You know your a liveaboard when......

Nostrodamus

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Found this on another web site... can you add any more?

Sleeping in a house makes you feel claustrophobic because there isn’t a hatch overhead to look at the stars.
You know smaller is actually sometimes better.
You find yourself bleeding from random places at random times.
You and your girlfriend define “taking a break” as moving about six feet apart and looking in opposite directions.
You avoid telling people you live on a boat just so you don’t have to explain to them how you shower… again.
You are obsessed with the humidity…indoors.
You think butter only comes soft
All of your pots have removable handles.
When invited to dinner at someone’s house you ask if you can have a shower.
When invited to dinner at someone’s house you ask if you can do your laundry.
The doctor assumes your body covered in random bruises is a sign of physical abuse.
You are the only one who doesn't want to win the big screen TV at the charity raffle.
You think CSI is some sort of yacht club racing acronym.
Kids think you’re the coolest person on earth.
When you don’t like the neighbourhood you just untie and move.
You are content knowing that sailing is code for boat repair in exotic places.
You can assemble a gourmet dinner using only one pot and a fork.
Doing laundry involves a net bag, a moving boat, and 50 feet of line.
You have to put up an umbrella inside.
When asked for a piece of scratch paper, you hand them 80 grit.
You truly don’t want anything for Christmas that doesn't come in PDF form or install on a Kindle.
You only get seasick on land.
Cardboard boxes, wrappers, and packing foam are thrown away before anything goes to the boat.
You define a good anchorage as one where you can get WiFi.
A fifteen minute job always takes and hour and a half since you have to pull everything out of all the storage lockers to find the right part, then the right tool, then put it all back.
Your wallet contains more boat cards than business cards
You know what a boat card is.
When visiting ashore, you wake everbody at daylight screaming “We’re Aground”when you open your eyes and see trees.
You define an easy chore as one where you only had to pull out 3 tool bags.
You covet new solar panels more than a new car.
You can identify boats by the sound of their halyard slapping against their mast.
Removing things from the refrigerator is like playing Jenga.
You gave up high heels for flipflops
You've occidentally put your life jacket on in a grocery store parking lot out of habit.
You walk in the rain all the way back to your boat, carrying a backpack, a load of laundry, groceries destined to fall out of their bag at any second… all while thinking how lucky you are.
Filling the water tanks is a full day’s work.
The only thing you do religiously on Sundays is wonder what day it is.
The first thing you do after setting the hook is check to see who you know in the anchorage.
Cutting the grass means diving over the side.
You find a sea otter lounging in your cockpit when you get home.
You think the roof leaking a little is no big deal.
You wonder why it’s always low tide when taking stuff on or off the boat.
A warm rum and coke won’t turn your stomach.
When you try to sleep on land you find you can only sleep in hammock after rocking it.
You understand and pay attention to the entire weather forecast.
You spend weekends sitting in your cockpit with a boat hook beside you, waiting to fend off the next rental boat operator.
You can heat your home with a Bic lighter.
Every time you consider buying something the main consideration is what you’ll have to get rid of to make room for it.
When visiting ashore you catch yourself pumping the handle on a faucet.
You consider a three minute shower luxurious
You covet your neighbours oven more than his wife.
You measure the length of a shower in terms of quarters
You know consider a freezer the ultimate luxury.
You have to strap a bag full of water to your boom & wait a few hours before you can take a shower.
You've sincerely wondered if there are any companies that make triangular bed sheets.
You know that styrofoam was invented by satan, duct tape by God.
When trying to register a new bank account or anything to do with government, their computer won’t accept the fact that you don’t have a residential address.
All of your neighbours have your cellphone number, but only call when they want a weather report or for you to check on their boat.
You realize previously asinine Jimmy Buffet songs have started to carry a deep philosophical significance.
You only bring out the clear plastic Dixie cups for fancy occasions.
You visit a friend’s house and worry that everything on the shelves will come crashing down when the boat heels.
Getting the “heat” question for the 1,000th time drives you mad.
Trying to find someone to sail away with you isn’t being romantic, it’s practical.
Your first iPhone app was the Weather Channel.
Your second was Tides app.
Your homepage is the NOAA National Weather Service
You've spent mornings standing in your underwear on the deck of someone else’s boat, adjusting halyards, lashing lines & freezing your ass off.
You have given up trying to defend your lifestyle and are content with smugly thinking…..they don’t have a clue what they are missing.
You have a clue what any of this means.
 
You can wash the dishes in an inch of water
You know how to make use of all available space in any randomly shaped container
You know what a bow-thruster sounds like - and wish you didn't
You know what a cockroach looks like - and wish you didn't
 
When filling water tanks at a fuel berth you run around excitedly cleaning heads and taking a long shower.
A literary evening involves several yachties together with their pilot books and notes.
A flushing toilet ashore is a joy to behold..
Swmbos, you stop wearing dresses - going ashore in the dinghy with dress tucked into knickers isn't worth the hassle.
 
You consider booking a hotel room just so you can lie in a luxurious hot bath for an hour or so
The occasional marina berth means you can do all the laundry not just the stuff you need for tomorrow
Looking blankly at visiting friends when they start a discussion about xxxxxx the latest tv drama/talent contest etc
Any job takes twice as long because you spend most of the time chatting with neighbouring boats
 
NONE (well, hardly ANY) of those apply on our boat. We have two heads each with H&C shower which we both get to use every day, a projector TV, an ice making machine, a washing machine. So many Tee shirts that some of those I brought out in May I havn't worn yet.

No "roughing it" HERE sunshine!

However, we are in Levkas Marina at the moment with a Southerly F5-6 blowing straight from the rubbish tip and forecast to do so until at least 3am and straight into our main hatch - the smell is overpowering. Will we ever get it off the boat?
 
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NONE (well, hardly ANY) of those apply on our boat. We have two heads each with H&C shower which we both get to use every day, a projector TV, an ice making machine, a washing machine. So many Tee shirts that some of those I brought out in May I havn't worn yet.

No "roughing it" HERE sunshine!

However, we are in Levkas Marina at the moment with a Southerly F5-6 blowing straight from the rubbish tip and forecast to do so until at least 3am and straight into our main hatch - the smell is overpowering. Will we ever get it off the boat?

Calls for another thread, "home comforts" perhaps? Adding to your list bread machine; ice cream maker; one cabin converted into a shelved tool shed (the envy of many a man); push button loo. Many are luxuries we don't really need but after 3 years of lugging laundry around I'd never again be without my washing machine.

Sailorgirl, we booked a hotel room last year just for the bath. I'd bought lovely bath oil, candles etc.. Boilers were broken, typical!!
 
NONE (well, hardly ANY) of those apply on our boat. We have two heads each with H&C shower which we both get to use every day, a projector TV, an ice making machine, a washing machine. So many Tee shirts that some of those I brought out in May I havn't worn yet.

No "roughing it" HERE sunshine!

However, we are in Levkas Marina at the moment with a Southerly F5-6 blowing straight from the rubbish tip and forecast to do so until at least 3am and straight into our main hatch - the smell is overpowering. Will we ever get it off the boat?

I was about to post something similar, but I thought better of it for fear of falling foul of the "Spartan sailor" brigade! I have to say that we don't have the washing machine - bit too heavy - or the ice maker - not really necessary at these latitudes, particularly given a large chest freezer! There are plenty of marina dwelling liveaboards who don't have to rough it anything like that much...
 
You don't put the toilet paper down the bowl; you put it in the waste bin.

Oh no, thank you! Might be a problem in the charter market, but a liveaboard can educate himself and family to make safe use of a sea toilet - only soluble loo rolls, small numbers of sheets and many pumps between each wipe.
 
Oh no, thank you! Might be a problem in the charter market, but a liveaboard can educate himself and family to make safe use of a sea toilet - only soluble loo rolls, small numbers of sheets and many pumps between each wipe.

+1

I don't live aboard, but I happily use the bog on Ariam for all its intended purposes.

I have deliberately overstocked the loo-roll locker with several years' supply of Sainsbury's Basic to ensure nobody needs to nip ashore and buy bum-cartridge, though. We didn't have any spares on the first cruise of the season, and a guest came back from the shops with a pack of triple-quilted extra-strong valve-blocker.

Pete
 
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I don't live aboard, but I happily use the bog on Ariam for all its intended purposes.

I have deliberately overstocked the loo-roll locker with several years' supply of Sainsbury's Basic to ensure nobody needs to nip ashore and buy bum-cartridge, though. We didn't have any spares on the first cruise of the season, and a guest came back from the shops with a pack of triple-quilted extra-strong valve-blocker.

Pete

We recently had guests aboard. Why does a woman need to use a full roll every time they go. What is wrong with drip dry?.... I spent a wonderful evening fishing sheets and sheets out the toilet... using the loo was beyond their comprehension so I said I would flush it. Good job otherwise the full loo roll and the golden labrabour puppy attached to the other end would be wrapped round the pump
 
Only using the smallest amount of water to brush teeth, have a wash, my kids are horrified when they see people leave a tap running to brush teeth or have a wash. And the thought of having having a bath really scares them; maybe because they now collect and carry the 300 lts of water per week back to the boat, they now know what a precious commodity it is!!!!
 
When you realise that the SAS and SBS must be massive units to accommodate all those ex SAS and SBS people you have met in bars for the past ten years.
 
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