Sick of high rents but want to be close to the ocean? Very close? DnA explores the charms and challenges of living aboard a boat, and learns about the changes coming as Marina del Rey becomes more ...

On a recent evening in June, the sun was sinking over the Hudson River and the few dozen boats docked at the 79th Street Boat Basin bobbed in a light breeze. A handful of them are residential, with ...

If you want to know what it’s like to live on a boat, put everything you own into your living room, close all the doors and try to live in a space that small. “Everything is ‘Tetrisized’ into place,” ...

It’s been almost 20 years since Finian Coghlan abandoned his traditional apartment share for a life less ordinary, residing on a houseboat in Athlone. “I said at the time that if I’m still doing this ...

Living on a boat. For some people, it's a dream life. For others, a last resort. Some liveaboards pick marinas where they can pump out their waste and get potable water. Those slips are increasingly ...

It’s high season for houseboats, with Boston Harbor marinas filling up with local liveaboards anchored to an ocean-centric way of life. Constitution Marina in Charlestown is home to 250 boats this ...

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Madeira Beach City Commissioners unanimously passed a new ordinance on a second reading Tuesday — which makes it law — that restricts live-aboard boats in City waters to only a ...