Boat living

[georgegeorgia]

Is there anyone that lives on a boat here in Pattaya?

 

Is there places to park your boat and live on it ?

 

[CanadaSam]

Don't know about living on a boat, but there are a couple of condo's that allow you moor your boat right outside, namely Whale Marina and one other, I forget the name.

[n8sail]

Ocean Marina Jomtien has a couple sort-of 'liveaboards', but it's officially not allowed, at least in the by-laws.  It's sort of a grey area.  Superyacht crews of course liveaboard.  I would imagine this is possibly due to TM30 / Notification of Address rules in Thailand for foreigners.  I have met transient cruisers over the years who do in fact liveaboard cruising around Thailand and somehow deal with this problem.

 

Note that this marina is not some budget place for cheap charlies looking to live on a boat to save rent as often found at low-cost marinas in the USA and UK/Europe....  keeping just an 11 meter boat there is more than 10k baht per month, plus utilities, plus annual membership of 65,000 baht per year. It is a positively gorgeous facility though, well-maintained and managed and worth every satang IMHO.

[ignore it]

Ah, the joys of being a live aboard. Intimate contact with the wind and waves. beautiful sunsets, no aircon, no storage, tiny toilet, insects. And although you've minimized, you get to stow everything if you want to use it as a boat.

 

There were some negatives too.

[Irish star]

Too Expensive in Thailand for live a-boards south of Pattaya is Ocean Marina , Bali Hai Pier  is just a waste of space ,We have two  in Sausalito CA USA 600 dollars a month for each , Cape Dory and a 2 Stateroom Trawler 

Edited September 5, 2023 by Irish star

[jaideedave]

5 minutes ago, ignore it said:

Ah, the joys of being a live aboard. Intimate contact with the wind and waves. beautiful sunsets, no aircon, no storage, tiny toilet, insects. And although you've minimized, you get to stow everything if you want to use it as a boat.

 

There were some negatives too.

Back in the day I lived aboard my 30 ft sailboat near Nanaimo,BC on the west coast for a year. It was lovely during the spring,summer and fall.During winter the ice and snow took away the romance.

But it was a pussy magnet in summer.

[LukKrueng]

1 hour ago, jaideedave said:

But it was a pussy magnet in summer

You don't have to invest so much money for that. Even a worn wallet will do, as long as it's not empty...

[HarrySeaman]

I lived on a 37' sloop in Cape Canaveral, Florida for almost 10 years.  It is a great way to live, and to go broke.  After I retired I moved to Bangkok in 2002 and sold the boat at a loss.  A boat really is a hole in the water that you try to fill with money.

 

I was interested enough to find out that at that time that you basically needed a visa for a foreign registered boat and could only keep the boat in Thailand for less than a year without paying import duty.  Docking fees were very high.

 

At that time Malaysia was much more boat friendly with none of the silly Thai rules and more reasonable docking fees  The visa fees also had a more reasonable length.

 

Personally I'm happy I sold the boat and moved to Bangkok where my life was much less stressful and fun.

Edited September 5, 2023 by HarrySeaman