How many liveaboards are there?

Well that depends whether you are suitable. I've never seen you at Wimbledon or Henley in the season so you will need to be looked at ...rather carefully...Right, now do you have an after cabin..mmm?
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I only spend two months each year living aboard in the Med. Over the last twenty one years that's 3.5 years!! Work does rather interrupt travel. However now I'm in receipt of an NHS pension, my family still think 2mnths a year is quite enough!
 
Slow_boat said:
I had no idea there was so much pigeon-holing, snobbery and heirarchy amongst 'liveaboards'

I'm not sure if I want to join in that. :-(
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My experience is that it only exists on liveaboard forums ;) On the water or the quayside nobody cares whether you are aboard for three months or three years. They are all united in watching whether the charter boats are dropping their anchors across theirs!
 
IanJackson said:
We are really enjoying reading your replies and all the discussions that it has generated. Keep the replies coming. If there is enough info, I will carry out some statistics, i.e. longerst liveaboard, most unusual pet, best quote, smallest boat etc. May be difficult as we are such a diverse group of individuals!

For the purposes of this survey (which is only for fun) the definition of a liveaboard is,
'IF YOU THINK YOU ARE A LIVEABOARD, THEN YOU ARE A LIVEABOARD!'

Jenny
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I think this is an excellent way of looking at it rather than others trying to pigeon hole people
 
H Ian

1. Boat Name - Seren-mor
2. Make/model/age of boat - Bavaria 38, 2003
3. Number on board (adults/children/animals) - 2 Adults
4. How long have you been a liveaboard?- 8 months
5. Where have you been cruising in 2010? -West coast of France, Northern Spain, Portugal, S/W Spain and Spanish med coast
6. Where are you overwintering? - Almerimar
7. What are your plans for 2011? - Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicilly, maybe as far as Greece, but if not then the following year, we are in no hurry
8. Any other comments on life, loves and the universe. - we are so lucky!
 
>'IF YOU THINK YOU ARE A LIVEABOARD, THEN YOU ARE A LIVEABOARD!'

If you intend to publish a list of boat types/sizes I'm not sure that's a good idea i.e. it should show fulltime, part time. The reason is if somebody is looking to go liveaboard/long distance they will check out what boats are used (we did). What we noticed at that stage and after we set off is that liveaboard/long distance boats tend to different from those that spend all their time in a marina or liveaboard part time.
 
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continuous cruiser?

1) BOAT NAME__El Viento
2)NAB 35---------1973
3)Just me
4) 6years --then to infinity---and beyond!
5) Clyde to the Algarve
6)Winters only happen in Scotland---I was in Largs last winter!
7)Plans?Plans??

I'm on my own, and the hard bit is having no-one with you when pilot whales sweep up alongside or when shooting stars light up the sky in mid -ocean---pure magic!
 
Englander, been living aboard, permanently for 16 years, cruising Ionian now, based in Gouvia. Just the two of us. Love the life wouldnt change it, even if we did have the mother of all storms here last night!!
 
Thank you for all the replies so far but please keep them coming. So far we have 29 'liveaboards' of all shapes and sizes! We have had 50 replies on this thread and 3,418 viewings.

JamesFrance - glad you took the time to reply and we love the photos. What a diverse lot we are!

Jenny
 
Thankyou Jenny. The first picture is of us moored to Manoel Island in Malta during a gregale. We had to pull away from the quay because there was a big surge starting and the photo was taken by our neighbour just before he jumped in to take our children ashore to stay in his hotel until it went down. You can't see his boats but he did fishing day charters with a pair of Chriscraft moored alongside us. We did a few day charters when they were too busy and earned £25 per day which seemed a lot in 1969. Here is another photo of the old boat in Portofino.
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1. Boat Name Dark Horse
2. Make/model/age of boat Southern Ocean shipyard /Ocean 60 / 30 years
3. Number on board (adults/children/animals) depends much of the time 2/4/2, on passage as many as 10 people, the rest of the time me.
4. How long have you been a liveaboard? 61/2 years
5. Where have you been cruising in 2010? Venice to the Windward islands.
6. Where are you overwintering? The Grenadines but you can’t call it winter
7. What are your plans for 2011? Maybe Azores for the summer then back to the Cape Verde and onto Brazil or back to the Caribbean for Christmas.
8. Any other comments on life, loves and the universe. Keep it simple.
 
IanJackson said:
Thank you for all the replies so far but please keep them coming. So far we have 29 'liveaboards' of all shapes and sizes! We have had 50 replies on this thread and 3,418 viewings.

JamesFrance - glad you took the time to reply and we love the photos. What a diverse lot we are!

Jenny
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Hi we have 32 live aboards here in Lefkas marina
 
vyv_cox said:
I agree wholeheartedly. We live aboard in the summer and live in the house in the winter. I see very little attraction in living in a port for several months in the winter when I can be at home in UK. Fine for those who want it but it doesn't make their choice in any way superior or inferior to mine.
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No it certainly doesnt, but if you can only afford a boat and not a house aswell, then your choice is limited.
 
Mathilda
Junk rigged Grundel
2 adults
6 years
wintering in Corsica for work, coastal cruising in the summer, on board all year long and loving it. If we could afford it, we probably would have a land base but we can't and are no less happy.
 
1. Boat Name - Hinewai
2. Make/model/age of boat - Roberts Mauritus Ketch 45ft - launched NZ 1984
3. Number on board (adults/children/animals) - 2 adults, 4 teddy bears and 2 glove puppets
4. How long have you been a liveaboard? - 4 Years
5. Where have you been cruising in 2010? - Turkey to UK
6. Where are you overwintering? - Ispwich
7. What are your plans for 2011? - Work to top up the cruising funds then the Baltic
8. Any other comments on life, loves and the universe - ever noticed how hard it is to explain that exquisite shade of orange on that mid ocean sunrise unless it's to someone else who's seen it.
 
Long term Cruisers

IanJackson said:
I thought it would be interesting to conduct a little survey on how many liveaboards there are. Sometimes when we are cruising in the Med, there is not a boat in sight, well maybe a tanker or a cruise ship in the distance, but definitely no liveaboards. I know from this forum and the interesting and lively discussions that take place that there must be quite a number. I noticed one member (Binch) said he had been a liveaboard for 35 years – is this a record? This is just for fun and maybe some interesting facts will emerge about the liveaboard community. Here are a few questions I thought of, but feel free to ignore any questions or add any pearls of wisdom.

1. Boat Name
2. Make/model/age of boat
3. Number on board (adults/children/animals)
4. How long have you been a liveaboard?
5. Where have you been cruising in 2010?
6. Where are you overwintering?
7. What are your plans for 2011?
8. Any other comments on life, loves and the universe.


Jenny and Ian Jackson
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I respectfully suggest you do not use the term 'Liveaboard' which while possibly accurate has unfortunate connotations in some places as it also often refers to run down, ill maintained, dirty, immovable, near wrecks etc etc . "Long term Cruisers" is often considered a more accurate description!
 
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