@neauoire @emaytch It *can* be more affordable than living on land, but I don't find it to be broadly true. Boats are bloody expensive to deal with.

But regardless, at least here on the Washington side of the border, the current barrier to entry for recreational sailing anything bigger than a dinghy (or maybe a trailer-sailer monohull on the smaller end of things) is moorage. Nearly every marina in western washington has waitlists months to years long, even for NOT living aboard. Just moorage.