Single Person (or family)

SeaStead.
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I've been thinking about living on the ocean for a long time. Note...I said 'living'...not particularly going anywhere. There are boats a plenty but they are meant to MOVE. I've been considering something else. A homestead on the ocean. I mean..2/3s of the planet (or more) is covered with water...why not use it?

Oddly enough...some rich guys were thinking the same thing. The seastead institute was the result.

One of their designs is pictured above...a variation..

The design is called a 'spar bouy'...and has been used in the Oil Industry for decades...it's proven.

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In fact..the oil industry has built so many of the damn things that they are positively LITTERING the Gulf Coast.

No One Paying Attention to 27,000 Abandoned Oil Rigs in the Gulf
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and then there's this.
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Could one simply commandeer an abandoned Oil Rig, and live there?
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shhhh...keep it to yourself..but I know a retired coast guard (a coastie)...according to him it's been done did. Ever wonder if ALL of the boat people came to shore?.....shhhhhh...it's a secret
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and this.
The Luxurious Afterlives of Abandoned Sea Forts and Oil Rigs
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and this...it's being done.
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HABITATION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
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Those are all too rich for my blood. I'm thinking more on line with something like this...

Let's say the underwater hulls or pontoons...are made from, oh...I dunno...old propane tanks or even oil drums? they're intended to float UNDER the water...holding a platform a few feet (as high as you want) above the waves. It should be fairly stable. The size would be dependent on where you want to live. The gulf of mexico for example doesn't have very many big waves (except for hurricanes...and there hasn't been one of them in a LONG time)

when you want to move...either tow or kedge...keep it anchored otherwise...

Dreaming...