--- In [email protected], "Sue Burchett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hello.
> >
> >I expect there may well be lots of emails like this one floating
around
> >in cyber-space but never mind eh?
> >
> >Like lots of people I've always dreamed of living aboard, now I'm
almost
> >at the stage of realising that dream, but as I'm not really
a 'dreamer'
> >I'd like to try before I buy, sort of fing!
> >
> >Is there anyone out there willing to take me on for a short
while, to
> >test the water so to speak? I've no money, but I can pay my way,
I can
> >cook and clean, mend, paint, sit around looking beautiful; that
sort of
> >thing (well, the looking beautiful is a bit of a lie, but hey,
what's a
> >land-lubber to do?) I'm creative, intelligent, desperate, and
running
> >out of adjectives, so go on, you know you want to!
> >
> >regards
> >
> >Lynette
> >
>
> Sorry to disappoint you but if you can't afford a hire boat
holiday both in mid winter and mid summer you can't afford to buy or
live on a boat.
> Moorings; licences; insurance & boat safety certificates cost
money. The last three are obligatory. The first is essential if you
want to stay near one place for work or social reasons.
> Sue nb Nackered Navvy
>
Thanks Sue,
I do know what you mean, but look at it this way: I could hire a
boat for a week or two, I could have a nice holiday and it could
perhaps put me off or make me more determined, but exactly what
would I have really learned from the experience? I've had holidays
in France, Portugal, Ireland, Jersey, in America, but I'm not so
naive as to think I saw enough to give me an accurate picture of
those places, or to set me up with the information needed to make a
considered judgement as to whether I should up sticks and move there
or not.
I'm hoping that, armed with the right info, I can make a judgement
about buying a boat or not. I should say that I don't envisage this
happening within the next year, if at all, but I don't want to
persue unrealistic dreams either: what would you do in my position?
regards
Lynette
ps, not living on a boat is expensive too!
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