On Sep 8, 12:47*am, wrote:
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:26:32 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Sep 7, 10:06*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:15:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

This isnt' about a port to port boat, but I remember a few years ago,t
here was a guy out on the west coast that had some giant and ancient
Chris Craft vintage [i believe] 1947 and he had it up for bid after he
had lived aboard for something like 17 years. Engines were froze up
and all it did was float in the slip. I dont' know if he had to pay
for shore power, but basically he paid slip rent and an occasional
haul out for maintenance. I would say his commodities were about what
you could stuff in a large camper and little more than cloths and
personal necessities.

That's not really boating of course. * I call it one step from
homeless. * There's a lot of it in warmer climates.

Well Wayne, the original question was: "Is it possible to live on a
boat instead of a permanent house? "

And the obvious short answer is a simple "yes"

True... I wouldn't say that just because you live on a boat, that
you're 'boat living'

We know a woman who was living on one of those derelict, won't start
boats in San Diego but she was in a slip with power and water so it
was basically a slum apartment on the water. The boat finally sunk and
she moved.

I wonder if she found another junker?

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On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:44:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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We know a woman who was living on one of those derelict, won't start
boats in San Diego but she was in a slip with power and water so it
was basically a slum apartment on the water. The boat finally sunk and
she moved.

I wonder if she found another junker?

She ended up in La Jolla owning a store and living in the store.

All my life, I have really liked living close to where I worked. And that
included a couple of those LaJolla arrangements. Although sometimes, the
lack of privacy, and being available to fight every sized fire that came
along morning, noon, and night did have its downsides, too.

Her name wasn't Ruby, was it?

Steve