I do freelance / contract work in IT and marine/boat stuff. I live on anchor for about $2000 / yr, that’s the cost of replacing ground tackle (anchor chain lines parts plus some extra$). No rent.
I fish/crab/lobster, but it’s not enough for full-time subsistence.
At anchor, lock it up, have a neighbor look after it, pop a fresh prepaid SIM into the camera, but that’s only like once a year I do this and ‘flyin’. I stipulate only a certain amount of fly-ins a year.
I do primarily remote work, my current employer is based in France and anything I do for work marine wise is local, unless I’m helping with a delivery.
But if I had a 9-5 brick & mortar job, I would just leave & lock the boat, take a 10-20 minute dinghy ride in to shore and tie up / lock up at a public dock (some have a small fee).
I use a private PO box from a company that specializes in Dockside Services in Seattle / Ballard Wa. address, mail, ID, etc etc services for roamers. I have them forward to a temp address or General Delivery wherever I’m at. I also can use the Amazon lockers / Wholefoods, but I try to as little as possible. Outside of the US it gets a little trickier.
My 29’ sailboat. I’ve lived aboard off grid for over 5 years now. I’ll never willingly move back to land, I’ll die out here. Under $20k btw.
This was my plan before I got married. Cool to hear someone living the dream.
aaah man that makes me sad. Are you sure you can’t still do it?
Probably not but we’ll see my life is kinda up in the air rn.
’ == foot, right?
I also read 29 inch sail boat and I was like Uhm, what
They definitely exist in some form
Yep. ’ is common for feet and " for inches so 6’3" would be 6 foot, 3 inches.
Don’t want to end up with an 18 inch stonehenge.
Yes. It’s a Bayfield 29 to be exact
Do you have an income? I’m just curious how this works. Do you catch most of your food?
I do freelance / contract work in IT and marine/boat stuff. I live on anchor for about $2000 / yr, that’s the cost of replacing ground tackle (anchor chain lines parts plus some extra$). No rent.
I fish/crab/lobster, but it’s not enough for full-time subsistence.
Where can you put your boat while you do contract work?
At anchor, lock it up, have a neighbor look after it, pop a fresh prepaid SIM into the camera, but that’s only like once a year I do this and ‘flyin’. I stipulate only a certain amount of fly-ins a year.
I do primarily remote work, my current employer is based in France and anything I do for work marine wise is local, unless I’m helping with a delivery.
But if I had a 9-5 brick & mortar job, I would just leave & lock the boat, take a 10-20 minute dinghy ride in to shore and tie up / lock up at a public dock (some have a small fee).
Awesome - I was curious - lake minded here ; )
Sounds super nice.
Personally, I’ll have to do with watching Acorn To Arabella to second-hand enjoy that life
Slip fees?
None, I live on the hook. No rent, no slip fees.
How do things like mail work? And what if you need to put in an address into a form?
I use a private PO box from a company that specializes in Dockside Services in Seattle / Ballard Wa. address, mail, ID, etc etc services for roamers. I have them forward to a temp address or General Delivery wherever I’m at. I also can use the Amazon lockers / Wholefoods, but I try to as little as possible. Outside of the US it gets a little trickier.