Paul, my wifey is assistant to the editor and writes for Circumnavigator Magazine. She has covered MANY articles about living aboard. Her magazine actually covers mainly trawlers and is kind of an exclusive to Nordhaven. So my advice is, do a ton of research before you pull the trigger on this.
Pretty much all of the live aboards are in southern climates for the winter. I don't know if any of them have dared to tackle a winter in Mass. I assume they are fairly cold and nasty like here in Canucksville. If they are, forget pump outs. Our pump out units are winterized and shut down for the season. Plus the bubblers are only local to your boat and there's no way to get to them with the rest of the harbour frozen. I know some people who have tried it up here and wont do it again. One of the big reasons they told me was waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning and having to get out of a nice warm but damp bed, rip down an icey pier to the clubhouse to take a squirt.
Any questions, just ask away Paul and I'll run it by the wifey for you.
John
