On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:04:12 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:08:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 14 Feb 2005 10:22:31 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

I am wondering if any one on this list lives aboard there boat? If so
how do you like it? Pro and cons ? At what size should a person keep
there boat at a marina or trailer it back and forth ?

I have talked to a lot of live aboard types and they all seem to have
one thing in common - boats over 35 feet long and it's almost never
for more than a summer's worth at best. I can't think of any that are
of my aquaintance who live on board all year 'round. I'm sure there
are some, I just don't know them. Up in NE, I wouldn't think it to be
very practical type of living.

I'm not sure there are any pro to living aboard - I can think of about
a hundred cons right off the top of my head beginning with confined
spaces and what that does to the human psyche.

As to trailering a boat - 26' is about the max length at 8.5' wide
which is the Federal width limit. You will probably need something in
the one ton truck category for that kind of towing. I had a 32'
Contender CC with a special trailer used only for storage and it was a
neat deal, but sometimes it would be unwieldy.

Other towing considerations would be how agile you are, types of
launches that will accept a boat/trailer/truck combination and the
type of trailer.

The biggest deal is the tow vehicle though - it's actually the primary
consideration.

Later,

Tom

We need Chuck to jump in here and talk about some of the 'live-aboards' in
Lake
Washington. Some of those folks have two-story, 2500 square-foot floating
castles!


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Plenty on the San Francisco Bay in Sausalito also. Here is the webpage of
one of the builders of these floating houses.

http://www.messersmithhomes.com/index2.html


Gorgeous! $280,000 doesn't seem like a bad price for that first one. Look at all
the money you'd save by not buying a lawn mower, rakes, shovels, etc. etc.

Those are some pretty homes.


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes