You know how some people retire and live the RV life? This is my version:

[Coventina]

(if I could afford it, which I doubt, but a girl can dream, right?)

The crazier the world gets, the more attractive this option looks....
Only problem is, how could I keep a dog on one?
That would be pretty tough.
Might have to switch to being a cat person.
(Don't get me wrong, I love cats as well! I just love dogs a tiny bit more...)

[rickyhall]

1. Way too cool. Where's my lottery ticket?

[Shermann]

2. All I see are artist renditions

Looks like pie in the sky to me.

Or is it pie in the water?

[Coventina]

5. Maybe. I haven't *seriously* looked into it.

I'm a bit of an agoraphobe, definitely anti-social, and I LOOOOOOOVE the ocean, so when I saw it I was immediately entranced.

It's way out of my price range, so I never took it really seriously.
Sometimes, when I find it hard to sleep, I try to imagine a typical day in one, starting from morning.
I'm usually asleep by "lunch."

[Auggie]

3. What happens in rough water?

[Coventina]

6. Their literature *claims* it is nearly impossible to capsize.

But, never put anything past the ocean.

You pays your money and you takes your chances, I guess.

(My suspicion is that most buyers would never take it out of their slip in the marina).

[Under The Radar]

4. Doesn't look to be transportable

Is it narrower than a typical river lock?

[Coventina]

7. Good question.

The first version, which was much smaller, would have been.

[yonder]

8. Pretty damn cool but it looks maintenence intensive.

Leaking seals, paint, barnacles, etc.

Still.....

[Coventina]

9. Tis the nature of boats. As my grandfather (who lived on the water all his life) said,

"You're always fighting the water on a boat. There's always something you need to be doing."

He died at 93, was still on his boat nearly every day....

[Ocelot II]

10. Just sold my sailboat for exactly that reason. Maintenance and dock fees

became just too much (I miss it, but not the work and expense).

[Coventina]

11. I'm sure you're familiar with the old boat joke: The two happiest days of boat ownership

1. The day you buy the boat
2. The day you sell the boat.

[Ocelot II]

12. So true!