--- title: "110: Boats and FIRE with Seth Vore" id: "5723" type: "post" slug: "boats-fire-seth-vore-110" published_at: "2021-12-31T22:54:55+00:00" modified_at: "2024-04-14T00:17:29+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/boats-fire-seth-vore-110/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/boats-fire-seth-vore-110.md" excerpt: "Seth Vore shares about his local boat tour company, being debt free, retirement and the year-long adventure his family is looking forward to next year on a boat." taxonomy_category: - "Podcast" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Seth Vore" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [110: Boats and FIRE with Seth Vore](https://johnpoelstra.com/boats-fire-seth-vore-110/) Seth Vore shares about his local boat tour company, being debt free, retirement and the year-long adventure his family is looking forward to next year on a boat. 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