Read yesterday in local paper of “David” and his girlfriend, who having got fed up of high flat prices bought a yacht to live in.
David a landscape gardener from Swindon bought the 10m yacht “Sudana” off eBay.
He sees it as the answer to world housing shortage, taking to boats – and living on the water he is going to do it indefinitely.
He does miss only having a bath every 3 months and no hot water.
But boating community is fun everyone is happy and they all drink rum !
With the intent of sailing it from Swansea to Bristol (via Cardiff) for his first work location.….. looked at some videos on Youtube on how to sail and set off from Swansea Marina, despite the warning from the Coastguard he got 200m outside the harbour and ran aground on a mud bank ….. stuck fast until next High Tide.
Slightly worrying that you can buy a boat on ebay, and set off after only YouTube instruction …….. no need for any training, safety equipment or insurance.
If you see a yacht coming your way emblazoned with “SUDANA” on a blue canvas …. Would suggest you give it a wide berth.