Well, spent quite a few nights here last year researching and will soon be expecting a job offer to the island.
I have a ton of questions, but I will wait until later

Just saying Hi from Canada and hope all is well.
One quick question, has anyone ever looked into living on a boat year round in Bermuda?

Ho Ho Ho and a 'buttle uv RUM....... Welcome aboard me lad..........and leave the patch in your suitcase. You'll be spotted right away.

Living on a boat year round in Bermuda? Works very well if you have the finnances. Slippage, hauling, is quite expensive. Moorings have to be in great shape and in an area that can sustain strong winds and currents. In reality there are very few 'safe moorings' in Bermuda. With the tides and depths, strong surges occur. Getting on and off can be hazzardous. Morring alongside docks is the worst scenario because you will have to move when the s..hits the fan and where you gonna go. My Son lost his yatch 5 years ago when out of the blue a low pressure intensified and sent twelve foot swells into Ordinance Island. He could not get too it at it's moorings and could only watch as it drug it's moorings and landed onshore.

The old addage, "if in doubt, come about".

Plus you have to be committed to the everyday workload of morring checking, bilge inspection, through hull fittings, stuffing box adjustments, items on deck secured. It's fun but you have to know the "ropes".

Gotta run...................winch needs maintenance................

Hear Ye Hear Ye...........Karma Lula   your last sentence is worth, 'common sense'..............

 

maxx - if you have to ask then you can't afford to live here. Besides there isn't anything "simple" about our cans of tuna.
As far as chicken breast we've got plenty of feral chickens running around wild. Feel free to enjoy. Just don't let them cough on you.

Welcome to the forum Maxx, don't be shy about the questions.

Good one on the living on a boat.  I had the same notion when I first moved to the Island - at first glance it seems like a really good idea.  As Rummie points out, there are a lot of challenges to having a boat in Bermuda.  Along with the usual list, there is a phenomenon that is either unique to Bermuda or at least prevalent there.  The decay of boats and equipment occurs at an amazing rate there.  The combination of the dissolved salts and minerals in the water and the harsh weather conditions mean that equipment that would last for 10 years in other marine environments are destroyed in a couple of years in Bermuda.

I'm sure the other boaters will back me on this one - part of the Bermuda triangle effect!

My thanks to the other members who have chimed in a welcome.  The "old guard", and some of the new crew are really making the spirit of the site pleasant for everyone.  Karma all around!

I've had coworkers who lived on boats and loved it, but they also spent many nights underneath their desks at work when the weather turned bad  .

I only recall one tragedy involving someone living on a boat - a few years ago a waiter was going back to his boat after finishing his shift late one night and apparently he lost his footing trying to get on his boat, knocked his head and drowned.

Very good advice. Yes, as we get older the opportunity to take risks becomes rarer.