Bill and Laurel Cooper - "Sell up and sail"

Zagato said:
Did they sell up completely, I'd love to do that when the kids have gone but the figures don't stack up for us. Sell house, buy boat but then the money will just run out, surely you still need an income unless you really are loaded - or rent out house but then you're not selling up! I don't understand how liveaboards manage it, boats depreciate, houses go up eventually or at least keep in line with inflation - whats the trick, I'm all for getting out of suburbia...
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Many moons ago at the LBS at Earl's Court I was told by one of the exhibitors that Bill and Laurel hadn't sold up completely. I believe that they still had a property which gave them an income.

Most of the long term cruisers we have met either have a property they rent out, or some kind of investment/pension. We don't and try to find work where we can. This means that we are sometimes broke, but I wouldn't change my lifestyle for anything :-)
 
Huh. I had the idea of sailing off in about 1971, way before the book. But yeah, i read it. It's a slightly grumpy book, in parts, and AFAIK they never went through Panama to the Pacific which is the biggest step "away" for Europeans. Did they?

BTW, if you are actually away at the moment (eg carib, like now) yer can't get hold of lots of the replayed bbc content, bah. Possibly cos he beeb sell stuff overseas, not sure....
 
tcm said:
It's a slightly grumpy book, in parts,
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I agree - but aren't most books of this ilk? Aren't most people of this ilk? Apart from me, of course. i am never grumpy.

After the first six years or so on board I revisited the book. I realised that their interpretation of priorities was quite different from ours. Calculations for length of clothes rail was one area which left us a little puzzled, indeed - laughing as we looked at our 2ft - between both of us.
 
tcm said:
Huh. I had the idea of sailing off in about 1971, way before the book. But yeah, i read it. It's a slightly grumpy book, in parts, and AFAIK they never went through Panama to the Pacific which is the biggest step "away" for Europeans. Did they?

BTW, if you are actually away at the moment (eg carib, like now) yer can't get hold of lots of the replayed bbc content, bah. Possibly cos he beeb sell stuff overseas, not sure....
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You need a UK proxy, there are lists of free access ones.
 
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