Comments | amw: banking, camping and driving

amw

banking, camping and driving

Jul 28, 2020 13:40

Now that i have more or less recovered from the jet lag, i am feeling a lot less fragile than those first few days back. I am still going stir crazy from the quarantine. The only human being i have laid eyes on is a delivery guy who had to check my ID because i ordered some beers. I feel like every day is a dream and other people are just shadows ( Read more... )

canada fuck yeah, my boring life

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geminiwench July 28 2020, 21:26:14 UTC

I'm telling you what to do.... but I will tell you what my partner, Sailor did ( ... )

amw July 28 2020, 22:06:26 UTC

That sounds pretty awesome! My step brother got into the yachtie life years ago and he is still doing it today, working in the galley making meals for billionaires. He gets to sail around the most beautiful places in the world, although most of the time he only sees it out of a porthole. I imagine working tall ships would be quite a bit more physical and scenic.

I wonder if they are working during corona times? The billionaire yachts are (obviously), but i imagine the people who charter tall ships are a different demographic. I didn't even know they were still sailing, to be honest. Fascinating!

I can say, i would definitely much rather be on the ocean with no internet than in a forest with no internet.

geminiwench July 28 2020, 23:29:12 UTC

Sometimes the tall ships are chartered for private sails,
but mostly they just... do informational, museum-y, tall-ship things... but I'm guessing most events are cancelled... which means mostly they are doing repairs and maintenance I bet.

(Woodwork, polishing, sewing sails, rope maintenance, etc)

This is the ship Sailor trained on... out of Seattle:
https://historicalseaport.org/sail-training/
Currently their main course is only $800!

Yeah the Tall Ship world is a bit different from the yachting world. More work, all jobs shared, very communal, and much more physical. But... there are lots of yachts that love sailing crews who've had real ship training, and not just small-vessel sail work training.

I gotta say.... Sailor's time on these boats were quite an adventure and gave me him a HUGE basis of knowledge he wouldn't have gotten anywhere else, that's for sure!

spiffikins July 29 2020, 02:11:39 UTC

This sounds AWESOME. If I didn't get seasick just looking at a boat, I would be all over this :D

Plus - once you have sailing experience, you could work on charter sailing yachts, and I bet a lot of the experience would translate well to motor vessels - I've been on lots of snorkeling trips in places like Hawaii and thought "working crew on a boat like this, would be an awfully nice way to spend some time"

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fauxklore July 29 2020, 00:42:51 UTC

I know someone who spent a few years traveling in her RV and working at the campsites for a couple of months at a time. It actually sounded pretty enjoyable.

Btw, in the US a lot of RVers park at Walmart parking lots.

amw July 29 2020, 01:20:25 UTC

I've been reading up on some of the RV sites and it seems that in Canada there are also several stores that are RV-friendly. It's tough to find info, though, because the number of reviews are less here than in the US. I'm not sure if that's because America (and the Sun Belt in particular) just has way more RVers, or if it's because people RVing up here are more inclined to seek out campsites specifically. I do admit, the 山水 (mountain/water) vistas of BC are objectively pretty great, so i can understand why most travelers would opt for those over a concrete parking lot ( ... )

carriea31 July 29 2020, 02:06:46 UTC

If you are serious about the RV thing, you should check in to buying a used one. Then you wouldn't have to be on such a fixed timeframe, and you could likely find one pretty cheap....but then make back some money by reselling it when you are finished.

spiffikins July 29 2020, 02:09:14 UTC

I was going to suggest this - I believe the value of a used RV holds up pretty well - you might be able to sell it for close to what you paid for it.

styxx374 July 29 2020, 13:57:17 UTC

This. Go find a used Winnebago. You don't need one of those huge mansion-on-wheels. There are even some that are more or less a tiny home on the bed of a pickup truck.

amw July 29 2020, 23:20:05 UTC

There is no way i would get anything bigger than a class B! I already find SUVs too big to drive, so a bus is completely out of the question. I do think renting first would be a good idea, though, since even class Bs are incredibly expensive and i'm still not sure it's for me.

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motodraconis July 29 2020, 05:25:30 UTC

The concept of an RV sounds (in principle) perfect for you, pure freedom, go where you please, minimal pointless "stuff". You'd probably only need a very small one, just enough to sleep safely and comfortably. (Even a van with a mattress might do.) The problem is what is outside the RV. Endless tedious nature. You won't know until you try it admittedly, but it sounds 50/50 brilliant and awful.

amw July 29 2020, 23:01:33 UTC

Yeah, i can't make up my mind. It's not that i don't like the nature - i do like nature, and it'd be convenient to have a vehicle that can take me out there relatively quickly (compared to walking). But i would prefer to spend most of my life (and especially my nights) in civilization.

An RV is definitely not perfect for me, because i would have to drag this massive ball and chain around. What would be perfect for me is for every town and village to have accommodation that is actually affordable. The only reason why an RV is appealing in North America is exactly because accommodation is so spectactularly expensive that it's cheaper to haul an entire bedroom around than it is stay in somebody else's. That feels really wrong to me, but i suppose it goes all the way back to pre-Columbian times.