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When the sun had finally fully set, Pale put her plan into motion. She took one last glance out at the checkpoint ahead of them, then turned to Kayla.
"Lie down on the ground and cover your ears."
"What?" Kayla asked. "What does that mean? What are you planning to do?"
"You'll see. Just do it."
Kayla pursed her lips, but didn't argue, instead following Pale's directions to the letter. Once she was situated, Pale turned her attention back to the checkpoint. She'd done some thinking about this, and ultimately decided that the most efficient and least destructive way to get through would be to sacrifice a pod. This was a bit of a problem, as she only had a few pods to begin with, but it was better than using heavy ordinance in order to punch a hole clean through.
"You ready?" Pale asked.
"What?" Kayla said, looking to her in confusion with her hands still clamped over her ears. "What'd you just say?"
Pale took that as her cue to act. She snapped her fingers, and a few seconds later, a flaming piece of metal came hurtling down from the sky, embedding itself directly in the center of the berserkers' checkpoint. From inside, she heard panicked shouts escape from the occupants, as well as a few pained moans; clearly, the impact had incapacitated a few of them.
Then the pod exploded.
The log walls to the checkpoint buckled under the shockwave, rolling across the ground before coming to a rest a short ways away. Through the ringing in her ears, Pale heard the men from inside the fort screaming in terror and agony. Several spells were being launched blindly in the night, their casters unable to hit anything thanks to being disoriented from the blast and blinded from the resulting cloud of smoke and dust.
Pale grabbed Kayla and thrust her to her feet, then charged in towards the camp, shotgun in hand. The smoke had begun to clear just as she got there, revealing the full extent of the destruction. Mutilated bodies lay littered across the field, scattered around a large crater dug deeply into the center of the area. From the looks of things, most of the bandits had been killed outright by either the impact of the pod or the explosion, and the few survivors had been completely deafened by it and were riddled with injuries. Many of them looked like they could barely stand, and several were only being kept alive thanks to that same red magical aura from earlier.
Pale didn't waste any time. She shouldered her weapon, then took aim at the nearest bandit and fired, reducing his head to little more than a fine pink mist. Pumping her shotgun, she transitioned to her next target, putting him down just as easily. Next to her, Kayla opened up with some of her lightning, sending streaks of it arcing through the night and towards the nearest survivor.
That seemed to be too much for the few who were still left. Rather than stand and fight, they turned and tried to run away, sprinting off into the night. Kayla immediately stopped engaging; Pale, meanwhile, took aim and continued to fire until her weapon ran dry, riddling each fleeing man with a shell full of buckshot straight to the back.
And just like that, it was over. A heavy silence fell over the camp, the only noise that interrupted it being the nearby waves lapping at the shore. Pale began to thumb loose shells into her weapon, then motioned for Kayla to follow after her.
"Come on," she urged. "I think I see some boats over on the shoreline."
Kayla tore her gaze away from the carnage around them, looking back to her. Pale half-expected her to say something about how she'd just shot fleeing men, but Kayla stayed silent, instead simply nodding, stone-faced. Together, they made their way over to the shore, and sure enough, there were several boats lined up on the sand.
"Do you know how to work one of these things?" Kayla asked. "I've never been on one before…"
"We'll figure it out," Pale said. "Take that small one, it looks like it has room for three people."
Kayla looked at her, surprised. "Only three? What about the others?"
"If there are any others, they'll have to fend for themselves."
"We can't just leave freed slaves there!"
"And we won't," Pale assured her. "Slavery is a taboo even among my creators, and they made sure to pass their hatred of it on to me as well, but our first priority is getting your father back safely. Once we've done that, we can start going back for others. And as much as a large boat would help us with that right now, it's simply not feasible with just the two of us here to operate it. Understand?"
Reluctantly, Kayla nodded. "...I suppose so. Alright, let's go get him."
–
As it turned out, the northern isles weren't too far from their current location – as dawn broke, Pale realized they were actually visible in the distance through the steady morning mist that had descended upon their boat.
Unfortunately, the boat they'd commandeered was little more than a small sailboat with some oars attached in case the wind was unfavorable, which it had been since they'd first stepped into the water. For the past few hours, her and Kayla had been forced to row, even through the night. Only now, as the sun began to rise, did the wind shift and start to blow from behind them, allowing them both to rest for a time.
It was still going despite that, however. Logic dictated that they ought to have taken turns sleeping or otherwise resting up during this time, but somehow, Pale couldn't bring herself to do it, and neither could Kayla.
"Nervous?" Kayla asked.
Pale shrugged. "Eager, more like. This entire quest has taken the better part of a week, by my estimation. In that time, I have killed several people, nearly been killed myself multiple times, and have apparently been inducted into someone's family, whatever that means. Frankly, I am ready for this to be over so I can resume finding a way back to my home system."
Kayla hesitated for a moment. "About that… what made you think I was able to assist in the first place? I-I mean… not that I'm ungrateful for your help or anything, quite the opposite, but… I'm so… normal. I don't know anything about space travel, and hells, I barely know anything about the world outside my small little village. And yet, you seemed to think I was capable of helping you when we first met. Why was that?"
Pale shrugged. "I ascertained that this was uncharted territory for anyone from my system pretty much the moment I arrived here. From that point on, I knew I was going to need someone who could not only lead me around, but that I could learn the language from and trust to watch my back. Serendipity did the rest."
"Ah… what does that-"
"It means you were in the right place at the right time for both of us," Pale specified. "You need help, I needed help, and now we're helping each other."
"And… you don't regret doing this?"
Pale shook her head. "I have no reason to regret anything so far. This quest has only taken about a week, which is nothing for me in the grand scheme of things. Plus, you have been very reliable so far, particularly in combat. You have kept your cool in a way that suggests some kind of training."
"Oh… um, I'm not really trained." Kayla brought a hand up to rub at the back of her head. "I-I mean… I'm my father's apprentice, of course, but I don't have any kind of combat training. All the offensive spells I know, I only know because he insisted that a young woman like me should know how to defend herself if she's going to be heading off on her own."
That got Pale's attention. She sat up a bit straighter in the boat, focusing on Kayla. "You were planning to go your own way?"
"Mhm," Kayla confirmed with a nod. "There's a very prestigious magic academy down south, I was hoping to take their entrance exam sometime soon, before… well, all this happened. I don't really know what I would do after that – being a fire mage restricts me in a lot of ways; I'd basically be forced into a combat role for something, whether that was as a professional soldier or as a bodyguard or something along those lines – but all I know is I really want to study magic more in-depth. My father is an excellent teacher, but he doesn't have the same resources the Luminarium does."
"There's something I've been wondering," Pale admitted. "No offense, but you're… meek, to say the least. You don't like to fight or hurt people, and yet you use fire magic. Why is that? Did something make you pick it in particular?"
"Pick?" Kayla asked, tilting her head. "I didn't pick my affinity. Very few people can. Really, your affinity is determined when you unlock your sjel – and before you ask, generally speaking, that happens when you come of age, which for most people is around fifteen years old, maybe a bit younger or older depending on who they are. To put it briefly, when your sjel is unlocked, an Archmage – basically a very accomplished caster who has dedicated their life to the study of magic – can serve as a witness, and somehow determine the type of magic you will have an affinity with. Generally, it's not something you choose; the vast majority of people just are naturally more tuned to one type of magic. Nobody knows why, but that's just how it's always been. Occasionally, you get someone who has multiple affinities, but that kind of thing is very rare. Come to think of it, it really only ever happens with the royal families…"
Pale scowled at the implications of that, but said nothing. Instead, she watched as Kayla shook her head.
"Anyway, that was my plan for after we rescue my father," she said. "What about you? How were you hoping to get back to your people?"
"Truthfully, I do not know," Pale replied. "The technology of this world is far too primitive to be of any help to me. I was hoping a magical solution existed somehow, but if not, then I will have to take matters into my own hands, and essentially kickstart my own industrial revolution."
Kayla gave her a panicked expression, but Pale held up a hand, calming her.
"It's different than an actual, violent revolution," she assured Kayla. "Ideally, there would be no bloodshed involved."
"Ideally…? What would you be doing?"
"Using the knowledge gifted to me by my creators to rapidly improve the technology of this world to the point where it would actually be useful to me," Pale specified. "I would go more into detail, but that would likely be premature. All you need to know at this point is that, should no other solution present itself, I will begin pushing the technology of this world forward at an incredibly rapid pace."
"How rapid?"
Pale thought for a moment. "By my estimations? Basic space flight within twenty-five years, off-world colonies and terraforming within forty, faster-than-light travel within fifty."
Kayla began to sputter. "Y-you…! Are you serious?!"
"Deathly so, yes. I know exactly what is needed in order to get there, the problem is obtaining and refining the materials for it all. But give me time, and I can have you all looking at colonizing other planets within four decades." Pale suddenly peered behind Kayla, a deep scowl crossing her face. "But this conversation will have to wait, I'm afraid."
Kayla went deathly white. Slowly, she turned to look behind herself, and began to tremble when she saw land fast approaching.
"We're here," was all Pale had to say.

Special thanks to my good friend and co-writer, Ickbard for the help with writing this story.

I recently inherited a 1976 Catalina 22 in decent shape from my dad. He has some physical limitations that made it so he can’t sail and has no interest in being on the water anymore. I took the boat when he offered to see if my wife and I had time to sail. Turns out, we definitely don’t. It’s been sitting for about 18 months and hasn’t been on the water even once. So I want to sell it and just give my dad the cash but my question is, I live inland (Utah, USA) so I’m not sure if I should post it locally or possibly on the coast (California, Oregon, and Washington). Do people buy many sailboats in non-coastal areas? There are some lakes near me but I rarely see sailboats. Also, I know it doesn’t have much value so I’m not sure if anyone would travel to purchase it.

Let me preface this by saying that however official or serious I sound in this post, I am not that. If you have joined this subreddit under the full knowledge of what this is, then I will reassure you by saying that we will be very close and dependent on each other, depending on the success of the project that is. If you do not know what I mean by this, I encourage you to find out, and choose to stay or go based off that. This post will be an overall guideline for how I expect you to behave, contribute, and ensure that the serious members of this subreddit will accomplish as much as we can.
My name is Murray, I will not give my last name yet and I expect you guys to do the same. I am a young adult, and I have a promising idea for a high efficiency, low maintenance, water powered engine. I will explain the actual mechanics and details of the idea in another post. This engine (or a viable substitute) is the absolute baseline of this project. This engine is what will allow us to boat for free down the west coast of the Americas, down to Antarctica. Then, we will need the engine again for land based vehicles, both a four-wheeler and a snow-machine depending on what we find. As you can see, we wont be able to do much without a free source of energy (free as in monetarily). The most valuable of this project in the beginning would therefore be engineers, scientists, mechanics, etc. If you know anything about the things described in my Engine Details post (linked in the comment below) then you are valuable. If you have an idea for an alternative idea to the engine, you are valuable. I have used the word valuable many times, so I should say what being valuable means, and what would be the best for the project.
As outlandish as it may seem, I do fully intend to do this, build the engine, boat to Antarctica, cross the continent/ice wall/channel/ to the centeedge/outer lands. So, if you have skills or knowledge I ask of your assistance, and if you give your assistance, I ask for your dedication. After the Engine is designed, we will need to build it. I will be working and investing most of my money into this. I will personally pay as much as I need to to move this along, as fast as I can (contributing will not be rebuked though). Once we have the functioning engines, we will need to install them into the desired vehicles. This will, again, cost money, and again I will pay the maximum. The building of the vehicles I expect to take the longest and move the lowest. There is only one other part of the project that I predict to require money, the buying of supplies. The exact supplies that we will need will change throughout the project, so I will just give a general outline:

1. Hunting and fishing supplies. This will allow us to both eat fresh fish while boating, and provide a means of survival and pleasure if our trip is a success.
2. Nonperishable foods. This will be essential to ensure sufficient nutrition and health. Hard tack, dried meat/fruit, salt, oil, etc.
3. Winter wear. Self explanatory.
4. Weapons. Fits for hunting supplies, but double use as self defense (for whatever reason). I'd include machetes or anything of that type here. Anyone wanting to come, please heavily consider getting a firearms license.
5. Cartography equipment. I include anything needed for tracking and navigating here. compasses, maps, GPS, etc...
6. Misc. I'm sure we will need more, so don't be afraid to say we need something.

The easiest way to communicate who is valuable is to list the roles. I may add or subtract from this list often, so be sure to check in here often, even if you are a full time member.

1. Sailors/boatmen. This sounds like something out of treasure island, but all I mean is people who know how to operate the boat that we end up getting. I have in mind an outfitted tug boat, re-furnished ocean fishing boat, or a sailboat.
2. Mechanics. We will rely on our engines and the machines that house them most on this project. So, it is important that we have a crew that knows how to maintain them.
3. Engineers. It may be wishful thinking to get an engineer on this project, but it would be nice. I am not picky about qualifications however, so if you know anything about combustion, acoustics, electrical, whatever, you qualify.
4. Outdoor men. Skills such as fishing, navigating, hunting, hiking, survival, etc... will all be needed.

If you have a skill that I did not mention here and you think it would be valuable, do not hesitate to DM me. If you have read this far, I assume you are serious enough to consider. I answer all DM from members of this sub and that is the best way to communicate with me.

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I was a CompSci student from 2003 to 2007, which means for better or worse I was kind of aware of Elon Musk’s career in real time - the sale of PayPal, parlaying that money directly into two huge risky investments; SpaceX and Tesla. I read the Ashley Vance book when it came out, etc. And as a person who is seriously concerned about climate change I was applauding the aggressive push toward EVs at Tesla and his willingness to risk such a windfall on pushing that agenda.
Fast forward to 2019, 2020, and especially after the Twitter purchase - and the person that I had read so much about and applauded much of what he was doing - was starting to look more like just another person and less like the serial-entrepreneur-savant-persona that he had put forward for some time.
I’ve been ruminating on this for some time and finally decided CMV might be the place to post it - but all of this has reminded me of these monopoly experiments where they show that even when a person is directly aware of a coin toss that benefited them over their opponent, they still started to behave in different ways and attributed their accumulation of monopoly wealth directly to their own decision making and not to the coin flip.
If we set aside the South African Emerald mine money, and only focus on the fact that he did play a part at PayPal, the sale of which did allow him to make two very large investments into both SpaceX and Tesla, and look at the fact that both of those investments paid off in a very big way…. And also not get overly distracted by how much he directly contributed at both companies. (It seems fair that he contributed directly earlier on, and equally fair that it wasn’t only him contributing at either of these organizations - many people have worked very hard for both companies to achieve their goals). On that note - say whatever you want about Elon but landing rockets on boats (not his original idea I don’t think, but execution does matter) is pretty fucking cool in my book.
All of this leads me to conclude that outside of Donald Trump, Elon Musk might be the greatest living example of the monopoly experiments being reflected in reality. He obviously worked hard but there were also many factors that contributed to the successes of each of these companies - not all of which were directly under his control.
Every time he tweets = it’s just him banging his piece on the board. Every time he talks about how hard he worked = it’s just him ignoring the other circumstances that led to his wealth (the coin toss) Every time he whines about his taxes or diminishes someone else’s hard work = it’s just him spreading large on the other side of the table and eating all of the pretzels and laughing at people who have less than him (which is basically everyone, when you’re that rich).
CMV?
References for those that aren’t familiar with the monopoly experiments that I’m referring to; - https://nymag.com/news/features/money-brain-2012-7/ - https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/19/why-rich-people-tend-think-they-deserve-their-money/. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk - https://www.reddit.com/todayilearned/comments/22slwe/til_that_in_a_uc_berkeley_study_where_a_game_of/. - (here’s the direct video of the experiments themselves, which I think is most useful) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qri10wUxyos

We are headed to Italy this summer and sailing around from Procida to Amalfi on the last week of our trip in July. Our boat will drop us off in Amalfi in the morning (Wednesday), we have the next day free (Thursday), but will need travel up to Rome, via Ferry to Sorrento and then Train. We will stay near the airport and then fly out of FCO early next morning (Friday).
I am struggling to find a nice & budget friendly place to stay for just one night in Amalfi. Wondering if we should get off the sailboat and immediately turn around and head back to Sorrento, or someplace else, or just try to find a place in Amalfi for one night. I feel like we will be tired from traveling around so much and just want someplace easy. I'd also would like the last night of our trip to be a romantic one, but I don't want to break the budget on something that doesn't feel worth it.
Recommendations for best value stays in Amalfi.

Hi all,
I recently went through a pretty bad storm in the Bahamas which broke some stuff on my boat, including the engine. Thankfully it happened close enough to the US that BoatUS was willing to tow us back to Palm Beach safe and sound. Can't thank these guys enough.
However, I am now in Palm Beach with no engine, with the need to go home in Canada pretty soon and won't be able to come back for a couple months. This was supposed to be the end of our sailing trip for this year, so we are at the end of our pretty limited budget, and as most of you know, Palm Beach gets pretty expensive. I called around 15 numbers of diesel mechanics to try to get it repaired, but no luck so far. Most of them seem to only work on bigger boats than mine, Memorial day probably isn't helping, and I'm not 100% sure the engine can be repaired without getting pulled out at a yard.
Also, there are no boatyards in Palm Beach where I could just pull out the boat for the season and come back in a few months to give it the maintenance it needs. The closest boatyard I found where I could store the boat is over 35 miles from here, and asks for a 10,000$ deposit because of getting towed in, which is pretty steep.
I feel like I am out of options at this point and don't know what to do next.
Does anyone here know where else I could get a sailboat hauled out and leave it there for the season, or have any other idea of what I could do?
Thanks!

Hi all, I recently went through a pretty bad storm in the Bahamas which broke some stuff on my boat, including the engine. Thankfully it happened close enough to the US that BoatUS was willing to tow us back to Palm Beach safe and sound. Can't thank these guys enough.
However, I am now in Palm Beach with no engine, with the need to go home in Canada pretty soon and won't be able to come back for a couple months. This was supposed to be the end of our sailing trip for this year, so we are at the end of our pretty limited budget, and as most of you know, Palm Beach gets pretty expensive. I called around 15 numbers of diesel mechanics to try to get it repaired, but no luck so far. Most of them seem to only work on bigger boats than mine, Memorial day probably isn't helping, and I'm not 100% sure the engine can be repaired without getting pulled out at a yard.
Also, there are no nearby boatyards in Palm Beach where I could just pull out the boat for the season and come back in a few months to get the maintenance it needs. The closest boatyard I found where I could store the boat is over 35 miles from here, and asks for a 10,000$ deposit because of getting towed in, which is pretty steep.
I feel like I am out of options at this point and don't know what to do next.
Does anyone here know where else I could get a sailboat hauled out and leave it there for the season, or have any other idea of what I could do?
Thanks!

My girlfriend and I recently moved to the Bay Area and want to get into sailing. What’s a good entry-level (and affordable) sailboat for 2 people? Also, where does one buy a boat like this?

In California, how can I register an old boat with no paperwork. The boat was last registered over ten years ago. I don't know who the last person to register it was. It appears to have had a CF number at one point but I can't make out what the CF number is. I called DMV with the hull number and they have nothing on file on the boat. It's a 15 foot sailboat worth about $1000. I did get a bill of sale from the person who I bought it from but the boat was never registered in his name.

At this point, you'd have expected an official map of the Pokemon world would've been released already, at least in one canon, but of course, that hasn't happened. We've had some brief instances where the planet is shown, such as during the Delta Episode of ORAS, or on the occasional globe like in LGPE. However, trying to use those as reference quickly falls apart, as they seem to be filler maps composed of random shapes that repeat and rotate, rather than legitimate attempts at a world map.
With that, it's no surprise that people tend to do whatever they want when it comes to making their own maps of the Pokemon world. Some mirror real life, others come up with something original, and of course, there's those that do a bit of both; the developers can't be bothered, so anything's valid, right?
Well, to a certain extent. It's true that beyond the occasional comment about another region being "distant" or "far away", we don't get much indication as to where the various regions are in relation to each other. Even so, aside from those unhelpful comments, we still do get the occasional bit of information that is actually somewhat helpful.
Sadly, as is the case with a lot in Pokemon, most people are unaware of these tidbits. So, I figured, why not throw my hat in the ring and make my own version of the Pokemon world map while also presenting these various bits of information at the same time? Talk about killing two Starly with one Rock Throw.
Feast your eyes upon my version of the Pokemon world map. Quite the spectacle, isn't it? I'm no map or geography expert, and this one's not quite 100% accurate, but the main point was to visually place the various regions together.
With that out of the way, let's take a look at the information and reasoning I used to put this map together, shall we?

Part 1: Pokemon Japan

Starting out with the basics for our first landmass, which we'll call 'Pokemon Japan' due to lack of a better name, we find Kanto and Johto are right next to each other, as everyone knows. Additionally, thanks to Professor Oak, we also know that Hoenn and Sinnoh are likely quite close, as all four regions are part of the same country.

"Ah, ! This is it! This is Pal Park! Pokémon from around the country can be brought here. In other words, Pokémon from places like Kanto and Hoenn."

Granted, this is slightly changed in BDSP to be a bit more generic.

"This place has a special connection with regions around the world, such as Kanto and Hoenn!"

Despite this, it doesn't necessarily indicate the four regions being close was completely retconned.
Aside from Hoenn and Sinnoh, there are other areas also likely a part of this country, those that avoided this potential retcon, one of these locations being the Sevii Islands, a remote archipelago located far to the south of Kanto.

Bill: "There's this little island in the far south called One Island. A friend invited me, so I'm on my way out there."
(...)
"Hey, wasn't that a long cruise?"
Celio: "It's running fine, but we're too remote out here. The PCs on this island just can't link with your PC, Bill."

Although most notable for being in FRLG, a few areas within the Sevii Islands, the special event areas, such as Birth Island and Navel Rock, are also accessible in Emerald, which are no problem for the sailors to reach.
But there is one area in Emerald that is a problem to access: Faraway Island, where Mew can be found. If the player tries to head there, they'll be turned down at first because, as the name suggests, the island is too far from Hoenn.
Evidently, the Sevii Islands must be relatively close to Hoenn. They're clearly a bit farther from Hoenn than they are to Kanto, given Celio's efforts to reach Hoenn, but still close enough that Hoenn and Kanto being part of the same country is plausible.

Celio: "I'm modifying the Network Machine right now. I'm changing it so it can handle trades over long distances. When I get finished, you'll be trading for exotic Pokemon from Trainers far away."
(...)
"I've managed to link up with Trainers in the Hoenn region! Finally, the Network Machine is fully operational!"

Coupled with the Sevii Islands sharing a warm climate with Hoenn, it's also plausible the two areas are located at similar points in the south, with Hoenn being somewhere east or west of the islands.

Man (One Island): "Hi, sight-seeing, are you? Isn't the warm climate here great?"

Without much to help determine whether Hoenn's east or west, most would choose to go with the latter, as it mirrors the placement of Hoenn's real world inspiration. Though while on the topic, there is something important that needs to be discussed.
Sometimes, when people make Pokemon world maps, they may rotate certain regions, with Hoenn often being the biggest victim of this, as its real world inspiration is rotated. Aside from it simply being common sense that the in-game maps show us a region's correct orientation, there is usually other evidence backing this up, and for Hoenn, we have several instances of this.

Route 104: "This path, rich with water and colorful plant life, runs north and south of Petalburg Woods."
Route 118: "This seaside route brings together the east and west sides of the Hoenn region."
HNN Broadcast: "Large tremors have just been observed in southeastern Hoenn. They hypocenter of the quake was approximately 10 miles beneath Route 128. No serious injuries or damage have been reported at this time."

Plus, there's Southern Island, which big surprise, is located in the south of Hoenn, which mirrors Hoenn itself really, since as we can tell from soaring in ORAS, Hoenn is also an island quite far from other landmasses.
It's difficult to say if this also applies to Sinnoh though. We know in the past, when the region was called Hisui, it was indeed an island, as the map shows us. However, in modern day Sinnoh, the games consistently avoid showing us the very edges of the map, particularly the southern and western sides, which are especially important to figuring this out, since we know Sinnoh's somewhere to the north of Kanto and Johto.

PokeGear Sinnoh Sounds: "The Sinnoh music, the sound of the great land to the north, might just lure a bunch of Pokemon to follow you!"
PokeWalker Sinnoh Field: "A Route through the Sinnoh region, far from Johto and Kanto. Rare Pokémon live here."

Which is also backed up by the Sinjoh Ruins being somewhere to the north of Johto, likely between it and Sinnoh.
Given how much Sinnoh changed from the days of Hisui, we can't be sure whether or not it's still an island or if it connected itself to a bigger landmass, such as the one holding Kanto and Johto. At the very least, if Sinnoh's still not connected, there is indication the region's likely very close to this landmass.
Kitakami is an area many suspect to be part of the same country as Kanto and Johto, mostly due to the Japanese theming of the area, but also because of a specific Pokemon, Bloodmoon Ursaluna.

Official Website: "It is said that a certain Ursaluna crossed the seas and arrived in the land of Kitakami—and that it then underwent a unique transformation over many years as a result of surviving in its harsh new environment."
Perrin: "This Ursaluna--the Bloodmoon Beast--used to live in my homeland waaay back when people still called the region Hisui. Seems like it crossed over the waters here to Kitakami at some point and made itself comfy."

This suggests that Kitakami is rather close to Sinnoh, which could both indicate that Kitakami is on the main landmass of this country, while Sinnoh is pretty damn close to it, island or not.
However, for reasons we'll see later, I don't believe this Ursaluna literally swam from Sinnoh to Kitakami, but I do still think the regions are close. Can't imagine a ship would make it very far with a wild Ursaluna stowing away on board; even if it was tame or formerly captured, an Ursaluna would likely require a ton of food to satisfy, making them impractical to transport long distances. Who knows though, Kitakami could very easily be located somewhere else, but Bloodmoon Ursaluna does still serve as an okay indication.
Certainly better than the reasoning I used for several other locations. Poketopia of Battle Revolution, Pokemon Island of Snap, and the unnamed region of Trozei are all areas that have pretty much nothing to work with.
Poketopia I decided to place somewhat near Sinnoh, due to how many statues and buildings of Sinnoh Pokemon appear throughout the island. I moved it a bit to the south, as due to it having a tropical battlefield, plus a complete lack of snow, it's evidently not as cold as Sinnoh. Not the most solid connections, but like I said, not much to work with for this area.
Pokemon Island though, does have a more decent connection to Kanto. Even though I don't believe Snap is canon to the main series, I still figured why not add the location of the game to this map anyway? Considering Oak's appearance on the island, plus how he seems to have some authority over it, would suggest the island is located relatively close to Kanto. It did used to be inhabited by people too, and seemingly quite recently compared to other old locations. However, the island is still pretty remote, as no humans reside there anymore, and no trainers seem to ever come around to try and catch Pokemon there.
An area that does have trainers present, despite what the gameplay may suggest, is the unnamed region of Trozei. Although trainers don't physically appear, Poke Balls holding Pokemon are plentiful in this area. I wish I could say there was a decent reason as to why I placed the Trozei region where I did, perhaps because of all the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn Pokemon that appear, I placed it somewhat near those three regions as a result. However, given other areas like Orre feature these Pokemon, despite being located very far away from those regions, that's evidently not the greatest indication. No, the main reason I put Trozei's region here was just because it loosely fit the shape of the landmass I was making.
Speaking of, some may wonder about the landmass' weird shape. Well, I noticed a small detail as I was going through LGPE. There seemed to be a calendar in several houses, most notably in Cerulean City, which featured an image of some landmass. I wondered if perhaps this could be the country holding the various locations we've spoken of; it would make sense that if an image of any landmass were to appear in Kanto, it'd be that one. Hell, it even had an island that could be interpreted as Sinnoh in the north.
However, that idea does run into a few issues, most notably, the complete lack of any islands, especially Hoenn and the Sevii Islands. You could make the argument that those regions aren't widely known during the time of LGPE, considering people in Kanto at the time are somehow only aware of Kantonian Pokemon, but that doesn't really work when something resembling Sinnoh is visible on the map. Either way, I figured why not use this landmass as an extremely loose reference anyway? Not like there's much else to work with.

Part 2: Pokemon Europe

As we leave our first landmass behind, we find the amount of useful clues we have also dries up.
That's not to say we don't have any. For instance, we know Paldea's to the west of Kitakami, as Jacq tells us:

Jacq: "You'll get to go study and experience the great outdoors off to the east--in the land of Kitakami!"

Plus, there's even a time zone difference between Paldea and Kitakami, with the latter supposedly being 18 minutes, which apparently translates to six hours, ahead of Paldea. Pretty safe to assume Paldea's on a different landmass from Kitakami at least.
As for other regions, well, there are some potential clues that could help us place Kalos and Galar, however, those relate to the reason I referenced earlier about why I don't believe Bloodmoon Ursaluna swam from Sinnoh to Kitakami. The clues in question are none other than the swimmers who supposedly swam between Hoenn, Kalos, and Galar.

Swimmer (Azure Bay): "I swam all the way here from the oceans of Hoenn, and I'm still not too tired for a battle!"
Swimmer (ORAS Demo Mossdeep City): "I get it. I accept your feelings, both of you. So I guess this is where we'll say good-bye. I'll swim back to Kalos on my own."
Route 108: "People come swimming from as far away as the Kalos region to see the site of Sea Mauville."
Swimmer (Galar Route 9): "To deal with the shock of losing, I'm going to swim far, far away."
"There are swimming experts who can swim all the way to the Kalos region."

This would seem to suggest these three regions are rather close. Putting aside real-world inspiration, that could make sense, especially with both Hoenn and Kalos having strong ties to Mega Evolution, though not so much with Galar.
Yet at the same time, there's also indication these three regions are actually quite far apart. We already saw how the Route 9 swimmer seems to refer to Kalos as being "far, far away", but there's more than just that.

Fossil Maniac: "I heard he traveled all the way to Kalos, crossing three oceans to find the white Pokemon and some kind of stone..."
Gentleman (Lavaridge Pokemon Center): "How disappointing. Traveled all the way from Kalos dreaming of the hot springs over there..."
Poke Mart Worker (Battle Maison): "I heard that my muse, Mademoiselle Evelyn, is touring the Hoenn region, so I used everything I had saved and came all the way from Kalos!"
Mr. Stone: "There was a great war at that time, in a region far from here."
Little Boy (Motostoke): "Kabu's the flaming star that crashed into the Galar region from the distant land of Hoenn!"
Poke Maniac (Indigo Plateau): "I...I sell rare stones. I sell mega-awesome stones that I bought overseas."

The three regions would evidently have to be very close in order for swimming between them to be humanly possible at all; something along the lines of the distance between Kanto and Johto. Yet not only did we already see earlier in ORAS how Hoenn's not close to other landmasses at all, but it's also really strange how everyone acts like the regions are far apart if they're truly so close. Plus, there's also the detail of how different the climates are between the three regions.
Either way you cut it, you ultimately end up having to brush off one side as either lying or exaggerating. Because there's so many more examples of people treating the regions as being far apart, I have to go with that option as being true.
Hell, there's even direct indication the few swimmers that claim to swim between these regions are exaggerating anyway, as we've seen other swimmers struggle to swim comparatively short distances, such as one struggling to swim the length of Six Island, while another determines it's impossible to swim from Kanto to Johto, two regions that are literally right next to each other.

Swimmer (Outcast Island): "Gasp... Gasp... I swam here from Six Isle Port in one go."
"Gasp... Gasp..."
"I'm only at the halfway point... I'm beat..."
Swimmer (HGSS Route 20): "I guess it's impossible to swim all the way to Johto."

Who knows, maybe these guys aren't good enough to make or judge such long trips, with only the best of the best being able to swim between the three regions. Considering what we saw earlier, though, I'm still not convinced Hoenn, Kalos, and Galar are that close to each other.
Doesn't leave us with much else to work with. I ultimately placed Kalos and Galar somewhat close to each other and around the same landmass as Paldea, all loosely based on real world inspirations. I didn't put them too close to each other though, as otherwise, you'd have expected their regional gimmicks to overlap a bit.
There is at least one thing we can be certain of: there's nothing close to Kalos around the northwest. After Lysandre activates the ultimate weapon, we get a brief view of Kalos from space, which shows us that there's nothing but ocean surrounding Kalos in those directions. Quite a useful bit of information, especially with how much people like to place Galar in this area.
Instead, there's another area that may be closer to Galar than Kalos, and that location is Ryme City from Detective Pikachu. I've said before how for all the dialogue these games have, there's shockingly little information when it comes to the wider Pokemon world.
There are still some clues though. In these games, Pokemon usually appear in their original forms, with characters often commenting when a regional variant shows up, usually being surprised at them.

Pikachu: "Wait, isn't this an Alolan Exeggutor?"
Tim: "I'd never seen one before, so I didn't even realize that! What's it doing here in Ryme City?"
(...)
Pikachu: "Yeah, it's a Steel-type Meowth. I take it you're not from around these parts, Meowth. Where'd you come from, buddy?"
"What?! You're friends with Darmanitan and Eiscue?"
"So your friends got captured and you followed them, only to lose track of them along the way..."
(...)
Pikachu: "Huh? It looks like a Rattata, but...is it a different Pokemon?"
(...)
Pikachu: "That explains what an Alolan Pokemon is doing here. You don't see much of 'em in this neck of the woods."

Alola is evidently quite far from Ryme City, and although characters like Tim aren't that familiar with Galarian Pokemon such as Galarian Meowth, there is a noticeable difference in how they're treated compared to Alolan Pokemon. For instance, when first encountering a Galarian Darmanitan, Tim instantly recognizes it as a Darmanitan, despite being unfamiliar with Pokemon like Alolan Exeggutor.
Additionally, while most regional variants do have reasons provided as to why they're present, there is one that doesn't get an explanation. In the wild near Bamboo Borough, the player can casually find a Sirfetch'd, with a flashback showing this Pokemon has lived in the area for a very long time, ever since it was still a Galarian Farfetch'd.
Ryme City evidently isn't in Galar, as it's normally home to Pokemon like Unovan Stunfisk, plus this comment from Pikachu...

Pikachu: "Can't believe they got dragged here all the way from Galar..."

Yet with a Sirfetch'd so casually residing near the city, perhaps the area's close enough to Galar that it's not uncommon for the occasional Pokemon from there to make its way over on short boat or plane rides; we did see a Galarian Meowth do exactly that after all.
In cases like this, regional forms do serve as a decent indication of where different areas could be in relation to each other. However, it's not always a surefire method. For instance, on Aeos Island of Unite, regional forms from Alola, Galar, and Paldea all appear, plus other Pokemon that seem unique to specific regions, such as the Galarian regis. With the island being home to big flashy Unite battles, plus Hoopa being around, it's entirely possible these Pokemon were brought over specifically for the tournament, distance be damned. After all, Lear from Masters does exactly this to promote Pasio, only with people as well.
Regional forms aren't the only thing unique to specific regions though, there's also regional gimmicks, as we mentioned earlier.
Although Mega Evolution being exclusive to Kalos got thrown out the window with ORAS, while nothing seems to be stopping people from taking Z-Moves outside of Alola, Dynamax appears to be a lot more strongly tied to Galar in comparison.

Sonia Lab Book: ""What is the Dynamax Phenomenon?" This phenomenon, in which Pokemon take on gigantic forms, has only been observed in the Galar region."

Yet somehow, the occasional Gigantamax Pokemon shows up in Unite. Perhaps it was close enough to Galar that the phenomenon reached the island and allowed for it to rarely occur?
Though again, it's not out of the question this could be the result of Hoopa, as we also see Dynamax make an appearance on Pasio which is a hotspot for Hoopa activity, as mentioned. Eternatus somehow showed up on Pasio, and although Dynamax in Masters does seem to occur slightly differently from usual, we still do see standard examples of the phenomenon, such as Ash Gigantamaxing his Gengar in the 'A Blazing Battle with Ash' event.
Still, as Hoopa doesn't seem to be as involved in the events of Unite compared to Masters, I decided to place Aeos Island somewhat close to Galar.
Pasio itself, meanwhile, is also an island, as the game makes quite clear.

Brock (PML Chapter 1): "You might be surprised to know that Pasio is a completely artificial island!"

And although it's artificial, it is notable for being a hotspot of natural energy, the kind most associated with Hoenn. In fact, it's thought this natural energy is the reason Sync Stones, an item exclusive to Pasio, are found so frequently in the island's oceans.

Professor Bellis: "Natural energy is building deep in the ocean floor around Pasio. That may be one of the reasons why a lot of sync stones get dug up near there."
(...)
Steven: "A stone that can only be found at the bottom of the ocean near Pasio... A sync stone, of course!"

Granted, considering Sync Stones can't be found in Hoenn as far as we know, it seems natural energy only plays a part in their creation, rather than being the sole factor; after all, it's likely natural energy can be found everywhere, rather than just Hoenn and Pasio.
Or perhaps, these stones do appear outside of Pasio, they just take slightly different shapes and forms depending on the region. For instance, Ferrum, the region of Pokken, features items known as Synergy Stones, which just like Sync Stones in Pasio, are seemingly found exclusively in Ferrum.

Loading Screen Tip: "Stones with a mysterious power that are found in the Ferrum Region. Reacting to Gaia, the energy of the earth, they create Synergy Power that has the ability to vitalize living creatures."

These stones are both notable for having a connection to Mega Evolution, being capable of activating the phenomenon. Additionally, while Sync Stones are connected to natural energy, Synergy Stones are connected to a similar power known as Gaia. In fact, Gaia is so similar to natural energy, the two forces may even be the exact same thing.
Perhaps both Ferrum and Pasio are near Hoenn, with the two regions containing some unique element of their own that results in similar, but different types of stones. Ferrum does also occasionally feature NPCs in the background which have their designs based on those that appear in ORAS, plus XY. In fact, what if Ferrum is one of those landmasses between Hoenn and Kalos that was referenced by the Fossil Maniac earlier?
At the very least, we do know Ferrum's not connected to any other landmass, as Nia tells us at the start of Pokken, the whole region's an island.

Nia: "This is the Ferrum Region, where we are now. It's a huge island surrounded by nothing but the ocean itself."

As for the other two unnamed islands underneath the main landmass, well, those, plus the general shape of the main continent were both loosely inspired by a globe in LGPE, as were the next landmass and the unnamed continent underneath that.

Part 3: Pokemon America

One thing that was quickly made clear to us back when Unova first released was that it was far away from all the previous regions, and this actually meant something back then.

Skyla: "And you're talking as if places like Kanto and Sinnoh are right around the corner!"
Old Official Website: "Your adventures take place in the Unova region, located far away from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions."

But even so, just being told it's "far away" is pretty unhelpful at determining where exactly it's located in relation to the other regions.
Luckily, we do get a bit of a clue from SV. We already saw how Kitakami is supposedly 18 minutes, or 6 hours, ahead of Paldea. The same applies in reverse, with Blueberry Academy, which of course, is located in Unova, apparently being 18 minutes, or six hours, behind Paldea. Given Kitakami is to the east, that'd obviously mean Unova has to be located to the west.
Though, the location of Blueberry itself is a topic all on its own. We know the school's considered to be in Unova...

Briar: "I'm a teacher over at Blueberry Academy."
Jacq: "That's a school in the Unova region, you know."

Yet we never see anything like it in BW or B2W2. With how massive the school is, we definitely would've seen it on the Unova map, even back during the events of those games and if it was still under construction at the time.
Evidently, while it's part of Unova, it's still a fair distance away. I ultimately decided on placing it in the northeast. As the school itself is oriented with the entrance being to the south, plus the player arriving to said entrance via a subway, it'd be easiest if the school was to the north of Nimbasa City, as it'd be the straightest direction to build off of and connect to the school. Not the most solid reasoning, but not like there's much else to work with.

Blueberry Student (Entrance): "It's pretty wild the first time you come to school by riding a subway to an undersea elevator, huh?"

Peeking inside Blueberry though, we find an area resembling another location from the Unova games, the Nature Preserve. Some may suspect this area in Blueberry to literally be the Nature Preserve, as the two are quite similar looking, but that's pretty simple to disprove with the fact that while Blueberry is considered as part of Unova, the Nature Preserve isn't.

Flight Worker (Mistralton): "That lets you enter the Nature Preserve, which is far, far away from the Unova region!"

It's probably to the west, possibly a bit south given the direction Skyla's plane flies off in to travel there, but who knows. No way of knowing if it's even an island or not, but I decided to place it a bit further east than Blueberry around the north of Unova, as some of the Pokemon in the preserve do vaguely line up with those found in northern Unova. Who would've thought placing locations so closely associated with a region would be so difficult?
Of course, that pales in comparison to placing actual regions in relation to each other, especially one like Orre. Pokemon likes to pretend this region doesn't exist, and even in Colosseum and XD themselves, references to other regions are almost nonexistent; all we know for sure based on a few items that can be traded from the GBA games is that Orre is very far away from Kanto and Hoenn.
Given how remote and hostile Orre is in general, I ultimately decided to place it on the edge of this landmass, far away from most other regions. It could be tucked away anywhere really, but I chose this one due to Orre's real-world inspiration. Not much to work with.
Unlike Orre though, Alola doesn't match up with its real-world inspiration, as in order for Orre to be alone and forgotten, it wouldn't make much sense for Alola to be closer to it than other regions.
Alola is clearly quite far from Kanto, as the games make clear.

Kukui (SM): "We sure are a long way from Kanto out here in Alola. It's still daytime / nighttime out here, yeah!"
Mother (USUM): "And just look! It's already daytime / night here! It's completely the opposite of Kanto."

Plus, with Alolan Exeggutor and the more explicit tropical climate and aesthetic of the region, it's likely further south than Hoenn is.
On the topic of Alolan Exeggutor though, regional forms once again serve as an indication as to the location of another region: Lental.
Just like the original Snap, I don't believe New Snap is canon to the main series games, but also just like the original Snap, I figured, why not put Lental on the map anyway?
Although most Pokemon with regional forms in Lental use their original appearances, there are notably a few Alolan form Pokemon that also show up, with no space-time nonsense being implied or the characters even being surprised about them.
On top of that, with the vague similarities between Z-Power and the Illumina phenomenon, the case could definitely be made the Lental is somewhat close to Alola. Perhaps not that close, but along the same lines, if not a bit closer, than Ryme City is to Galar.
Either way, definitely more to work with for Lental than certain other regions.

Part 4: Ranger and Eastern Continent

To Ranger's benefit, I can at least say the games do provide a few loose clues as to where the regions are located; certainly more than Orre.
At least in regards to each other, the three Ranger regions do seem pretty close together, as, for one, Almia's newspaper, the Almia Times, reports on incidents in Fiore. Additionally, a photographer in Oblivia, Yoran, is excited to take pictures of Pokemon and show them to the people of Almia and Fiore, yet apparently nowhere else.

"Yoran, the Pokemon photographer, has a new lease on life! It is my duty to show to the people of Almia and Fiore all the Pokemon from Oblivia!

Even so, Oblivia does seem to be rather distant even from Fiore and Almia.

Murph: "Let me give you a brief explanation of the Oblivia region. In a sense, it's a place the rest of the world has forgotten about. It's a carefree and peaceful paradise!"

Although we don't get too much information about how these regions connect to the main series, it does seem they're quite far and isolated from regions with Poke Balls, most likely somewhere out of the way of people traveling between the main series regions.

Boy (Pueltown): "A Voltorb looks like one of the Pokemon Ball things you throw."

Though, given the few mentions of main series regions we do get, it does seem like the Ranger regions are closest to the first landmass we looked at, Pokemon Japan.

Hastings: "Hm? Murph, what did you just say? Somewhere far away? Brilliant! There is that option! For example, in the Sinnoh region, there should be many highly skilled Pokemon Trainers."
Woman (Ringtown): "It's too bad, but there are no Trainers in the Fiore region. There are many, many Trainers in far-off places like Kanto and Hoenn."

With Hastings deciding the best region to send the Fiore Manaphy egg is Sinnoh, that would imply it's one of the closest regions with Pokemon trainers, as it wouldn't make much sense to spend more time and effort sending the egg further away if the Ranger regions were closer to Unova or Paldea.
This does present a bit of a problem though, as there's another landmass implied to exist that we haven't seen yet: the Eastern region. Many may recognize it as the area where the Treasures of Ruin originate from, but those aren't the only Pokemon connected to this region, as so is Arcanine.

LGPE Pokedex: "A legendary Pokémon in the East. Many people are charmed by the grace and beauty of its running."

Which indicates this Eastern land has to be somewhere to the east of not just Paldea, but Kanto as well, which throws a wrench into the idea that Sinnoh's the closest region with Pokemon trainers.
It could be argued that perhaps the Treasures of Ruin and Arcanine come from different locations, but not only would that be redundant, it'd still imply there's some Eastern landmass that likely has Pokemon trainers.
Maybe it's as simple as characters in Ranger simply not having direct connections to anyone in this Eastern region. After all, Hastings at least does have direct connections to Sinnoh, as he mentions near the start of the Manaphy mission in the original Ranger.

Hastings: "That's it! I've remembered! This is a Pokemon Egg! It's very similar to those in the reference papers on Pokemon I ordered from the Sinnoh region!"

Perhaps the Ranger landmass is further north and closer to Sinnoh, or the Eastern land is located more to the south or even further east. The problem is that if the Ranger and Eastern lands are too close, or if the Eastern land is between the main Ranger landmass and Oblivia, you'd expect some overlap between the two countries, such as the Ranger regions having the occasional trainer, or the Eastern land being under the control of rangers. Hopefully one day we'll see this Eastern land and learn a bit more about it. Maybe there will be rangers, though probably not.
But until another new region gets introduced, that's the Pokemon world for you. Can't wait for that next region to unintentionally mess everything up and make things even more confusing.
Not the biggest fan of this one, I gotta say. There is some evidence backing up certain placements, but there's also a huge lack of information in general. Like I said, the main reason I made this was to present the little bits of information we do get moreso than actually making a map.
There are admittedly more locations I could've placed on the map, most notably, the region of Go. Despite logic suggesting the area of Go is simply the entire world, there is implication that "Earth" is just another region, as I touched on in part of my timeline theory. But even though Go is canon, I decided against including "Earth", since it would've looked really dumb. I guess I'd put it on the west if anywhere? I don't know.
At least, Go's the only more canon game I didn't include. There are other areas I didn't add such as the two PokeParks from those games, areas from the TCG, Ransei, the setting of games like Battle Trozei and Duel, and so on. Most of these I left out due to a lack of even vague clues as to their location, plus questionable canonicity for many of them, even moreso than Snap. PokePark in particular I also left out because those games could potentially take place in the far future, such as around the time of Mystery Dungeon, when the world has drastically changed appearance. Weird how we got a world map for MD, but not the main series, huh?
Maybe I'll add all these locations to the next iteration of this map if I ever make another one, though that's probably not going to be for a long while.

**UPDATE The tornado passed within 200 yards of our little boat and other than a flat tire on one side of the trailer, she seems to be fine. We can’t get to her yet, but we’re able to get in through a back route and see her through the fence. So relieved! but our hearts are still broken for those who are suffering and have lost so much.
We have a little sailboat stored there that is older and therefore uninsurable, but my husband has spent a long time renovating it and we’re hoping it somehow survived.

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I'm really worried for my sister and her husband. tl;dr My sister and her husband have decided to buy a boat and live on the ocean. They have never seen the ocean or been on a boat before and they can't even swim. I think this a terrible idea but my sister won't listen to anyone who doesn't agree with this.
(For some background information so my post makes sense: my family is from Saskatchewan, in Canada. There is a river that's sort of near where we live. And there is a lake a few hours away from here that my parents took my sister and I to a couple of times when we were younger. But we live in a landlocked province. In the middle of the prairies. It's the exact same situation for my sister's husband.)
My sister is married. They had planned on buying a house after the wedding because their lease would be expiring and my sister told me they are tired of renting. But that's all changed. They have announced they are going to buy boat and live as "nomads" (their word, not mine). It was my sister who had the idea and her husband got on board right away. I don't know where this came from. Neither of them have ever talked about owning a boat. They have already quit their jobs and are donating/giving away almost all of their things. My sister had told me they have just over $70,000 saved for their down payment. Now instead of buying a house they are going to use it to buy a sailboat and sail all over the world. They say they will do odd or remote jobs if they need money but otherwise they are heading for the "freedom" of the ocean (again they used that word, not me).
When they announced their plan I was shocked. I thought they were kidding. I think this is a spectacularly bad idea. Their only experience with water is having been to a lake a couple of times when they were kids (and a lake here in Saskatchewan is not the same as the ocean). Neither of them have ever been outside of Saskatchewan before (not shaming them because I haven't either). Neither of them have ever been on a boat before. Neither of them have ever seen the ocean. And neither of them knows how to swim. I think this such a stupid idea. My sister and her husband aren't kids, they are both adults older than 35. Apparently my sister's husband has a sister who made them see a doctor because of how out of character this is. But all the tests came back clean. His sister is as against this as I am. Another thing that shocked me, is what my sister told me about having kids. Before the wedding she said they wanted to have kids as soon as possible given their age. I thought this would change with their plan to buy a boat but my sister says they still want to have kids and she doesn't see why she can't be pregnant or why they can't raise kids on the boat.
My sister wasn't happy when I asked her what she is thinking, or when I told her it's a stupid idea. I realize she and her husband can do whatever they want with their lives but I'm honestly scared for them. I can think of so many ways this can go wrong. I'm afraid they will get hurt or killed. They are dead set and dig their heels in whenever anyone tells them this is a bad idea. I know I can't control what other people do but I'm so worried and scared.

Looking for somewhere to bring a sailboat and two power boats full of 20 people (kids too) where we can play undisturbed in the wilderness. We are experienced rustic campers and boaters. Looking for remote location, very few people. Willing to drive anywhere in Michigan including the UP for the right environment. We want to hike, swim, cook out, find mushrooms etc.

I have had my starlink on my sailboat for several years with no issues. I almost never leave it powered on under way as it uses significant power.
This last passage, and once or twice over the years I have attempted to power it on under way to get a weather update. It never powers on. App shows disconnected. The dish never moves from the stowed position. I left it connected for several minutes as well as re-seated all cables.
The boat was rolling and rocking significantly, but not more than normal on a sailboat under way.
As soon as I got back to a stable dock, It turned on and functioned normally.
I have the Mobile Regional plan, and have never had any other issues as I frequent change locations.
Also, where did the Mobile priority toggle switch go? I expected to have to turn that on for open ocean access.

Hey guys
I have always had a deep love for the seas and the oceans. My most vivid memory of my youth was being on sailing camp and feeling the freedom of sailing an optimist.
Now that I am in my early 20s I have gotten lucky enough to be able to afford my own sailboat (under 50K).
Ever since I voiced my idea of buying a boat, I have been bombarded with skepticism. “Koop een boot, werk je dood” (Buy a boat, work youself dead). Nobody in my close circles owns or has ever owned a boat and they’re worried I end up working on it more than I am sailing it.
All that skepticism is valid, and obviously I would love to sail on it more than working on it.
That’s why I am wondering: “Are there any somewhat-reliable boats out there?”
All boats need work, but is there a difference in maintenance work in between monohull-sailboats? For example, I heared an aluminum hull needs less work.
In other words, what things do I need to watch out for to not be working on a boat more than sailing it?
I appreciate you all and this subreddit for all the great info!

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As the title asks.
Consider: An SUV/CUV is functionally a station wagon. But for some reason they has more cachet.
Yet my sporty station wagon can do 0 - 60 and 1/4 miles and every time beat SUVs/CUVs. If I were racing for pink slips I'd have to get a bigger driveway.
Furthermore: my wagon has a trailer hitch; becasue I've got a boat! (WooHoo for me)
But it's a sailboat (is that another down-check? Maybe becasue it ain't' got a big-ass motor?)
I am flummoxed by the rules of dating when it comes to vehicles and sports equipment (boats).
Please advise.
Thanks in advance.
BTW: my station wagon is a nice bright red. Kinda like those Radio Flyer wagons you had when you were a child.