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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2007 - 07:24:23 EDT
Jeff,
The point about about Health Insurance is a good one. If you're
going to be out of the country for an extended period, that is one
area in which there is a big savings possible.
Just drop the health insurance and self-insure. Most state-side
policies won't cover you and you won't need it anyway. This not the
place for the 'why's' but the facts so I'll avoid commenting :-)
eric
Well, one comment: RN's/NP's may be one of the few bright spots on
the consumer side of the health care equation in the US.
--- In , "Jeff" <jeffnp27 at dot dot dot > wrote:
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> Mike,
> You're thinking right. Get a bigger boat to fit the tools, if
> necessary. A floating engine shop is the way to go. I like the
> idea of a steel boat with an aft cabin....lots more boat for a lot
> less $$ invested. Some more maintenance, yes, but you can make it
> happen, it sounds like.
> I would say that a 36 foot boat with some capacity to make an
> engine room/workshop would be perfect for you.
> I lack mechanical skills, and we will suffer dollar losses
> because of it. However, wife and I do have an ace up the sleeve:
We
> are both nurse practitioners. Our plan is intermittent work back
in
> the USA. We can start and stop high paying jobs anytime we
> want "back home", but our services are worth MUCH MUCH less other
> places in the world. If we can get to any US port city (Boston to
> Baltimore, Washington to Miami, Seattle to San Diego, Hawaii) we
can
> get a transient slip in a marina and have a job, over the phone,
> before breakfast. The job may be a hospital RN job, which we HATE,
> and not an NP job using our education. The job may not be in our
> specialty (occupational health for me, dermatology for wife), but
it
> will let us work for 3 to 6 months and quickly fill up the cruising
> kitty again, keep health insurance, and contribute to 401K each
> year.
> If a couple has a 4 year horizon, forget Spanish lessons as a
> priority. Become a diesel mechanic, refrigeration technician, or a
> registered nurse.
> Jeff, NP, Tampa
> Elise, NP, Tampa
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> Greetings
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> The more I read this thread the more encouraged I
> become about our own plan as we too intend to try to work
> a bit as we go.
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> I feel good about this because I happen to be the
> diesel mechanic, machinist,welder,fabricator of which you
> all speak, AND I happen to have a mobile A/C and
> refrigeration certification as well, with heat exchanger
> repair experience on top of that.
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> Sounds like the biggest problem I have now is finding
> the right boat to haul all my tools.. We now have a 30
> foot cutter that looks much like a West Sail but are
> shopping for a larger boat.
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> We are so determined to go in 08 that we have decided
> to just go with the 30 ft boat if we have to, if it
> doesn't sell, but I don't know what to do with my
> stuff. I cant imagine parting with so much as one wrench as
> this seems to be the ticket to success.
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> Mike D. S/V Halcyon
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