So.... You want to cruise on a sailboat

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Well on general if you are cruising , you’re not working , so that’s why people feel the lifestyle is what’s it is

Well, I would point out that a cruiser is still working. Maybe it's not for wages or income, but we're all still working; often too hard .

[theDangerz]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Well, I would point out that a cruiser is still working. Maybe it's not for wages or income, but we're all still working; often too hard .

And to be fair, there are also many of us out here still working... in addition to the work of living in a boat.
Still worth it!

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Well, I would point out that a cruiser is still working. Maybe it's not for wages or income, but we're all still working; often too hard .

Well not working for “ the man” is what I meant

[sailorboy1]

Sometimes it s a lot of work to have a good time and enjoy life and to see the humor of the whole boat life thing.

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by Viking1300

I can’t tell if it’s a bunch of bitter respondents, piss poor planners, or people who are just trying to add a negative slant

I don't see any bitter responses or piss poor planners. To me the scope of the thread was a discussion on the unvarnished truth. What followed are examples of that. Just because the responses include the unvarnished truth doesn't make the responses bitter.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Davy J

Because, the shrimp and lobster tail shells you threw in there stink to high heaven and you now have three bags of trash..........

Not to mention I have a dog, he's been trained to do the doo-doo on the boat. Those little blue bags start to get ripe.........

Ask me how I know about these things........

Simple solution, stick the trash bags in the dinghy and tie it off your stern..
Basic dynamics takes the smell downwind.

[sailorboy1]

And the gulls will take care of the problem and save you a trip in

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by Davy J

Because, the shrimp and lobster tail shells you threw in there stink to high heaven and you now have three bags of trash..........

?? Clam shells, lobster shells, shrimp shells, all go back to the sea from which they came. At least they do on my boat as well as anyone I know. All other garbage, including any compostable food (vegetable cuttings, etc) goes into the garbage. (If it didn't come from the sea, it doesn't get returned to the sea).

[RobPatterson]

So.
My truth was a $190k boat that needed a little work. We lived on board and traveled for 3-1/2 years on a budget of about $3k/month plus about $30k of boat upgrades/maintenance.
It was wonderful and I recommend it. We only stopped because of health issues

[Davy J]

Originally Posted by Shrew

?? Clam shells, lobster shells, shrimp shells, all go back to the sea from which they came. At least they do on my boat as well as anyone I know. All other garbage, including any compostable food (vegetable cuttings, etc) goes into the garbage. (If it didn't come from the sea, it doesn't get returned to the sea).

Maybe you missed the part about the dog doo-doo..............

Simple solution, stick the trash bags in the dinghy and tie it off your stern..
Basic dynamics takes the smell downwind.
Today 07:54

This only works until there is no more room in the dinghy.............

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

And the gulls will take care of the problem and save you a trip in

Funny enough gulls have never been a problem for me..
Maybe break out the armaments and get some target practice..

[sailorboy1]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Funny enough gulls have never been a problem for me..
Maybe break out the armaments and get some target practice..

The truth is that the southern US gulls are NOTHING like the ones in the NE that will take your steak off the stern grill

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by theDangerz

And to be fair, there are also many of us out here still working... in addition to the work of living in a boat.
Still worth it!

True.

I've carried on the same approach to paying work that I've always had. I work as little as I can get away with to sustain my life. This is a big reason I chose my current lifestyle. Living on my boat allows me to live pretty cheaply, and comes with a whole lot of other benefits (adventure, learning, reduced eco-footprint, exploring, etc.).

Cruising is as broad a lifestyle choice as choosing to live on land. In other words, it can be pretty much whatever you want it to be. This is why I asked at the very start "who's truth"? There is no one truth about cruising.

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Well not working for “ the man” is what I meant

Oh, da Man! Yeah.., I try and ignore him as much as possible .

[Ekeno]

This is the most depresive and disrupt post of Cruiser Forum....

[Island Time O25]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

The truth is that the southern US gulls are NOTHING like the ones in the NE that will take your steak off the stern grill

Some years back at one of the Cape Cod beaches a gull used her beak to UNTIE my plastic shopping bag with peaches in it. Wish I filmed it, would make a great YT short.