Having a bug-out boat is similar to a bug-out vehicle or a bug-out location, but combines the best of both.
PROS:
- you can escape any disaster area, even when governments want to stop travel. Police/military can close roads, you can't close the ocean.
- gathering food is simple. Anyone can fish, while hunting/trapping takes skill
- you can generate your own electricity and water
- when travelling you take your house and all your supplies with you. And all your comforts too... if you have to leave your house are you going to take your Playstation & 50" TV? We've got ours!
- being on the water is much safer than being on the land. 2021 saw 132 incidents of violent crime on all the oceans (ICC International Maritime Bureau). There were likely more violent crimes in your state every single day.
- sailing is easy to learn. We taught ourselves with books and videos, but lessons are easy to find
- you can start relatively inexpensively. If you can afford a house, you could have bought an ocean crossing boat