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There is however a problem. More and more marinas are enforcing a no live aboard rule. (~>95%) so it is very hard to find a place to legally live on your boat.
by pomian 3y ago
There is however a problem. More and more marinas are enforcing a no live aboard rule. (~>95%) so it is very hard to find a place to legally live on your boat. Extra fees for that, when possible. Those rulings also lead to the marinas that allow it, to be in sketchier areas, industrial even, so as in a big city, you have neighborhood issues. The communities are pretty interesting though. A lot of do it yourselfers. Which should be noted for anyone dreaming of this life style. There is, a lot of maintenance. (Salt and sun, being your direct threats.)
- bombcar 3y agoExactly this. When you have a marina with one boat lived in who is discreet, nobody cares. When it becomes well known and now you have houseboats that look like trailer park rejects, the marinas start cracking down.
- swah 3y agoI read the challenges of some HNer to make his boat toilet work properly and whatever childish "dream" I had of living in a boat dissolved immediately...
- opwieurposiu 3y agoLOL, this is so true. I have spent so many days sweatily folded into a dark corner of the bilge fixing the VacuFlush toilet system on Grandpa's boat. The pros want 5k even to look at it, and I don't blame them. IME it is the least worst of the marine toilet systems, but still a maintenance hog. Land toilets mostly just work. Marine toilets mostly just don't. * Though I should mention I actually like the VacuFlush, it is the least worst system IME. The VacuFlush works like an airplane toilet, with the big WOOSH, it will flush anything. Negative pressure keeps bad smells contained. The downside is finding a vacuum leak can be quite a challenge.