Vito wrote:
"richard" wrote

...... Any ideas how we
might get the experience of living aboard in the cold winter before we
buy about?


One magazine had a series on it. Like "close up your bathroom and start
using the one in the gas station on the corner. Limit yourself to two sets
of clothing. Live out of a locker at the 'Y'. .....". g



Rent one. You could double as the watchman at the marina, on the
water or on the hard, get some practice earning a little while
living aboard. If you want, you could unplug it and pretend you are
on an anchor, out of gas. You would be able to go to your house for
a weekend off and a decent shower, or you could rent out your house
to defray expenses.

They should be glad to have someone there to keep an eye on things.

I would anyway, after having my boat vandalized and destroyed by
arsonists in the boatyard in 1995, where I paid storage fees.

The mast fell on 3 other boats.

I wonder if the insurance company reclaimed any of the settlement
from the yard? It took almost a year to settle, at $14,300 on an
$18,000 policy, after I spent $7500 upgrading it. Parizeau was the
insurance company, may they go bankrupt.

Terry K