I’m preaching my lifestyle here, but for the people who can do it, there are a lot of cheap fixer-upper sailboats out there...home, escape shuttle, cheap living and rent free if you choose to anchor out...I am presently in a Florida river and catch fish, crabs, I’m in a waterfowl flyway with a year-round duck population, and there’s a swampy forest upriver absolutely infested with wild pigs. Never starve.
My friend just sold a Seidelman 30’ that needed a lot of work for $2800...I saw a Pearson 30’ for $3400...and there’s a hull-only 45’ at a marina nearby that the owner can’t afford to fix up, he said if someone threw him $5k they can have it.
Its better to go on foot to docks, marinas and whatnot and talk to people, that’s where the real deals are.
Good idea for those who don’t get seasick...