What do you do with your time ? Ant you bored living on a boat ?

[sailaboutvic]

Has a full time Liveaboard I offended get asked the question , how do you spend all your time doing nothing ? What do you do with your self all day ? And don't you get bored ? .
I'm not sure about you , but at time There just dont seen to be enough hours in the day to get done what I need to .
Take yesterday , I managed to drag myself out of my bunk at 07.30 make coffee and sat on deck enjoying the morning peace for a while , dinghy ashore , got fresh bread , dinghy back back had breakfast cleared away ,by the time we finished getting ready to sail it was 10.30 , that's taken almost three hour , back on land from getting out of bed to leaving the house would had took me 40 mins ,
This morning there no dinghying ashore for bread , we moored to a nice fishermen quay , on a remote Cyclades island , just an 30 mins walk up a steep hill to the nearest shop and then back again .
So I throw the question to the rest of our lazy layabout friends , what do you do with all that free time you have while lazing about on a boat other then sun bathing , oh yea and post stuff on here .

 

[SamanthaTabs]

The problem with doing nothing is you never know when you're finished, I think Winnie the Pooh said that?
Seriously though, get up and make tea; tidy a bit; grab dog and go ashore to find milk and stuff; home and get on with whatever. Either sail or motor to next place then ashore usually by kayak to explore. Return often very happy if I've found delicious food to cook later. Exercise, watch the world go by. Swim, study and so on. Yes it's really tough isn't it :encouragement: tell your better half I'm studying to be Pilates instructor, stage 1 done so I'll be looking for people to join me on beautiful beaches for practical sessions see ya soon!
Oh bake cakes for Vic

 

[sailaboutvic]

The problem with doing nothing is you never know when you're finished, I think Winnie the Pooh said that?
Seriously though, get up and make tea; tidy a bit; grab dog and go ashore to find milk and stuff; home and get on with whatever. Either sail or motor to next place then ashore usually by kayak to explore. Return often very happy if I've found delicious food to cook later. Exercise, watch the world go by. Swim, study and so on. Yes it's really tough isn't it :encouragement: tell your better half I'm studying to be Pilates instructor, stage 1 done so I'll be looking for people to join me on beautiful beaches for practical sessions see ya soon!

She said she be happy to put up with your torture , I will only let her go on the condition that you bake me one of your wonderful cake now and then .

 

[Max K]

There is a time warp to be crossed when boarding a boat. Didn't you know that? I rose at 0900 this morning and have done nothing but have a cup of coffee yet it is nearly 10.00. Have been invited to another boat for owner's birthday drink "at around lunchtime" so better start getting ready or I will be late.

Max.

 

[Tony Cross]

Has a full time Liveaboard I offended get asked the question , how do you spend all your time doing nothing ? What do you do with your self all day ? And don't you get bored ? .
I'm not sure about you , but at time There just dont seen to be enough hours in the day to get done what I need to .
Take yesterday , I managed to drag myself out of my bunk at 07.30 make coffee and sat on deck enjoying the morning peace for a while , dinghy ashore , got fresh bread , dinghy back back had breakfast cleared away ,by the time we finished getting ready to sail it was 10.30 , that's taken almost three hour , back on land from getting out of bed to leaving the house would had took me 40 mins ,
This morning there no dinghying ashore for bread , we moored to a nice fishermen quay , on a remote Cyclades island , just an 30 mins walk up a steep hill to the nearest shop and then back again .
So I throw the question to the rest of our lazy layabout friends , what do you do with all that free time you have while lazing about on a boat other then sun bathing , oh yea and post stuff on here .

Walk to the Two Brothers or the GR Deli (both right outside the marina). Test their seats for comfort and their tables for stability, check to ensure that their glasses are clean and their beer is cold. This requires several repeated tests to be done sampling a wide range of beers in each establishment, the average is then taken (assuming we can remember how to calculate an average by then). Walk back to the boat (note: it's always much longer walking back for some strange reason). Test the cushions in the cockpit for softness and then wake up in time for tea. Does that sound boring?

 

[rivonia]

Walk to the Two Brothers or the GR Deli (both right outside the marina). Test their seats for comfort and their tables for stability, check to ensure that their glasses are clean and their beer is cold. This requires several repeated tests to be done sampling a wide range of beers in each establishment, the average is then taken (assuming we can remember how to calculate an average by then). Walk back to the boat (note: it's always much longer walking back for some strange reason). Test the cushions in the cockpit for softness and then wake up in time for tea. Does that sound boring?

That made me chuckle even though it is all factual.

 

[TQA]

I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and go to bed with only half of it done.

Playing with the cat steals time but is not deducted from your allotted hours on this earth.

 

[ccscott49]

Living aboard a wooden boat I ALWAYS have plenty to do to pass my time, but a whole heap of it never seems to get done, too busy enjoying ourselves just messing about in boats, cruising and ashore of course and also love playing with the cat!!
I do have a wee project to do whilst cruising, I have two splines to make and fit in the wheelhouse sides. How difficult can it be!!! Hehehehehe!

 

[Carmel2]

Folk don't know how hard it is to do nothing all day, frankly it's an art to look busy doing sweet FA.

 

[KellysEye]

We were never bored most of the time we were either shopping, socialising or diving with other cruisers with 4 to 6 people and up to a 30-50+ people at parties. The only time out was boat maintenance.

 

[ostra4]

I'm just good at doing nothing but seem to fill days doing jobs ,fitted two new hatches in two days,oxalic acid on a pals 38 footer took a full day,antifoul, fitted sails,Bimini,spray hood, changed engine oil ,went for sail, filled water tanks, did big lidle shop,that's just ina few days so I'm looking forward to doing nothing ,wedding tommorow and we are off to evening do , days trickle on by -

 

[BobnLesley]

Today (fairly typical) Up at 07:50 to brew coffee before listening in to the local VHF Cruisers-Net. A German yacht was looking for some old/cheap oilies for their W->E Trans-At crew, so I took across two old but serviceable jackets that're never going to be used and taking-up locker space - that took an hour. Back for breakfast, then returned a set of charts and a Pilot book I had borrowed from an American yacht (another hour). More coffee, then gave a long overdue service to two sheet winches; with a couple of dinks stopping by for a chat, that's taken (or will when I finish) nearly five hours. I'm typing this whilst having a late lunch and then there's a get-together for sundowners on the nearby beach at 06:00 and this week I'm still under doctor's orders to 'rest, relax and take it easy'.

A few years ago we were just settling into a Greek marina for the winter and chatting to an end of season charterer in the bar, he enquired: "But what do you liveaboards do all winter, other than drink too much?" I replied by explaining that I put an inordinate amount of effort into not drinking too much and had found this to be pretty much a full time job; I also put him right on his outside-observers view that this lifestyle's a lotus-eating doss: Being a liveaboard/cruiser is a calling and major commitment, a bit like nursing or teaching perhaps? I don't do this fun you know, it's a job and a badly paid one too; without me and many others like me, sailing around and breaking things, there's a risk that the international marine industry might collapse and it's our obligation to those good folk that keeps us all going.

 

[Max K]

Living aboard a wooden boat I ALWAYS have plenty to do to pass my time, but a whole heap of it never seems to get done, too busy enjoying ourselves just messing about in boats, cruising and ashore of course and also love playing with the cat!!
I do have a wee project to do whilst cruising, I have two splines to make and fit in the wheelhouse sides. How difficult can it be!!! Hehehehehe!

But YOUR boat is just dumped in the corner of the boatyard. I saw it this very afternoon! Little work going on at all.

Max.

 

[dslittle]

I'm just good at doing nothing but seem to fill days doing jobs ,fitted two new hatches in two days,oxalic acid on a pals 38 footer took a full day,antifoul, fitted sails,Bimini,spray hood, changed engine oil ,went for sail, filled water tanks, did big lidle shop,that's just ina few days so I'm looking forward to doing nothing ,wedding tommorow and we are off to evening do , days trickle on by -

Apart from the hatches you have just described the last year's work - except we are 45' so the decks took longer but was balanced by the fact that we are copper coated so no anti fouling...

 

[Peroo]

I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and go to bed with only half of it done.

Brilliant quote - couldn't have said it any better - sums it all up in a trice - thanks!