付不起房租怎麼辦？英國大學生改住遊艇

A student who couldn't afford to pay rent bought a boat to live on while studying at university - and saved himself £5,600.
一個學生讀大學期間付不起房租，他就買了一艘船住在上面——這爲節約了5600英鎊。

Physical geography student, Joe Pearce, 23, bought the 42-year-old yacht online for £800, the equivalent of two months' rent.
23歲的自然地理學專業的學生喬-皮克斯在網上以800英鎊買下了這首有42年曆史的遊艇，這相當於他兩個月的月租。

He lived aboard the 23-foot Falmouth Gypsy class boat in a boatyard for 14 months while studying for his masters at Aberystwyth University.
這隻法爾茅斯吉普賽風格的遊艇長23尺，他在船裏住了14個月，期間他在阿伯里斯特威斯大學進修碩士學位。

It was built in Penryn, Cornwall, 32 years ago and has a glass fibre hull with a plywood coach roof.
這艘船是32年前在北威爾士的康沃爾建成，配有玻璃光纖船體和膠合板船頂。

Mr Pearce said: 'When I was studying for my masters I realised I couldn't afford to keep living in a flat. I was sharing a flat with my girlfriend, and we would split the £100-a-week rent between us. But when we broke up I would have had to pay around 400 pounds a month by myself. So I then came up with a crazy idea to buy a boat to live on.'
皮爾斯先生說：“在我進修碩士學位時，我發現我無法支付公寓費用，我和我的女朋友合租公寓，我們每月平分那100英鎊的租金。但當我們分手了，我每月必須支付約400英鎊的房租。所以我想到了買條船住在上面的瘋狂想法。”

He added: 'My friends were excited and I think they were expecting a glamorous yacht - but they were shocked when they saw it. It had seen better days and I thought of it as luxury camping, or that I was living in a wooden tent!'
他補充道：“我的朋友們很興奮，我想他們以爲會是一艘迷人的遊艇——但是當他們看到船的時候驚呆了。它曾經有過美好的時光，我 把它想象成豪華露營，或者說我生活在木質的帳篷裏！”

The boat had a 1970 engine and the tallest part of the boat was 5ft and Mr Pearce found it difficult to move around as he's almost 6ft.
船上配有1970年的發動機，而船體的最高部分只有5英尺，皮爾斯覺得在裏面難以行動，因爲他有6英尺高。

Mr Pearce said: 'I kept it at the Ynyslas boatyard, eight miles outside of Aberystwyth and I would cycle to and from university to save money. Everyone at the boatyard was really helpful and helped me fix parts of the boat as I had no DIY experience. It only cost £1 a day to keep it there.
皮爾斯說：“我把它停泊在伊尼拉斯碼頭，這裏距離阿博斯維斯有八英里，我可以騎自行車往返學校，這樣我就可以省錢。碼頭上的人都很友好，由於我沒有DIY經驗，他們幫我修了船上六個地方。這裏每天僅需要花費1英鎊。

'At times it became cramped and the low ceiling wasn't ideal as I had to crouch down otherwise I would have hit my the boat was the talk of the town and I'd also host boat parties on it.'
“有時候它會很擁擠，而低矮的天花板不太理想，我需要蹲下來不然會撞到頭。但是這條船已經成爲了鎮上的熱點話題，我還辦過船上派對啥的。”

He graduated last December and has just sailed the 500-miles from North Wales to his home in Totland, Isle of Wight.
他去年12月畢業，並從北威爾士駕船航行了500英里回到他在懷特島的家。

Mr Pearce said: 'It was so much fun living on the boat - I saved a lot of money and I've still it got it and use it to go fishing around the island. It was a fantastic experience and I wouldn't change anything about it. The boat has got so much character and it's officially my boat.'
皮爾斯說：“在船上生活很有趣——我省了很多錢，而我現在仍然擁有它，並且能用它在島周圍釣魚。這是一個夢幻般的經歷，我不會改變它的任何地方。這艘船如此有特點，它已經正式成了我的船了。”