The Home You Own What it’s like to live full time on a 400-square-foot sailboat. Living on a boat has a way of shifting your perspective, say those who do it, by freeing you from excess stuff ...

For most New Yorkers, success translates into bigger real estate. Not so for renowned chocolatier Jacques Torres, who is living out a boyhood dream on a yacht moored in a marina in New Jersey.

In 2003, Patrick and Ali Schulte sold everything they owned and bought a 35-foot catamaran. They've been living and working on the road ever since.