>>2847522Sailed a lot with family when I was young and like to dream about sailing as adult and come from a "marine culture" in northern Europe.
Gypsie sailboating does give you freedom, but you can't *just* do it. It will eat your life. Collapse preppers will point out that yeah, it's a good option, if you're already *living* that life. Saltwater and moisture corrodes. Long sea trips requires proactive planning. Sailing requires vigilance and ideally multipile people. Harbouring cost is not insignificant and anchoring is a bit of an art, leaving you paranoid as to whether you're slipping away as you sleep. Yes old cast boats can be cheap bought and refurbished, but it costs a lot in effort an time (IE you buy in with your life). Yes you can buy an expensive boat, but then you've already made it, at which point you can afford a bunker. Anchoring is going to be restricted so getting close to work, population centers might be hard. Travelling with bike or motorbike is an solution, but again saltwater and maintenance. You'll never be able to actually be independent of land mind you.
Marine life then also kind of necessitates a partner that will buy into that lifestyle. Then you're living very close to each other. It's hard to live a fulfilled life in such a small space and while you might turn the boat into a large workstation, you're really in for some tough living requiring constant planning, maintenance etc.
But if you manage to automate stuff and get over problems which are often one time solution, it is perhaps the best semi-doomsday prep. It's just very big investment for someone that want to do it in the middle of their life if they're going to settle at land at the end of their life anyway. If you're Macgyver though, buying a "naust" and then using your Naust as a homebase is probably the way to go if you're a digital nomad, especially if you manage to full retard with electricity and not sink your boat and strandable boat. It's a whole lifechoice though.
