Living Aboard A Yacht

Here are the pros cons and what you should consider.

Living aboard a yacht.

Often they also charge a flat fee for living aboard in the marina and many marinas do not allow liveaboards at all. All of my experience living aboard full time has been on sailboats berthed in florida marinas along the state s atlantic ocean east coast. Get the boat ready for life aboard not just a weekend in the islands. Your bilge batteries black water holding tanks shore power and electrical system access and even knowledge of your tides which can affect boarding and lines are all important aspects of.

Marinas provide slips boat parking spots of various lengths and charge by the foot. The first is in a marina. Deciding where to live aboard is the first and most important step to living aboard a boat. That s why this website is florida centric although the information should be useful elsewhere in the united states and in fact the world.

If your dream is to live aboard a yacht united yacht sales has the inventory to connect you with the perfect boat we feature more than 1 000 listings at any given time. If and when you want to move if you ever want to move you don t have to sell our home. You can move your boat live anywhere. Be sure to research the marina before assuming you are welcome to live aboard your vessel.

You simply untie your lines and move your home to a new location. One thing you do need when living aboard is a good working knowledge of your boat and how to keep it afloat especially when not running it consistently. Living on a boat in a marina has numerous benefits. Boat living tends to attract some interesting people.

Prepare the boat before you move so it feels like a home not a camper. I already have a boat in a slip in a marina so can i just move aboard. What i did know is that i loved boats and as a commuter rode the washington state ferries over 3 000 times. But living on a boat is an entirely different animal.

You can always find a huge selection of live aboard yachts for sale in florida. Living on a boat in a marina is a totally different experience than living on a boat at anchor or on a mooring. If you move from a 2 000 square foot house to a 45 foot boat you may have a two bed two bath waterfront condo but all the closets are smaller the cupboards are fewer and there s no two car garage. Although there are challenges to living on a boat if you re prepared you may find it a perfect fit.

My experience living on a boat. Most marinas require an application for you to move aboard permanently. Artists musicians engineers nick cave and rod stewart both lived aboard in the u k as did alan watts in. You will have the coolest neighbors.

I didn t know a thing about living on a boat when i first moved onto my boyfriend tom s ketch in 2016. Especially a 40 year old sailboat undergoing a complete restoration.