You know you’re a cruiser . . .

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You know you’re a truly committed long-term cruiser if:

When asked who you are, you give your first name and your boat’s name, not your surname.
You cannot truthfully answer all of the following questions: Address? Telephone number? Occupation?
You do not know the day of the week without serious thought and discussion with other cruisers on VHF.
You have on your boat at least one ‘temporary fix’ that has been in place for more than a year.
You have stopped believing in the phrase ‘worldwide warranty.’
You never tack more than once a day, and then only after long consideration.
You can’t view a sunset without automatically reaching for a beer.
You have been asked ‘What do you do all day?’ at least 1,000 times. You no longer try to respond seriously to this question.
You haven’t worn a button-down shirt or blouse in the past year.
You no longer own a pair of leather-soled shoes.
All of your shorts have battery-acid holes, mismatched patches, and grease spots.
Your latest sartorial look is somewhere between ‘scruffy’ and ‘Calcutta street beggar.’

[Sail Magazine, February 2001, p. 14, with amendments and additions]