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Poet1914 said:

Hi I'm in South Carolina, I'm not from here though, iv had a lot of experience squatting and urban exploring, iv actually never train hopped though, and iv lived the rubbertramp life in bands even though I don't know how to drive (epilepsy), but my brother is really set on this house boat dream and I just want to expand my horizons and learn new things. Like even starting with a kayak. I just want to know how to get started as a complete novice in learning how to live off the water harmoniously or be in sync with the water life if you know what I mean man. I'm more familiar with the inner city and the desert so I'm fascinated by the land out here. Thank you

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You mentioned Cormac McCarthy in another post, I'm currently reading blood meridian. Oh well random....But....

I lived on a 21ft 1972Chrysler Sailboat in the Florida keys for 8 months. I payed 3800 cash for boat/motor/trailer in 2022. Had to drive to Tampa to buy. Made sure she was sea worthy in the canals before finding a place to drop anchor in about 12ft of water at high tide.Then sold the trailer for 900cash. I was about 1/2 mile from my truck. At first I was using my 12ft kayak for to and from the boat. But after a month a made a diy dingy/tiny fishing boat out of a plastic bass/pond boat. I was working concrete construction at the time so cash was quite plentiful for grub and booze. I had a yeti style cooler, a two burner butane stove and 3 solar panels to recharge 3 carsize batteries. The on the hook life is something special but you will constantly be repairing random things... mostly electric (saltwater destroys everything in time).

I'm a Florida man so heat I can deal with fine but there's only so many poops in a trash bag on a sweaty night I could stomach,plus the stress of all my material stuff being left floating while I worked or made supply runs got old. I would leave around $2300 of dingy,motor in the mangroves with fingers crossed no one ganked or screwed with while I was away for hours.....

I ended up selling the motor for 2700cash, the dingy+moto for 1600cash and gave the boat to a local homebum named Jose before I started living out of a rucksack and trainhopping. I still do miss catching mangrove snapper for tacos and using the fisheads and bones for my stone crab traps.

Consider a tropical location for your boat because if she sinks in bathwater temperature water you most likely won't die🤷

If there is anything specific you would like to know please ask. I'll do my best help if I can.
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