The question " WHERE SHOULD YOUR HOME BE LOCATED?»Is no longer relevant.
ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE!
Our company has launched the production of Houses that can move on water. And this is not a yacht or sailing. It is rather a FLOATING ISLAND or LUXURY HOUSE.
WHY SHOULD THE HOUSE BE IN WATER?
Because virtually all over the world, waterborne dwellings are tax-free. You can absolutely legally place your Home in the center of Moscow or New York, Sydney or Barcelona. Only in some cities, such as Venice or Amsterdam, where there are a lot of people living on the water, it is possible to obtain a permit only for temporary parking. In the rest of the world, the duration of your stay in a particular country is regulated only by the duration of your visa there. But more than 90% of the calmest and warmest countries do not limit your stay in the country at all. And in a country like the United States for decades, more than 10 million only Russian-speaking people with a long-expired entry visa have lived fully.
WHY DON'T JUST BUY A BIG YACHT?
Because a yacht the size of our house is much more expensive. And to live for a long time or permanently is more convenient in the house, and not on the yacht. In addition, motor yachts are not capable of crossing the ocean, and a whole crew is required to operate a sailing yacht of this size. Our Houses will easily reach Miami and beyond.
WHAT IF THE HOUSE FLIES ON A STONE AND DROPS?
The building of our house was built using the most modern technology. It consists of a honeycomb filled with polyurethane foam. Even if you punch through the hull or cut a large piece of the hull with a saw, or just pour water from the hose inside, the house will continue to float unchanged. It's like trying to sink a thick sheet of Styrofoam. You can poke holes in it or break it into several pieces, it will still float.
WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE?
Standard House 20 m long and 10 m wide on three levels.
The house consists of:
Large living room with kitchen area, dining table, sofas, large plasma TV.
Two guest (or children's) rooms with bathrooms.
Large master bedroom with King size bed and separate bathroom.
Open top veranda with awning, jacuzzi and garden.
Open sun deck on the middle deck.
An open circular veranda around the house.
Internal deck for storing inflatable boats, jet skis, hang gliders, surfing, bicycles and electric scooters.
HOW MUCH IS?
Since the product is one-piece and there can be no two identical houses, the final cost of the house consists of many nuances discussed with the customer at the design stage.
The cost of a unique case does not exceed half a mile. US dollars... To this must be added the interior decoration, as well as the household and navigation equipment.
WHERE TO GET ELECTRICITY, WATER AND MORE?
Our house is absolutely AUTONOMY! It does not need to be connected to any coastal communications. (although technically possible)
- ELECTRICITY is provided by solar panels with a total power of 15 kW, which is accumulated in special helium batteries.
Desalination of seawater allows you not to save water.
Cleaning system wastewater bring its quality to the possibility of secondary use.
Climatic settings allow you to adjust the temperature and humidity individually in each room.
The kitchen is equipped with a large fridge-freezer and free-standing ice maker; induction hob with oven; microwave oven and a variety of household equipment (mixers, combines, juicers, etc.).
HOW CAN A HOUSE CROSS THE OCEAN?
It is assumed that the vast majority of the time (over 95%), the House does not move anywhere. (however, like most yachts). It is located in some picturesque bay. However, there are plenty of opportunities for movement.
In order to slowly slide along the coast, the house has 4 absolutely silent electric motors. They allow you to travel at a speed of 5 knots (9 km / h) all day.
For faster travel or in bad weather conditions, there are two fuel-efficient diesel engines that allow the house to travel at sea at 14 knots (typical cruise ship speed).
But to cross the ocean, you need a sail. Our house does not have sails, but wings, like an airplane. Therefore, there are no headings, cables, halyards, sheets and other indispensable sail accessories.
The wings serve as a sail when required and as an awning at anchorage. The House has three wings in total. The wing rises to the working position in 4 seconds using a hydraulic drive. This requires pressing a button. The computer sets the wing to the optimal angle of attack of the wind, and automatically maintains this angle regardless of the direction of movement of the House.
It remains only to set the direction of movement and the autopilot will do all the work at the helm for you. The global positioning system will allow you to track the direction of movement of all ships in your area, and they will see you, avoiding collisions.
WHAT IF STORM?
Currently, only ships that are forced to strictly adhere to the route of movement get into storms. You can always dodge the storm. After all, a storm or hurricane is local in nature. You will have constant information about their location and trajectory. And only you can decide whether to go into a storm or not.
But even if you decide to go through the storm, then this is not a tragedy, but rather an adventure. You do not need to be at the helm. You will admire through the window how your Home is slowly making its way through the elements.
I CAN'T TAKE THE ROLLING!
However, like most people
Our House has the shape of a TRIMARAN building, i.e. the least rocking vessel. There will be no pitching at all. Calm weather can be selected for movement.
FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS I CAN BUY A HOUSE ON THE COAST IN ANY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD!
Of course, but it will be just one house. And you will begin to live in another country. And communicate with the world on tour. travel.
The concept of our House allows you, without compromising the comfort of your home, to “try on” the entire globe. Live for some years in the States, and then move a little to the Bahamas or rush for a year in New Zealand... Don't you feel like hanging out in the ocean for three weeks yourself? Tell us about it and we will drive your House to a new parking lot, and you will arrive by plane.
HOW MUCH DOES THE PARKING COST?
Paid parking exists only in yacht clubs. Yachtsmen are forced to enter them to refuel with water and electricity, to access the shore shower and washing machines.
All this you have in the House best quality... Therefore, you do not need to buy these services from the yacht club.
The coastal wall is usually free, so it is always densely packed with yachts. But you have a trump card that will help you find free place, in almost any city. The minimum draft for yachts is 1.5 meters, our House has only 50 centimeters. That is, if the water is knee-deep, that's enough for you. And places in shallow water are always free.
For the same reason, it is easier for you to find a place in the roadstead, because you can always stand closer to the shore than yachts. Anchoring (or in the roadstead) on a yacht is not very comfortable, because there is only one anchor and, depending on the direction of the wind, the yacht turns around the anchor all the time. Our house rises by 4! Anchors from every corner, so it stands as reinforced concrete as an oil platform in the ocean.
WHAT'S CONNECTED?
Only satellite communications can work in the ocean. Today, a satellite phone costs no more than an iPhone. You can also use expensive Internet via satellite. But for mail it is quite acceptable.
If you are not on a desert island, then you always have 3G and Wi-Fi using an antenna and an amplifier. Indeed, almost all cafes on the embankment have a free field that will reach your home thanks to the equipment.
But if you are brought to a desert island, then to order a lobster for dinner you just have to dive after it. All the equipment necessary for this is in the house.
And then there is a hydro-moto hang-glider, on which you can fly around the island, or go around it on a high-speed inflatable motorboat. The house is completed with all this.
Electric scooters are provided in the house to move overland. They can be driven almost everywhere on the roads without registration.
WHAT ARE THE OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN MY HOUSE PROVIDED FOR?
The house is registered in Russian Federation on you as a NON-COMMERCIAL VESSEL. It meets all the requirements for such vessels and has a Certificate of Conformity issued by a government agency. The tax, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, is charged for horsepower, and there are less of them in the House than in the car. Therefore, the annual tax for luxury home less than a regular car.
Registration and the corresponding certificate (ship's ticket) confirms your rights as the legal owner of the House.
How long does it take to build such a house?
The house has been under construction for 6 months, and about the same amount of time the household and navigation equipment is being installed. That is, the estimated construction time is one year adjusted for the season.
Drive the House to Mediterranean for about two more months. During this time, the House is actively tested in all modes.
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Despite the incomprehensible legal status, a new format of residential real estate - floating houses - is becoming popular in Russia.
Photo: Depositphotos / S_Razvodovskij
Houseboats have always been very popular in Europe. This is a relatively new phenomenon in Russia, but the demand for such houses is several times ahead of supply.
In Europe, there are many more houses on the water than in Russia: in countries such as Germany or the Netherlands, river sections are much cheaper than land, so many people prefer to settle on water. A similar format of residential real estate is popular in France, where for permanent residence on the water it is necessary to buy a special permit from the mayor's office, which gives the right to equip and lay communications to houses-boats.
(Photo: Robert Harding / Globallookpress)
(Photo: Lisa S. Engelbrecht / Globallookpress)
“In our country, the supply market for housing on the water is quite narrow,” says Mikhail Bykov, commercial director of the “House on Water” company. “Few Russians imagine what a“ floating house ”is due to the lack of competent advertising policy... Many clients simply do not know where and how this type of housing is presented. "
However, there is a demand for "water" housing in Russia, says Oksana Diveeva, director of the city real estate sales department at Blackwood. According to her, demand exceeds supply several times.
What is floating housing
The cheapest option is house on pontoons... The pontoons are combined into a single floating platform. This platform also keeps the structure located on the site on the water. Despite the rather impressive weight, the structure has good stability and has the properties of a vessel that keeps well afloat. In addition, the pontoon is not subject to corrosion and its service life is several hundred years. According to experts, this type of housing has great potential: pontoons provide for the possibility of building a house according to an individual project.
Bargesequipped for housing are much less common. An old barge can be converted into housing. But it's easier to order a barge from a shipyard. Such houses are common mainly in Europe and the USA. In Russia, the prospects for the use of barges remain vague.
Debarkader - a rather expensive type of real estate. This technology provides for construction on concrete structures. The main advantage of such houses on the water is that they provide freedom to implement any architectural design. There are practically no restrictions for the imagination of designers and architects. On a solid concrete landing stage, you can build quite big houses several floors high.
Debarkaders can work either independently, having their own generator, their own water supply, ventilation and sewerage systems. However, they can also be connected to local networks, to the central communications of the city, if necessary, they can float autonomously (for example, when moving to another parking place). However, it is rather difficult to repair such a floating object. "The landing deck must be periodically lifted onto the slipways and the skin should be inspected for leaks. It is quite costly if it is not possible to carry out these works using slipways, but diving work to identify and eliminate leaks does not give a complete picture of the quality of the repair work performed," says Mikhail Bykov.
"Any of these types of floating houses can be equipped with the necessary infrastructure to live in it all year round. For example, you can put a marine-type toilet with a manual descent or put a tank of 100 liters. But for this, the owner needs to think over the scheme of how the sewer can drive to the house or fit the floating craft to the place of pumping ", - advises the commercial director of the company" Mikizha "(creates houses on the water) Dmitry Sobinyakov.
How much are houses on the water
"The safety of a landing stage depends on the materials and technologies used in its construction, engineering infrastructure systems, but most importantly, on a properly built foundation. You need to buy landing stages after a technical audit," warns Oksana Diveeva.
The cost of such a project depends on the size, quality of construction and engineering equipment. "Estimated construction cost" floating house"it starts from 2 million rubles, and in some cases the price reaches 3 million dollars," says an expert from Blackwood.
It is impossible to register in a "houseboat", but it can be registered with the State Inspection for Small Vessels as a floating craft. This requires the presence of lights and rescue equipment on board. Registration problems may arise if the size of the house exceeds 20 m in length. With this size it is already necessary to apply to the River Register.
Vera Kozubova
An interesting discussion ensued about life on a 40+ yacht. User Alloy boy wondered what it would be like to move from an apartment to a small boat:
“All day long I see yachts from the window of my office, and it seems to me that life on them flows so serenely- he writes. - Is there really nowhere to turn around, as it seems to me (if you live alone)? How quickly do they depreciate? Quick search shows that the "forty-foot" is comparable in price to an apartment or a small house, but what are the advantages of living on a yacht (except for mobility)? "
Here are the answers he received:
Imaka
“It's a very relaxed life and quite comfortable, but it all depends on your needs and desires. By the way, in most places you will pay much less for a 40-foot yacht than for an apartment.
Life on a boat is not for everyone. It can be pleasant and relaxing, but it takes a lot of work to make it that way. If there is an opportunity to live on a yacht without buying it, then it is worth doing it.
You have to take care of fresh water and emptying the waste tank. For water you will have to run to the shore - sometimes to the marina. In some places there is delivery of water to the boat, but experience tells me that this is rather an exception. Personally, I was so unlucky. When my husband and I stood in one place for a long time, we had to grab 20 liters of water each time we went ashore.
Need electricity? If so, consider wind generators or solar panels - it all depends on the area where you live. Fridge? The most energy-hungry device on a yacht. There are less voracious ones, but they will cost you a pretty penny. Want to have a hot shower on the boat? Think about whether your area is warm enough to get by with a “summer shower” every day, or if you should buy a water heater.
What about cooking? If you have a gas stove, especially a Force 10, two burners and an oven, that's fine, some supplement it with a cockpit barbecue grill. With the stove, you should have a gas sensor in your cabin in case of a leak, gas can accumulate at the bottom of the boat and cause an explosion.
If you are at anchor, then you will have to reach the coast on a brine every day. Take care not to get it stolen. Is there transport ashore? So much the better, you don't have to carry laundry, groceries, etc. on your hump. Do you work every day? Keep in mind that there will be days when getting to the shore by dinghy will be difficult.
Want TV and internet on board? We usually used mobile internet. Sometimes I was lucky to catch an unpaired Wi-Fi. Antenna high enough to receive free TV channels. Naturally, the picture quality will "lame" when the boat moves.
Again, depending on the region, clothing can suffer from moisture and mold. To avoid this, we hid everything in sealed bags.
There are those who prefer to rent marinas, they live on board and get most of the comforts of a regular home. But not all marinas allow it.
I would repeat my experience if the opportunity presents itself and if the right person is around. "
drwer2
“I’m thinking about it myself. I’ve been swimming for many years, retirement is nearing, and the prospect of having a second home is attractive. If you work, you probably don’t want such a radical change.
If you are not afraid of life in a kennel, then go ahead. On a yacht in the marina, you will receive the following: long walks to and from the car with purchases, daily outings to showers in the marina (a drain bank will save the situation, but you cannot empty it in the marina, and it is expensive to pay for it weekly) or you can go out to sea every week to empty it there.
Light (or white) interior is highly recommended. The dark tree is depressing in the winter months. In addition, you can suffer from claustrophobia in winter. That is why for those planning to live by boat, I advise not to save on space. Than more space, the stronger your mental health.
It's a lot like living in a campervan ... with the potential to drown. "
Doh
No washer / dryer. "Interruptions" with water. With cabinets and cooking, everything is modest. The beds leave a lot to be desired. Shower from boxes. All year round everything is damp. Gasoline smell if you have a motorboat. Knocking on the dock, even if the boat is tied. Many yachts do not have heaters, and none of which I have been have air conditioning. At best, you will be just cramped. Entertainment is tight. Getting a pet is almost impossible. Straighten to your full height? Forget it.
Everything, of course, is so, but I myself would like to live on a boat - but only on a long journey, and not huddle in the marina and wander back and forth to work. Maybe live in the Caribbean in winter and move to Maine for the summer? I would also like to reach Europe from North America. A completely different life!
Think of it this way: having a boat as your home is like having a motorcycle for all occasions. Sounds romantic, but how convenient is it in practice?
william g
You don't have to stay where you don't want, you are literally and figuratively the "Captain of your ship", and no one will argue with that.
My experience of sailing yachts is 6 years, of which 3 years as a captain. As a yacht captain, I have sailed over 5,000 nautical miles - in Thailand, Norway, Canary Islands and the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France and Spain. For the last four years I have been organizing all over the world! In this essay I wanted to tell you how wonderful it is to arrange your life in the space of a sailing yacht!
With a small area, the yacht's space is organized so that it is as comfortable as possible! At the disposal of the renter or owner of the yacht will be a bedroom - a comfortable cabin with a large bed, wardrobes and shelves. Bathroom with hot shower, mirror and many shelves. And, of course, a kitchen with a table, refrigerator, stove, utensils.
Bedroom (cabin) Bathroom (toilet) Kitchen (galley)
It will be convenient to work at the chart table, and in order to sit with the whole company, there is a wardroom, a cozy living room and a dining room at the same time.
Navigator's table Saloon on a yacht Saloon on a catamaran
For breakfast and romantic dinners on fresh air the so-called cockpit on the deck, equipped with sofas and a folding table, is perfect. The bow of the yacht, especially the net between the floats on the catamaran, is nothing more than a private beach.
Veranda (cockpit) Sun deck Catamaran grid
So you can sit on a modern yacht as comfortably as in a hotel. But at the same time, your hotel has excellent mobility! Thanks to the fuel reserves, the yacht can sail freely for many days even in the absence of wind, in addition, the yacht can be loaded with such reserves of water that you do not have to worry about replenishing them throughout the trip. The yacht covers 150-200 kilometers per day, but at the same time your captain will take care to exclude crossings longer than 4-6 hours a day. Every day you can admire the wonderful views, get to know new cities, swim, sunbathe, and if you're lucky, snorkel surrounded by colorful fish and swim with dolphins.
Traveling on a yacht is not only free sailing, but also freedom of parking. You can always moor near an island or a village you like, in order to stroll through the ruins of an ancient fortress, lie on white beach, or plunge into the high life of the city you need. Or you can moor right at the cliff, as we did during the time, and immediately arrange a fishing trip to get yourself some lunch.
Cities and islands, quiet harbors and noisy embankments, majestic mountains and azure sea, (as well as "") ancient castles and temples, sailing and great fishing, the underwater world and indescribable beauty sunsets, unity with the outside world and incredible freedom - all this can only give a rest on a yacht.
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Personal experience: How to move to live on a yacht and not screw up
Anna Balagurova, the former editor-in-chief of the Internet newspaper The Village Petersburg, gave up her career and office work a little less than a year ago to travel across the Atlantic with her husband. On the website of the Snob magazine she maintains a detailed blog about her adventures, and she told us about how she got used to life on a ship while crossing the ocean.
I first got on a sailing boat a year and a half ago. By some ridiculous coincidence, in Helsinki, during the Flow festival. My friend somewhere picked up guys from St. Petersburg who came there to chase. We were naturally invited to join, but only as openers - we were not good for anything else. It seems that a friend was then instructed to "mine spinnaker into a kitty." It was funny to me, but she was practically buried under sail.
Then, by another chance, I met my future husband - a yacht instructor. We drank a lot, talked about how we want to live and travel. In general, we were extremely romantic and agreed that a sailing boat was the ideal option for both of us. It is simultaneously a transport that moves by the forces of nature (that is, for free), a house anywhere in the world (also inexpensive), and even an opportunity to earn money by teaching or just rolling people. It sounded like a good plan, and we decided not to give it up.
All that remained was to choose and buy a boat. There were several requirements - a reliable yacht for the oceans (the so-called blue water cruiser), in the Mediterranean (so that you can reach the Canaries without entering the evil Viscay and the English Channel), costing up to 60,000 euros (so that there is a little left for an upgrade) and, of course in good condition. Through the Internet, we found several almost perfect options in Sweden at half the price of what we had planned. But all these northern seas ... in general, we became lazy, because it was June, and in November we were going to start in the transatlantic. We bought our 1985 Westerly in Greece. A respectable English shipyard, pedant owners, a beer opener on the step, again. I immediately felt sympathy for this neat and solid boat, for its funny plump owners, who without hesitation declared that they did not like strong winds, and also that they would take away the grill, because without a grill, their summer would be ruined.
A bit of paperwork with registering the boat and insurance - and already in July we began to slowly move towards Gibraltar, with stops in pleasant coastal cities, from mossy Sicilian resorts to magnificent Syracuse and Palma de Mallorca. This is how my boat life began.
The first thing you had to get used to was roll and pitch. How to live when your world is tilted 30 degrees? How to sleep when thrown from side to side? Okay, let's say you're not in the crossing, but at the anchorage, but damn it, you are still shaking, it's water! You go out on the ground - you sway out of habit. After crossing the ocean, I almost stopped paying attention to it. First, I caught Zen from the realization that I would have to hang out in open water for at least three weeks. Secondly, I wanted pancakes and fried potatoes in a five-meter wave, so I had to get out. Remember - sometimes it rocks at anchorages almost like in the middle of the Atlantic. So if you want to live on a yacht, train your vestibular apparatus. At least on carousels.
Learn to use water sparingly. If you are not overly rich and cannot afford the extra 400-500 euros per month for comfortable marinas, get used to spending 10 liters of water on thorough washing yourself (in the ocean 2-3 was enough for my body and hair, but this is too Spartan ). There is no question of washing dishes or washing with fresh water - everyone living on the yacht has seawater taps installed (although we do laundry in laundries and increasingly use paper plates). There is one controversial point here - all waste products are thrown out of the yacht straight into the sea. The so-called gray water (from dishes and showers) can be drained almost anywhere in the world. In many countries, black water (from the toilet) is required to be stored in collector tanks on a boat and pumped out in specially designated places. In sum it all sounds terribly delusional. Shit, diluted in water, is much more harmless than fairies or alkaline shampoos. On the yacht I try to use eco-friendly household chemicals and cosmetics, but rather for self-assurance. Because on the scale of the world's oceans, it's just ridiculous.
In addition to water, you will have to save energy. We travel in sunny regions, therefore, for our needs (refrigerator, recharging phones and laptops, lights, autopilot), two solar panels are almost always enough. Many people install wind turbines and water turbines on boats - versatile, but incredibly expensive. We also have a watermaker installed - an incredibly useful thing that gives full autonomy from the coast. True, distilled water cannot be drunk for too long due to the complete absence of useful substances contained in ordinary water in it. We fill up full tanks whenever possible. 350 liters of water is enough for the two of us for more than 2 weeks.
Those who live on the water need to periodically get ashore - not all are at home. For this purpose, usually use a small inflatable boat with a motor or oars (although in the Canary Islands I saw two girls who ignored the oars and rowed with fins). It is almost impossible to leave this enterprise with a dry bottom. So, let's say it's early Saturday morning, you tumble out of a bar. What's next? That's right, you get in a taxi to go home to sleep. And I wander along the beach or promenade in search of my seedy boat, which turned into an inflatable pool overnight, enter into an unequal fight with a wave, jellyfish, a motor even more sluggish than me. In general, one wrong move and the boat is on your head. Recently we forgot to take our paddles with us, for the first time in our life. Of course, on way back our motor died, also for the first time in my life. We were stuck on our inflatable hernia in the middle of a bay in the very center of Bridgetown, where at that time we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of Barbados' independence. Amid hooting, the crowds from the embankment were buried with their hands and after 40 minutes they were on the yacht (the way under the motor was three minutes). The ridiculous situations in which you find yourself living at anchor cannot be counted.
School of captains
Anyone can become the captain of a sailing vessel - you only need a desire and a good instructor. "The Power of the Wind" will teach you everything you need to know and be able to do, and after passing the exam, it will give you an international class license. We conduct theoretical courses in the center of Moscow, and practice in the Mediterranean and the Canaries. Come to class!
Otherwise, everything is at home, or rather in the country. A bedroom with a large bed, a living room with a large table, internet (we have an amplifier antenna to steal Wi-Fi from coastal cafes), even an oven (for storing pans). There is a TV set in the salon - exclusively for watching movies and TV series. There are speakers in the cockpit so that you can dance on the deck or just have a party. As for the parties - yachtsmen are not fools to drink at all. One of the terms that came into my use after moving to the boat - sundowner - means "a glass of alcohol drunk at sunset." Another term was coined by my husband - "Polish Yachting". This is when you rent a boat for a week and never leave the marina, because you drink all day. From the name it is clear that it is mainly the Poles who trade in this, not us.
Any racer will spit in my face when they see what my boat is turning into at anchorages. A hammock hangs on a spinnaker pole, a bucket is tied to the roll of the staysail (well, so as not to drop it), panties are dried on the rails. Books and clothes are scattered everywhere, the kitchen is overgrown with a bunch of little things - this happens to everyone who hangs in one place for more than a few days. After a couple of weeks at the stop, it is difficult to force yourself to go to sea. Too lazy to collect everything, fix it, put it in the lockers. Reluctance to bother with the anchor, then with the sails. It's good if you have to walk for a short time and with a good wind. Transitions for more than a day in our case turn into seizure yachting. Long hours of procrastination on deck, followed by a sudden change of wind, a gust, a torn sheet, running to the harrowing screams of the captain. The first time I was stunned by the fact that the captain is actually my husband. I still don't understand why he is yelling so! They say that almost all skippers behave in a similar way, no matter how nice people they are in everyday life. In the USA there is a yachting school for women, with women owners and teachers. So, their slogan is "No shout". It seems to me that this is very cool and correct.
In many yacht blogs I read that after living on a yacht it is difficult to return to the cities, because the boat gives a feeling of freedom and all that, and the city subdues itself, leaves only the illusion of choice. It seems to me that in many ways this is slyness. To balance between a low-cost gypsy life on a yacht and keeping the boat fit for serious transitions, money is needed, quite large at the current exchange rate. This means that it is still impossible to exclude oneself from the circle of capitalist relations. To some extent, you become a slave to your own boat. If you want to radically change the environment, you need money not only for yourself, but also for yacht parking. The apartment can be locked up and forgotten, and only a rather careless owner can leave the yacht dangling at anchor and just dump. The most painless, in my opinion, scenario is as follows: half a year, while the weather is good in Europe, travel, stopping at anchor, and for the winter put the boat in an inexpensive marina (if you look, you can keep within 600-700 euros in 6 months) and leave home to work. With more exotic places it won't work - flying is expensive, leaving the boat even more expensive. If everything is tired, you are in a desperate situation.
A big bonus of owning a yacht in Europe is the opportunity to stay abroad almost indefinitely without worrying about a visa. If, without further details, put a stamp on the exit to any of the EU countries. This is done either at the local police station or at the passenger port. Both there and there there are more important things to do than you with your visa, so they put stamps without looking. Upon arrival in the next country, you can "accidentally forget" about the entry stamp until you need to fly home. Such an unexpected loophole still does not fit in my head, because we are all accustomed to serious controls at airports and on land borders. On the contrary, the Caribbean turned out to be a rather bureaucratic place. On almost every Antilles, where we spend this winter, you need to draw up documents for entry and exit. In Barbados, among other things, we were sent to the medical office, where we had to fill out a questionnaire with questions like “did anyone on board die” and “did the crew have diarrhea”. But there is no control other than on paper. For more than six months, our yacht has never received any checks, although we have already crossed half the world. Whether you carry slaves or enriched uranium. In this sense, owning a boat really gives a certain freedom. This is probably why same-sex couples and all those who, for ideological or any other reasons, are no longer satisfied with life in modern cities, travel on yachts quite often.
