Living aboard a small boat takes a special sort. Lack of storage is just part of it. By the sounds of your climate, you're going to need some serious cabin heat in winter (unless there's a typo there) and few smaller boats will have that.( but you can add it) .... We do have monthly "Land Vacations" as we call them. We will book a weekend at a hotel and take long showers and sleep in a king size bed. We have simplified because I expect to be layed off next year. ...