I just read a pretty damn ok description of what it is to be a cruiser. Not a frickin Carnival cruise lines buffet eating cruiser but a Cruiser. A person who wanders about the world on his own terms, hopefully on a sailboat.

It's from sailpanache.com

"Cruising is essentially the most inconvenient way to do things. Its slow, things break all the time and nothing is straightforward. Add a language barrier, the assumption that you are a millionaire for owning a boat (ahem, yacht), and things can really be shitty sometimes. I watch a smile creep over their face, and I start to smile too, because I really like the challenge. I like testing myself. And I like the freedom. Nothing satisfying is ever easy. "