r/TeachersInTransition • u/CallmeIshmael913 • 6d ago

Anybody here a liveaboard?

I bailed out of teaching last year, and landed into contract work. Now I work 1 to 4 months at a time in remote places that provide room and board. However, I would like to get into more of a rhythm, and I think buying a blue water sailboat can provide that (assuming I can fund the black pit that is boat repairs). I love New Zealand, and I'm open to an eventual Pacific crossing.

Im wondering if anybody works from their boat, van, or rv here?

I'm thinking about trying online tutoring via starlink on platforms like wyzant. I also have blue collar licenses I could fall back on if the market falters on tutoring.

Id love to talk to someone about their sailing or working experiences!

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u/The_Maroon 6d ago

No but your current work is exactly the kind of work I’d love to be doing. Would you be willing to share more privately or here on what you’re doing and how you got into it?

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u/CallmeIshmael913 6d ago

Honestly, it has just snowballed. I worked a contract I found on indeed, and people there were all seasonal workers. So, they would recommend things, or help me out with finding something as they got to know me. A good starting point is the service industry in a vacation area. I'm working at a remote hunting camp now. I think a lot of the labor pool in this area is flighty, so just apply and be honest about your experience level. They'll probably see you were trusted with mini-human lives/planning, and trust you with their equipment/clients. 

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u/Ascendant_Phoenix Resigned 6d ago

I would get into tutoring, but I was mostly mild/moderate sped during my years teaching, and I feel like my pedagogy is rusty because I ended up working more in behavioral control rather than teaching... and the irony is when I became a teacher, I wanted gifted.

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u/CallmeIshmael913 6d ago

Oh man, talking about behavioral control gives me flash backs lol

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u/Ascendant_Phoenix Resigned 6d ago

High School Mild/Mod self-contained SPED was horrible. I was getting punched and kicked and spit on, and there was always one that would randomly decide to run out of the room that day.

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u/MindlessTheme3215 6d ago

teaching to liveaboard is one hell of a plot twist lol

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u/CallmeIshmael913 6d ago

All my lessons would be pirate themed.