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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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In the third world, much of the cooking is done around open, wood fires. We shantyboaters, living as we do in a third world of our own, can benefit from recent innovations in stove technology. Their workings are high tech, but their construction is low tech (or appropriate, if you prefer). One of...
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From the website Dornob: Whether you need to escape a sinking oil platform or simply city life around you, there are few places quite so cozy and removed as these refab hotel rooms, floating off land, completely sealed and self-contained. At first, trash artist (and alternative architect) Denis Oudendijk was just looking for a quiet place...
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Submitted by Ben Anderson. A friend of mine has a financial existence that is nothing short of hand to mouth. By some standards he lives in poverty. But it’s a choice he’s made. Due to his carear in theater, payments into social security were a now and then sort of thing, most often his...
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Bring On Another Thousand. I hear it all the time. This is after the initial purchase, mind you. “Boating is like standing in the shower, burning thousand dollar bills.” Expensive systems break down, requiring expensive repair or replacement. Expensive finishes (including bottom paint) need seasonal attention. Structural entropy requires expensive materials and know-how. Well… there are alternatives....
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From the Web: Hammacher Schlemmer made good on its promise to offer “the best, the only and the unexpected” with this $91,100 floating suite. (The suite is no longer part of the company’s inventory; its website lists it as “Sold Out”) Each UFO-looking structure offered 150-square-feet of living space. It was designed to be...
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Witnesses call police to burned out canal boat in England. An unrelated video with no info. Unrelated Hurricane Sandy houseboat. Peter and Marian Sycamore, who watched their £50,000 retirement dream wash down the River Nene before smashing into a lock A devastated couple had to flee for their lives after their 60ft houseboat was...
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The Rule of Tenths is a decimal approximation of fractions from the Rule of Twelfths... the two are equivalent.(Drawing not to scale)Getting around with shoal draft means getting up close and personal with the bottom. Since the tide is busy coming and ...
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On board, it's Us or Them! Ya know, when mildew took in a Chinese ship, they'd burn 'em.An unsympathetic Friend on hearing us whine.The greatest challenge we face, living aboard, is not the Sea, the Weather, or even financing the Life.Our greatest chal...
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Student says: This short documentary features a young California couple’s decision to move aboard a sailboat. It ends with a glimpse of their plans to sail from the San Francisco Bay area to Virginia where they both grew up. There are interior and exterior shots of the couple on their boat at a San...
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