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Published August 15, 2002 - Viewed 546 times  A Matter of Trust
-   August 15, 2002   Eileen checks out essential boat
maintenance supplies at the marina store  The liveaboards at the
Coan River boatyard where we're currently parked form a fairly
good microcosm of the greater cruising community. Our neighbours
on one side are a couple of young French Canadian teachers on a
25 foot fibreglass sloop. On the other side is a retired German
couple on a 50 foot self-built steel cutter. Throughout the yard
are folks of different ages, backgrounds and viewpoints. For a
diverse group of people, however, cruisers tend to have certain
qualities in common. Qualities like self-reliance, generosity
and frugality. Qualities that spring from the demands of the
waterborne lifestyle.  Anyone who lives on a boat in relatively
remote locations is likely to be self-reliant. Either they are
resourceful by nature or they have developed the necessary
skills to make do