I see your motorhome and raise you a small cabin cruiser.
- Daily hygiene may involve bathing in the sea. Regardless of weather.
- Limited freshwater reserves; can't waste it just washing the salt off.
- In foul weather, nothing is completely dry for days on end
- very basic wc, no shower, no fridge, no heating, cooking with kerosine
- limited food selection on longer trips, thanks to the above
- very limited electricity (prefer to avoid running the engine if at all possible)
- if we use it, everything smells faintly of diesel oil for some time
- shaken about a lot in foul weather (wasserbomben!)
- need to evade bigger surface craft
- cramped living space (I have my own bunk though! And it's almost as long as I am)
Let's just say when I made a trip on a russian sail training ship and everyone else complained about the spartan living conditions... I thought hot freshwater showers, several warm meals a day and a dry interior were almost decadent luxury on a ship.
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