Very honest appraisal.

Good video, Michael. I lived aboard for a few years in a marina in San Diego, and concluded that I wouldn't cope with full-time cruising. I loved it, but there are downsides. A few weeks at a time is probably my limit.

Anyway, if you're planning on crossing the pond next winter may I be the first to volunteer as crew?

Thanks for the thoughts.

Another excellent episode!! Honest, personal, thoughtful, soul searching and immensely informative. I was reminded of the episodes in my life where I've lived on houseboats in London, permanently moored motor cruisers amid the maze of waterways in Fort Lauderdale (an enormous subculture of boatyards, painting sheds and hundreds of marine related trades); living aboard sailboats in Antibes and Villefranche in the South of France and Rye, NY. 

I'm now looking for a boat (35-35 foot Beneteau or Pearson) to base in the Samana peninsula in the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic near Las Terrenas where my wife and I have an apartment. There's a beautiful small marina in Samana and a yard in Puerto Plata (where I can park on the hard and undertake maintenance).From either place I can fly back to the United States in a couple of hours whenever I have a photography assignment.

Speaking of which, I've noticed a dramatic growth in people living aboard in marinas – working remotely via the marina's wifi or in nearby cafes. The evolution of technologies like Elon Musk's Starlink make the possibility of affordable satellite communications and truly remote work feasible.

Thanks for all your good advice.

Hi Michael great video as always. I like you explain very honest perspective and not trying to make atrificially nice pink-coloured like many other channels do. To add something in terms of financing: if you are able to work 100% remote all you need is good internet access on the anchorage… covid actually speed that up and many pepople work fully remote nowadays which opens a whole bunch of new opportunities. What do yo think of working full time remotely from the boat?

Fab video, thanks!

Brilliant talk

Many sailors like la vagabonde and delos and sailing uma have been sailing and living on board for years and years. This guy is not really a sailor but one who Parks his boat at the marina. Maybe just too old to do it anymore.

Thank you Michael

having lived aboard for 4 years I understand exactly what he means!

Brilliant and informative as always!

Excellent video thank you very much. Currently isolating on my boat with Covid. I can relate to what you say about heat loss it drops very quickly when n the heating goes off.

Great video and very informative. Thank you

Thank you Michael, I feel you need congratulating on producing a video and pointing out what living aboard a boat really entails. We lived aboard our boat in Greece and experiences severe storm when many boats were lost and encountered the difficult Greek port authorities and now with Brexit the med is not what it use to be. Keep up the good work

Thanks again for your sharing Michael. Much appreciated 🙏

From my experience a very fair overview. I lived on a boat for several years as professional crew which also has its pros and cons.

Superb vlog again thanks for sharing so informative

Excellent reality check. Thank you.

Hi

This was excellent.