Next message: john sexton: "Re: lv-ab: Where we 'live'"
By this statement, are you referring to the small amount of storage space on
a boat this size, or did you mean something else?
I have little stuff and even less attachment to the stuff I have.
Oh wait, I forgot about naivete. I'm attached to my naivete!
On Apr 6, 2005 9:46 AM, Ron Rogers <> wrote:
> If it is like my old Crealock 37, you will need a self-storage unit. In NC
> and Southern Virginia a large one, not climate-controlled, will run $90 to
> $100 a month.
> Ron Rogers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Wanderer" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: Where we 'live'
>
> | My plan is not set in stone. My intention though, is to travel about,
> | spending as much or as little time in a place as I like, then moving
> | on.
> |
> | I would like to think that I will spend little time in marinas, but I
> | am aware that that could change. I'm also aware that it could then
> | change again. I expect to live aboard for a number of years and
> | therefore expect changes to occur.
> |
> | While I will not be rich, I don't think I will need to go to extremes
> | to get by either. By my figures I should have in the neighborhood of
> | $35,000 per year, after taxes and health insurance. I believe
> | (naively?) that I will not need that much initially so I should be
> | able to put some of it aside for an inflationary future.
> |
> | I have a 33 foot ocean capable sailboat. It is a double ended cutter
> | with a long fin keel and skeg hung rudder. My boat, which is very
> | similar to a Crealock 37, displaces 13,500 lbs and will be paid for in
> | full when I retire.
> |
> | What else?
> |
> |
> |
> | On Apr 5, 2005 7:36 PM, Edwin F. Kelly <> wrote:
> | > Hi <?>,
> | > I believe many intend to do similar to yourself. I have known many
> | > that have done as you intend to do.
> | >
> | > It all depends on the boat and whether you live in a marina or what
> | > kind of expenditures you make.
> | >
> | > Govt pension with insurance? etc etc.
> | > .
> | > Tell me what type of boat you have or intend to get, and what fixed
> | > expenses you know you will have and I will be glad to give you my
> | > comments and some figures that others have shared with us.
> | >
> | > Let us know your situation.
> | >
> | > Enjoue
> | > On Apr 5, 2005, at 4:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
> | >
> | > Thanks Norm,
> | >
> | > I know, from reading your posts, that you live aboard full time on I
> | > believe a mastless sailboat. I also gather that you spend a lot of
> | > time in the Chesapeake Bay. Are you there full time or do you wander
> | > around? My plan is to not necessarily cross any large bodies of water,
> | > (although I could, well my boat could), but I did think I might move
> | > around a lot in coastal areas of the US and on the navigable rivers. I
> | > could bump the coast of Central and South America too, but I'm not
> | > sure it matters. Anyplace I haven't been is exotic to me.
> | >
> | > I will have a small pension plus some investment income, which I
> | > expect to be enough. Do you mostly live on previously accrued monies
> | > or do you earn some or all of you income now? Or is it none of my
> | > business? I just wonder what your circumstances are. If you are
> | > living off retirement and/or savings I was interested in knowing the
> | > costs are about what you expected when you began.
> | >
> | > It seems to me I should be able to live more cheaply on the the boat
> | > than I do now. Plus my disposable income will actually be somewhat
> | > larger than it is now since I will no longer be saving for retirement.
> | > Of course when I'm not going to the office for 9 hours a day I will
> | > have more time to spend money...
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > From:
> | > To:
> | > Subject: Re: lv-ab: Where we 'live'
> | > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:34:13 EST
> | >
> | > >
> | > > In a message dated 3/21/2005 2:20:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> | > > writes:
> | > >
> | > >>
> | > >> I seek opinions(s) of what folks who choose to live aboard, and
> | > >> on the move, use as an official address. For a U.S. citizen, what
> | > >> states are advantageous from a taxation point of view? Are there
> | > >> other considerations? Actually I'm sure there are other
> | > >> considerations. I'd like to know what some of you have felt the
> | > >> need to consider. The vagabond in question would not have job,
> | > >> but would have an income from retirement pensions and
> | > >> investments. Thus she or he would be entirely free to move about
> | > >> but might still need or be required to have, a fixed address.
> | > >
> | > >
> | > > I have been registered in Florida for years. Both the dinghy and the
> | > > big
> | > > boat together is less than $100 to the state for registration. There
> | > > are no
> | > > other fees.
> | > >
> | > > I use St Brendan's Isle for mail and home of record. That is the
> | > > address on
> | > > my drivers license, voters registration, all financial records
(Visa,
> | > > Schwab,
> | > > Etc).
> | > >
> | > > I have had no serious problems with this, but I have been warned by
> | > > others
> | > > that if questioned by some "authority" to never say that I am
"living
> | > > aboard'
> | > > but that I live in Florida and am "cruising".
> | > >
> | > >
> | > > Norm
> | > > S/V Bandersnatch
> | > > St Augustine
> | >
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