We had a good week aboard Patricia Ann. I finished her outer tick and got everything to start drawing. It was a hot and humid summer, so there were some cleaner conditions here; we can perform some required tasks.
I received an email from John saying that he had placed our website, and he and his wife were about to retire and thought about living on board the used trawler. I replied that I would be happy to help them live on board the trawler.
However, to take a completely different way of life that you have known for a long time, you need to dare. Hey, I understand, Mary and I started life aboard a boat over 12 years ago. In addition, it was up to the World Wide Web and people like me publish well-written articles on how to live aboard a boat.
Therefore, I began to think, what words of wisdom would I like for someone to talk to me if I started? This is my list to help you determine if this is appropriate for you.
Do you want to wake up every morning and look at the sun rising above the creek? We do this every morning. It's really great to live on a trawler! If you don’t like your neighborhood, you just unleash the lines of the docks and travel. No, it's definitely not Jimmy Buffet’s full-time job, but he’s coming. We enjoy cocktail hours on board. Cooking on our grill on our terrace, used by a trawler, is wonderful!
Used motor yachts and used trawlers require a lot of work to keep them healthy. You should have a lot of money or talent for repairing things. You will always find maintenance to work on a used motor yacht or trawler. To live aboard, you have to be a skipper, a navigator, a plumber, an artist, an electrician, a mechanic, a cook, and much more that I cannot remember.
Learn how to live aboard using all your senses. Each used motor yacht or trawler used has its own noise group; Learn how to recognize what it is and what it means. When you receive it, you will not be able to find out everything about your new motor yacht or use a trawler. I spent more than 12 years to gradually track every hose and wire to understand Patricia Ann. Look forward to spend time doing exactly that.
Listen to the noise that a used motor yacht or trawler makes. If you hear that the charger or bilge pump works more than once in the evening, this is your sign to look at it. What about the noise in your bed or used trawler in bed? No vessel goes down, and zinc does not corrode, its only feeding is shrimp.
If you smell something strange, like diesel fuel, it's time to look into the hold. As you continue to grow, you should feel a shudder, you may have some growth on the shafts and supports. You should get a diver below to see if there is anything attached to the undercarriage. Make sure your spouse is on board for a long time and not just for a ride. If mom is not happy, no one will be happy.
You must be prepared to make some sacrifices, such as a washer and dryer. The fighters are usually very decent people. I almost never meet what I do not like. If there is something that you do not know, do not mess with us to ask us veterans in the boat community. We all had to learn from someone or through our mistakes along the way. In addition, mistakes can be expensive!
Well, I would like to give you a good idea of what to expect.
