Home is Where the Heart (and the boat) is:

“Home is Where the Heart (and the boat) is” is the title of an article in Good Old Boat November/December edition.

They are right.

As I sat out in the cockpit this evening thinking about how good life was, I thought about how I had everything I needed and that I was happy to be exactly where I was. Down below my wife was working on getting Christmas cards ready to mail out; out in the cockpit with me was the boy, just glad that dad was home from work. Looking out through the plastic I could see the sun beginning to set, the water rippling and other boats rocking in the slight breeze. I had everything that anyone could desire in a ‘home’ to be happy. The only difference was that my ‘home’ was floating. This evening we had order in Thai food, we rented and watched a DVD movie, messed around on the internet, read a magazine and now I’m getting ready to hit the sack. All this on a boat – really, what is different from living on dirt? If you are thinking about living aboard a boat – just do it! In many ways your life will not change and always remember, “home is where your heart is.”