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Suzan Wallace's avatar

I’ve lived the adage, “a boat is an insurance policy for when all hell breaks loose on shore,” for the life of a sailor by nature, is about attaining skills of sustainability.

My parents (sailors) taught me that!

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Rob Kunzig 57's avatar

Yes, I know this thought process well - my retirement may depend on it. But that doesn't and can't take away the joy and adventure of sailing that puts it number one on our low budget priority list!

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Rich G's avatar

Being a ne'er do well myself until I retired, I always kept a sailboat with a cabin, however small, moored for necessity. While I only needed it a couple times in my life, it was always there. Better to be a yachtsman than homeless though the line between the two is very fine indeed.

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Simeon Baldwin's avatar

Thanks, I needed that wise counsel…

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Stephen Borgstrom's avatar

My little ship has been a place of refuge many times. Sometimes in the form of a sparkling afternoon sail, others while rocking in her slip while I sit below drinking tea. A place I built and outfitted to my tastes and keep stocked for quick departure. Not to be forgotten is the well known fact that zombies can't swim, with a boat I'm no longer worried about a zombie-pocalypse.

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brad's avatar

Yes, the all hell breaks loose syndrome, is alive and well, I see, by this timely article, which after all, would likely be timeless in any day and age. Haven't often wondered, what if world war broke out, while you're at sea? Would THEY (the bad guys) come and get you? Would they even care? Perhaps it might not be best to pull into home port just yet. What if THEY start lobbing A-bombs at one another? Are you safe Out There from radiation? Are there enough supplies to last a while on board? You'll know one thing - the Good Life has been postponed or cancelled, for a while... or maybe not. Time will tell.

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Joshua Colvin's avatar

I always tell my family members if they are in a city or some place away from home and all hell breaks loose, try to get to a marina. There should be shelter, food, transportation, radios, and generally good competent people about.

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Rob Kunzig 57's avatar

I'm sad to say I never thought of that. I'll never forget it now. So true !

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FlyingScot887's avatar

So true! Sailing our small boat makes the nasty things in life disappear. Where we focus on living instead of, well everything else...

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