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Some people live in cities, others are ardent adherents of rural idylls. There are originals that have chosen uninhabited island or dugout in remote taiga. But they all live on land. In XXI century appeared people who chose for themselves the habitat of water. Yacht – their house, a landscape familiar to the eye – the water surface. Sea gypsies they travel across the seas and oceans, occasionally calling at ports and nowhere for a long time without lingering.
Living on water
All the “marine inhabitants” to the question, what is dear to them such a way of life, First of all, they note a feeling of freedom. Not tied to any to a certain place, they really are “citizens of the world.” At any port they are at home and at the same time visiting. Their friends are like that the same sea vagabonds who do not recognize borders, and all living on land – foreigners with nothing to talk about.
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Further, an eventful life is always noted. If “land” are doomed to work a whole year to afford travel, the “people of water” all life – an endless sea cruise. For new experiences, they call at the selected port, put the ship at the mooring wall, and go to get acquainted with the city. If you want silence and solitude – a quiet bay or uninhabited island. In one year, sea tramps accumulate more impressions than their land relatives in all their a life.
However, do not rush to sell your apartment and buy a floating house. Life of marine cosmopolitan is difficult and not everyone can handle.
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On the other side of the glossy cover
First of all, the weather. The temperature on the yacht in the summer is only a couple degrees lower, and in winter a couple of degrees higher than overboard. Air conditioners and heaters are only available on large yachts. On the small vessels designed for a crew of 1-3 people (namely, such live and swim sea travelers) there are no such amenities. So get ready to endure heat in summer, cold in winter, and all year round – damp.
There is no yacht closet on the yacht where you can keep your dear to your heart, but not used things. There is little space and it is limited, so everything is superfluous junk is ruthlessly thrown away (severe necessity). Fresh water and electricity are constantly in short supply. Shower – only for holidays (and not on every yacht it is), but when entering the port tune in to regular visits to public toilets (which not always comply with EU sanitary standards).
As a private home, a yacht requires constant attention. Her constantly hit by the wave, throws, watered with fresh and rain water, the body overgrown with shells, the bottom is gnawed by microorganisms. Yacht constantly beats on board during mooring, collides with floating in the sea subjects. Therefore, every free minute residents are yachtsmen inspect “your home” and constantly repair, clean, patch. If a rickety fence can stand for years, then a rotten rigging or a leak that starts tomorrow may cause the death of the ship together with the crew.
Everyone who decides to relocate to the water must considers the way of future earnings. Many carry on their yacht. tourists, some are engaged in the sale of gear, sewing sails. Many write articles about travels for magazines, sell photographs taken during the voyages. Nice job for yachtsmen – telework. Programmers, copywriters, web designers, network administrators, website developers and content managers, freelance all its manifestations – the most common occupation of “marine tramps. ”
Living on the water is not for everyone
Many when meeting friends who have chosen the sea as permanent residence, note that life on the water greatly changes people. The sea gives freedom but the level of responsibility for decisions is increasing repeatedly. No one has canceled the storms at sea, the man is left alone alone with the elements, and the slightest slack, negligence, can become fatal. Relying on the sea is first and foremost for yourself. Neither the police, neither the firefighters, nor the ambulance will come to the rescue as whatever you call.
So before deciding to become a marine resident, think carefully, weigh everything, and then think again and again just weigh everything.
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