No big deal if he just lives on it, like those people in Hongkong harbor (room ashore is expensive, but barges are cheaper, divided into sleeping quarters by plywood sheets or curtains, with a collective pit toilet). In downtown Vancouver there is about a dozen of such permanently anchored vessels, OK for living but not for voages (pit toilet is still individual, which is to be expected at higher North American life standards). The city has been trying to evict waterborn squatters for years, and I've heard they were winning (the city, that is). Haven't checked, may be they are already gone. I have a nostalgic feeling for them - a kind of "last freedom". > Yes, when I see that boat, I think of it in its heyday. I'm sure it was a > real looker on its maiden voyage. Her skipper now must lead an interesting > life keeping her afloat I think. I have a bit of begrudging envy for those > folk who live out their lives on boats barely holding onto their own! > > Mark Sanders *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 16 2008 - 23:15:34 PDT
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