still and all, the life of a "boat nigger" is a good life, and I miss it a whole lot.
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if you are in american territorial waters or your vessel is american registry, or the registry of several other friendly nations they can board your shit to inspect you any time they like. it's the law. it's not a bad law, its just a law. the coast guard is why we dont have pirates attacking US vessels all over the caribbean and south america.

if you do not wish to be subject to search, get liberian or swiss registry and stay out of US territorial waters (12 mile limit from any us territory)
 
fandango said:
I have that ideal idea too!
So I went to google....house boats...found some for sale in tennessee....there is one house boat I would love to put 10 lights in for my hobby farm.
problem so far I have yet to win the lotto...the boat is 100 feet long and the owner wants...$460,000 dollars for her.
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houseboats are not generally seaworthy. if you live on inland waters you can be boarded by park rangers, coast guard, local po-pos, the tax man, revenue agents, and the local stevedore's union any time they want with no warrant. sailor beware homey.
 
well i used to live a place called hikkaduwa. its in srilanka. what an amazing place to get out of the life for a moment.
 
Did you know Aurthur C. Clarke? I docked in Trincomalee in the 80's and met him. Very cool dude! Invited us to his house for the duration of our stay. Sri Lanka is nice, but the Seychelles....MAN!!!!!
 
i lived on a boat for 3 1/2 years with free room and board and i even got paid. but i learned my lesson.

N- never
A- again
V- volunteer
Y- yourself
 
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