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  • How We Paid Off 100k in Student Loans by Living on a Sailboat

    How We Paid Off 100k in Student Loans by Living on a Sailboat

    Mar 10, 2026

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    by

    5knotstofreedom
    in Boat Life

    2 years ago, we moved aboard our newly purchased 1984 Cooper 316 32ft sailboat. It wasn’t our initial intention to pay off the 100k in student loans we had, or get serious about saving and investing. But as we found our monthly moorage to be much less than any rent we ever paid, my partner…

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