Would it be a feasible plan to buy a sailboat for lets say 30k and just sail the fuck away to places? Live on the boat, work simple jobs on land to keep some money flowing?Any sailanons here?
What about pirates
>>536910522I thought everyone always says boats are a money pit to ownAlways gotta fix some bullshit or repaint or whatever because the saltwater corrodes it
It seems like one of those things that seems attractive but when you try it yourself you very soon realise why hardly anyone does it.
A boat is a hole in the water than you try and fill with money.
>>536910522My dad bought one precovid for around $140k. They are way more expensive than you think, and the maintenance required every 5 seconds eats up a lot more money ans time. It was super fun sailing it though and its high on my list of gtfo options, but you'd need guns and a crew to feel safe at sea.
>>536910569become the pirate
>>536910522Flanders, look at the data, of these seismic events during the 1700s, that stuff might happen today.
>>536910522B.O.A.T. stands for Break Out Another ThousandJust get a box house.
>>536910522Do you even know how to swim you retard? Have you ever stepped foot on a boat or sailed in your entire life, basement dweller? You know they require constant maintenance right?>doood just live on a boat like a permanent virgin that never touches a womanSave money by living with your parents and buy an apartment retardo
>>536910621I heard this but if you do most maintence yourself, wouldnt it save some shekels? Atleast you can go to nice placesI just dont see myself get a rijtjeshuis for 350-400k it doesnt make sense. My brother bought his house for 160k and its now 340k
>>536910675This ^If you're born into it it's probably much easier to do but if you're looking to run from your shitty situation late in life, it's only for the tough..
>>536910522Just get an rv and rent a small plot for a couple hundred bucks and you should be fine.But even that is becoming expensive because all the boomers decided they want to retire and live on RVs which is the most retarded thing I can think of, just go somewhere in the developing world and live like a king with a somewhat decent health system.
>>536910797This. White men need to dress like pirates again.
>>536911283Ye, best to just retire in vietnam or some shit. Just be aware some of them will see you as a target if you're old and/or white, so don't trust anyone darker than you. Make sure to make loud grunting noises when someone propositions you for something, and make sure to have an exit strategy if one of the ethnic women falls pregnant, you wanna be mobile and be able to flee the country in 24 hours
>>536911283They’re very strickt in yourope regarding RVs and shit. Also taxes increased 50% on those fuckers. With a sailboat you just hang out on international waters and fish a bit, lay anker of the bahama’s and drink beers, no?
>>536910522You don't have to sail all over the place, here it costs about 6K per annum to put your boat in a slip in a marina, another 1.5 k per year to have it's bottom cleaned. You can come and go as you please and have a home base. Most marina's have laundromats and other facilities, shops and restaurants. Here rego and insurance costs a bit as well, probably another 3k combined, marina's deman top cover.
>>536910522A boat is a hole in the sea that you throw money into.
>>536911578The problem with that in wintertime its shit in NL. too cold for a boat. So i would have to cross the seven seas to go to warm area’s like cairns or somewhere in florida, but prbably need a citizenship to use the marina for longer time, but can sail from on to the other
>>536910522Go to a marina and see what they are in real lifeFind a local sailor`s club and ask if you join someone to see what it`s likeLook at for sale ad`s, be honest that you are inexperienced and ask for a test drive with seller as a captainOr simply pay for a ride just to get a feel for itI love the ocean, but it`s not for all, so just try it firstDreams are never what you think they are until you try
>>536911478LMAO honestly I have told my uncle to retire and go to the balkans as its safe and people are white, he is the last person of my family living in our old home town that is now nearly 80 percent non white all hispanics and nogs, in the 80s it was 70 percent white.We have old family ties there due to some of our ancestors being albanian.>>536911542Honestly man if you know how to sail and know how to go about all the paperwork you can make it happen, I live on the east coast in a big coastal city and the local sailing clubs are all offering super low rates due to all the oldies dying or becoming too old and selling their boats, if you can find a cheap and good one it would be a good thing, and your dream is achievable, just keep a line open on just selling it and not putting yourself in a big hole financially.
>>536911876Ive sailed a little with small boat on lakes, i like that. But i dont think you can ever know for sure you like crossing an ocean untill you just do it
>>536911850Florida would be better, you could escape to the Bahamas', the only places near Australia are an arduous sea voyage away. There would be dirt cheap boats there as well, throw away cheap.
Are sailboats actually always moneypits? What if you buy one that is just 9 meters and made out of a durable material that is also easy for repair?
>>536912046Some watchable goyslop for inspiration in no particular orderWhite Squall (1996)All is Lost (2013)The Old Man And The Sea (1990)The Weekend Sailor (2016)Abandoned (2015)Sea Gypsies: The Far Side of the World (2017)Maidentrip (2013)Kon Tiki (2012) (more about the daring to try)Red Dot on the Ocean (2014)True Spirit (2023)
>>536912504That's right, people go underwater on the biggest and shiniest things, if you keep it small and simple , between 28 and 40 feet and a model that doesn't heel too much with reasonable sails and a good motor. They built all the hulls very soundly but some of the bolt on keels are a problem.
>>536912547Thanks, noted. Are you a sailor?
>>536910522I lived on a trimaran for about a year. She was a fairly quick boat for her size, often hitting 8-10 knots. Very stable as well. I had two small cabins, a galley and a seating area. I lived alone on the boat. Its quiet and peaceful. Can fish whenever you want. Back then (1990s) there was no starlink, I just had a box of dvds and a marine radio, lots of books. In the winter I moored in a free harbour and went to college (had a part time job), in the summer I sailed along the coast of BC, mostly fishing and exploring and treeplanting. Its kind of a cool life, no rent at least. But boats can get cold in winter. They require constant maintenance, you are always fixin something, ussually with limited tools. Fortunately everything is pretty simple too. Sailing is easy once you get the hang of it. I had good instructors though, so that helps alot. My trimaran was pretty cool. Little under 50 feet, her main compartment was watertite. It was designed so that if it flipped over you could flood one of her pontoons and self right the boat solo, providing her mast was undamaged, she was unstoppable. I put her through some pretty good coastal storms, she handled it no problem. Trimarans are VERY stable, even in storms. It had this really cool crank start one cyclinder diesal motor made in sweden that didnt even use a spark plug. I hardly ever used it, it was a tiny motor that sipped diesal, for harbours and stuff, but it could putt along for days.
>>536912757Wow cool. That boat is probably worth 150k now or something.How often did it need to be pulled out of the water for maintenance? I can wrench but you still rely on harbors i guess? Why did you stop? Did you go to carribean or something too? Like ocean crossings? Something like picrel?
>>536912747I have sailed many times, but i am no sailor.I am just one of those that does does weird shit when i get the urge, just to see where it takes me.So if you want to try it, i say you should, just prepare your self first because as i said, dreams are never what you think they are until you tryBest wishes.
>>536910522Not its all cracked up to be. Good luck prying a boat and slip space in a harbor from some dickhead boomer. Theirs a waitlist for a reason. Boomers pay $100 a year to keep a spot in line for a slip space. Then good luck getting an affordable boat into it. Also you play by the harbors rules. Harbormaster is your new daddy.Bought a 32 foot sailboat back in the day for 8k and sold it during covid for 15k. Probably about 2k worth of cocaine in the bilge from dumbasses dropping it in my boat.
>>536910621>I thought everyone always says boats are a money pit to own>Always gotta fix some bullshit or repaint or whatever because the saltwater corrodes itTry owning a regular house. You're forever fixing shit that breaks. Entropy is the natural state of the universe anon.
>>536913272True but a house retains and gains value simply by virtue of owning the land. A boat is more like a car than a house, it just loses value as it gets older.
>>536912934>Something like picrel?NOnothin even near that fancy, more like pic related. Very simple trimaran. Built in 1970s. Nothin fancy, but built for survival.I got her, because my older brother in law, who was a commerical diver and underwater welder owned her. But he got a new boat, and tried to sell the trimaran, but couldnt find a buyer. So I asked if I could live aboard her, look after her, while he was away, save me some rent, being in college and all. He had bought her as a workhorse for coastal diving, but quickly found even better boat. She was a working boat, not a racer. I never put her into a paid marina. I always did what was neccessary in the water, or in a free harbour. I didnt have any great skills. Though my father had taught me alot, he was a naval officer. He was a ticketed shipwright. But hes not me! I had good books and basic handtools and basic knowledge. It really is "What you see is what you have" ... theres no magic or tricks to it! Most of my repairs were to the shitty little propane stove, and I often just used a little habachi on the deck to avoid the fuckin thing. Eventually, I just replaced the whole unit. Other then that, sandin hardwood and revarnishing everything. Keepin spare sails dry. scrapin the hull. basic stuff.I never went out of British Columbias coastal waters with her. Mostly around Vancouver Island.
>>536913453What you said is also true. Still thinking of selling my house, buying a sailboat and fucking off though. In most of our countries you don't really own your house anyway, still have to pay taxes yearly, government can confiscate at any time under eminent domain, have to ask permission to do literally anything to your house or on your land, "please massa, can I build a dog house in my backyard?" "Sure, that'll be $2000 dollars in fees plus additional engineering and inspection costs".
>>536913453Yes, but you’re not really living life in that shit. Working 9-5 untill you’re 80 and then get a pension. Its such a waste of years. Ive been working from age 14 untill now 39 and it doesnt fulfill anything, its just wasting your healthy years away for (((stability))), and the carrot -your pension- to keep you inline in the factory like a slave. I dont see the point
I pretty much grew up in a boat. You will never quite get used to how uncomfortable it is. Waves, smells, crampedness, CONSTANT movement etc. You'd need a massive boat for it to be acceptable, I'm talking 20 meters or so. The problem is at that point you need multiple people and constant maintenance. The cost of a house outright is maybe 300k. That will buy you a huge old boat. You still need to sleep in it and take care of it. Bear in mind a boat can always drift even at anchor, you are NEVER safe. Overall I dont think its much better than being homeless inland. Boats are means to go places, not places to stay. The og pirates had land bases
>>536910522No. You'll end up with scurvy.Probably scabies too.
>>536910522Sailing is the whitest activity there is. Even when you cross paths with people that are not white doing it, they are still spiritually white. It also seems to attract the most rational of nonracists.It's hard to explain but it's very easy to understand once you see it.I don't think working onsite while living in a boat is feasible, not in general anyways. Remote work though it's perfectly fine.Living in a boat CAN be expensive but it doesn't have to be. It's a "moneypit" in the sense that you are often required to fix sstuff breaking or upgrade something but if you are doing the work yourself it's fine.People who want to get into it usually laser focus on the money aspect because they think that's what's gonna make it or break it for them but end up dropping it even if they are are okay economically because the lifestyle is just completely different and not for everyone.
>>536910522a $30k boat is a piece of shit that is more likely to cost you more in upkeep and renovations than it cost to buy it (and way more than it's worth) or it might just simply get you killedoh, by the way, there's not enough deck space on those 30-40 footers to mount enough solar to run an air conditioner so have fun sweating your balls off or spending insane amounts on fueland living at sea? yeah no, you're naive and ignorant about what that actually means. also, the skip fees to stay in port are obscenely high too.you'll be paying more to try and do this bullshit than if you had just been paying rent for some apartment and have way less convenience and way more danger on top of itthe fact that you're even asking the kinds of questions you're asking means you're ignorant as fuck and pathetically naive.do some research on the realities and day to day life and less time fucking around looking at insta thots showing off their asses on their rich daddy's multi million dollar yachts. it's like van life: the realities of it are way way way less glamorous than insta whores try to make it seem
>>536914190lot of projection in this post
>>536914190You sound like a scared manlover
>>536914190>there's not enough deck space on those 30-40 footers to mount enough solar to run an air conditioneryou wont need an air conditioner on a boat dude, you need a heater, if anything.>>536914190>also, the skip fees to stay in port are obscenely high too.yes, thats true. I always anchored in free harbours, which as I understand it, are becoming harder and harder to find. 30 years ago they were considered part of "the commons", nowadays many charge a fee, even if you are just at anchor!
>>536914190"I enjoy cocks up my ass and cummie inside my tummy"The post
>>536914410>you wont need an air conditioner on a boat dude, you need a heater, if anything.Here it's the opposite, I use a portable aircon when it becomes unbearable and plug it into a Bluettie power bank that I charge with solar or off the alternator. They're a godsend on any boat. I have a generator but it's noisy.
>>536910522There are two happy moments when it comes to boat ownership. When you buy it, and when you sell it. There's only misery and obscene costs (fees and maintenance) in between.I'd do this no questions asked. But only true richfags can afford this.
>>536910714The two happiest days of boat ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.
>>536910522there's a couple of leftie leafs who live on a boat and have written a lot about their life and how they manage it. seems like a lot of work for a small sense of freedom.>https://100r.co/site/knowledge.html
