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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYou know how some people retire and live the RV life? This is my version:
(if I could afford it, which I doubt, but a girl can dream, right?)
The crazier the world gets, the more attractive this option looks....
Only problem is, how could I keep a dog on one?
That would be pretty tough.
Might have to switch to being a cat person.
(Don't get me wrong, I love cats as well! I just love dogs a tiny bit more...)
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Shermann
(7,455 posts)Looks like pie in the sky to me.
Or is it pie in the water?
Coventina
(27,215 posts)I'm a bit of an agoraphobe, definitely anti-social, and I LOOOOOOOVE the ocean, so when I saw it I was immediately entranced.
It's way out of my price range, so I never took it really seriously.
Sometimes, when I find it hard to sleep, I try to imagine a typical day in one, starting from morning.
I'm usually asleep by "lunch."
Auggie
(31,207 posts)Coventina
(27,215 posts)But, never put anything past the ocean.
You pays your money and you takes your chances, I guess.
(My suspicion is that most buyers would never take it out of their slip in the marina).
Under The Radar
(3,405 posts)Is it narrower than a typical river lock?
Coventina
(27,215 posts)The first version, which was much smaller, would have been.
yonder
(9,682 posts)Leaking seals, paint, barnacles, etc.
Still.....
Coventina
(27,215 posts)"You're always fighting the water on a boat. There's always something you need to be doing."
He died at 93, was still on his boat nearly every day....
Ocelot II
(115,899 posts)became just too much (I miss it, but not the work and expense).
Coventina
(27,215 posts)1. The day you buy the boat
2. The day you sell the boat.