Living aboard at anchor...a day in my familys life.

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For the past 6 months of our 2 years living aboard we have been at anchor. We are a family of 4 living on a Pearson 36. Granted we have the extra space of Lola, but shes the one that gets to leave the mooring.

Our daily life is a little tough, getting up at 0500 every morning to get some food cooked for the kids and taking that long dingy ride in. We leave the boat at 0630 since the dingy is a bit slow with the whole family loaded in plus the dingy dock is pretty far away. Depending on the tide, we may get there in 10 minutes or 25 minutes. My wife takes one kid to work with her and the other goes to daycare.

On to my day, i take the dingy back to the boat and start keeping up with the boat projects. Depending on if ive got an outboard to fix i may work on it in the cockpit or head to my granddads place to work on it. If i havent been at the boat all day i will hook up with my wife and figure a time to meet for the dingy ride back. If ive been there all day she calls me from work and i kill time up at the gas station.

We have propane heat and cooking, but we don't have pressure water on board, nor do we have hot water. For showers we get a friend of ours to watch the kids wile we go get a shower at the marina, or we get them at my grandparents place.

Most everything that takes power on our boat is 12v, but we don't have a motor or solar panels to charge the battery. I've got an AirX, but without blades its worthless. To keep the batteries charged ive got an older gas genny that lives on the deck. I start it in the morning when we leave and let it run untill its out of fuel(about 5-7hours).

The end of our day is a movie with some friends over.