INTERIOR TOUR of our WINTER (Alaska) Live-aboard Boat! 

Thanks for watching! We are now preparing for the Northwest Passage this summer, sailing from Alaska to Greenland! I've just finished the project webpage: www.alluringarctic.com/ . The page will get updated as we go along. I will of course also be making a video series of the preparations and the passage itself. So stay tuned and bookmark the page to keep updated! :)

Bucket showers on the deck. Gives a whole new meaning to "shrinkage" lol.

Looks ideal to me. You should both be proud of the work you put into Lumi.

You to are an absolutely adorable couple and have created a beautiful home on the water. I think that the space is perfect, homey and functional all at the same time. May it provide the two of you years of memories. Never apologize for a little bit of clutter…. It’s just a sign of a full life. Thank you showing us your world. Sending you both love and respect from Idaho, USA 🥰🥰🥰

Instant coffee?!? As a fellow Finnish citizen I'll have to reconsider hitting that thumbs up button... 😁

WOW 😮 Your boat looks great & so cozy😊 You two did a fantastic job on the rebuild & no one would think the before & after shots are the same boat. Enjoy your next sail. 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♀️🇺🇸

My fiance and I lived on a 27ft sailboat and for a while it was very cold. We would have snow on our boat and iced up portholes. We wore lots of layers, had a nice down bag to sleep in, took bucket showers, and drank instant coffee as well. Not that we did it for nearly as long as you guys have but it gave me such an appreciation for what you guys do and I find it awesome. Although I'm not a big fan of the cold myself, I find the lifestyle you guys have so fascinating and you're one of the main sailing channels I watch most frequently. ❤️

I wish I had the balls to take the leap and do what you do! You guys are inspiring. Be safe and well. Thank you guys.

"The wire chaos of hell". I like it. I love watching your videos. Very peaceful, even including the wire area.

Sohvi and Juho: I remember your episode, inspecting Lumi in Napa, California and thought, "my goodness, I wonder who designed this spacious 44ft sailboat"? You both have turned her into a picture of function and one of a tidy, cozy Alaskan hideaway on the water. We love the carpet Sohvi designed on the cabin floor, the diesel heat, the galley arrangement, etc.. The aft dining room area with all the seating or Sohvi's space is awesome, truly a lovely area for inviting friends or relaxing with a good book. We haven't heard from you for a while and were concerned that the Alaskan winters had taken their toll. Wishing you a safe and beautiful passage through the Northwest Passage. Before Valdez opened up the Pipeline, Exxon ran an icebreaker bow Tanker through this passage, studying the feasibility of crude oil transport. I happened to have been the Third Mate on this passage and later ran the Valdez to Long Beach run with ARCO Marine, Inc.. We can't wait for your coming episodes and want to thank you both again for making us welcome in your cozy and comfortable Home.

I have now learned: I will never live on a boat. This was a valuable lesson. Thank you. Your boat is fantastic, and so too is your loved one. :)

Your comment of “the whole boat is a frig” is hilarious. Brought flashbacks of the unheated attic I used as a bedroom during my college days in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Thanks for the interesting tour.

You look much happier without that critter on your head, you guys are neat. Enjoy watching!

Thank you for SHARING a part of your LIFE with ALL!

I love hearing from you and watching your stories! You both are a good example of conservation, cleanliness, and order without which living happily in such a small space would be very difficult. Thanks for sharing this part of your lives with us. Murry from Salmon, Idaho.

Thanks for sharing and being a nice example for the younger sailing generation!

Great video! What a difference from when we saw you in the yard in Napa. I is so delightful and encouraging to see you making your plans come alive. Thank you! Namaste.🙏

Great low-key tour! Your style is much appreciated as I have watched so many boat tours for work doing translation and voice-over. The change a pace is a breath of fresh air. Thank you for sharing, and I look forward to your series on the NW passage.

Get yourself some big round granite rocks from the beach and set them on your Reflek heater. It’ll keep your feet warm for hours. Bring it to bed and it will last all night!!

Cozy little nest for the two of you. Thanks for sharing. ❤❤

You've done an excellent job enhancing the design for cold weather sailing, providing precisely what is necessary to sustain research work and activities in extremely remote and harsh conditions.

Very happy to see you back, I've been visualizing you hunkered down and feeling isolated.

Great tour of your life on board! I'm most impressed by your running dialogue and how you handle the camera by keeping it stationary while going down the hall for a better space perspective. And how you handle all your needs. I'd pretty much do it exactly the same... except for the instant coffee : )

Thank you for the tour of your “cozy” living quarters. Happy you are both well. Stay safe and stay well.

Your boat is amazingly tidy given how much y’all do for activities!!!! Thanks for the tour!

Lumi sure has come a long way from the time you purchased her to your current tour video. This is one amazing boat and a big step up from Sylvia and Antartika (we won't mention the other boat that had a short span in your travels). I really like the layout of this sailing yacht and how you remodeled it. Thanks for sharing the tour Sohvi and Juho.

Very interesting how you guys organized your belongings in tight quarters. It certainly can be challenging to find items buried other things. Thanks for sharing. I like it!

Awesome...I'm in North Carolina, and realize my fiberglass boat is high maintenance.... your videos inspired me to eventually get an aluminum hull sailing vessel as It is low maintenance.... Godspeed....and be safe

Thank you for the tour. Your sailboat bigger than I expected.. please stay safe.

I love the both of you BUT, you should always have a current chart and kee3p it updated for the time WEN the GPS will fail for some reason. I suggest have them laminated and used as a desk top. Just a suggetion from an old navigator.

Very interesting, Thankyou for sharing. A decent amount of space for two people to live aboard. Looks very cosy.

So happy to see another video out. Thanks for the tour & explanations. Be well, warm & safe.

I spent an early spring on my boat in the same area. My constant complication was always condensation. I got some cheap foam rubber that I could stuff into hatches and cover the windows with at night that made a huge difference.

Thank you for the tour of your boat. I like the covered cockpit as a place to change out of wet gear. The diesel stove looks warm and cozy but the hot water bottles are the best!! Thank you for all you do to share winter adventures in Alaska. I live near Seattle Washington USA.

Very comfortable. Very practical. Thanks for inviting us into your home. Cheers

Thanks for sharing this, Juho! What an awesome living arrangement. Can't wait to follow your journey further North this summer!

Wellcome back, I was afraid something could go wrong as you have been absent for so long. Happy to see you again!

Good luck with staying as warm as possible! It's great to get another overview of the boat and layout. E.g. I thought that the daytank was located further to the bow. I really like those older Garcia models and find it fascinating to see how you use Lumi and your individual design choices. Fair winds and Immer eine handbreit Wasser unterm Kiel! Greetings from germany 😊

The interior is more roomy and finished better than I expected. Very nice!

Happy to see a new video on your channel. The boat is cozy and functional, that matters most. Stay warm and happy. Looking forward to new activities videos!

"The whole boat is a fridge" 🥶🥶😉❤️❤️🫶👍🇦🇺🌏 I'll stay warm on the Tropic of Capricorn 😅 Thanks for showing us the amazing sights of the Far North.. that's way too cold for me and I appreciate the ecological work you two do. Thanks for showing the vessels still monitoring the site of the Exxon Valdez oil spill from 35 years ago.. that's reassuring, but also a sobering reminder of the harm we can inflict on nature. Please take care among the icebergs, and keep sharing your amazing views of snowy mountain ranges, humpback whales, and sunsets ❤❤

Good to hear from you guys

Thank you for the look around

Great to see a tour of your lovely boat, but wait, what happened to your signature dreadlocks? You look so different without them. 😊

Beautiful sailboat. You guys were really good at finding her and refitting her back to live. Congratulations

I admire your practical solutions which are innovative too.

Thanks for the tour! I would love to see more detailed breakdown of your sports equipment. Would you mind going a separate video for that?

Fiscars scissors are the best!!!❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for the tour. It is a beautiful vessel.

Love that salon and hard dodger / pilot house design! Awesome.

Beautiful boat for sure and practical in its layout, definitely can tell the experienced cold weather sailor at work!

Great walk through. Thanks for making this video. I'm guessing the weather has been normal and kept you pretty much captive to the boat. Yet even that is some feat and only your very well considered preparations have made it possible. I would like to comment on the notion of time: Every day, all situations, the cold, the howling winds; just you two. Keeping sane is also quite some achievement.

Love hearing from Sovhi ❤ she is great on camera 😊 cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

That's a really unusual and spacious layout for a sailboat yacht. You have a snug living room arrangement where a rear cabin would normally be. I like it. Like open-plan liveaboard living.

She's a beautiful boat! Thanks for the tour. I just watched a couple of your earlier videos of post-purchase..You guys have come a long way in a short time-nice work!! The boat looks like a super cozy place to be in a winter anchorage, as long as you're bundled up! I love the narrow passageway to the bow-very good for moving safely through the boat in a seaway.

The "livingroom" area is super generous with space, I love the couch for 10 people! That is so cool to have on a boat. I know that LUMI is 44 foot, but still very nice interior design. I immediately imagined a wide drawer, when you mentioned the chart table with usless space.

Looks lovely and snug , you are so well prepared and everything worked out.

With others looking at sailing north, you have given them good ideas and solutions to consider.

fantastic setup on Lumi, so well thought out with limited space.

I love the unusual layout. The giant settee area is awesome, as is the access to all sides of the motor under the table. The pilothouse and almost horizontal companionway hatch are cool as well.

Hi, I'm also an instant coffee ☕ drinker. 😁 Thank you for the tour of the interior of your boat, its lovely and I really love the teak wood, and it's surprising how much stuff you have in your boat. I live full time on a narrow boat ( with my 4 cats) 🐈 in the UK 🇬🇧 55ft long X 6' 10 wide, and I am on a canal which is nice, especially in the summer. I don't have a mooring, so I continuesly cruise, and so I am self - sufficient. Winter on the canal is quite difficult especially coping with all the mud, because on this particular stretch of the canal its mostly grass and mud 😀 when it's been raining as much as it has so far this year. I love watching your videos, and I love all the amazing, and beautiful places you sail to. Thank you. 😊

Good to see you guys are surviving the weather. It's been a bit crazy this winter.

Really cozy boat. Thanks for the tour. Looking so much forward for your northwest passage

Looks homey, cozy and ready for adventure. Stay safe out there. ⛵️

Thanks for showing us the inside oof your boat. Some great thoughts and ideas. II do like the Ikea carpet!! All the best Richard

You are Both Great Decision Makers, Beautiful Boat, Not what a Lot of people would have expected from How the Boat Looked at the Day of Purchase, You really New what You were Buying. Best Regards!⛵

From an Alaskan... You guys are doing it right. Loving these episodes and also really like this layout. Seems really great for these northern climates.

I’m really envious ,great looking boat

Ah, those little thermo fans are a life saver. Made such a difference when I lived on my narrowboat.

This boat really looks very spacious and functional. I remember what a wreck it was when you bought it. It’s been fun to follow along!

My husband and I are wintering on our boat in Georian Bay. You have an amazing space! We look forward to your videos. Thanks from SV Misty Shores!! You are both amazing.

Wonderful tour!! Very cozy and I love the ikea rugs!

You have a very interesting sinaurio. I lived in a 27 foot boat for to years in Canada the floor was sooooo COLD. Good to see your looking strong. Lifes addictive which creates clutter// stay clean and warm Thanks for your tour Curtis...note: 7 yrs off grid 7.5x23.5 lD

You really have a beautiful functional, strong boat. I love it.

Really interesting to get a perspective of the interior of the boat. The aft settees look a great idea.

Looks so cosy. I'd be very happy in that space.

You are great represantives of Finnish people! Keep on loving sailing and each other!

Really nice, purposeful boat. Congratulations!

Always love living area with collection of books, no matter how small

A real coffee percolator would go well on that diesel heater…

Very nice interior and I do appreciate your fantastic Videos, some great adventures for the two of you. A tip on your condensation problem, I had the same on camper trailer. To fix it we put a small track on the front edge to slide a Vinyl cover into, then domed the edges to fasten it well, and had strips of 30x30mm wide foam tape stuck to the inside of the cover at approximately 250 mm spacing. It could be quickly removed and rolled up and put away when travelling to our next destination, this was winter time of course. Cheers from New Zealand

Cool best use of space etc for what you have a little time and work and it will all take shape. must be a great life style vey envious, enjoy!

That Reflux looks great...!

WE LOVE THE FISKARS TOO!

Great boat. The lounge area is huge.

This is the best layout that I have ever seen absolutely perfect in my opinion thank you for sharing

Thank you It took a long time to see this video since rebuilt. Looks great 👍

Your videos are amazing. Your filming is just remarkable. I will definitely continue to watch your videos. Thank you very much.

Would love a video that focuses on provisioning, the kitchen, what is there now, what is working, what you have planned for the future, what you do for food storage, the length of time you provision for, what provisioning looks like in AK (where do you shop? will you use online purchases?), how you're thinking about provisioning for your Northwest Passage trip (will you go into Anchorage?). Thanks!

Very nice tour ! Many thanks for letting us visit ! ^^

Thanks for sharing your home. Very well presented.

Nice boat, looking forward to the technical stuff.

Thank you to give a tour of the boat.

Great tour and nice boat, thanks for sharing :)

O so loved your tour! Living the life you enjoy and making it great. 🎉 party on!🎉

This is so cool, ive always wanted a sail boat but never thought it could because i live in Alaska you guys are definitely giving me hope.

I hope you get to make your trip this year. Great tour! Great use of the hot water bottles!

I just discovered you guys. I love these sailing videos. So much better than some of the others who just film themselves on the beach. This is real and i appreciate how you give explanations and reasonings to things. Keep it up.

GREAT video 👏👏👏👏😀😀🇨🇦🇨🇦 As I follow your channel I was thinking how do you have all this stuff without another crew , lol. Now the story is explained . Thank you , great stuff. Take care

I love you and Sophie - so natural -