Wayfarer
Guru
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2014
- Messages
- 2,228
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sylphide
- Vessel Make
- Kingston Aluminum Yacht 44' Custom
Hello All,
For several years now, I've been thinking about selling out and becoming a full time cruising liveaboard. It's the main reason I joined this site, in fact. Much of the time, I'm completely in love with the idea, and am convinced that the lifestyle would suit me very well. Sometimes, especially in the frozen wastes of northern American winters, I feel like I'm wasting my life away in the cold grayness, when I could be somewhere comfortable and colorful, cozily nestled in my floating home.
Other times, I get discouraged with the idea. I'll tell myself that it's too expensive, that it's too poor of an investment, that I should keep my house, my shrubs, my car, and all of my junk, that it's way too much work being a liveaboard anyway. I should just stay where I am. That's the safe decision.
There are a million reasons to go for it, and a million reasons not to. I don't know if I'll ever make a decision.
So, in the interests of learning from those of you who have already made this decision, I'd like to know what your choice was. Feel free to elaborate.
Thanks!
For several years now, I've been thinking about selling out and becoming a full time cruising liveaboard. It's the main reason I joined this site, in fact. Much of the time, I'm completely in love with the idea, and am convinced that the lifestyle would suit me very well. Sometimes, especially in the frozen wastes of northern American winters, I feel like I'm wasting my life away in the cold grayness, when I could be somewhere comfortable and colorful, cozily nestled in my floating home.
Other times, I get discouraged with the idea. I'll tell myself that it's too expensive, that it's too poor of an investment, that I should keep my house, my shrubs, my car, and all of my junk, that it's way too much work being a liveaboard anyway. I should just stay where I am. That's the safe decision.
There are a million reasons to go for it, and a million reasons not to. I don't know if I'll ever make a decision.
So, in the interests of learning from those of you who have already made this decision, I'd like to know what your choice was. Feel free to elaborate.
Thanks!