The decision to liveabaord
August 2019 It is no secret that the housing situation in much of BC is dire; home prices have skyrocketed, with rental fees following them up to unattainable levels. Early this year, Hannah and I started to ponder the idea of living aboard as means to live affordability when I started grad school at the University of Victoria. We investigated the moorage situation in Victoria, and to our surprise and delight, found many different options at good facilities. Waitlists are certainly the norm, but they are not impossibly long. Having discovered that we should be able to find moorage at a reasonable rate, we began the process hunting for a bigger boat that would be a comfortable long term liveaboard. We had a Cal-29 that we loved, but having spent a several months living on it last fall and winter, we knew it was just a bit to small to be comfortable and happy on during the long winter months. It is certainly a buyers market in BC, and south of the boarder in Washington state. We fo