So far, we've seen both those seeking freedom and those who are
freeloaders....the freeloaders are strange creatures....

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Joe,

Is living on a Sailboat really about "Freedom" or "Free Loading?"



http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Joe wrote:
So you should endlessy wander?

You travel to visit and discover, to broaden your horizon, not to
wander forever towards one.

If you want to invest in a house to make money then thats fine, but
the bubble is bursting in realestate Bob.

Living on a sailboat is about freedom.

Joe

Joe

Dream on. Unless you are connected to this drivel by a satellite
connection from some distant, secluded anchorage, siping martinis that
some minion made, your freedom is a myth. Freedom is not having to suck
the blackwater out of your tank, paint the bottom, change the oil and
fill the tanks. Freedom is owning the dock, the boat, a house, condo in
Aspen and a travel agency. Freedom is someone else getting up to check
the lines at 0200. Living on a boat is the pain that some of us
ordinary people are willing to put up with to have a small taste of
freedom but freedom it ain't

Too bad you missed out on those house deals!

Too Bad? Last house I bought, I sold it 4 years later and doubled my
investment.

Wireless is here, the price will drop and I will indeed be in a
secluded cove or lagoon sipping martini's soon. Best thing is I will be
making good money while I do it.

Capt. Poop sucks out the waste, I dont even have to be here. Mexicans
paint the bottom and I do not mind tinkering with engines.

Shoulden't you be out raking leaves or something?

Joe

"Gary" wrote:
Freedom is not having to suck the blackwater out of your
tank, paint the bottom, change the oil and fill the tanks.
Freedom is owning the dock, the boat, a house, condo in
Aspen and a travel agency. Freedom is someone else getting
up to check the lines at 0200.

That's not freedom, that's just bigger bills.

Living on a boat is the pain that some of us ordinary
people are willing to put up with to have a small taste of
freedom but freedom it ain't

Living on a boat is a choice like anything else in life.
Some of us love it, and don't see the "pain" you speak of.

Seahag
..

We'll be going down "the Ditch" probablt in June...or maybe up...one way or
ta other, we'll be going somewhere....and our dock fees are no where near
the amount we pay in property and school taxes at home....also, discovereing
that you will not kill each other when forced into close cap(even after 27
years of living together) is a reassuring thing...
tivity

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
k.net...
Don't forget no kids, no lathe, no mill, no MIG/TIG, no extensive library,
no appreciating asset (in some markets houses have doubled in value over
the
last 7 years), boats are more work than houses, a large yacht is smaller
than an efficiency condo in square footage, etc.

Dock fees are higher than school/property taxes.

A boat is not a house. On lives aboard to travel, not to remain in one
place.

Amen!

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
It's nice to have a boat thats more than a weekend toy costing money
isn't it?

No more School Tax, no more property tax, a home that rocks you to
sleep.

Take 10 min to go sailing, great sunsets and sunrises on the water
every day.

Only us liveaboards enjoy the true value a fine sailing vessel
provides.

I think I'll stroll the decks now, perhaps feed the birds and have
another cup of fresh Hills Brothers coffee up on the forecastle.
Charlie the crab man should be making his rounds anytime now. Going to
see if he has a soft shells for us.

Joe
RedCloud the perfect home

Joe wrote:
It's nice to have a boat thats more than a weekend toy costing money
isn't it?

No more School Tax, no more property tax, a home that rocks you to
sleep.

Take 10 min to go sailing, great sunsets and sunrises on the water
every day.

Only us liveaboards enjoy the true value a fine sailing vessel
provides.
The liveaboards around here never move. They would have to move al the
junk in the cockpit and all over the deck. In my experience it's the
racers that get out quickest, most often and in all weather.

I think I'll stroll the decks now, perhaps feed the birds and have
another cup of fresh Hills Brothers coffee
Hills Brothers......gag
up on the forecastle.
Foredeck, the fo'csle is inside.
Charlie the crab man should be making his rounds anytime now. Going to
see if he has a soft shells for us.

Joe
RedCloud the perfect home

Bull****.

Here is a picture of a proper forcastle pronounced (fo'csle) on the
Texas.

http://www.quarterly-report.com/tour..._rotated33.jpg

I mustered on a forecastle for 4 years... I know what a forecastle is.

joe

Joe wrote:
Bull****.

Here is a picture of a proper forcastle pronounced (fo'csle) on the
Texas.

http://www.quarterly-report.com/tour..._rotated33.jpg

I mustered on a forecastle for 4 years... I know what a forecastle is.

joe

It is different on a ship. On a small boat it is called the foredeck.
It would be pompous to call it a fo'csle. We muster the ship's crew on
the fo'csle. As in: "Fo'csle berthing party close up." Big difference
on your little liveaboard. "Coffee is served on the foredeck."

When and where did you serve on the old girl? BB35? Trade?

I never served on the Texas but I've crawled thru ever square inch of
her and donated some vintage items. What a ship.

On RedCloud it's the Fo'csle, just above the Masters Stateroom in the
Officers Quarters thru the Passageway forward of the Galley and Frame
14. Hey call me pompous just don't call me Bobspirt.

Joe

Joe wrote:
I never served on the Texas but I've crawled thru ever square inch of
her and donated some vintage items. What a ship.

On RedCloud it's the Fo'csle, just above the Masters Stateroom in the
Officers Quarters thru the Passageway forward of the Galley and Frame
14. Hey call me pompous just don't call me Bobspirt.

Joe

So why did you muster for 4 years on the fo'csle? Lost?