Norm, New Hampshire is a bit more rural isn't it? and, it seems the farther from a city the nicer folks are. I loved going there while stationed at Hanscom AFB. I spent many happy times cross country skiing in New Hampshire and Massachusetts back country.
I would not call myself a prepper but perhaps others would. The last two hurricanes hit us hard. Neither were as bad as the Long Island Express. My yacht club had the high water mark painted on a wall for many years.
Lots of people talk about bug out vehicles. An egg, van, or truck camper would work well. The best is a sailing yacht, because if well outfitted, full fuel tanks could last a year or even more if you needed to stretch it and unlike a camper, I could move it 1600 miles on less than a gallon of fuel--unbeatable as a big out vehicle. I plan to run charters on it so I can earn some money with it too.
I do like being self reliant and I'm tired of Electric Bills which is why I love my
solar panels. I am loaded and prepped for another trip up to my boat. I have enough food to last a couple of weeks. I hope I don't run out of boat supplies.
I am thinking about selling most everything I have and moving into a bigger boat once I finish this boat project, and heading someplace warm like Culebra and migrating north and south with the seasons. I could still enjoy the Northeast and Canada, although it will be hard to give up my home. My uncle thinks I should hold onto the camper. I may do that but not if storage costs are too high.
I am a so-so fisherman but that would be something to put food on the table and a new and healthy challenge for me. My goal is to live out my days in harmony with nature and to reach a point where I need only purchase minimal consumables. To get to that point would require dedicating some serious resources-- just about everything I own.
I would enjoy fitting out the boat with
solar panels and wind generators. With what I've learned outfitting my camper and living in it these last few months, I already know how I will do that.
My plan is to get a 50' Catamarran and cover the cabin top with 2000 watts of
solar, two 600 watt wind generators and a 2400AH lithium
battery bank. That should be enough to make all the water I'll need and I can dump the surplus into heating water. Plus I will design a solar hot water system, one for each hull. I should not need diesel except for motoring in the calms or minimal use running a Genset for
air conditioning in humid conditions.
I'd like a diesel-jet tender, for reliability, and that would be my "car" to get around running out for supplies and the real fuel consumer. It would also be my tanker for refueling also. I would not have to dock except for annual haul outs. My only worry is finding one
light enough to carry. I may have to build my own.
Best of all I would be reducing my bills to just food, fuel, insurance, medical, and maintenance. I will be eliminating many expenses and almost all taxes.
Right now I'm supporting an expensive school system, expensive road construction, and town pensions. Why? I can always choose to move back ashore into a cheaper house in Florida or Charleston at some point when my health fails.
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