by John C. Harris on Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:25 pm
If you're used to camping, PocketShip is bliss for a week at a time. A dry bunk and loads of convenient storage. Much better than a tent, and room for ten or twenty times the gear you could carry on your back. If you're used to plush accommodations on boats, PocketShip will feel like, well, camping.
Dan Segal's article about PocketShip in WoodenBoat had some good writing about long-term living in the boat.
Personally, I'd put my own endurance in PocketShip at around 15 days, though I've not tried it yet, alas. I had a colleague here at CLC who lived full-time, year-round on his Montgomery 15, a smaller boat.
I sailed to the Bahamas over the Christmas holidays, about 450 miles in total. It was in a plush 44-footer, a study in opposites with PocketShip. The weather was quite rough the whole time but it did nothing to dim my outlook on PocketShip's suitability for that crossing and cruising grounds, if in capable hands.