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16-01-2016, 11:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lincoln
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Single, Female, and living aboard?
Before I get berated as a dirty old man, I am genuinely curious.
Reading through some posts here old and new, it appears most are from fellow men. It would seem living aboard and cruising is either a dream shared by couples, or a single chap's fantasy.
I wonder then, are there many out there that are single and female?
... Fizz
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16-01-2016, 11:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Ohlson 29
Posts: 1,519
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Don't know about 'many' - most are couples or males, either cruising or living aboard, but there sure are single females living aboard and/or cruising the world.
Here in the Netherlands, I only know of 2 other single female liveaboards.
Wish there were more
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Dutch ♀ Liveaboard, sharing an Ohlson 29 with a feline.
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16-01-2016, 11:11
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: SF Bay Area
Boat: Islander 34
Posts: 5,486
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
There are, oddly enough, a number of single women living aboard. I know of at least 12 myself included, though there are probably hundreds. But we're more the needle in the haystack. Mself I have lived aboard 9 years now, though nearly three before that, with a partner.
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16-01-2016, 11:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: On board
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Posts: 1,405
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
There are a handful down here in the San Blas islands of Panama, ranging in age from 50ish to 75ish.
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16-01-2016, 11:34
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,822
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
There is 1 in St Martin. Probably 4 or 5 in the Caribbean islands.
Certainly no young adventourous types.
Its weird, feminists demand equality but won't do many things without a man.
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16-01-2016, 11:58
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia
Boat: Multihulls - cats and Tris
Posts: 4,859
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
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Certainly no young adventourous types.
Its weird, feminists demand equality but won't do many things without a man.
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You are in so much trouble now. So much.
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16-01-2016, 12:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Bay of Fundy,Grand Manan,N.B.,Canada N44.40 W66.50
Boat: Mascot 28 pilothouse motorsailer 28ft
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
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My personal experience & humble opinions-feel free to ignore both
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16-01-2016, 12:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Ohlson 29
Posts: 1,519
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
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Originally Posted by deblen
WomenWhoSail
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Just like here, most of the women in that group are part of a couple
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Dutch ♀ Liveaboard, sharing an Ohlson 29 with a feline.
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16-01-2016, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lincoln
Boat: DeFever 58
Posts: 40
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Hi deblen
An interesting group, but where I live there are no shortage of female sailors. It's those who choose to liveaboard or cruise that seem to be few and far between.
... Fizz
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16-01-2016, 12:26
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, cruising in Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 28,432
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
There's a subgroup for single females here on CF.
It wouldn't be there if there were next to none.
Actually, there are a fair number of women on CF whose avatar names do not make it clear that they are women. It's easy to understand: single women are sometimes prey to stalkers.
Ann
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16-01-2016, 12:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Ohlson 29
Posts: 1,519
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ann T. Cate
There's a subgroup for single females here on CF
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Somehow I can't find the groups
Do you have the link maybe, or know where to find the group?
TIA!
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"Il faut être toujours ivre." - Charles Baudelaire
Dutch ♀ Liveaboard, sharing an Ohlson 29 with a feline.
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16-01-2016, 13:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ann T. Cate
There's a subgroup for single females here on CF.
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It's easy to understand: single women are sometimes prey to stalkers.
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Ann, heck, I got stalked right here on this website last month!
Thanks to Ed one of the mods, great guy, super help to rid us of that pest.
Here's one for the subject: Is it safe to sleep overnight at the marina? - SailNet Community
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Catalina 34 #224 (1986) C34IA Secretary
Cowichan Bay, BC, SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)
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16-01-2016, 13:26
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Boating writer, book author
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: On the Go
Boat: Various
Posts: 752
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
I lived full-time on the go for 10 years, boating and camping. I do a website for women who live and travel full-time in a camper or motorhome. Many are younger women who earn a living with a craft, writing, art, photography, consulting and so on. On land or sea the life of a single hander is different when one is on the go versus living at the dock and whether one is living on a pension or must earn as she goes. See SoloWomanRV
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16-01-2016, 13:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lincoln
Boat: DeFever 58
Posts: 40
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Re: Single, Female, and living aboard?
Thanks Janet. I enjoyed listening to your podcast.
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