Tomahawk
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Do you still live by a seven day week and regard the weekend as different?
Do you take a "holiday" and visit somewhere "interesting"?
Do you take a "holiday" and visit somewhere "interesting"?
If you are a live aboard...
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Appleyard
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No,but I have to regularly ask which day it is.
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I don't wear a watch anymore, I frequently lose track of what day it is and sometimes what month it is.
Time is no longer my master, just running on ' ISLAND TIME.'
I am a full time Caribbean liveaboard but go on a skiing holiday most years to Colorado.
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Nostrodamus
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Know idea what time, day and usually what month it is Tomohawk and you will be the same soon. The afternoon naps can really throw you as well.
PhilipH
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There's liveaboard/stay put and liveaboard/cruise - the latter takes you to interesting places and you have to get off the boat and hire a car/take a train/bus/plane to visit inland places, otherwise all you see are coastal sites.
We try to mark Sunday by having bacon and eggs for breakfast, but often bacon is not available so it's just eggs (poached, boiled, fried or scrambled - but not necessarily in that order). Apart from that, Friday evening and Saturday evening might mean a band at a local bar or some such.
BTW it's great.
We try to mark Sunday by having bacon and eggs for breakfast, but often bacon is not available so it's just eggs (poached, boiled, fried or scrambled - but not necessarily in that order). Apart from that, Friday evening and Saturday evening might mean a band at a local bar or some such.
BTW it's great.
Mistroma
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We frequently forget which day it is and make a point of checking a few days before things run low. No food shops open on Sundays and some often close early on Saturdays in smaller places.
So easy to run out of bread if not careful. That's our only reason to track days just now.
So easy to run out of bread if not careful. That's our only reason to track days just now.
rivonia
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little_roundtop
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Yes, but only because the locals treat the weekend as "different". In Greece of course everything is closed on Sunday and that's a big clue that you're in the weekend.
We haven't taken a "holiday" as such but we do take a couple of days out now and then to explore the island (Crete) a bit more. That said, this November we are taking a holiday, we're spending 2 weeks off the boat in Istanbul.
capnsensible
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Saturday and Sunday is Premier League. Tuesdays and Wednesdays Champions League.
An accurate watch is necessary for traditional navigation, I always know what the time and date is. Also for routine weather forecasts.
Still, as Ive only lived aboard for 15 years, there is 'time' to change, I suppose....
An accurate watch is necessary for traditional navigation, I always know what the time and date is. Also for routine weather forecasts.
Still, as Ive only lived aboard for 15 years, there is 'time' to change, I suppose....
jonic
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No.
My all time favorite moment in the Caribbean was when I genuinely had to enquire of swmbo . "What month is it?"
And that was only because I was wondering about hurricane season. I tended to think in blocks of six months rather than seven days.
Coming back to the tyranny of the rat race seven day set up has been.....interesting.
duncan99210
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We mark the weekend only in so much as knowing when Sunday is 'cos most of the shops are shut then, so we either need to shop for 2 days meals or decide to have supper in a bar or restaurant...... Otherwise, it's the date that matters for the weather forecast.
KellysEye
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When cruising I didn't ever wear a watch and didn't know the time, the day of week, the month or the year and only knew that a new year was due because Christmas was being celebrated. If I cleared in at immigration when they gave me a form to fill in I had to ask them the all the above or ask Jane if she was with me.
nortada
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Found the variety of responses interesting & a message of ‘each to their own’ the very essence of the free spirit of being a live-aboard.
Having been live-aboards for the past 11 years, we have found our attitudes have changed.
Initially, we revelled in the freedom but as time has passed we have realised that, for us, keeping contact with reality was also important so, yes, we note the passage of time, give the week some shape & go on holidays (away from boats).
In a word, BEST of all worlds.
ukmctc
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always have a watch on, need it for tide times. In general life is better, weekends are still weekends as thats when others come out to play.
Frankie-H
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Now, with the availability of the 'puter, I find that we have a fairly good idea what day it is. Not always right mind you. We do try to make an entry each day in the diary.
In the days BC we regularly lost days and hours. One famous day in Lanzarotte we dinghied ashore with our shopping trolly twice. The first time we thought it might be lunch time. The second time we realised it was Sunday.
Also in Lanzarotte, I dived on a neighbour's boat. He asked us for a drink and when we got to discuss time, we found that we had been 2 hours adrift for at least 2 weeks.
Some time after the sun starts to shine, the shops will or might open. Some time after it gets dark, it is time to go to bed. In between times food will stop the stomach rumbling and there are various liquids, which will assuage the pangs of thirst.
That is really all there is to know about time and the cruising life. IMHO.
In the days BC we regularly lost days and hours. One famous day in Lanzarotte we dinghied ashore with our shopping trolly twice. The first time we thought it might be lunch time. The second time we realised it was Sunday.
Also in Lanzarotte, I dived on a neighbour's boat. He asked us for a drink and when we got to discuss time, we found that we had been 2 hours adrift for at least 2 weeks.
Some time after the sun starts to shine, the shops will or might open. Some time after it gets dark, it is time to go to bed. In between times food will stop the stomach rumbling and there are various liquids, which will assuage the pangs of thirst.
That is really all there is to know about time and the cruising life. IMHO.
PhilipH
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This is really quite interesting because there is one very strong influence on the extent to which you need/want to know what time, day and month it is: TIDES. If there is such a limited range of tide or you are in a marina where it may not matter then it is quite easy to give up on bothering with time info. However, compare and contrast the situation on the Caribbean side of Panama and the Pacific side - if on the latter, best to know time, date and month ... oh, yes, year helps too.
Bobobolinsky
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Damn, I live aboard and I'm working seven days a week to pay for the refit. 8-10 hrs a day at paid employment and another six hours a day working on the boat 
stearman65
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Living aboard in Portimao
We spent 12 months in Marina de Portima 2003/4. There used to be a marina van to go to the supermarket in Portimao, you had to book it for a specific day, ours was Thursday, so it was usually the same bunch, one day we boarded the van & there was a stranger on board, I accused him of coming on the wrong day & got quite miffed.
When we got back to the boat, I checked the calender, it was Friday, we'd missed a complete day. Had to go around to his boat and apologise with a bottle of plonk. Happy days.
Stearman65.
We spent 12 months in Marina de Portima 2003/4. There used to be a marina van to go to the supermarket in Portimao, you had to book it for a specific day, ours was Thursday, so it was usually the same bunch, one day we boarded the van & there was a stranger on board, I accused him of coming on the wrong day & got quite miffed.
When we got back to the boat, I checked the calender, it was Friday, we'd missed a complete day. Had to go around to his boat and apologise with a bottle of plonk. Happy days.
Stearman65.
dslittle
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I have often wondered if I should be having double as much fun on a Bank Holiday...
macd
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I still hate Mondays on general principle. This is especially academic as rarely know what day it is -- unless there are Brit liveaboards about, in which case the diehard traditionalists will be doing their washing.
