If your dream is to live aboard a yacht united yacht sales has the inventory to connect you with the perfect boat we feature more than 1 000 listings at any given time.
Living aboard a yacht.
But living on a boat is an entirely different animal.
If you d rather live anonymously consider an end tie in the forgotten corner of the marina.
You can always find a huge selection of live aboard yachts for sale in florida.
Often they also charge a flat fee for living aboard in the marina and many marinas do not allow liveaboards at all.
Most marinas require an application for you to move aboard permanently.
You will have the coolest neighbors.
Artists musicians engineers nick cave and rod stewart both lived aboard in the u k as did alan watts in.
Although there are challenges to living on a boat if you re prepared you may find it a perfect fit.
I already have a boat in a slip in a marina so can i just move aboard.
Especially a 40 year old sailboat undergoing a complete restoration.
My experience living on a boat.
You can move your boat live anywhere.
Marinas provide slips boat parking spots of various lengths and charge by the foot.
Your bilge batteries black water holding tanks shore power and electrical system access and even knowledge of your tides which can affect boarding and lines are all important aspects of.
That s why this website is florida centric although the information should be useful elsewhere in the united states and in fact the world.
Living on a boat in a marina is a totally different experience than living on a boat at anchor or on a mooring.
Get the boat ready for life aboard not just a weekend in the islands.
If and when you want to move if you ever want to move you don t have to sell our home.
I didn t know a thing about living on a boat when i first moved onto my boyfriend tom s ketch in 2016.
What i did know is that i loved boats and as a commuter rode the washington state ferries over 3 000 times.
Be sure to research the marina before assuming you are welcome to live aboard your vessel.
Living on a boat in a marina has numerous benefits.
Bear in mind that some boats will be better set up for living aboard than others we have a list of the best boats for living aboard.
If you move from a 2 000 square foot house to a 45 foot boat you may have a two bed two bath waterfront condo but all the closets are smaller the cupboards are fewer and there s no two car garage.
Deciding where to live aboard is the first and most important step to living aboard a boat.
You simply untie your lines and move your home to a new location.
Read on to discover 13 reasons why living on a boat in a marina is better than living in a house on land.
One thing you do need when living aboard is a good working knowledge of your boat and how to keep it afloat especially when not running it consistently.
Here are the pros cons and what you should consider.
All of my experience living aboard full time has been on sailboats berthed in florida marinas along the state s atlantic ocean east coast.
