Thread: Sloop or Ketch?
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Old 07-26-2007
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Go rent a boat for a week to find out if it suits you. There are charter companies that will rent a boat muck like a motel room with the condition that the boat stay at the dock. Living on a boat is not the same lifestyle as living in even a tiny apartment. Picture the tinyest motel room you have ever seen and cut that in half. add to that showering in a public shower at the marina. Of course you could maintain your membership at the gym and wonder whether Bruno the body builder is checking out your sweet ass or not. Then there is the food thing. I barbequed alot, against marina rules at many marinas. You will sleep better with the constant rocking though. As for dates, well most women look at a guy that lives on a boat just one step above trailor trash (though both trailor trash and boat dwellers get unfair rap). All in all it was great fun for me.... when I moved back to a house.
Good Luck!
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