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RE: Single Person (or family)
so take one of those pods (or something like it, or build one)...and put it on a semisubmersible platform. Either spar bouy or submerged hulls...it doesn't have to be very far above the surface, depending on where you are....I'd say ten foot would be plenty 99% of the time.
the other 1% might be a wild ride..but if built strong enough it shouldn't come apart.
Semi- submersibles are pretty stable even in bad weather (barring gales, hurricanes, etc,). As long as it isn't a jack-up or something like that. Most of the production platforms I was on were in pretty shallow water so they were really stable. Only an old drill-rig would present any problem. Prod. platforms are built for stability- that's why I recommend one of those. Also drill-rigs tend to be WAY up off the water (150-175 ft) so you wouldn't want one of those. There are plenty of old pumping stations (converted prod platforms) that have almost nothing on them. They're the ideal height off the water and plenty big enough to build on.
wonder what they cost? and where are they?
Don't know what they would cost... The Gulf of Mexico is full of them. Many are vacated after Obama pretty much pulled the plug on offshore drilling.
problem is..when you are stationary and can't move...someone is gonna come along and tax you.
Good point!
I lived in a truck for 25 years...most days I woke up in one state...and went to sleep two or three states over (except for texas)....
Mankind were nomads for hundreds of thousands of years before agriculture was invented.
We're kinda used to moving..
Might go 'back to my roots' so to speak...
-dreaming-
I'm getting too old to be running around... my health isn't very good.
sorry to hear that...getting old ain't for sissies iszit?