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I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

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Not a real boat, just a motorboat, but it was real to me. I wanted to go through all the canals and waterways of France and a sailing boat would not of been ideal for that. I also knew nothing about boating, and learning curve on a sailboat would have been a lot steeper.

My boat is a 1987 Birchwood TS 37, with two 225 hp MerCruiser diesel motors. The air-draft is about 3.2m and she draws about 1.2m draft. She is 11.3m long and 3.8m wide. These numbers are very significant because anything taller or wider would be very problematic entering at least two or three of the 216 locks that I passed through.

“Jaywalking the World,” my boat does have a bow thruster, but it’s the one thing on the boat that doesn’t work and I haven’t been able to find out why yet, but as she has two motors/propellers, delicate manoeuvring was never a problem.

It took me a year to go from the English Channel to the Mediterranean. I could’ve done it faster, but it was such a nice trip, I took my time. It was quite an adventure for someone who knew nothing about boats before setting out.

The Côte d’Azur is absolutely one of the best places you could ever take a boat. Marinas that I spent time at in the UK always seem somewhat hostile to people living on their boats, but that is not the case on the Mediterranean Sea. Marinas like having people on their boats and I have never come across any negative attitudes the whole time I was there.

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Now I’m in Malta. What next? I like to challenge myself and as I’m a filmmaker, I guess it’s time I made a film. So that’s the plan. One year from now, along with some friends of mine, I would’ve made a feature film.

If you pop on to my YouTube channel, say “Hi” and tell me about pandas.

What this space for more details.

https://www.paynie.net/

https://www.youtube.com/@JaywalkingTheWorld

Leaving UK waters

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Ta’Xbiex, Malta

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Somewhere off the Italian coast

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

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South of France.

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

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The Trip!

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Italian coast

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Probably Malta

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

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Cruising past Mt Etna.

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Montargis, Central France

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

Gaeta, Italy

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

My current birth in Malta.

I Sold Everything And Bought A Boat.

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Mistake were made.

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Stephen J Payne

I am a British photographer who lived in California for 27 years before returning back to the UK, I will need to escape again as quickly as possible. I now live on a boat in Malta. I started taking photographs when I was 10 years old and I've never stopped. Fortunately I've been able to make quite a reasonable living out of it. I used to work for The Evening Standard shooting hundreds of features pictures. When I was in Los Angeles, I directed music videos and concerts. I'm not quite sure how I ended up living on the boat in Malta, but I'm very glad I do. It's incredibly relaxing and there's only a few things that need fixing.

I am a British photographer who lived in California for 27 years before returning back to the UK, I will need to escape again as quickly as possible. I now live on a boat in Malta. I started taking photographs when I was 10 years old and I've never stopped. Fortunately I've been able to make quite a reasonable living out of it. I used to work for The Evening Standard shooting hundreds of features pictures. When I was in Los Angeles, I directed music videos and concerts. I'm not quite sure how I ended up living on the boat in Malta, but I'm very glad I do. It's incredibly relaxing and there's only a few things that need fixing.

Diana Lopetaitė

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

What do you think ?

Stephen J Payne (Post author) 1 week ago

It strikes me a bit funny that I can go on a wonderful adventure like this, encourage other people to do something similar and yet people still give you a thumbs down. Now that cracks me up. Jealous maybe? :)

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Stephen J Payne (Post author) 1 week ago

It strikes me a bit funny that I can go on a wonderful adventure like this, encourage other people to do something similar and yet people still give you a thumbs down. Now that cracks me up. Jealous maybe? :)

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