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Home Forums Search Boat Show TSBB Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources More Fun About TSBB	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | liveaboard in fl Posted By: bob Date: 7/13/08 5:39p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines you guy's have been sailing loger than me.so a little advise please.planning on giving up my apt in nh and heading to the fl key's in nov with my suncat.with stops along the way to sail.boot key harbor in marathon has a big liveaboard community.plan on staying there for a few months.just sail around southern fl for the winter.expense wise shouldn't be anymore expensive that living up north.better than hibernating in my apt all winter.this trip was planned last year but i got sick.any and all advise is appreciatted.bought a bimini,generator,tender,etc.can a 65 yr old guy survive all winter in a suncat.retirement has to be better than watching dumb tv all winter.

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 liveaboard in fl  -- bob -- 7/13/08 5:39p.m.

Gut reaction -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 7/13/08 6:30p.m.

I recall when you asked this last year... -- Jim B., wandering around -- 7/13/08 6:32p.m.

liveaboard in fl. -- bob -- 7/13/08 7:18p.m.

If it gets too difficult to stay in that small... -- Kristen, Yellow Disaster, 18' Sanderling Mudcat, LA/TX -- 7/13/08 11:16p.m.

Here is some summer thunderstorms -- Mark Milam , Nonsuch 33, Suncat cabinless, Holder 20, Lafayette, LA. -- 7/14/08 10:38a.m.

liveaboard -- bob -- 7/15/08 9:41p.m.

Jim, gave U some good advise from his somewhat limited perspective! -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 7/14/08 12:13a.m.

From my "somewhat limited perspective"... -- Jim B., wandering around -- 7/14/08 6:52a.m.

liveaboard -- bob -- 7/14/08 6:36p.m.

I guess I'm being premature, but it is my gut feeling -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 7/14/08 11:33a.m.

liveaboard -- bob -- 7/14/08 6:28p.m.

U can Anchor FREE right in downtown Bradenton -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 7/15/08 9:09p.m.

I tried living aboard -- Tom Ray -- 7/14/08 3:26a.m.

Five days is as long as I've gone -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 7/14/08 9:13a.m.

We lived aboard TPIII for 8 yrs. then again for over ayr. -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 7/14/08 12:35p.m.

I thought I would love it -- Tom Ray -- 7/14/08 1:58p.m.

I know what you mean Tom. -- Mark Milam , Nonsuch 33, Suncat cabinless, Holder 20, Lafayette, LA. -- 7/14/08 8:39p.m.

In case you missed it Mark, a guy named DaCay just got sentenced in New Orleans -- Norm BlackWatch gaff cat, N'awlins -- 7/15/08 10:21a.m.

You mean that's illegal there now? -- Tom Ray -- 7/15/08 12:33p.m.

Of course not. That's why so many Caribbean sailors come from New Orleans. They -- Norm Blackwatch Cat -- 7/15/08 6:54p.m.

Mark, that was our plan when we moved to Florida -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 7/17/08 12:21p.m.

 

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