Hi All,
To set the scene, my partner and I are planning a 12-month cruising extended 'vacation'. Currently, the plan is to
head over to
Greece /
Croatia /
Turkey in March/April 2017 and
purchase mid 40's production
boat to
cruise for 12 months, might cross to the
Carribean and sell or store the
boat (but not certain yet). The plan would be to come back to Aus and
work for a year or so before heading back to either buy another boat or get back on board our original.
The big question is 'sell or store'? We have a pretty big house with lots of stuff, we've been filling the adventure space we have been craving with
gear (most of which we use occasionally) I'm talking mountain bikes (expensive ones) road bikes, snowboards, ski's, camping
gear,
books,
computers, speakers, amps etc. along with all the normal couches, dining tables, BBQ, outdoor settings, etc. etc.
Obviously this gear was a significant investment and is all in pretty good quality, most we'd never intended to sell, but if we plan to
cruise for a few years (assuming the first 12 months is as great as we expect) we won't need a lot of it. It's a bit of a paradox, the more we sell, the less we pay to store, but the more we potentially have to re-buy in 12 months...
Has anyone found any creative solutions to this or have any anecdotes?
One idea is to waterproof a shed in the back yard and not include it as part of the
lease for our house, or dig out a
family members cellar (un-finished space under their house) and cement in a floor in exchange for use as a
storage space...
Thoughts?