Earning a living from home

[gettin2dizzy]

How could you earn a modest living from a computer that isn't too time involving. For instance if you were to do it from a boat, whilst sailing around the world....hypothetically speaking of course ;)

[Camel]

How would you communicate with the outside world - some sort of GPS modem? Sounds expensive! Thats just for e-mails.

you could become a writer, and just use your laptop to pen your latest and greatest play / novel, as long as you will get decent cash for the script when you get back to dry land.

Or maybe you could do someones tax return, then send it to them at the next port?

But those two depend on you being a great writer / accountant!

[gettin2dizzy]

How would you communicate with the outside world - some sort of GPS modem? Sounds expensive! Thats just for e-mails.

you could become a writer, and just use your laptop to pen your latest and greatest play / novel, as long as you will get decent cash for the script when you get back to dry land.

Or maybe you could do someones tax return, then send it to them at the next port?

But those two depend on you being a great writer / accountant!I'm an engineer so writing is probably out of the question ;) My book would be 2 pages long, written in bullet points and full of technical drawings.

Yeah I think an expensive roaming internet connection and the use of wifi wherever possible.

Tax return idea is a good idea though :thumbsup:

[Camel]

So do you want an EXTRA income, while you are engineering?

[gettin2dizzy]

Nope. Want to up sticks and quit this 9-5 malarky. Drifing around the globe in a boat sounds about right :thumbsup:

Working isn't for me ;)

[Camel]

So you wouldn't be actually working on the boat? or would you be part of the engineering crew?

If you are a young, single bloke, I would say go for it. Working tax free has a lot of benefits...ie 25 - 40% more ;)

[gettin2dizzy]

i'd quite like to just have a 40 foot long old yacht, and live on that. So i'd just need something to bring enough money in to keep my belly full.

I have been exploring the engineering crew style work recently on these superyachts, and it looks very tempting. But it looks like it'll be £7000 to get qualified! (I was looking at UKSA)

[neillfergie]

you could get a webcam? provided your willing to show some flesh im sure there are some wealthy deviants out there who are willing to fund your global adventure!

[metalmonkey]

Being serious it would be good to find something I could to make cash from home you know do it at your own pace to allow for everything else that happens....

Has anyone done anything like this, just an idea but could be good to do.

[Camel]

What about buying boxes of tat from car boot sales & auctions, and selling them on ebay?

Or use your boat to take people on pleasure cruises?!

[the_lone_wolf]

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[timwilky]

OK, there are a number of us who work from home. The easiest way to do this is to be self employed. I ain't.

That means you have to work twice as hard/longer to justify to all not using expensive office space. For me it was a tad easy as my European director moved to Aberdeen and would fly to wherever he needed to be.

Pros are you choose your hours, work pays for your tinternet, cons you have to do more than your contracted hours, pay for your own electrickery, put up with nagging 24 hours a day.

I had considered moving abroad, give up the company car bit and let work pay for a flight from spain to the uk as and when they want me in an office

[sinbad]

Discover you're a gifted and fearless online poker genius and you'll be very comfortable indeed.

[Razor]

Escorting, in calls would be working from home...

[Biker Biggles]

Yacht idea is very tempting,but has a drawback.Running an old 40 ft boat will cost you several times your present wage,so the "earn enough to keep belly full" wont be quite enough.
Now bumming around on someone elses yacht----thats more like it.

[Wayluya]

How could you earn a modest living from a computer that isn't too time involving. For instance if you were to do it from a boat, whilst sailing around the world....hypothetically speaking of course ;)

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/

Unfortunately no "answers" but plenty of ideas........

When saying "Hi" you are sure to get a warm welcome if you ask "Is a Multihull the perfect idiot proof boat?" :smt098

[timwilky]

If boats is your thing. I did know of one IT consultant who live on one. He would moor up in whatever marina was closest to wherever he was working. That way he effectively had a home in any marina, and good work anywhere in the UK without adding to his costs

[gettin2dizzy]

Yacht idea is very tempting,but has a drawback.Running an old 40 ft boat will cost you several times your present wage,so the "earn enough to keep belly full" wont be quite enough.
Now bumming around on someone elses yacht----thats more like it.It was more of a romantic notion to distract me from work ;)

Give me a few years!