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My Friends and I Bought an Island

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Re: My Friends and I Bought an Island

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jessaustin wrote: post #119
hoopism wrote: post #53

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One of these: http://www.junglehammock.com/ and a nice Kayak is your key to staying on any coastline or island. If there's nobody there... then nobody will mind. Ownership = headache.

Holy crap I hope those are nice. The cheapest hammock they offer costs several times the most expensive tent I've ever purchased. When I kayak camp I generally just bring a tarp and a self-inflating pad.

The prices are ridiculous. Look up Hennessy Hammocks for something more reasonable and be prepared to insulate a lot from the bottom, especially in moist climates.

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Post by vecinu »

jws wrote: post #183
ChuckMcM wrote: post #67

Congratulations! This is something I've always thought would be cool too. 5 acres is a good size, large enough that you can feel "away" when you are in the middle of it, but not so big that you can actually get lost. Some suggested next steps. Get a good aerial survey done, with pictures. This will help in planning, in disputes, and later in figuring out what it looked like before that thing that just happened, happe…

Random tips from my own private island experience… People may visit when you are not there. In the US, the shoreline up to some strangely defined highwater mark (which is higher than you expect) is public. Canada has a similar deal related to crown lands (you may own the island, but the bit under the water, not so much). These visitors have every legal right to hang out, have a picnic, play jarts, whatever. When you…

Would you be able to build some sort of fence/gate system to deter visitors? Would that be legal?

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Post by jonknee »

meerita wrote: post #203
jonknee wrote: post #131

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It depends entirely on the size and power of your military.

How so? Then I can buy any kind of land and claim it as my own :)

You'll unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) find that military strength costs vastly more than land. Even a billion dollars buys you a ton of land most anywhere, but it buys you vanishingly little security if sophisticated entities want to take it from you.

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Post by educating »

auctiontheory wrote: post #266
jws wrote: post #183

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Random tips from my own private island experience… People may visit when you are not there. In the US, the shoreline up to some strangely defined highwater mark (which is higher than you expect) is public. Canada has a similar deal related to crown lands (you may own the island, but the bit under the water, not so much). These visitors have every legal right to hang out, have a picnic, play jarts, whatever. When you…

I know a couple that was reduced to surviving on popcorn and bloody mary mix for a couple days. They ran out of vodka before running out of the mix? Very poor planning.

Must be Russian! :) Not because they were poor planning- they just didn't want to waste vodka on mix.

Re: My Friends and I Bought an Island

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Post by Techasura »

vecinu wrote: post #272
jws wrote: post #183

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Random tips from my own private island experience… People may visit when you are not there. In the US, the shoreline up to some strangely defined highwater mark (which is higher than you expect) is public. Canada has a similar deal related to crown lands (you may own the island, but the bit under the water, not so much). These visitors have every legal right to hang out, have a picnic, play jarts, whatever. When you…

Would you be able to build some sort of fence/gate system to deter visitors? Would that be legal?

You can build anything you want. It's your property.

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Post by jws »

Techasura wrote: post #275
vecinu wrote: post #272

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Would you be able to build some sort of fence/gate system to deter visitors? Would that be legal?

You can build anything you want. It's your property.

As long as it is 75 feet back from the "ordinary high water line" and complies with 126 pages of local zoning rules and several hundred pages of proprietary building codes included by reference.

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Post by vecinu »

tynan wrote: post #113
CodeCube wrote: post #98

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Are you going to run internet access to it (or put in satellite)?

Yes, there is strong LTE and HSPA+ service there, and Canada has some decent PAYG plans.

I would bet on the LTE access to be constant or reliable...personal experience from living in Ontario and using both Bell and Rogers.

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Post by ANTSANTS »

fibertbh wrote: post #164
brandall10 wrote: post #157

Just for people new to who Tynan is, he's a pretty far out guy. Some things I recall (sorry haven't kept up over the years) 1) Ran a successful professional online poker playing business, actually hired employees and trained them to predictably win. 2) Was one of the main characters in the book The Game (yes, that PUA one). 3) Did polyphasic sleep experiments in earnest (was it a couple months or so?). 4) Had a giant…

Off-topic, I know, but are we calling 2008 "2k8" now? Is last decade the 2k's?

…or as I've recently taken to calling it, 2k plus 8.
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