How We Found a Live-Aboard Boat in B.C.

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July/August 1972
By Cliff Houff, Guy Du Lac & Jacob Weierman  
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Even after you've crossed that bridge of red tape, you're still not home free of legal obligations: some operators turn a pretty penny doing lag salvage work in British Columbia, for example . . . but only after plunking dawn $100 for a permit to engage in such work.

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Newcomers will also find competition for an "A" salmon fishing license too rough to handle until they gain some fishing experience. A "C" license—which allows the taking of any fish except salmon—costs only $15 . . . but, again, is issued only to Canadians.

By the way, official intervention an Canada's west coast is now shaking up the used boat market with something called the "buy back" program, Under this plan, the government intends to purchase 300 old fishing beats and auction them off (possibly at great savings) only oncondition that the vessels so sold rise never to be used for commercial fishing of any kind for the remaining life of the craft. Latin American fishing interests seem to be bidding on the better vessels handled by this program and we advise that the Fisheries Department of British Columbia be contacted for further details.

Despite the red tape and other ins and outs of British Columbia's used boat market, however, it is possible to beat the game (we did!). If you're determined, you can find a live-aboard working vessel in this area and turn it into both your home and independent business (again, we did).

The life we've found on our live-aboard working boat in British Columbia is tremendously exciting. We envision it developing into a waterfront counter-culture much as farm communes have mushroomed elsewhere . . . with the folks an one boat affiliating with these an other craft to mutual advantage.

"A boat," said one ornery Ole timer we met, "is a hole surrounded by water . . . into which you pour your life savings." Which is to say that a live-aboard vessel has to be accepted as a more-or-less full-time thing. Once you've made the commitment, though, you'll find that a live-aboard vessel can be a good home, a source of real pleasure and a distinct way of life . . . a good and easy life for the folks that want it.

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