"Califbill" wrote

Lots of people live aboard boats full time. Most are not cruisers. Lots
are berthed permanently and people commute to day jobs or are retired.
Sacramento Delta is full of these. But they are mostly like a house
trailer on a barge. Cruising, you better have a lot of savings. As you
will not have any fresh income, and it will cost to berth in all those
ports, plus living expenses outside eating fish for 3 meals a day. And
may cost to catch fish.

I kind of had this idyllic idea of cruising, parking wherever I wanted,
diving for dinner, fresh langoustine, Hawaiian sling in hand, and all that.
I guess reality is, though, that there are not those places available much
any more, and that the reality of it might outweigh the idyllic image. The
toilet permits alone could cost millions.

Steve