So true. I 'retired' from by professional accounting job six years ago, but it does not mean I am not 'working'. Many of my friends think that I just sit in the cockpit sipping drinks and looking at sunsets. That is part of cruising, but actually a very small part. I try to explain to my land lubber friends that we have just exchanged one type of full-time work (office-based) for another (boat-based). Sometimes it can take a whole day just to exchange gas bottles and that is then your 'work' for that day. Running a yacht is a fulltime job, but I would not like to exchange it for anything. It is very nice work.

"A sh***y day at sea is still better than a good day at the office."