living on a boat

[russ2903]

On 15/03/2020 at 16:31, tracey08 said:

Hi all my name is Tracey, and looking for pros and cons to living on a boat please. My husband has been into boats all his live and has aked me to go on live on one in the next 5 years. we have a weekend boat, but i am under no illusions on how different it will be living on on. Any advice will be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you.

Tracey

Hi, before we bought our boat we hired a narrowboat for a holiday. It was very worthwhile as it taught us lots, not only the things we wanted but even more useful the things we just couldnt live with. It took about two and a half years to find the right boat but we have lived happily aboard for more than six years now. 

Dont rush into making any decisions you might regret later. 

[tracey08]

Thanks for the feed back. There's a lot of pros and cons to take it. 

[W+T]

After much discussion over the weekend we have decided that we both need to go our ways on the living on a boat situation. So i took on one last trip on Khashoggi and after a barny during the cruise i had to use her as an anchor due to the wind taking the boat out of control,  so one way or another now she is coming. 

 

 

Ah well 

 

[tehmarks]

On 15/03/2020 at 16:31, tracey08 said:

Hi all my name is Tracey, and looking for pros and cons to living on a boat please. My husband has been into boats all his live and has aked me to go on live on one in the next 5 years. we have a weekend boat, but i am under no illusions on how different it will be living on on. Any advice will be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you.

Tracey

Pros: leaning out of your side hatch with a whisky, watching the sunset, completely alone, no other boats for miles, surrounded by beautiful countryside and wildlife and thinking 'I get to live like this every day' is indescribably beautiful.

 

Cons: it's really dull when you're pulling your floor up trying to find the source of all the trespassing water, while playing a sliding-block-puzzle with all your possessions because you have nowhere to put them while you tear the floor up.