On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:39:34 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

And then there are the floating trailer parks with the home made plywood
aft cabins, 3 feet of sea weed hanging off the bottom and multiple
layers of artistic mildew decorating the top sides. Typically the mast
will be horizontal on 2 x 4s with a tarp stretched over it but not
always.

These are the folks who went cruising on the cheap and got just far
enough to be south of the frost line. And they are the first ones to
scream about the latest anti anchoring law that just got passed by the
town fathers.

Actually a lot of them aren't cruisers at all, but people who live on
boats because it's cheaper than an apartment.

I know they're all over Florida. False Creek in Vancouver, BC is full of
them. There are plenty of "sneakaboards" living where they're not
supposed to in southern California marinas too. The few I've known over
the years weren't really boaters at all.

There are plenty of cruisers with inexpensive boats that are well taken
care of, some even quite spiffy.

Matt O.