Boating is a great escape, even if you can only do it on the weekends. You’ll establish a comraderie with lots of wonderful people and develop a strong sense of self-sufficiency.
That’s exactly right. Yachties are “preppers” by default. No matter their politics, they have to be prepared, and able to fix anything from outboards to diesels to sails to masts.
For me it’s financial and familial. I would very much love to cut ties, but the ties I do cut would be family; and we are very tight. My mother, of all people, would be devastated if we were “away” for months at a time.