Enjoyed this thread while researching the same thing. I’ve lived and worked at sea many years, from a 22’ sailboat to a 4000 passenger cruise ship. In a flood prone area like New Orleans, I thought it was perfectly sensible to buy a sailboat and live on it for 4 years! Smaller is better for upkeep and maintenance, and tiny house is the way to go for a land yacht off grid. They use completely different systems from a house (water, power, waste pump generally run on 12v solar system, engines, etc. Wind turbines are noisy and I’ve seen them come apart in high winds.
A 2000 sq. foot deck sounds fairly large...length, beam, and draft & clearance of the boat are more descriptive than area. (Remember the bow is shaped funny and there are differing designs with narrow or broad beam and transom.) Transporting a boat above 30-40’ length overland may not be possible with Interstate bridge clearances etc, but on a sailboat you can have the mast removed & reinstalled. From my experience a boat’s interior space grows by a factor the longer it gets, and you’d be surprised how comfy it can be living on one. Specifically I wanted to know about burying a boat to the waterline for insulation, but perhaps it could be filled in with dirt above ground and accomplish the same thing. They’re built heavy though, so the steel frame & foundation are good ideas.
Dave Hull the sailing piano man.
