Oct 03 2007
Living Like a Pirate
I love the water, and I love travel. We plan on traveling abroad but we are ready to start a family. So there are all kinds of conflicts.
This weekend we were walking along a harbor on the Cumberland River and we found some houseboats. On a whim I said to Mrs. Kip “Why don’t we get one of these and live on it”. Well I have always wanted an RV and just travel the country, not caring where we stop. Since I love the water then living on a boat would be just as good, probably better.
Well guess what. Not only did she say yes, she is excited, and she wants to do it today! Well it won’t happen today, but we will be doing it soon. There are a few things that I need to take care of with the business, I need to establish a few income streams, but living on a boat will be the perfect solution to what we want to do. Now what kind of boat do we want to get.
Houseboats
These are the obvious, and the easiest to do. The offer the most affordable solution with the largest living area. Now I do not know everything about boating, heck I hardly know anything about boating. But I do know that a houseboat will only work on very calm water. You simply can’t take it out on a body of water with waves more than 1-2 feet.
I would rather have a sailboat, but to travel the rivers of the US a sailboat is out, so we need power. A cruiser will give us the space we need to live, and the ability to take it anywhere. Whether it is the Inter-Coastal Waterway, the US river system, or the Great Lakes, these are the best solution. So this is what we will probably decide on, but they are quite a bit smaller than a houseboat, and more expensive.
So what are we to do? Well we have a long way to go before we decide. There will be some interesting conversations in Coaches house, and nothing will be decided until the end of the football season, but we are going to do this, it will be great!
Coach Kip
