"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:46:08 -0500, Jeff wrote:

The point obviously is, how do you earn money to pay off a mortgage
while cruising? If you have the cash so that automatic payments can
be made, then this is not an issue.

No one should ever get the idea that cruising is free once you have
the boat, far from it. You're going to need cash for a lot of other
things, so build up that nest egg or whatever.

We've got some folks here in Florida who tried to go cruising on
little or no cash. You can spot their boats a mile away because of
the decrepit condition, and they are usually huddled together with
other like minded folks to form what resembles a floating trailer
park. The whole thing is giving liveaboard cruisers a bad name and
towns are passing ever more restrictive ordinances to prevent it.


Outside of the US -- particularly non-tourist areas of Mexico, Central
America, parts of South America -- it is simple to live on MUCH less than is
required back home. But no money at all? Well, it all depends on whether or
not one is willing to accept "poverty" conditions. The human animal CAN live
with no money, and it happens all over this planet to one degree or another.
But it ain't pretty. At the very least the boat requires maintenance, as do
the people living on her.