Many here and elsewhere are looking for an escape route, an alternative lifestyle, to build a community in an almost guaranteed mostly nigger-free environment for the foreseeable future and beyond, and I think that's one way, which is vastly over looked, if not considered at all by many Imagine SHTF and everything goes to shit in hand basket, most people are going to rush for their cars, try to move/escape by land... By sea, much less... Also, with a boat you can access places that are very difficult if not impossible to reach by land. You also have that spirit of self-reliance coming attached with it, everybody is equipped with water filtration systems and solar panels and wind turbines and such... Which isn't much but makes a world of a difference when there's no alternative Also, second hand boats are fairly cheap