I know it's crazy, but I want one of these.

[Coventina]

Run on solar and wind turbines.

Has a water filter to make seawater into drinking water and water for the deck garden.

If it truly is this self sufficient, and runs on renewable energy, it sounds like a dream come true.

The bedroom looks big enough for me to have adequate books and other media....

http://www.jetcapsule.com/UFO/UFO2.html

[WhiteTara]

1. It would be cool. Would you just float

around the world?

[Coventina]

2. That's my dream. It's designed to be stable in heavy seas.

I'd spend my retirement just paddling around.....

Reading, sketching, and writing on the deck in good weather.
In the bedroom in bad weather.

Raising a garden for food....

There's got to be a catch somewhere that this wouldn't work.

Medical care might be a problem, for instance.

[dameatball]

6. I wonder how the inevitable salt water mist/spray would limit gardening. I have no idea.

[Coventina]

8. Good point. And, I have a brown thumb, which would also be a problem.

Maybe I'd have to depend on seaweed for my veggies....

[dameatball]

11. Heck, I'm pretty sure my GP would visit for free if he could spend a couple days onboard...:)

but you are correct to figure out that stuff.

[Coventina]

12. Haha! Good idea, work out some kind of barter system.

[dameatball]

5. Love it!! Not sure how it would do in a storm.

[Coventina]

7. Probably depends on the storm.

Nothing is safe if the storm is bad enough, but it's designed to be very stable in rough weather.

[dameatball]

9. Right. but it only does nine knots. storms can get bad quick. But I still like it.

[Coventina]

10. I know, right?

Something about it, however impractical, is very compelling to me.

[mucifer]

3. I want George Jetson's briefcase .

It would come in handy being a hospice nurse in the city.

[Coventina]

4. Not me, I'm scared of flying.

I can understand the appeal, though.

[dameatball]

13. add a couple cannons and it could probably kick the sh*t out of the Merrimac.

[TreasonousBastard]

14. People still go around the world on sailboats...

Gotcher renewable energy in that mainsail pushing you around. 4,000 year old tech still works.

Modern boats also have solar stills for drinking water from the sea, and windmills on the mast for some electricity. And if you're a decent sailor, hurricanes are scary but you will survive.

Years ago I was at a boat show and climbed around a 40' sloop. I sat in some comfy seating and thought "I could really live in this thing." Turns out everyone else on that boat was thinking the same thing. Too bad I didn't have the cash at the time.

(Tough to put in a garden, though.)

[Coventina]

15. My grandfather had a sailboat.

Sadly, he passed away before he was able to teach me to sail.
That's a skill I don't have, but I suppose I could learn.

My cousin got his boat, not me.

Which is OK, because I live in Phoenix and he lives on the Pacific coast (where my grandpa lived).

The appeal of this UFO thingy is that it seems so simple.
Sailing, from the uneducated at least, seems pretty complicated.

[TreasonousBastard]

16. I am not the greatest sailor, and it's been years since I've spent much time on the water...

but there is something incredibly peaceful about floating across the bay on a gentle wind. Basic skills aren't too hard to grasp. If you visit your cousin, maybe you can go out on the boat?

Most of the sailors I knew in the past were more interested in racing and regattas than peace and quiet, though.