Stories from my Sailboat
First thought people have when they hear we live on a boat: "WOW THAT IS SO COOL," and generally, they are correct, it is cool. But people don't see the ins and outs, the constant adaptability we must have, the weirdness of a mascerating toilet. Also, it can be a pain in the butt to ALWAYS have a boat project that needs to be done. For someone like me that is so distracted when things are a mess, it takes a lot of practice to shut out the waiting project and focus on the actual work I must do to fund said project.
I have all these dreams, what I want the boat to look like, what I want to upgrade. But it's really hard. Boat renovations are so expensive, and even more so in Hawaii where manual labor is hard to come by and hauling out the boat cost as much as the boat in some cases. It is a constant battle for me to want the space to look cute, but be functional, and often the functional outweighs the cuteness on my list of priorities. So, hold on new beadboard, I need to redo the aft railing. :(
It's also quite the feat to have three people AND A BIG dog living in such tight quarters. But honestly, none of us ever complain, and that says a lot in my book.
Anyhow, I can go on and on about boat life-- what it is like to parent as liveaboards, what it is like to have a big dog on a boat, what it is like to have no privacy whatsoever and talk about the functioning capacity of your toilet.. yea that one happened this morning and gee whiz, I don't think I have had a more uncomfortable conversation in my LIFE.
I have all these dreams, what I want the boat to look like, what I want to upgrade. But it's really hard. Boat renovations are so expensive, and even more so in Hawaii where manual labor is hard to come by and hauling out the boat cost as much as the boat in some cases. It is a constant battle for me to want the space to look cute, but be functional, and often the functional outweighs the cuteness on my list of priorities. So, hold on new beadboard, I need to redo the aft railing. :(
It's also quite the feat to have three people AND A BIG dog living in such tight quarters. But honestly, none of us ever complain, and that says a lot in my book.
Anyhow, I can go on and on about boat life-- what it is like to parent as liveaboards, what it is like to have a big dog on a boat, what it is like to have no privacy whatsoever and talk about the functioning capacity of your toilet.. yea that one happened this morning and gee whiz, I don't think I have had a more uncomfortable conversation in my LIFE.
