Sailboats require maintenance but not that much, if you do it regularly of course, if you never do it it's going to be a disaster. And of course, I'm talking about stratified boats around 30’, not 17th century wooden cathedrals
Now regarding navigation, it really depends on your location. If you take la rochelle for instance, it's pretty safe. Of course if you go at sea with bad weather conditions it's going to be horrible but you aren't supposed to do that in the first place
I live on the west coast, most of the boats are sheltered in harbors and coves. Living aboard a ship is feasible here. But slip rents are very high. The coast of California is littered with so many wrecks. I just can’t imagine sailing my home out for the day and getting rescued by the coast guard the next. I sailed yachts in college, loved it. But, I also realized just how dangerous it was. So I flew airplanes instead, lol.
I haven’t ruled out a boat homestead yet, the Sacramento River delta is a large pleasant place.
North america and americas in general yeah, you have weird shits going on with the weather, weird and ultra violent shits, such as rogue waves and fucking cyclones lol
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