Full Time Sailboat Living - Prioritizing Experiences Over Things
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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Imagine never have sailed alone, then you and your partner buy a sailboat one day, and poof, you're in the water living in your new tiny home on the sea! After downsizing from their land home, Jenny, Mac, and their rescue pup Disco took to the water in a 1980 Alberg37 sailboat. With 200 sq. ft of livable space and only 60 sq. ft of walking room, this couple and their dog had to find a new rhythm around the living quarters. This adventurous couple show us around their tiny home while explaining several storage hacks and notable additions that make this rig thoroughly functional for living full time.
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We installed a fresh water hose in the cockpit and got rid of the shower bag. Huge improvement.
A freshwater shower is quickly rising on our priority list- we're so tired of showering from bags. We actually started using a weed sprayer style pump and it's been an improvement on showering from bags. Ready to go electric!
How incredible is that... My father had a 28 footer and we barely used it. Mom sold it when he passed and I wish we had spent more time on it.
My nephew & his family live on a sailboat. They're happy & are now raising their son on the boat!❤
Maya is a beautiful sailboat. It must be fun to be a live-aboard and sail to different places with fantastic scenery, catch awesome-sized fish, bake sourdough in your gimbale stove/oven, etc. I had a friend who was a live-aboard at Shilshoe Bay Marina in Seattle and sailed with her and friends many times, as well as a boyfriend upon his sailboat. Lots of fun! Thanks for sharing. Jenny
Cruising is so magical in the PNW! The more places we see and experience the more we love the PNW! Thanks for watching!
I love the headroom in your galley and salon area! I slam my head in my boat every time I head to the aft cabin.
We love Maya's interior layout- very open and and comfortable!
Leaving YT forever. Migrating to Rumble. I'll follow you there if you make it. If you don't, then best of luck.
@Brother Breeze something tells me they won’t be heading to Rumble. I’ve been on Rumble for 2+ years and love it. So nice to be on a platform that doesn’t censor/cancel people🙂
Where did you learn to sail? What maintenance do you have to do daily? weekly? monthly? yearly? Have you been in any super bad weather and waves? How do you know how much your boat can handle or what do you do if a freak storm comes on?
We are mostly self taught, but we started with a week long liveaboard class in the PNW. Maintenance is pretty constant, but manageable if you stay on top of things. We have been in some rough seas, but thankfully Maya is a stout and reliable design that is known for being strong. We watch the weather closely and make all of our traveling plans based on that- for the most part we sit at anchor during large storms.
What a beautiful home. Definitely a simpler life with the blessing coming from experience not stuff.
that seems really fun to live in!
You have a really nice boat. Disco is so adorable!
Thank you! Disco is the best- we love her!
Very sensibel views you guys have on cruising in general and about the size of the boat as well. Sounds like you nailed the concept of sailing in reasonable comfort without going to big or too small either. Its also important to be able to store a good deal af food and gear if you want to go on long passages. Happy winds and following seas as we say here in Denmark.
Hey Chris. It’s your Keto bud Bart here you’ll have to come back to BC next summer to tour my SV!!!! That’s my plan!
I really like that you sleep in the cockpit, that’s awesome!!! I’ll bet you can run the sheets from your bunk.
It's a pretty comfortable little boat!
Gorgeous boat!
Beautiful
So how does Disco do her business? Do you have an astroturf patch or a mulch box for her or something like that?
We used an astroturf pad to teach her to go on the boat, but we don't need that anymore. She goes right on the deck of the boat and we spray it down with a salt water spray pump. Works great! Although if we are anchored near shore we take her to land to do her business. Thanks for asking!
@@CruisingMaya Wow, nice!
@@Brigand231 I'd rather use the turf and clean it.
@@denisephillips9269 I'm sure, as the proverb goes, "it all comes out in the wash" just the same :D
I asked as I have zero experience with any of the methods. The other half and I were considering a cruise and when we asked about her service dog the company said their ships usually have the turf or a mulch box, but that they change their methods frequently. It's only because we were told that that I was curious and knew what to ask.
nice.
She's beautiful.
Beautiful sailboat! Do you ever get tired of eating fish? (serious question)
We haven't gotten tired of eating fish yet! It's all so delicious and fresh- can't beat it! Such a great part of living on the water.
Very educational and entertaining, well done.
Thank you so much for your content..I luv to see all the different places people live and the creativity..this boat is so amazing...I luv how they use every spot..Ty..keep on vlogging
We have a lot more videos of us using the boat at our channel. Cheers.
Beautiful dog🐾💫✨🐾
Liability insurance is becoming an issue with older vessels. Most marinas and ports-of-call require $300.000 liability coverage, which is becoming hard-to-get.
Old boat purchases can make sense but usually not. On a forty year old boat, every single thing needs either replacement or extensive repair.
Whatever you end-up paying for the boat, you can easily and conservatively, double that price for much needed maintenance and upgrades. Any small engine repower (for example) can easily run
$ 20,000 alone! How about mast and standing rigging? (Long overdue for replacement no doubt.) Leaking diesel tank? Been there, done that. (That required removal of the hull liner, teak cabin sole (floor) and existing cabinetry.
Small boats are nice but not very practical or comfortable for cruising couples and not legal live-aboard vessels, in most marinas.
There's also not much difference in the price, to refit a 30 foot boat, as a 40 footer.
For what I've got sunk into my 1976 classic-plastic sailboat, I could just-as-easily be in a 2000 yr. model. And that would only be 22 years old today.
In my experience liability insurance is super easy to get. You are correct on regular insurance though- we could not find a provider for our boat in Mexican waters.... so we go uninsured (we have the required Mexican liability insurance).
Yes boat parts get expensive, but if you look purely at the financials why would anyone buy a boat? Our boat has brought us so many incredible memories and experiences- I couldn't possibly put a price on that.
@@CruisingMaya I love my old boat too. I'm just telling it like it is. What I didn't share was the story of my first boat. I found it in somebody's back yard and bought it for $1000 dollars. It was a 1978 Ericson 27 with cats living inside.
I worked on it for 5 years and spent $15,000 on a total refit. (This was back in the 1990's.) The boat was better than new and even had a new diesel inboard engine. During installation, I somehow made a mistake in the engine cooling exhaust system. I still don't fully understand it, since I followed the directions and diagrams perfectly. I even bought a book on marine engine installation. Unfortunately I'm not a boatwright or even a mechanic and I knew I was in big trouble when seawater, suddenly siphoned back into the engine block. It was hopeless. The new engine was completely water-locked and ruined.
I put an outboard on the transom and lived with it for a year. During that time we discovered that the boat was just to small, so we put it up for sale. After about a year I managed to sell the old gal for $ 3,000 and I was lucky to get that
Now we have a 1976 Down East 38. It's very cool and has a bowsprit and stuff. FYI, my insurance was cancelled due to a small claim. We are also live-a-boards. You put that together and you get nothin but "no" when seeking insurance.
Anyway, i bought the boat for $40,000 and put another $40,000 into it (mostly parts.) The labor I don't count, since that was all me. After another five years of part-time, but difficult work, the boat is finally seaworthy.
Yesterday I'm looking at an add for a 40 foot, 2000 Beneteau Oceanus for sale, $90,000.
Do you think I might have made a mistake?
Have literally watched 1000s of liveaboard videos. This felt amazing in so many ways. No, it’s not Uber luxury, with Caribbean booze soaked Bikini fun baiting us in every scene change. Refreshing! I look forward to watching many more of yours and remembering your advice when I purchase my own “Dream/Illusion” vessel in 2022. ❤️🙏
Glad you enjoy our style! We try to portray what cruising is actually like.
Good luck with the boat search- and go as small as you can! 37' is definitely doable for a couple.... and pets! Cheers.
Wow incredible 😍
This is my husband's dream. I kinda need to get excited about it, too.
Cruising is so fun- especially when it can bring you to super remote places.... in comfort! Here's a playlist of our recent trip to Southeast Alaska- lots of wildlife and fishing in the series.
Link to playlist: ua-cam.com/video/WMJdpZjCHOk/v-deo.html
@@CruisingMaya how cool! Thanks. We live in Idaho and have a dairy, but maybe someday! I will definitely check out your Playlist and subscribe because I need to learn!
@@caramoonlynn Great thank you! Cruising is very rewarding- Cheers!
@@CruisingMaya thanks. And thanks for the reply.
Their boat is really cool 😎 👌 👍 😀 😄 😁
Beautiful boat. Thanks for the tour. I've often wondered about crime faced by boaters while sleeping on their boat. Do u know any stories of break-ins while a boat is occupied while docked or away from the shore?
We have lived on our boat for over 4 years and have never had an incident or anything close to resembling crime. There are places on shore we've felt unsafe (San Francisco and San Diego most recently), but never while at anchor. It's kinda like being on your own island at anchor..... really nice!!!
Congrats. You'll be glad you did this. Life is too short to live in the working world with little travel. Do you need an international fishing license? How does the fishing licenses work?
I’m Just curious. What happens when the things you have allow you to have more experiences?
Sounds a lot like a boat.
I like being under way when I'm under way because being under way is under way
How do you dispose of compost
Compost goes in a trash bag, then into the trash.
Beautiful 😍😍😍❤
Is the folding door watertight?
What do you do in the winter....?
Winters are not fun living aboard- we have a video that shows some of the weather conditions during the winter. We recently moved the boat to Mexico.... weather is much nicer there than the PNW :-)
Link to Video: ua-cam.com/video/vnYxDmfLS9Q/v-deo.html
Curious, where does the dog do it’s business?
Awesome all the best 🙏🏽 🌞 👍🏾
👌👌👌
Nice guac shelf🤙🏼
It's all about the guac!
@@CruisingMaya yes it’s definitely all about the 🥑 guac
May I ask how you earn money living on boat? I would love to live like that, but worried about how to pay for regular expenses. Thx
Do you ever have safety concerns? Weird people out there with bad intentions.
Do you need to have current, valid passports?
You guys should get an electric motor scooter
Maya…the feminine Devine…the power of manifestation and yes it also means illusion….as the concept of reality (god), duality (maya)….maya being the ying and yang concept of a male god, female goddess…
How many people is comfortable? You two + 4 or You two + 2? You said you could host 6 but 4 is comfortable.
We can have 6 people at the table below decks for dinner/meal/cards. We've had as many as 11 people in our cockpit for a party!
Maya is pretty comfortable when we are hosting two others. We could have 5 aboard for several days- although that would be VERY cozy.
When I was a child there were 6 of us living on a sailboat with a dog. My parents had a Christmas party on our 40 foot Newporter Ketch there were over 20 people plus our dog onboard and the waterline disappeared. It was a blast people in the cockpit on deck inside the cabin. people were eating drinking and having a great time. People still can walk around. We also had people on the dock too. My parents knew how to party. My parents and I lived on a couple of different boats for a total of 8 years. Loved the boat life. My wife and I have an Oday 272 and love it. We work on it in Spring sail in Summer and haul out in Winter.
Nice idea, nice boat but even smaller than tiny home on land. You are limited as to off boat activities when underway. Tiny house on land you have yard area, bikes, etc. But it's yours to enjoy. Good luck and safe travels.
Benefits and drawbacks to both. We love the easy ability to move our house (and travel for free when sailing!). Plus jumping off the boat for a swim is pretty awesome!
There is other meaning for the name maya is from God. Cool boat 👌🏻
We love Maya!
Start off with 300k cash...leave with 100k, and carry on...
Beautiful