Is Sailboat Life Right for You?
Sailing is one of the most popular water sports for many reasons. For many, there is nothing more relaxing than spending time on a boat. However there is a difference between taking a sailboat vacation and living the sailboat life. The first thing to consider are your sailing skills, or the sailing skills of the boat captain. Experience and ease are important when it comes to sailing full-time. If you're just starting out in the wide world of sailing, gain skills and knowledge with trips ranging from a day to several days until you feel confident with your level of sailing experience.
Your age may factor in when deciding to live on a sailboat. Retired individuals and couples are more likely to take up the sailing lifestyle than are adults in their twenties to forties. The reason for this is because it can be difficult to raise a family or sustain employment on a sailboat. However once the kids are grown and there are adequate retirement funds available those called by the lure of the sea may decide to travel via sailboat on a full-time basis. This can be a romantic and rewarding experience.
The first thing you'll need is a sailboat, of course. If the money is available to you it is possible to find favorable deals on sailboats and pay in cash. Buying at an auction can help you get a great deal on one of these water craft. If you can't pay cash for a sailboat don't worry -- there are plenty of financing programs available that let you finance a boat for a few hundred dollars a month until paid. This is sometimes a more manageable way for consumers to purchase a boat as they can be expensive.
Examining your personality and those of your boat mates is also important when it comes to deciding upon the sailboat life. Are you the type of person who is comfortable in a confined area for lengthly periods? While you do get to travel and explore when boating there are times where you are stuck on the boat, which may be small as compared with traditional land housing. If you enjoy quiet time on the water and aren't bothered by small quarters then living a the life of a recreational sailor is something to consider.
Fire destroys UNH boathouse, 32 sailboats - The Union Leader
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St. Augustine Considers Dredging More Waterways - First Coast News
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Sailboats #3 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Here is an unedited view of this image, with all the sailboats showing instead of just the three I cropped it down to. It must have been a nice day to be out sailing, for a lot of boats were on the water at the same time... | ||
2010 Miami Grand Prix « Sailboats and Sailing the World Sailboats and Sailing the World · Entries RSS | Comments RSS .. Sailboats and Sailing the World. Sailing news about boating, sailboats, sailing, yacht races and other fun stuff on the water! ... | ||
8 ADMIRAL DRIVE - San Francisco Chronicle
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Artist Uses LEGO Blocks to Rebuild New York City - Inhabitat (blog)
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The Digital Photo Project » Blog Archive » Toy Sailboats The 'Catch the Wind' exhibit features a neat little concrete enclosed pond where visitors can captain radio controlled sailboats. In this photo, I was fortunate enough to capture three of the sailboats in a staggered formation. ... | ||
Sailboats in Winter Storage on Flickr - Photo Sharing! There are nice views from this tower. I took some photos from it -- search in my photostream for the tag xyz. Sailboats in Winter Storage by Let Ideas Compete. In Danderyd, near Stockholm. This photo has notes. ... | ||
Merriman, Triner jump from fourth to first at Bacardi Cup 2010 - MiamiHerald.com
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a room somewhere: Sailboats Last year, I posted this adorable sailboat (left) from a UK shop, I believe (can't find the post!). My craftiest friend, Natalie, loved it so much that she created the one on the right for her little guy. Isn't it great? ... | ||
NIC purchases new sailboat - North Idaho College Sentinel
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Makes of Yachts: Columbia | PracticalBoating.com Columbia Yachts is an American manufacturer of sailboats. Their history goes back to 1958 when they first began production of fibreglass. It was not until the... | ||
2 'ancient sailboats' to be put into use to boost leisure fishing industry - What's on Xiamen
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Montreal's Quays of the Old Port Hosts 2010 Classic Boat Festival - Sail World
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Healthy Food Ideas for Super Healthy Kids » Sunnyside Sailboats For the sailboats, I sliced some colored paper, and let the kids decorate the sails. For the filling, I mixed the yolk, with a tiny spoon of light mayo and a squirt of mustard. Filled the shell, and put the sail on. ... | ||
Wind Power: EDSA Sponsoring Boston Ocean Racing Sailboat in Heineken Regatta - Earthtimes (press release)
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Cub Scouts busy with events - International Falls Daily Journal
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Sailboat Regatta | Sea adventures with D & D Friday night, we arrive in Ipala at 1540; However, this is a very small anchorage, 3 other sailboats are already anchoring here, and another sailboat follows us in and starts dropping his anchor just to the port side of us. ... | ||
Harken Month Announced by Annapolis Performance Sailing Sailboats and nautical enthusiasts love t-shirts and other objects which are their preferred type of display sailboat, sailing event, or nautical slogan. The possibilities are endless designs to choose from, from simple text only ... | ||
MOON HOLE Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines - Messing About In . "Anyone know what this boat is and why it has such a big fat boom?" "On this myth about renaming the boat. Does it apply to freshwater boats? I have sailboat that it is mainly sailed in freshwater." ... | ||
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