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Old 03-20-2011, 02:12 PM   #1
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Overnighting?

How many nights a year do you sleep on your boat?

I am hate to admit last year it was less than 12.

This year we will do better-- I hope!

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Old 03-20-2011, 02:56 PM   #2
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RE: Overnighting?

We did 70 in 2009 about 90 last year, will do about 60 this trip we are on maybe another 20 during the rest of 2011
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Old 03-20-2011, 03:03 PM   #3
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RE: Overnighting?

2008 and 2009 we averaged 120 nights a year, most of those anchored out with a few @ the dock. Most of 2010 we were boatless so not so many nights last year though still probably 20-30 nights...most of those at the dock working on the boat!
2011....hope to have our usual 120 nights or so for the year!
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Old 03-20-2011, 04:23 PM   #4
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RE: Overnighting?

for me sleeping ,somewhere else than my boat is a treat. Don't think that i don't like sleeping on my boat but when you live aboard you appreciate it, once in a while.
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Old 03-20-2011, 06:16 PM   #5
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We probably spend +/- 125 nights/year, and love every minute of it.
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Old 03-20-2011, 06:27 PM   #6
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I think I am going to shoot for over 50 in 2011!*** Now I*have a goal.* I better start planing a trip or two.

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Old 03-20-2011, 06:37 PM   #7
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Being a live aboard we sleep on it every night.**Sleep on a boat*is better than*sleeping on the dirt anyday.* I probable screwed up you voting.*
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Old 03-20-2011, 06:53 PM   #8
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Quote:
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Being a live aboard we sleep on it every night.**Sleep on a boat*is better than*sleeping on the dirt anyday.* I probable screwed up you voting.*
******** Phil Fill,** No worries I think I am the curve breaker on this one.** I figured out we live too close to our dock.* It is too easy to go back and forth.

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Old 03-20-2011, 08:32 PM   #9
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RE: Overnighting?

For several years, we were able to spend about ninety nights a year on the boat, but work life now makes it more like 25. Damn work!!!
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Old 03-21-2011, 06:40 AM   #10
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About 60 nights +/-
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Old 03-21-2011, 07:20 AM   #11
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Most of late spring, summer and early fall.... about 120 - but never enough!
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Old 03-21-2011, 08:09 AM   #12
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RE: Overnighting?

Last year over 50 on the houseboat, this year hoping to move aboard the Vantare around June so hopefully over 150.
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Old 03-21-2011, 10:17 AM   #13
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Every Friday and Saturday, be it at our marina or cruised out somewhere, adds up to 104.* Not sure we spend enough other nights to hit 200 but definitely in the 150 range.
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Old 03-21-2011, 02:20 PM   #14
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62 nights on the boat last year, but I was still working. This year will approach 100 for the boat. I've been in the motorhome for the past 109, with a couple or three weeks until we get home again.
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Old 03-21-2011, 04:28 PM   #15
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From the end of April until early November we're onboard every Friday and Saturday night. Throw in a few three day weekends and a week or two cruising and it winds up around 65. We'll be starting again in a little over a month
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Old 03-21-2011, 05:37 PM   #16
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*Damn work!!!
Yes. Exactly.
Still a working slob, and now with only about 2 weeks vaca per year, we are down to about 75 days per season.
That sucks, but on the good side when at home we sleep on a water bed.
So I guess in summation we sleep on a water bed all year....
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Old 03-21-2011, 08:32 PM   #17
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We accomplish sleep aboard 45 to 50 nigths annually, nearly 100% on the hook! When one business sells - plan to push 150/200 nights annual... Maybe more - still near 100% on the hook! YEAH!!! - Art
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:19 AM   #18
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Last year every night for 8 mos (Winterered South) except two weeks off over the Holidays. This year 12-50 provided the snow finally melts!
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Old 03-22-2011, 05:33 PM   #19
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We spent 30 nights sleeping on our boat and 30 days fixing all the things that were busted.

*I get a 10 for that one.
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:29 AM   #20
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I feel....well...very unslept.... for want of a better word. I fell into the < 12 category for this last year..... pretty lonely down here....* The irony is, I've never spent more on the thing getting her up to scratch than I have this year.* What does that say....?


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