Are liveaboads a dying breed?

I used to look at this forum almost every day when a dreamer. Now, living aboard, I may look at it once every few weeks. Not dead, just living the dream. Havn't been back to the house in over a year.
 
blampied said:
Other European countries, I take it you don't include France.
Have been trying to open an account in France, no chance without a French address.
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I had no problem at all with opening an account with Credit Agricole - it was a specific savings account for non-French, provided debit and credit cards and used to be topped up by a UK cheque drawn in £ on my UK bank @ mid-market rates. No overdraft facilities, no charges and a small interest rate.
I used the boat as my address, admittedly I was in a small town in Aquitaine and had been dragged into playing for their Veterans, so was considered an "honourary local"
 
Well we are having our busiest spring ever in terms of blue water yacht sales, and they are all planning long distance cruises. :encouragement:
 
>Are liveaboards a dying breed?

I's funny you say that. We were away from 2004 to 2010 and there were many many posts from all over the place in the Med and Caribbean. But there seem to much fewer now, it does suggest there are fewer liveaboards.
 
Med liveaboards are very rare now.

Cheap flights home, necessity to stay in own country in order to stay into the system, most modern boats are bad liveaboards in wintertime and for youth sailing/ cruising the Med is out.

I wintered on anchor in the Poros / Saronic lake.
Was the only one this year.
Two others who where more or less permanent mooring users moved on land for winter.
Renting in Greece is very cheap now.
Did some winter sailing, we ware the only yacht. Even Hydra harbour was empty.
 
First Mate and I are not full time liveaboards yet, but after spending four months cruising last summer and two months living aboard our senior moment purchase in Wellington NZ we feel we are getting there.

Dad is still around, living in a first class care home. He is 92 and enjoys fair health. Because of this living aboard full time is tricky.

The future may well be different but at the moment we are 60% boat and 40% house.
 
TQA said:
94% boat 6% skiing

What's this house thing?
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It is somewhere to store the stuff that you cant bring yourself to get rid of at the moment.

Also, where We live property is roaring away-our modest house has increased 80K since we bought and restored it-its an investment for the future.

I realise not everyone is in this position. Concerns for our future health mean we would feel uncomfortable without a base.

Also, its somewhere to store bits and pieces that "might come in handy on the boat" one day....................................
 
rotrax said:
It is somewhere to store the stuff that you cant bring yourself to get rid of at the moment....... Concerns for our future health mean we would feel uncomfortable without a base........
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+1

Downsized to small bungalow which we just lock up and leave for 8 - 9/12 . Problem is, as soon as I sell something off on ebay to make space, I buy more tools so extended the garage! Making new cockpit table at the moment.
 
I have just read my Ocean Cruising Club Journal (Flying Fish) and apparently membership of the club - mainly long term cruisers and liveaboards - is significantly up this year.
 
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