Ten years liveaboard

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Best decision of my live. If I would have stayed on land I would have long gone insane. How long do you guys liveaboard?
 

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Best decision of my live. If I would have stayed on land I would have long gone insane. How long do you guys liveaboard?
Ooh, could be a big date coming up, better check..... picked this boat up 04/07/2005. Sailed back round to London where I had a house & job and never spent another night in the house. So thought, obviously not interested in that and sold it. Then thought really not interested in working so stopped that as well 😁

Been absolutely wonderful ever since 😎

All from a chance wander around Foyles bookshop in London having never sailed or set foot on a small boat, brain saw "Sell Up And Sail" 20 feet away and a millisecond later went BOOM - that's a way out, that's how we get out of this before the heart stops beating forever. ❤
 

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Ooh, could be a big date coming up, better check..... picked this boat up 04/07/2005. Sailed back round to London where I had a house & job and never spent another night in the house. So thought, obviously not interested in that and sold it. Then thought really not interested in working so stopped that as well 😁

Been absolutely wonderful ever since 😎

All from a chance wander around Foyles bookshop in London having never sailed or set foot on a small boat, brain saw "Sell Up And Sail" 20 feet away and a millisecond later went BOOM - that's a way out, that's how we get out of this before the heart stops beating forever. ❤
Love it. Similar story here. Except I didn’t have a house and a job in the first place. Basically moved onto the first boat out of my car.
 
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i is interesting though, you meet a fair few people who preferred the dream to the uncertainty and need for total self reliance reality. Or home builds where the guy actually enjoys building things more than cruising...
 

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I did 12 years in Spain - the most wonderful life. Came to an abrupt ending in 2017 through illness. Although what would have happened s a result of the combination of Brexit and Covid I don't know.
 

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i is interesting though, you meet a fair few people who preferred the dream to the uncertainty and need for total self reliance reality. Or home builds where the guy actually enjoys building things more than cruising...
True. Dream and reality are two things. I enjoy the self reliance. Made me learn a lot over the years. I see it as a symbiosis. You take care of the boat and the boat takes care of you.
 

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True. Dream and reality are two things. I enjoy the self reliance. Made me learn a lot over the years. I see it as a symbiosis. You take care of the boat and the boat takes care of you.
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I'm ever grateful for loving every last bit of it, new places, new cultures, new food, the incredible luxury of having your little house right there in the middle of amazing natural beauty. The social side, the challenges and detox from the constant social conditioning of weeks at sea alone. Life's direction dictated by the weather and seasons instead of money and calendars 😎😎😎😎
 

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I'm ever grateful for loving every last bit of it, new places, new cultures, new food, the incredible luxury of having your little house right there in the middle of amazing natural beauty. The social side, the challenges and detox from the constant social conditioning of weeks at sea alone. Life's direction dictated by the weather and seasons instead of money and calendars 😎😎😎😎
Great summary. Couldn’t have said it any better. What a life!
 
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2003 to 2020, so 17 years save for a couple of medical interruptions. Curtailed by Covid travel restrictions and health issues have prevented a re-start; I've more than once pondered whether those issues might've been later in arriving had we continued cruising.
We loved the lifestyle but as mentioned already, it's not for everyone. We felt that many of those we met who didn't take to the life had perhaps left for the wrong reasons, or at least with the wrong mindset:
While liveaboard/cruising might allow you to sail away from some of your problems, it will present you with some new, albeit different ones to deal with.
 

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2003 to 2020, so 17 years save for a couple of medical interruptions. Curtailed by Covid travel restrictions and health issues have prevented a re-start; I've more than once pondered whether those issues might've been later in arriving had we continued cruising.
We loved the lifestyle but as mentioned already, it's not for everyone. We felt that many of those we met who didn't take to the life had perhaps left for the wrong reasons, or at least with the wrong mindset:
While liveaboard/cruising might allow you to sail away from some of your problems, it will present you with some new, albeit different ones to deal with.
In my experience living on a boat keeps you in good shape. I met many older cruisers that were all remarkably fit for their age.

I guess you have to feel good with yourself and crew to pass prolonged time periods in a confined space.
 

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