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SteveB[_2_] SteveB[_2_] is offline
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Default I'm new to this group, and a houseboat owner..


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Hi everyone!
I'm currently living in Copenhagen Denmark. 1 Year ago my family and I
bought an old passenger ferry- The Arno II. The ferry used to cross
the german border and sail drunk people to buy cheap alcohol. A
strange concept, but a typical business model for us scandinavians.

It amazing to live on your ship, and I can recommend.
And I'm very qurious if I can find other people in this forum who has
experiences or interest in the liveaboard lifestyle?

Best

Søren Terkelsen, The Arno II

Lived on board vessels while working. That would be totally different than
a vessel where you could enlarge the space. Seems to me that a lot of work
would be required to just maintain it and keep the systems going. Plus,
getting under way, and being under way opens up a whole new can of worms
with weather, other boats, obstacles, and acts of God. Sitting in some dock
somewhere may be okay for a while, but dockside was never known as a good
neighborhood. I know there are a lot of people who build houseboats of a
fashion in the US Pacific northwest, and they like it. Just think there's a
huge difference between life on an anchored/docked craft, and one that is
seaworthy and spends any time asea.

Hope you have a lot of money, because one way or another, it takes a lot to
keep a boat going, no matter what size.

Steve