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RE: Ahoy, Steemit! I’m Maya, just one of a bunch of people living and travelling on a sailing boat named Rocinante.
Living on a boat sounds like an interesting change up in lifestyle, would you suggest this experience for everyone? You mention some positives i.e the nomadic lifestyle, not having to worry about rising ocean levels also the ease of navigating under international maritime laws, how does this positively effect your day to day cuisine, social life, work and ultimately lifestyle in general?
Good question!
Well, life on a boat it's not for everybody - practice shows that some people are just getting tired of it very fast.
For example, if you love comfort, there is some borders for that, of course you can get bigger boat and make it fully equiped - it just requier some money investement.
Also some personalities doesn't fit to other crew members, which ruin the whole atmosphere sometimes (there is some class of marine people I call "lonely captains", which can live on a boat but only alone)
About cuisine - it's totally worth it if you love fresh seafood obviously, and from place to place you discover more of a true local food - it's one of a social activities - to invite locals to see how you live (usually people are curious to see the boat inside and hear your story), and to share their culture a bit.
We made a lot of good friends on the way like that, it's cool to show a young people that this lifestyle is not only for rich elder white people:)
We're working remotely, which is not always easy, sometimes we do some job in a place we're staying (from picking fruits to motor repairs). In general we choose freedom not the money - we still payd less than office workers, but it's a very personal choice, depending on your comfort zone.
So you have to really love this lifestyle and also to have some idea behind it - it may seems a bit pathetic, but actually I see that it's true.
As for me, all this expirience gave me a lot, I'm different person compared to beginning.
Nomadic sea life tunes you to stay open, but persistent, tolerant and philosophical in some way, but still hungry for the new - the more you see, the more you want to see - this world is really huge, or may be it's just me being a nomad, not a settler:)
Another positive is you get to play this song