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Believe it or not. There's as many reasons to own a boat as there are to own a house. And many more uses for a boat.
Weird thing. A boat is much more affordable than a house nowadays. Hell I'd live on a boat. That shit would be awesome.
Owning a boat
Pros:
Cons:
Solution: boat in the mountains.
The lake in Östersund is beautiful and are rumored to have its own monster if anyone wants to visit an awesome mountain lake
Fresh water boating! As a bonus your boat will be worth more should you want to sell it, especially if you can get it to a salt water area.
Depends where I guess. And this also depends on your type of work.
I know that people live year round on narrow boats in the UK, for example. But where I live, unless it's a very very big boat, living on it year round would be very difficult if not impossible. Most marinas will close in fall/autumn and have a service to lift boats out of the water (and wrap them). If a (small) boat stays in the water for winter, it risks being iced in for months, and having its hull damaged by the pressure created by the ice. There are thawing and de-icing systems for boats and house boats but at this point, one may also want to live somewhere else during winter. Or move to warmer climates, if the job allows it.
Anyways, marinas are still full here in summer, even if people have to lift their boats out of the water in fall and wrap them up in plastic for several months.