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[antonia]

Gotta start somewhere..........

I have a budding interest to "Liveaboard in Italy."

I lived there for three years and my son is hoping to teach at the Overseas School Of Rome.

Is to "Liveaboard" too big a dream, do you think.? Is it more complicated than purchasing a small villa? If any of you do liveaboard and had it to do over, would you choose a home on land instead? I'm really quite serious here so I'd appreciate some thoughts.

Thanks!

 

[tcm]

hiya new person. Living aboard is generally a lot less complicated, with the added advantage of being able to clear out if the local politics of view or whatever moves against you. But of course, you lose on gardens and the like, and most houses/villas don't depreciate like boats.

 

[Metabarca]

Ben'arrivata! There have been a few posts recently about marinas near Rome and the problem of residency permits and so on; do a search. Your question is rather a difficult one to answer, but it would help if we knew more about you (perhaps by filling in your bio): do you have experience of boating, for instance?! Where would you buy the boat? In Italy, a boat over 10.5 metres (sail) or over x hp (motor - can't remember how much power) must be registered (no big deal - it already will be if it's second-hand) but, more importantly, you'll need a patente nautica to sail it. Whether an English equivalent would do (day skipper, coastal skipper, I dunno).
Write again and the 'panel' is sure to be able to help.

 

[antonia]

Lets see now. The boat would be bought in Italy and would be used, so I suppose depreciation would depend on upkeep and the resale value of the boat itself.
It would be used just for around and about Italy so that narrows down the type and size since it's prime purpose would be for living aboard. I've cruised around the world so have no interest in more of the same. Italy has all I could desire for life on the water. Your suggestion of research into what Italy has to offer would be my best start. Thanks!

 

[DavidJ]

Hi and welcome
If you want to know more about living aboard near Rome, head down to Porto di Roma in Ostia. There is a large winter livaboard community there (who will probably be starting to break up now). Some stay all year round. Loads of organised social activities. We are part-timers but had some great times during the 2003/2004 winter.
The boating around there is not great though.
David

 

[bbilly]

Antonia,
Benvenuta, I was also considering a liveaboard as an alternative to a "monolocale" in Rome so I think you can get a big boat for the cost of a small villa here in Rome. Some of the "finer" craft actually don't depreciate, maybe they don't appreciate in value (there are exceptions I believe) but you won't lose a lot on the capital investment.