Live at Sea: Is This the Start
of a Whole New Way to Live?

Why We Launched the Live at Sea Community and Why More People are Starting to Consider Life on the Ocean.

Have you ever stopped and thought there must be more to life than grinding day after day in a career? Working untold hours and with the reward of spending a few hours at the park if the weather is just right on the weekend. 

That there must be a better way to live?

Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do and I’ll probably never stop working. But I believe there should be a balance between work, play, and life. One can still change the world and live a more balanced life.

I’ve spent a large part of my life traveling the world, one flight after another. At one point my executive team and I even managed to visit three countries in a single day. I’ve sat in boardrooms across the globe, stayed in countless hotel rooms, and spent more hours than I can count in airplane seats.

I went to China thirteen times but never saw the Great Wall. I traveled throughout Europe, but most of my memories are of train rides from one office to another or from one convention to the next. My idea of sightseeing was opening the curtains in the morning to see the view outside the hotel window.

I never had time to truly enjoy the places I visited. All I wanted was to get back home to my family.

Truth be told, I hate traveling.

I love being home.

And that’s exactly why I’ve been fascinated with the idea of living at sea for the past fifteen years.

At first, I tried to satisfy the urge by booking cruises. It started with a weekend cruise, then a week, then eventually a month. But inevitably the Larry David in me would come out and I’d start nit-picking everything I didn’t like about cruising. The crowds. The food. The noise.

So we tried ultra-luxury cruising and discovered that there is a more civilized way to experience life at sea. Unfortunately, like many things in this world, the price made it difficult to do regularly. And near the end of every cruise, my wife and I would feel a little depressed knowing it was almost over and we would not be back for another year.

That’s when the idea for the Live at Sea Facebook group was born.

The community that formed there has shared an incredible amount of information, insight, and personal stories about what it’s really like to live at sea. Topic after topic, I’ve been amazed by the firsthand experiences and practical knowledge people bring to the conversation.

It quickly became clear that the world needed a place to gather, organize, and share this information in one destination. That’s why the live at sea site exists.

More than 30 million people cruise every year, and the number continues to grow rapidly. Cruising has exploded in popularity over the last two decades. Yet only a very small number of people have taken the next step and chosen to actually live at sea.

For years this lifestyle was limited to a tiny group of wealthy residents aboard ships like The World, which launched in 2003.

But that may be starting to change.

The launch of Villa Vie Odyssey has introduced a residential cruise ship designed for people who want to try living at sea on a more sustainable budget. Even more developments are coming, including Avora Lumina, scheduled to launch in January 2028.

This is still a very small community by any standard, but it’s one that is growing quickly.

Innovation, entrepreneurship, lifestyle changes, and new technology are all contributing to the rise of what could become an entirely new way of living. One of the biggest turning points came in the early 2020s with the arrival of Starlink, which made high-speed internet available almost anywhere on the planet. For the first time, people can realistically work remotely, communicate with their family, and yes binge on Netflix from the middle of the ocean.

At LiveAtSea.com we intend to write about real stories by real people. The good and the bad. We will focus on facts and have rigorous editorial standards. It will be a destination for understanding all the nuances of the lifestyle from health care to Amazon shipments. 

What I’m most excited about is teaming up with the Live at Sea community to curate tips and tricks for navigating port cities — from shore excursions to the everyday essentials of living at sea.

For thousands of years humans have lived almost exclusively on land. But technology and pioneers are changing that. 

I believe that sometime in this century we could see one million people living at sea. I know this is a bold prediction. For many it may become a second home, but for others it will be a full-time lifestyle built around living, working, and exploring the world from the ocean.

My wife and I are excited to be part of this journey and one day call the ocean home. Feel free to say when you see us on the residential ship. In the meantime, join us on the journey together as pioneers of a new way of living by joining us on the Live at Sea Facebook Group.