you got me wrong,i am not talking sailboats that you have in mind!I
bought mine with 4000 euros back in 1999 (equiv. of buying a small car in trhe UK at the time) and made it my home for 7 years.
Living on a few euros
.Of course you need some money to start with ,and of course i was not trying to take the conversation out of context.:)
I know how it is to be poor,i am one!(i am a greek,unemployed,homeless,and disabled,i do not receive anything from the greek state since i came âhomeâ(well,not really home,i do not feel greece is my home any more than any other place o ve been or havent yet visited,but anyway ,for ease of understanding where i am coming from).
I lived in the UK for 6 years prior to my departure for the round of europe in a boat.
I was on benefits(Unemployment benefit and of course rent paid by the council
I after the 6 years i decided i was not going to stay in a golden cage(which was UK for me at the time since i was living without having to work for all these years).
I bought the boat ,started repairs for 6 motnths and at the same time trained myself in sailing (i didnt have any idea about sailing before that).
I took off 6 months later for Calais.Never looked back.
I d rather be free than under the weatherâŚ
Now why am i saying these things?
I never paid a penny for the marina at Ramsgate(yes in a Royal marina ,me the poor greek).
The council was paying itâŚ
Since i didnt have a flat they were paying the marina fees instead.
As for capital after departure i must admit oi owe a big thanks to certain banks !!:)
Yes ,the cards and the cheque books worked fine thank you!!!:):)("0 thou quid i took with me,lasted me for the first 3 years of my trip!!:)
Never to be returned of course.
I am one of those who can say ,they beat the system!!:)
Several years later ,i find myself without a boat (too tiring to liveaboard) back in greece that i left 15 years ago.,
Poverty is rising here fast.
My own house is soon going to be sold for peanuts as all properties have lost value.
As for cash dont even ask.
taxes are so high you can not afford to breathe in greece today if you are not rich.
So back to the poor,and the quality,i claim that if we go for quality ,i dont mean buy expensive shit,i mean usueful stuff,you need to make it good so you can depend on that.
Especially if you are poor.
You want to make your roof so that it doesnt require repair every so often.
You want to make your growing plot so that you work less to produce more with less effort ,so you can invest yourt time (which is in reality our only wealth),to doing things for you and your soul.(help others )
I think it is possible not in the context of a big city and not maintaining certain aspects of life like working for some company or expecting to go out for drinks every night to the high roller places(which in my view are as bad a quality (of life)as you can get )âŚ:)
Sorry if i jump all over the conversation i hope you all make sense of my way of expressing myself.
Thank you for your patience all.