In our case, when we lived aboard and cruised the east coast, it defined how and where we traveled. That's great, that's "cruising". But these days, I don't always mix the two.

We had a nice conversation in a local pub with 3 guys from France who'd just brought a 50'er across from Brest to Isle of Skye(just an overnight!). I was all ears listening to tidal ranges, weather they'd come through, plans, etc. It was blowing a gale and their mental preoccupation with the boat and conditions were evident(as they would have been with me).

I on the other hand was exploring Isle of Skye on the public trans and on foot. At night we retired to a snug B&B on the water to watch the winds howl. A couple days later, we walked out of that B&B with everything we owned(two easy to handle shoulder bags and a "wheelie"), and got on a train to the eastern coast.

Those 3 guys wouldn't see nearly as much of Scotland as we did in a few days, and I wouldn't see nearly as much of the inside of a gale from a boat either. Both great adventures.

A I got on the train, for the first time in days, I remembered, I too had a boat on a mooring. Ipad showed the weather for Rockport Harbor was 5 to 10 knots. I forgot I had a boat again.