Donate Your Boat to Charity

so 1 of my dreams was to live on a house boat
problem is I have never even been in a boat
and I dont even realy live by much water (except the illinois river)

here are some questions:
are there schools to learn how to drive boats?

or is that something thats just passed down by sailors or self taught?

is there rent on a house boat? (ya im seriously asking that lol)

is it true there is no laws in the middle of the ocean?

are house boats just as expensive as a real house?
whats an average price?

lets say I have a house boat on the ocean
can I just go any where or stop any where to sleep
or do I have to dock at certain times

are yacht’s the technical term for house boat? or are they something completely diffrent

sorry for all the questions
I have no experiance with boats
I just always thought it would be fun living on a house boat

pretty much any info on houseboats or the life style would be cool

This is just the beginning or the Rising Action I want peoples’ opinions before continuing

Cruise Ship Fun

“Kids come down here, family meeting” Mrs. Fargo shouted. Jennifer, Tom, and Zayda walked down the stairs and into the dining room. “everyone have a seat, we each have 1 week off so it’s time to vote on a vacation” Mr. Fargo said. “you have the choice of a 4 day trip to Australia or a 7 day cruise to Mexico” Mrs. Fargo announced. “cruise” Tom shouted excitedly. “trip to Mexico al right, cruise” Zayda said. “Boat” jennifer said pointing to Uncle Hatchers Yacht. “well it’s 3 to 2 so we’re forced 2, lets take the cruise” Mrs. Fargo said.
Saturday morning the family arrives to the airport. “you excited?” Mrs. Fargo said while going through the security checkpoint. “yea” Mr. Fargo said lugging all the suitcases. after the security checkpoint and breakfast the family arrived at gate 7A. “Attention Ladies and gentlemen we will now begin boarding all our first class passengers. on flight 607 nonstop to Los Angeles at gate 7A” the boarding lady announced. “daddy the lady said we need to board” Jennifer said. “I know sweetheart lets go” Mr. Fargo said. the family board their flight and land safely in Los Angeles. Saturday night they stay in a hotel and get a cab to the Port of Long Beach
At 11AM the Fargos are in line to get their cabin keys. “mom I’m tired” Tom said. after getting their cards they go up the escalator and step on the gangway. “ship!!” Jennifer yelled pointing to the huge cruise ship docked in front of them. “look at this view” Zayda yelled. once they board they got to eat lunch then to their cabin. “okay Zayda since you’re 14 you go to Circle C get the paperwork then explore the ship, Tom since you’re 16 you go to O2, take this sticker, both of you be back at 3:45” Mrs. Fargo commanded. “what about me daddy?” Jennifer asks.
“you go to Camp Carnival, we’re going to take you there” Mr. Fargo said. at 3:45 everyone returned to then cabin and sat down. “okay we’re going to the Normandie to eat at 6:00 so…” Mrs. Fargo was interrupted by a doorbell type chime. “we have a doorbell?” Tom asked. “attention all passengers I am captain Galotto we will be having a mandatory muster station drill, once you hear the emergency alarm grab your life jackets and without putting them on head ti your muster station indicated on the back of your cabin door, this drill is mandatory” the captain said over the intercom system.
after the drill and dinner the family goes to bed. the next morning at 7:56 AM they are eating on the 7th deck. then a loud bang roars through the ship. then the ship begins to rock back and forth. “what was that?” a woman from the table next to them asks. “man overboard” a faint voice shouted. tension growing by the second 45 seconds pass, the sea is calm, the room is quiet. all of a sudden a second bang even louder, the rocking is so hard plates fall off tables and people are thrown to the glass walls. then the room is again quiet, everyone anxious.

I didn’t see it and given what it said on the back of the movie cover, I didn’t want to. On the back, it said that all the kids there out in the ocean in their yacht all took a swim and none could get up because someone forgot about the ladder. There was no way for them to get up.

Are they gonna design yachts with some kind of escape hatch so that in case they forget the ladder to get back up, they’ve got a plan B to get back in. And then they get eaten up by sharks. The thought of seeing it was too depressing. And it was based on a true story. I know motor boats don’t have that problem, but I see big yachts are different.

my family has always owned at least 1 boat and this year we bought a new yacht and i really like it… I wanted to throw my B-day party on it but my BF get sea sick…what should I do should I still have the party or should I find something else to do or should I go ahead w/ the party and do something else with him another time?

So my folks are looking to retire (rather nicely i might add) and might just sell their house, nearly everything in it, and buy a nice 60 footer yacht and just live the rest of their lives on it.

I’m trying to help them out and i’m wondering, what’s the standard upkeep for one of those things? I mean it’s gotta cost something with gas, repairs, oiling or something, etc. I’m not all that fluent with boats and sailing so i’m trying to find someone with a good estimate.

(For gas, let’s say they travel 100 miles a month on average?)

Thanks!