[C320-list] Living aboard

[Jack McDonough]

We sold our house five years ago and moved into this townhouse-type condo 
that has more square feet (about 2300) than our garrison colonial had.

But catamaran? Geez. I dunno. We chartered one a few years ago and I was 
unimpressed. I think you'd be better off with a 40-foot sloop. Maybe center 
cockpit. But that's just me.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Living aboard


> The liveaboard concept is being considered because our daughter is 
> through college and out, leaving us in a 2000 sq ft house on 2+ acres 
> that we should downsize.  My wife is retiring from teaching in June of 
> 2010 but I've another 10 years to work up here so we can't do the 
> snowbird thing (NH in summer, FL in winter) yet.  We'd certainly  upsize 
> the boat to about 40 feet, and it might even be (gasp) a  catamaran.  So, 
> condo or boat?
>
> Bob
>
> On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Jack McDonough wrote:
>
>> I know. I wouldn't want to do it. But many do. They have it shrink 
>> wrapped and the solar heat can get it pretty warm in the daytime. At 
>> night they have to have electric heaters or something. Not my cup of 
>> tea.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com
>> >
>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Living aboard
>>
>>
>>> Geeze!  Live aboard Boston and North!  You sure you want to do  that? 
>>> Here on
>>> the Chesapeake, we have many marinas that allow live-aboards.  They'll 
>>> even
>>> set bubblers out for a fee. Even here in Maryland it's cold and  hard to 
>>> heat
>>> a boat in the winter when the water is 33 deg. But, Boston?  You  gotta 
>>> be
>>> tough to endure that.
>>>
>>> Warren & Pattie Updike
>>> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>>> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Robert Seastream [mailto:robert.seastream at comcast.net]
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:35 AM
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Living aboard
>>>
>>> Does anyone on the east coast (Boston and north) know of any marinas
>>> that have the facilities and allow year round in water live aboards?
>>>
>>> Bob Seastream
>>> Intuition # 906
>>>
>>
>