Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
As I said I don't know any personally - it wasn't an attack on the
lifestyle.

Ah, OK. I apologize if my reply seemed a bit testy. BTW I thought youor
answers about trailering were great.

It may be a difference in geography... you're at the northern range that
travelling liveaboards would get to in the summer.


... For me, it would require at least 50 feet of boat -
minimum.


Read Thoreau.

Personally, I have no ambitions whatever to "live aboard" but my wife &
I want to do some long term cruising... a Great Loop is one of her
driving ambitions... so while we may spend a year or more living on the
boat, I would consider that different from what most people mean by
"living aboard."


There are people who like snowmobiles and ice fishing - not my thing.


Me neither. IMHO the place for ice is in a glass of ice tea... sweet, of
course...


I like a nice warm fire on a cold evening. :)


You can have that. Plenty of boats... not very big ones... have
fireplaces... a solid fuel heater with a pyrex door panel...

One of my favorite cruising boats of all time was an old shrimping boat
(a Harkers Islander for those who know the breed) with a car engine and
a small 2 bunk cabin outfitted with a little pot-bellied stove. Great
fun to putter around and explore, never another soul out on the water in
the winter, and the cabin always cozy & dry & warm.

Regards
Doug King