How do you use your boat?

[ewsponberg]

We live on our boat 100% of the time. My wife and I sailed from St. Augustine, Florida, to Townsville, Australia, about 15,000 miles, and we're in the middle of a circumnavigation. We are currently in the Townsville Yacht Club, and haven't actually operated the boat under sail or power since the end of June. Yet, we consider ourselves to be cruising 100% of the time, always. If we are not in a marina, or at anchor, then we are sailing, but at the same time we are still cruising. So, the premise of the survey is not definitive or unique.

Right now, because of the world-wide pandemic and because it is cyclone season down here, the boat is not moving. We'll be here for at least another 6 months until the world situation and the weather change to allow us to move onto the next stage of our voyage. It's cruising 100%, and sailing when the boat actually moves. It is not an either or situation, one does not exclude the other.

[Icarus]

Originally Posted by jlcnuke

I wanted to get an informal survey of how cruisers here are actually utilizing their boats. For the purpose of the poll, sailing is considered any sailing not in "protected water" (i.e. open ocean, between islands, on the windward side of an island etc.), and "cruising" is considered any sailing on the leeward side of an island (or similar conditions), time at anchor or on a mooring ball or in a marina, or hauled out.

This is a bit of a weird post, like I have wild parties on my yacht every full moon...Does that count?
Nonsense