My cousin, Allen, and his wife, Cora, have been living on their boat for, what, a year and a half, and chronicling their adventures on their blog. (Actually, they've been living on their boat for much longer, but they were docked in San Fransisco before.) They've traveled to Honduras, Panama and many ports of the US. Crazy stuff.
Recently, their boat got hit by freakin' lighting. They are fine, the boat, not so much.
Personally, I'm equal parts in awe and perplexed by how they do it and how they don't end up killing each other in such tight quarters. Still, if they didn't do it, I wouldn't be able to read about it.
If you are up for some fun and hilarious reading, head on over and drop them a comment.
hey i took a picture in that exact same spot just six months ago!
take a look! http://maitai113.blogspot.com/2007/01/hes-one-stop-shop-makes-trannies-drop.html
Yikes! I'm glad they're ok.
The description was so very close to the same experience I had off the coast of La Paz -- except for the getting HIT by the lightning -- I honestly got a bit of deja vu...
So glad they're okay...