Hi, Seems we are spending a lot of time on sematics. I suspect this may be a collocial issue. When I was born my folks lived in a float house. This being a one bedroom house with a large patio on logs tied to pilings with a gang plank to the land. The large patio doubled as a sun deck and a drying/repair rack for drift nets as my dad was a fisherman at the time.
Two summers ago a friend of mine rented a house boat on Lake Powell consisting of a trailerhouse on pontoons with two Yamaha outboards attached to the stern and a wheelhouse/livingroom/galley in the bow. While I am not sure of the pedigree or the origin of these terms, on the West Coast, I have found them to be understood by at least most locals. Casey --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Noel Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Noel Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Cruiser vs liveaboard > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:52 AM > Re: [Liveaboard] Cruiser vs liveaboard Well, we live aboard > and do cruise. As for buying a boat that has no means of > propulsion... No way Jose. Then by a barge to live in. > People here in NYC do just that. It works too. We had our > first child right after moving aboard and are just getting > back into the cruising part. BTW, we live on a Hatteras > 40' Dual Cabin MY. > > Noel > > > N.Y. RUSSELL > Office Coffee Service > "Java Powered Service" > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Rosalie B." > Sent: Thu, 12 June 2008 09:00:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Cruiser vs liveaboard > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:17:36 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > > > >This choice was presented to me a while back as > something I need to consider. The obvious question, which > I neglected to ask, was: What is the difference? > > > If you are talking about a boat purchase, then the reason > you need to > think about this is so that you buy a suitable boat. If > you intend to > live on a boat at the dock, moving only rarely, then you > won't need a > blue water capable boat. It's the difference between > living in a > mobile home which is tied to a pad and is never moved > (unless the park > closes) and living in one of these big RVs which travels > all over the > country. > > >On further reflection, I deduced the difference is the > comparison between a float house, personal barge and a > boat I can live on while traveling. I further assume the > latter implies a simplified inventory and life style. > > > By float house I guess you mean houseboat. I am not sure > that the > simplified life style is correct though. Living aboard > while > traveling is MORE complicated and not less. All the > requirements for > daily living require much more effort and planning. > > As Rick points out - the terms are not mutually exclusive. > You can be > a liveaboard without cruising, and you can be a cruiser > without living > aboard or you can do both. > > I would have considered us part time liveaboards because we > lived > aboard (and cruised) for six months of the year, but we > still retained > a house. That meant that we had BOTH all the problems of > house > ownership AND the problems of boat ownership to deal with. > Amusingly, > when we take the boat out of the water for the winter now, > we strip > the electronics and soft furnishings and sails etc off the > boat, and > we've had to hire a storage unit for that stuff because > we really can > NOT take all of that stuff into the house - there's > just not room. > > As far as the simplified inventory - one of the things to > look at when > you buy a boat is whether the boat has the configuration > that will > allow what you want to do. Typically even an apartment has > more space > to store stuff than a boat, and more room. What people > often have to > do when they move onto a boat is to downsize their > possessions. But > at the same time, they are adding other possessions to > their inventory > - stuff for the boat. > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html_______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
