It seems to me that many people over-think this whole cruising thing before they set out and buy things they would never use in their land-lives. For example, if you didn’t own a gun before, why is it necessary to own a gun when you move onto your boat?

Much like I would not make my home in the slums of (insert some city here) I would not take my floating home to the slums of (insert some country here).

Our boat is our home and we plan on living in places we like, and feel safe and comfortable in. We never owned a weapon to protect us in our houses, so why do we need one now? We chose to live in safe neighborhoods onshore and now we choose to live in safe anchorages or marinas.

Though I have to admit that we do own a gun – a flare gun. And if you’ve seen the movie Captain Ron you will know how much damage one of those can inflict. But if scary men with weapons want to rob my home I say let them! We’re insured and I think fighting back would just tick them off and make us all the more unsafe.

Oh, and if that’s not enough: Guns are illegal in Mexico so we didn’t really have a choice anyway.