Opinion: We set sail during lockdown and we've lived at sea ever since [Opinion]
We already owned a sailboat that we’d lived on previously, so when we sold our house in 2019, the process of moving back aboard was fairly easy. Of course, there were a million small decisions to be made, from what to do with photo albums to how to deal with our fully stocked woodworking shop .
We easily endured the initial shutdown on the boat, working by day and binge-watching movies and TV series after dark. Our dry provisions were stocked up pretty well, but obviously a 35-foot sailboat isn’t an ideal spot for storing large quantities of toilet paper. To do those bigger shopping trips, we had to rent a car, as we had already sold that four-wheeled possession.
Once we untied and sailed north, our only requirement for this lifestyle of being “cybernetic nomads” was to stay within the confines of our phone carrier’s cellular coverage along the coast of California. We have a separate 5G Wi-Fi hotspot, which combined with our two cell phones gives us 100 gigabytes of “freedom.” So far that’s allowed us to use our laptops to teach classes, and even participate on the occasional Zoom meeting, and generally stay in touch.
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