On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:25:38 +0700, wrote:

I have also seen innumerable "home schooled" kids on yachts and I'd
guess that as far as the three R's go they are equal to kids educated
in America however few of them get much of any grounding in the
sciences or higher math.

Few of any age have much in the way of either science or higher math.
If they haven't got it they can't teach it. And few seem to value
those things.

Casady

My neighbor, the fuel polisher, raised and home taught 5 kids on a
39' custom sailboat in Mexico. They moved ashore when the kids were high
school age. The last one entered college this year with $19,000 in
scholarships. The others are in or graduated from college.

BTW, the fuel polisher also does deliveries and is delivering a new
112' Westport yacht to San Diego! What a boat! No shoes allowed on
board! Completely computerized. Cruises between 18 and 22 with a top of
almost 30. $9 million and you to can have one.
Gordon

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:19:51 +0000, in message

Larry wrote:

Long ago, I wrote a little "Liveaboard Simulator" for people thinking
about living aboard to try out before they buy the $100,000 mistake. I
haven't posted it in a while, so I'll donate it to you.

I've read it many times over the years, and to me it still sounds like
a little love song to how great it is to be on a sailboat. These are
the things we will just laugh off in order to be on the boat. They're
also the things that make others think we're crazy.

Ryk, just wishing he was cold, wet and sleep deprived

"Ryk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:19:51 +0000, in message

Larry wrote:

Long ago, I wrote a little "Liveaboard Simulator" for people thinking
about living aboard to try out before they buy the $100,000 mistake. I
haven't posted it in a while, so I'll donate it to you.

I've read it many times over the years, and to me it still sounds like
a little love song to how great it is to be on a sailboat. These are
the things we will just laugh off in order to be on the boat. They're
also the things that make others think we're crazy.

Ryk, just wishing he was cold, wet and sleep deprived


Ya, but the thing is that the "liveaboard simulator" has all of the
drawbacks with none of the benefits.

On Sep 13, 9:13 am, "Roger Long" wrote:
Welcome. "New Member" isn't quite the concept though. Think of this place
as like a waterfront bar. Anyone can walk in and, sometimes, we wish they
couldn't. Unlike a bar, unfortunately, there is no one to throw the wacko's
and drunks out. That's what your killfile is for.

BTW the link to your web site doesn't go anywhere.

--
Roger Long

I checked the link and it works now...
I miss my old waterfront bar, so maybe I can hang here for a while
till I get to go again!

On Sep 13, 11:48 am, "Roger Long" wrote:
Thanks for the plug Larry.

BTW, it was the History Channel.

--
Roger Long

Very Cool!! My family and I watched that!! Nice to meet you!!

On Sep 13, 12:52 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"SchoonerBoudicca" wrote in message

oups.com...



I just joined the group and thought I'd say hi. My name's Regina. I'm
a stay-at-home mom of two girls, (6 and 8). My family and I live
aboard our 66' Bruce Roberts HM 56 full time.

We bought he boat on ebay as a liveaboard project boat. We're going to
put a schooner rig on her and re-do the interior of the boat along
with the systems. As we're planning to make all the systems simple, it
won't cost as much.

Our goal with Boudicca is to live on and circumnavigate in a large
boat on a small budget.

I started a blog to follow our progress, (http://
schoonerboudicca.blogspot.com), though within the next week or two,
I'll be building a whole website, including blog, at
http://www.SchoonerBoudicca.com.

I look forward to being part of the list...

Regina

Welcome... watchout for trolls... :-) Sounds like an interesting plan. I
didn't look at the site, but just wondering why you guys decided to do
this... do you have previous boating experience? What was your motivation? I
think you might be wrong about "won't cost much," because it depends on how
you define "simple."

--
"j" ganz

We do have previous experience. We have lived aboard for over 5 years
and my husband is a professional sailor. Our children have been raised
aboard as well.

Our motivation? To see the world, to explore, to experience what is
"out there".
And "won't cost much" is subjective. But we will have a very basic
electrical system, gravity fed and foot pumped water, we will make our
own sails, do our own repairs. No refrigeration, no air conditioning,
a heating stove for warmth, we will rarely use our engines and move by
sail except in necessary harbors and to maintain it.

It will be much more "rustic" then most people are used to or
comfortable with... but it's the way we like it.

On Sep 13, 1:12 pm, Frank wrote:
On Sep 13, 5:33 am, SchoonerBoudicca
wrote:

I just joined the group and thought I'd say hi. My name's Regina. I'm
a stay-at-home mom of two girls, (6 and 8). My family and I live
aboard our 66' Bruce Roberts HM 56 full time.
We bought he boat on ebay as a liveaboard project boat. We're going to
put a schooner rig on her and re-do the interior of the boat along
with the systems. As we're planning to make all the systems simple, it
won't cost as much.
Our goal with Boudicca is to live on and circumnavigate in a large
boat on a small budget.
I started a blog to follow our progress, (http://
schoonerboudicca.blogspot.com), though within the next week or two,
I'll be building a whole website, including blog, athttp://www.SchoonerBoudicca.com.
I look forward to being part of the list...
Regina

Welcome. Nice to see another unschooler in the sailing with kids
universe.

Frank

Hurrah!! You unschool too!! I seem to find so few unschoolers! Write
me!

On Sep 13, 6:57 pm, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:
She's banging three guys, has two kids, wants another one ...

Doesn't send the kids to school ... huum...

Maybe just maybe because if little XXX goes to school and tells Miss
CRabtree that mommy is doing three guys, and
they live on a big old piece of **** that barely floats ..

The department of social services might come a calling.

This woman sounds like a nutcase.

I feel bad for the kids.

=================="Roger Long" wrote in message

...

wrote

Her blog is pretty eccentric, to put it mildly.

Oh yes. It says that she is "polyamorous", i.e., she and her husband are
in a committed relationship with two other men.

(Down, boys, down!)

That's going to be one busy schooner.

--
Roger Long

No, I'm in committed relationships with more then one, (only two now).
And I chose to school my children at home. The are free to tell anyone
they like about our lifestyle and do. They know it is not the "normal"
way of living. I don't lie to my children, family or friends. I am
honest about who I am and the choices I make in my life.

Thank you for your opinion, even if it is about a person you don't
know.

On Sep 14, 2:09 pm, Joe wrote:
On Sep 13, 7:33 am, SchoonerBoudicca
wrote:



I just joined the group and thought I'd say hi. My name's Regina. I'm
a stay-at-home mom of two girls, (6 and 8). My family and I live
aboard our 66' Bruce Roberts HM 56 full time.

We bought he boat on ebay as a liveaboard project boat. We're going to
put a schooner rig on her and re-do the interior of the boat along
with the systems. As we're planning to make all the systems simple, it
won't cost as much.

Our goal with Boudicca is to live on and circumnavigate in a large
boat on a small budget.

I started a blog to follow our progress, (http://
schoonerboudicca.blogspot.com), though within the next week or two,
I'll be building a whole website, including blog, athttp://www.SchoonerBoudicca.com.

I look forward to being part of the list...

Regina

Greetings Regina;

Nice looking boat, except the ports in the hull, weld them over then
you will have a proper world crusier. Do you have the rigging?

I have a steel hull too, have been on steel boats most my life so if
you need any tips just ask. Also have lived aboard 20+ yrs.

You can get better info on alt.sailing.asa then you can here.

Good luck on your planned voyage. What a keen education your kids
could get sailing around the globe, what better school house than the
real world eh?

Joe
RedCloudhttp://sports.webshots.com/photo/1242722704063212926VskyTX

Thank you. She's a fiberglass boat. We have to fix the windows in the
hull as well as several other things. Her rig is long since gone and
we'll be re-rigging her. I will check out alt.sailing.asa as well...
Thanks again!