This is a post for other people who have contemplated the subject
Most people, especially on this forum, believe the government won't be able to kick the fiat can down the road much further, and sometime within the near future, or a couple years down the road, something like the great depression, or worse, will be repeated on a global scale. The question is, where do you want to be when this happens? ......
I don't think there is any relation between the two. Boats do not represent "freedom." If an economic apocalypse occurred, do you think you would be safe on your little boat? You'd set into harbor and find an entirely new sort of harbor master staring at you, surrounded by his little gang of thieves. Depending on how and what you paid him, he might even let you keep your boat.