I live on a boat and I think maybe rafting a bunch of boats together would work for now. Who's with me!!! ⛵
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That sounds like a fun way to get some maritime experience, but keep in mind this has nothing to do with seasteading. Boats are not optimized for life at sea at all, they are optimized to move through it.
Good point.. read through the posts here a bit further. Do you think a sea stead in the open ocean is possible (like on the Pacific)? Would it have to be submerged because of storms? I always thought it was a cool idea till I realized that it seemed like the projects always depended on being near land in some countries jurisdiction.. but it sounds like open ocean seasteading might actually be possible?
To answer my own question, of course it's possible if it's huge enough. So the real question is, how much would it cost to build one in the Pacific ocean, and have it be free floating and yet stay in one spot. Ie. What's the cost of building a whole new country from the ground up and how can it happen. People love Hawaii, this could be like hawaii2.
I like this plan. I have a friend who lives in his 35ft cruiser on a lake. Cruiser yachts ARE designed to be livable rather than speedy, but yeah its pretty spartan.
No one is going to give us a billion dollars for a blue-sky pitch, unfortunately. A seastead will need to be developed incrementally, making mistakes along the way.
Do you live in a marina, nostr:npub10npj3gydmv40m70ehemmal6vsdyfl7tewgvz043g54p0x23y0s8qzztl5h?
What services does it provide? What do you get in town? What have you been able to make/repair aboard? What can you tell us about your boat?
Well, typically you're very dependent on going to land for supplies. Water, food, fuel. The seastead philosophy is more sustainable for a closed ecosystem by being large enough I assume to grow food, collect water, harvest solar, have a social life or job.
I do keep the boat in a marina right now yes, for the convenience of land access. It has power, water, showers and bathrooms and parking for myself and visitors.
Even at a marina, it can be a struggle, everything in your life takes more effort and the boat is always needing something. But it's a struggle I enjoy, to be in touch with the weather, tides and animals, I don't have additional pressure of high rents stealing from my productivity, I can throw the lines and leave anytime with my entire 'house'. The marina is the good middle-ground for me though, the thing I tend to miss the most when I'm out on the water for long periods is social interaction.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. These are all things a seastead needs to be able to support.
"Offshore marina" isn't a bad MVP to use as a baseline for developing seasteads, IMO.