So, I’ve actually had my boat for several years, but I hadn’t sailed her until a month ago. I got her with the intention of living on her after seeing a Craigslist ad about “practically a houseboat.” I could probably write a whole blog post about how not to buy a boat after that experience, but I’ll spare you those details for now. (Maybe that can be a future post…)
The boat is a 1965 Cal28. Apparently she was quite the racing boat back in her day, but she’s been retired from that for some time. Now she likes hanging out in her slip in the marina, consuming copious amounts of time and money, and taking long cruises by the beach in Mexico (at least, I hope so).
For only being a 28′ boat, she is quite comfy inside, and actually can sleep up to 6 people (but you can’t all decide to get up at the same time or it would be mayhem). Right now 3 is about the limit, though, because of all the stuff I have in there. I’m still working on the decluttering part. But, clutter or not, I definitely get to live my tiny home dream on the boat.
Here is a quick tour through the boat:
When you come down the stairs you enter the living room… and the kitchen… and the spare bedroom. The height of the room is exactly perfect, as long as you are Christina-sized. Anyone taller than me can only stand up in the area by the stairs that opens to the outside. 
Behind the stairs, there are 2 quarterberths (one under each outside seat, basically a coffin for one person in each to sleep), but right now they are mostly storage. In between them is the space where the inboard motor used to be, which is now filled with extra sails that I don’t know what to do with yet. She now has an outboard motor instead, which works for me because it is much easier to get maintenance on or replace.
Here is the kitchen table, which also converts into a bed for 2 people. Well, it will once I finish the project I’m working on to replace the wood plank for it. Side note: teak is expensive!
Here is the kitchen at night with my two solar lights lighting up either side.
And finally, looking back into the v-berth, aka the master bedroom, you see the most comfortable place to sleep on the boat, which fits two people easily. In between the living room and the master there is a small closet on one side and a head (aka toilet) on the other, which I have never used because you can’t use it in the marina.
And that’s all you get for a quarter. (Well, it cost a bit more than that originally, but that’s what happens to the value of boats as you let them sit in the marina without repairs for several years.) She definitely needs some work, but overall is seaworthy and pretty comfy.