---- Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:
> For some time now, I've been obsessed with learning enough about
> sailboats to acquire one and outfit it for living more independently.
>
> Of course, that's why I bought my '84 Westy and fixed it up two years
> ago.  And why I keep refining its camping systems.  I've been
> traveling full time for two years.  I've really enjoyed it.  Alas,
> I'm starting a full-time job next week and looking for an apartment,
> but I hope to be camping most weekends and back on the road eventually.
>
> But even the Westy doesn't quite scratch the itch I have, to be more
> self-reliant and opt out of the traditional job/debt/consume
> treadmill.  I've thought about building a Sprinter-based camper,
> which would be easier to boondock, but adventures in campers with
> tires are driven by gas, and I'm not so sure gas will be easy to come
> by before long.
>
> So I've started reading about sailboats and the people who use them
> to lead more independent, adventurous lives.  I don't know whether or
> when I will buy my first boat, but I'm enjoying the learning process.
>
> If you're curious, here's a good place to start: Nomadness, the ship
> being outfitted by Steven K. Roberts, who has a long history of
> adventures on recumbent home-built bikes and boats.

Of course, you know that a boat is sometimes described (in parallel with a VW camper) as being "a hole in the water, into which you pour money."

good luck, mcneely