Any sailor preppers out there?
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For sure, it's a romantic notion to imagine just sailing away from the chaos and living the life of the ocean-going vagabond. The sad reality is that those on the sea always depended on those on the land for supplies and support. No boatyards on the ocean blue, you know...
I think it would be fun to imagine the role that sailboats would play in commerce and transportation in a post-collapse society. If pushed back into a pre industrial age way of life, existing sailboats could be a way of getting things from one place to another until order is restored. All other forms of transportation require fuel or electricity, which might not be available in all places. Not the case with wind and sail.
I think it would be fun to imagine the role that sailboats would play in commerce and transportation in a post-collapse society. If pushed back into a pre industrial age way of life, existing sailboats could be a way of getting things from one place to another until order is restored. All other forms of transportation require fuel or electricity, which might not be available in all places. Not the case with wind and sail.
Belize also seems like a good hole to hide in.
As for Scurvy, a couple of years of Vitamin C wouldn't take up much room. Maybe a lime tree in a pot.
Costner made it look fun…
I think the premise there was that the polar icecaps melted, raised sea levels to the point that there wasn’t much “dry land”. Mountain tops only sticking up.
Greg
That movie lurks in the back of my mind as I read this thread.
Possibly the most absurd premise for a movie I have ever encountered. Global warming raises sea levels beyond even the most radical predictions, apparently so quickly that people decide the only thing to do is get on boats and float around until they forget where dry land is. This right here is enough to prove that the human race has had its run and just needs to give the planet back to the fish (which the mutating "Mariner", played by Kevin Costner, is apparently turning into.) Someone finds this mythical "dry land", gives it a new name (Dryland, imaginatively enough) and grabs an innocent child to tattoo a map on her back showing how to find it. Hilarity ensues.
I will say that the movie contains one of my favorite lines, delivered by Dennis Hopper, portraying the leader of the men on a defunct oil tanker which floats about aimlessly except when being rowed by the hapless crew. After having an eye put out while trying to gun down The Mariner, he addresses his crew, saying "Gentlemen, as you can tell from the arterial bleeding, I am not exactly having a great day." Another good one is "Let's have an intelligent conversation here: I'll talk, and you listen.", also delivered by Hopper.
Another redeeming aspect of the movie is that it provides inspiration for the boat owner that fears he has run out of mod ideas, like a high-altitude spinnaker that launches from a canon. Think I'll get to work on that.
Sounds like entertainment for Walter Mitty dreams but the reality is that wherever you want to go - somebody will already be a local there. Using the example of Surinam in South America and having worked next door in Guyana, you may be disappointed to learn that the local pirate problem is real, very numerous, and definitely will be better armed than an arriving traveler. Then you get the language problem, cultural problems, etc.
Buy yourself farmable land and invite others for mutual defense. The law of the jungle may make individuals stronger but only in civilization do they survive and improve.
Buy yourself farmable land and invite others for mutual defense. The law of the jungle may make individuals stronger but only in civilization do they survive and improve.
Having built a small homestead and living a couple of miles out of town, my wife and I shop, on the few occasions we do shop, with the idea that we don't want to come back to Walmart or the super market any time soon. We raised chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail at one point, and bees. We grow a lot of what we eat, forage for more and make our living making things to sell from these activities.
When my father got older, he was shaky and his politics grew further from center and we worried about his mind. With his youthful enthusiasm for guns having allowed him to amass a respectable collection of firearms, it seemed safest to remove temptation. One of his most recent purchases was an AK-47. So, I sat down with him and talked about removing his guns to a safer environment. He agreed as long as I left him with one fifty caliber pistol.
"But you don't even need to leave any ammo for it. I just wasn't something that will look intimidating to an intruder."
"Yeah, sure dad."
You know he had ammo hidden away somewhere, and after his death I retrieved the Desert Eagle, as well. Too many people coming and going from the house to leave guns around. It was loaded when I found it again.
Anyhow, since I now have a gun safe full of guns where I didn't even own a .22 before, my wife and I decided that the only difference between a hippy homesteader and prepper is an assault rifle.
-Will
When my father got older, he was shaky and his politics grew further from center and we worried about his mind. With his youthful enthusiasm for guns having allowed him to amass a respectable collection of firearms, it seemed safest to remove temptation. One of his most recent purchases was an AK-47. So, I sat down with him and talked about removing his guns to a safer environment. He agreed as long as I left him with one fifty caliber pistol.
"But you don't even need to leave any ammo for it. I just wasn't something that will look intimidating to an intruder."
"Yeah, sure dad."
You know he had ammo hidden away somewhere, and after his death I retrieved the Desert Eagle, as well. Too many people coming and going from the house to leave guns around. It was loaded when I found it again.
Anyhow, since I now have a gun safe full of guns where I didn't even own a .22 before, my wife and I decided that the only difference between a hippy homesteader and prepper is an assault rifle.
-Will
Dang…50 cal pistol ? That must be hard to hold on to…especially for an old man. Used to shoot a 44 mag and that was a handful.
Greg
It was entertaining if not believable. Have to appreciate a what…50 or 60 foot trimaran that he could sail hI self.
Having gills made it easier for him to survive for sure…and no fear of downing
But drinking your own pee was a bit much…I guess he ran it through a filter first
Cheers!
Greg
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Some of them made it look easy….others were scary. Kept waiting for them to get a mouthful of metal when they let the recoil snap the gun back ( some with only one hand)…tougher than me I guess
Greg
And there I was for years thinking it was, " Put a LION in a coconut"
My wife always thought that the CCR lyric was “.. the bathrooms on the right…”. The lyric is “ …bad moon a rising…”
Unless there’s a banking system none of us will fare very well for long. @Will Gilmore has the best odds. Hey Will, can I come live with you?