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The average American spends just over $6 a day on food. Or so said one government study in about 2005. That’s $2190 a year. Now that is shantyboat living. I assume that for someone to live that way now, it would take a steady diet of Top Ramen and corn dogs, with an egg...
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Let’s get small. Real small. Steve Martin Anke and I have lived in some small spaces, most of them shared with our late, 50lb dog, Scuppers. You could fit each of them into a walk-in closet, and a few would have room to spare. We always tell folks who ask, “Yeah, but the back...
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Shantyboatliving.com is all about affordable living afloat, but here’s a story about very affordable and very unique camping, as written by the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. Here are the rough notes as I wrote them: Day One: Tomorrow I head out on one of my adventures… a single overnight in my metermaid car. I’ll...
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, Nor life on a single hope. Epictetus There are some nights, me Boys and Girls, where well set anchors are the best of friends!Most cruising advice is to carry three anchors; the bower (usu...
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Rolling out the Red CarpetPhotos courtesy of Jim DangelOne of the hardest parts of on-the-fly boatbuilding, for us, has been sewing up the sails. Finding a big, flat, clean, dry, affordable and empty space in SE Alaska is a challenge. Not all of these ...
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Foraging is the act of searching for food. No matter what your reason may be for living the ShantyLife, foraging for food be both lifestyle frugal and rewarding. Here are videos that give you an insite into techniques that are built upon years of experience. Links: How to become an urban food forager Urban...
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By BRIDGET MURPHY, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Michael Richard Smith is a man without a fixed address, someone who leaves it to the wind and tide in Boston Harbor to help decide where he’ll dream from night to night. With his possessions packed in a 14-foot canoe, the wiry, mustachioed man paddles to small...
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Typical Chart of Tricky BitI hear that the ability to take in significant detail from a perusal of a chart is an acquirable skill.Not me. Not yet, anyway. But not for want of trying!One problem is that it's often wet, windy and wild just as we're negot...
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A well set anchor is a good night's sleep. Wind? Any Fool can sail with wind. It takes a Man to sail without it!One of our Snaggle-Toothed, Water-Rat FriendsSetting anchor under sail is a valuable skill, well documented by serious sailors i...
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The “back to basics” attitude at the heart of shantyboat living is driven by poverty… of the pocket book or of the soul. Those who dream of shantyboats are either thinking of how to stretch a fistful of our final dollars, or dreaming how to trade in our dollars for a fistful of time...
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