daumal

Hello! Well I've been playing around with the idea of maybe getting some sort of boat affair up and running for a while now, and just recently I've decided it's something that I'd really like to do. Any potential investment is an awful long way off though, as I'd basically be starting saving now; probably converting my part-time job (which gives me just enough to live off) to a full-time job and saving the difference for as long as it takes. Which is my question, really: how long WILL it take? I'm really interested in knowing what realistically the minimum amount is that I'd require to get a boat out that I can live on for all or part of the year. It would be continuous cruising and can be as small as necessary; I've spent my life living in single rooms and bedsits (under some pretty rubbish conditions at various points) so I should have fairly cheap tastes in that regard, although I do like - forgive me - a fairly alright toilet. I just really need a bed, some sort of basic stove, a toilet and basin - hopefully shower although I've done without them before - and a bit of room for books as well as heating, a modest amount of electricity, &c. All the basics in other words. I'm not rushing into this; I'm just at the beginning of a very long road. Any suggestions and thoughts would be very useful...