I teach school near Santa Barbara. The median home price is now
1,200,000. You can rent a one bedroom with about 5k down and 1,800 a
month.

I bought a boat. I'll be damned if I'm going to give some landlord all
that money. I take it overnight about once a month. Some people
aren't sailors at all. . . it's purely an economic decision. They have
no interest in sailing if I offer to take them outand they don't know
port from starboard. So be it. With houses this expensive there is
only going to be more people living in the forest or marinas.

b

I think $289/month is VERY expensive compared to North FL. I have
heard that on the Fl east coast it is much worse.

$11 per foot in Ft Pierce Fl
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I think $289/month is VERY expensive compared to North FL. I have
heard that on the Fl east coast it is much worse.

In article .com,
wrote:

Yesterday when I was visiting my boat in Bradenton, FL, I realized
that most of the boats there were occupied by liveaboards. However, I
also noticed that none of the boats had been moved since I left a month
ago. It seems there is a large number of people who liveaboard but
really do not go anywhere. This is probably obvious to everybody else
but it had never occurred to me.

Well, there's a reason they called liveaboards instead of cruisers.

At least they're using the boats for one of their intended purposes. Too
often gorgeous boats just sit.

What are other peoples feelings about such sailboat ghettos?

Unfortunate, but at least they have roofs over their heads. Friend of
ours is in the Bradenton area, currently in a camper or trailer, but she
used to be on a "boat" (floating structure) in Key West. She's bright,
but not the best employee in the world.

They definitely give the rest of us a bad name, but ghettos like that
exist pretty much anywhere, using any form of abode.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
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On 16 Apr 2005 08:10:33 -0700, wrote:


What are other peoples feelings about such sailboat
ghettos?


Many of these boat ghetto dwellers fancy themselves cruisers and post
rather authoritative sounding advice on these websites. Now, if you
want to know all about head repair who could better inform you than
someone who is living aboard?