what is the definition of a live aboard

[deborahann]

Re: Yes

ahh now you are not the type of boater i mean by a water gypsy, you go out to work, & pay your dues. Accept your difficulties re non availability of non residential moorings, another hot topic. You must have seen the type of boater I mean, curtains closed all day, bikes, wood, general grot & god knows what on the boat roof, not pretty. (mind you there is a narrowboat near me that literally has a lawn on its roof, & he mows it & thats actually very nice !)

as I have said before lots of people live on their boats in my marina, and they go out on the canal for months at a time, but mainly live/stay there, cos there's electricity & GREEN BOX's. ah yes those small sheds that hold all the boaters essentials like high pressure washers....


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[deborahann]

Re: Water Gypsies

working class's whats that got to do with anything, think everyone works don't they?? its those that don't work, (don't mean retired they have worked) don't contibute & just want to live on a boat cos its cheap that annoy me.

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Nothing to do with Mucky Farter or hlb in drag

 

[chrisb]

the concensus seems to be that a liveaboard is someone who lives on a boat without having any aspiration to voyage . how wonderfully simple

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[temptress]

So what do you call someone who lives on a boat and goes voyaging?

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Southsea Marina
Hants

http://hometown.aol.com/temptressofdown

 

[hlb]

A water gypsey../forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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Haydn

 

[chrisb]

presumably not a live aboard. live aboard would seem to have little to do with sailing nor with voyaging. i think this is sad.i think a site for voyagers is needed whether actual or intended. i think this would be more in the spirit of this site

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[roly_voya]

A person living in a caravan is a gyipsy, a person living on a yacht is a gentleman - thats why marina prices are dearer than caravan parks!!!

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[mikewilkes]

Why another site???

We have a site for liveaboards here. What your pedantic definition of "liveaboard" is your opinion. Others have theirs.
You are saying because peeps dont meet your criteria then they should not be allowed to post.
So going down that road are you also saying that because I am a sail boat owner I cant post on mobo - cos if you are you are talking bo**ox. IMHO.



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Ceum ur

 

[ccscott49]

No, No, No, No, Thats not what is being said! Liveaboards, liveaboard! I spend the whole summer and most of the spring and autunm cruising, as most I know do, winter is maintenace time for me. If people live on a boat which goes nowhere and stays tied up permanently, they are living in a floating house! Not liveaboards, just trying to live cheap. Almost everybody on this site are cruising liveaboards or want to be. IMHO Do try to keep up! Tee hee

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[chockswahay]

A hot debate this one !

I'm with Temptress. My plan is to voyage, but by definition I will be a 'live aboard'

On the whole I think this forum embraces both, however a 'Voyagers' forum would certainly interest me.

Oh and when I tell my friends and family of my plans to travel they think I'm nuts. They can not easily grasp and accept the concept, so I say I'm going to live on a boat and travel the world like a Sea Gypsy!

Chox

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[ccscott49]

Most people here, voyage or want to or are planning to. I respectfully suggest you read some more of the thread.

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[chockswahay]

I think you missed the point

Chox

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[cliffb]

This thread is getting far too close to navel gazing! I diagnose a severe case of the winter blues. I don't know about anyone else....but I'm losing the will here....

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[ccscott49]

I lost the plot a while ago, just dont understand this to voyage or not to voyage, can somebody define voyage for me?

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[snowleopard]

i look on with wonder. will we discover a reason for the desire to define this term? so far i have come up with the following possibilities-

someone is compiling a new dictionary

to define who isn't entitled to post in this forum

to engender a feeling of superiority over others

come on, give us a clue.

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[AndrewB]

Isn't it that we just can't resist an argument? And these really anal topics make for the best arguments of all. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

No matter that certain contributors have argued at different points from completely contradictory standpoints. It takes our minds off the real worry in life, i.e. what to get SWMBO for Xmas.

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[hlb]

Oh. I've solved that problem....Nowt!!

Now back to the real problem.

When is a live aboard not a live aboard.

What qualifies as Live aboard.

How long before one becomes a live aboard.

Can one own a house and also be a live a board.

At what point am I not a live aboard.

Does a mounths holiday qualify??

<hr width=100% size=1> No one can force me to come here. I'm a volunteer!!.

Haydn

 

[cliffb]

No No No... this all too much!!!
I'm outta here.
(going to eat SWMBO's present...<tee hee>)

<thinks> Or is this ACTUALLY a bid for the longest thread since Noah?

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[mikewilkes]

<::Oh. I've solved that problem....Nowt!!::>

You tight fisted begger Hayden. Hope she dont read this or you could be in deep fertilizer. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif



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Ceum ur

 

[chrisb]

good question -was Noah a live aboard? .the bible says -it rained for 40days and he floated for 200. unless we classify the rest of the year as holiday he may not have qualified

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