Hehe, thanks!. But we of course cleaned up ;) Also, honestly, we had alot more things hanging and lying around in the beginning. We just noticed that when you sail or when you get big waves, or swell in an anchorage, that is a terrible idea! Everything starts making noise and moving around, falling down, really annoying haha. So we just put everything away now, makes life easier! Cheers
Very much now looking forward to the boat purchase vid etc. 20 years old and hardly run in based on appearance. Definitely bought well - so practical in so many ways.
In our US-built 361, we do have windows in the forward cabin - the same style as in the aft cabin. There's also a couple of odd things with the cockpit - the supports for your bimini prevent the installation of the corner fold-down cockpit seats we have, and the support bracket for the chart plotter goes right through the two molded cup holders in the console! I'm really envious of your salon table, however - ours does not fold, so the people sitting on the port side have a long reach to the table when eating. And we definitely agree - that head compartment is one of the best features of the boat - it is enormous for a 36ft boat! I love your suction cup storage things in there - I'm going to go find those at IKEA! Another great video - thanks for sharing!
Hi Dean, always happy to see we have a comment from you! You are totally right, the bimini supports are a pain in our %§&, They are always in the way, especially when we want to use the cleats when mooring up. I (Mandy) am so jealous you have fold-down cockpit seats! I really wanted those, but have never seen them on small boats, would love to see how that is installed on your boat. Because our rigging also seems to be in the way..? The suction cup storage items are called TISKEN, they are fantastic! We also have the TISKEN hooks in every cabin, to hang up a coat or something. Some do fall of once every 2 months, but it beats having to drill holes :) Happy weekend!
Nice video and boat. A little safety heads up just in case. The locker in the cockpit you store the oil, gasoline and chemicals etc. in, should be water tight to the interior of the boat and vented to the outside of the boat hull. If you have a leak of flammable liquid or fumes or propane gas etc. and it can flow into the boat and end up inside or even in the bilge. This flammable material can then be ignited by a simple spark from an electrical switch, such as your bilge pump automatically turning on do to water of flammable liquid in the bilge. If this happens then the flammable material would cause a fire and explosion. modern yachts usually have a vented propane locker for the propane tank (for your stove) that is vented to the outside of the hull to prevent a leak from ending up in the boat. Unless the locker you have in the cockpit is made for flammable material and liquid can not flow into the boat and it is vented to the outside, it is unsafe and could cause a disaster. Most cruiser store diesel and gasoline on deck in fuel containers attached to the life lines so any leaks or fumes will not end up in the boat. Not trying to be a pain or to scare you, I just want you two to be safe. If the locker is designed for flammable material storage, I apologize for the long needless post. Fair winds to you both!
Hey bullseye, thanks for commenting and taking the effort - Always appreciated! Our propane/butane is in a separate vented locker, but apart from that still it’s not ideal to store all fluid flammables in there. Gotta rethink our compartments sooner than later.
It was great to connect with you on Facebook today, and this tour of the Beneteau was perfect! I enjoyed seeing the different layout from our video. Cheers!
That is very sweet :) Thank you for watching. I love looking at boat tour videos and seeing what other peoples homes look like! We thought we could do the same back. Happy to share :)
That’s actually an incredible boat with a lot of stuff for your money!!! I really like it actually, and all your stuff too! Good thing you actually have tabs on your floors now to get all your stuff out! Actually, for a 36’ boat you can definitely store a lot of stuff in it! The IKEA stuff is actually pretty cool too, actually now you can store more stuff!!! 😆🤣🤙
You have inspired us! We've bought our boat and will be in the Med beginning April 2020. We hope our paths will cross and we will meet. Keep up the good work and entertaining videos!!!
Just subscribed! Thank you for this tour of your beautiful home! I can't wait to go through your other videos. I am interested in sailing and loved learning more. The storage was brilliant. Your home is so well organized. Imagine the preparation of grocery shopping on land and then creatively storing your food and water. It is an honor if someone invites you into their home, and to show you even their drawers and closets is trusting, brave, confident and open, also possibly a bit vulnerable (that's how I would feel at least). This is such an honor - thank you! You will get 100K! I saw a comment you made on a different channel and that's how I found you today, saw this video, and subscribed. By the way, you both speak great English, great word flow. I re-listened for fun to try to count (thinking of it as a contest to maybe get to meet you) and it was challenging to count because I kept missing it and had to rewind.... Because the words fit the situation and dialogue perfectly. The frequency was unnoticed and required concentration to count. I realized later that you may feel a bit self conscious about it but your dialogue is perfect. I say the words "like" and "you know" as unnecessary extras in conversations (I'm a lawyer, late 40s) WITH CLIENTS. ugh.🙄 I have tried to stop and had my kids count. Your usage is different than that- I wouldn't count it when I counted my thoughts. 💜
Hi Monica. Thank you so much for your incredibly sweet comment and the compliments :) We are happy to hear you enjoyed the tour! We are very curious people ourselves and looked at many other boat videos, so we thought we do smth back ;). Funny you re-listened and tried to count, didn't think people would actually do that stuff hehe. Maybe I am too much of a language purist (it doesn't really matter that english isn't my native tongue, I am very harsh on myself in all the languages I speak..). I hope you enjoy the other videos too and we don't disappoint! Welcome to the club :) Cheers and alottalove
I'll let you in on a little secret then though, we did clean up a looooot before doing the vid hehe. If you watch more videos, you will find out what it looks like when we don't 😁Home is home thought, that's true!
Nice channel guys! We live aboard our Cheoy Lee 41 in the Channel Islands. We are preparing to circumnavigate, and can't wait! Maybe we will share an anchorage with you
Wow! What a nice little boat! Awesome hullshape and lovely interior! And it's affordable. I mean... looks like 5-6 years of savings and I can buy something like this ) p.s. and really big shower!
It really is affordable! We were happy and surprised we found such a nice boat for such a good price :) And yes, the shower is one of her best features!
I actually thought you spoke very well about stuff. Blue actually has a lot of great features and stuff. Blue looks like a great and sturdy yacht and it’s actually great to see you using solar for sell your power and stuff:)))))))
That is very sweet of you :D she does have a lot of great features! Today we had some pretty severe winds and crazy swell on the beam and she holds up so well, very sturdy indeed.
Great video, loved the step by step tour and your presentation. What struck me the most is how well used the volume of interior space is, especially storage. A lot of boats just don't seem to have any, just little shelves above the seating and bunks.
It’s pretty alright storagewise! Could definitely be more if you live aboard. But since they are more meant for weekend sailors it’s plenty. You then can choose the 2 cabin version. You’d have a lot more storage then. Especially in the galley, but we couldn’t find this version on the market when we were looking ;)
@@seethelittlethings Thanks for the tour. I am going to get the two cabin model when I buy one. Happy to have found your channel.. Still binge watching to try an catch up...
Thanks! It is a great boat! We have seen dolphins several times. They mostly visit after a night sail. Somewhere early morning, right after sunrise. They are amazing creatures😍
Great video! Fridge looks like a mess :) I love the "hello" at 12:34 !! Very well organized! I love the use of the small place! Show us your music, I saw you have a e-piano in the corner of a room!!
He should play more! Maybe if you come over you can play and laugh while hitting those buttons on the machine, while I wonder what on earth was so funny about those tunes :P
Your sailboat is beautiful inside and out. Your taste and organization are delightful. And ... the alcohol and sunscreen are right there and ready to go. haha
Nice boat. Thanks for sharing. Just a tip. If someone breaks Into your boat while you’re way. The nav station is the first place they will go and your passports will be gone. We put ours into two ziplock bags and stow them in a bilge.
That sounds way smarter. Also thinking about putting fake papers and credit cards in there so it seems like a successful robbery. Might be a good chance to stop them from searching elsewhere.
Yes. We keep old laptops and cell phones out and hide the good ones. We’ve never had anyone come on our boat. Probably because we assume it is inevitable and prepare lol
Aaaah we would love to! only so much you can do in one season. We need to prepare the boat and fix some things, but hopefully we will be heading there at some point ⛵
Actually, all the stuff that you presented was actually pretty cool stuff. All the stuff that you have and actually where you put all your stuff, really does actually work a treat. You made the grade with the stuff you've presented and I have actually subscribed and also hit the bell. To be honest, I'm actually looking forward to all the stuff that you guys will do. Side note - My mother and English teacher would actually kill me if I said stuff like that in a normal conversation lol. Looking forward to the adventure guys. Nick - Melbourne, Australia.
Hi Nick! hehe thanks so much ;) I am not a language teacher, but kind of a language purist. And I loooove languages in general. I totally get where your mom is coming from though and I agree hehe. The disadvantage of learning a language through tv and speaking it with mainly non-natives I guess, it makes it hard to live up to the teacher standard (and also my own!). I do try hard though :D and hope to improve by listening to myself and thinking, next time less stuff and actually!! I try to broaden my vocab. Cheers!
Actually stuff that ! I'm actually not counting stuff like that, well actually you may do some weird stuff just to annoy ! Anyway great vlog, I actually like your stuff just don't make it a habit ! LOL :) Ze boat iss great ! Coolio ! I'm actually stuffed, its called dinner ! Have a great night folks and look forward to the next episode.
Happy you liked it and the stuffs didn't drive you away ;) Welcome aboard and hope you like the next videos too! (we actually cut down on stuff, but actually is actually hard to get out of your vocab..)
Hehe yeah have to work on my vocabulary ;) my excuse is that I’m Dutch. Does that hold up 😇. Happy you enjoyed it! We try to stay as organised as we can. It just gets messy so fast if we don’t and then the boat suddenly becomes a really really small space 😁
Actually...here is a couple living life! and you have nothing better to do with yours than count words? To STLT: Great video! I'm a word guy and didn't even notice! More Vids please!
@@opwan2002 Heck yah, they are great! Being on camera is SO HARD! My husband Chris struggles with it and repeats the world "really" a LOT. Everyone has their thing, and that's okay. STLT is in fact out there living life, just like us, and we would be happy to share an anchorage someday. Cheers everyone!
@@opwan2002 That is good to hear. I am a word woman and unfortunately I did notice hehe. We are working hard on the next one. It should be done before we do our next 1,5 day crossing and are off the grid for a while! Tune in on Saturday ;)
Somebody seemed surprised to see all the alcohol in the table storage ,ya you👩🏼. I finally sat down and watched this episode,I should have watched it sooner because I loved it. I want to someday build a rc model of beneteau 361 Oceanis clipper . What is the height of the mast itself,deck to masthead? Love you guys,be safe out there
🙈 🥂 ... that’s a great idea! Once we’re back at the boat remind us to measure and we’ll let you know. If you join the Beneteau owners group on Facebook, you can ask them as well. Very helpful bunch of people
I’m really enjoying your channel, especially seeing your confidence grow. Have you done a video yet on how much you invested in your home and what the monthly upkeep is with maintenance, docking and food costs? What does this lifestyle cost in dollars? I hope that’s not personal. Sending you my absolute best!
Hey Emily, thanks 😊 it’s cool to hear people watch us long enough to see a difference ! Haven’t done that video yet but should definitely do that soon. A quick answer: Since we gave up our apartment and don’t have a car, a boat is not additional luxury for us but instead the only major asset we own. Like this, life is cheaper than living in a house. The big costs are marinas, which in low season are between 300-400€ a month for us, boat insurance, and 10% of the boat value in maintenance / year. The rest is personal expenses and putting money aside for when we are old.
see the little things That is really helpful knowing to save 10% of the value for annual maintenance. I’m sure you’re full of gems of information! I’m guessing one can do this for as little as $2000-$3000 per month depending on the size of the boat. I’m looking forward to seeing more of you guys soon. Thanks you for sharing with me.
Hi Emily! Very late response, but yes, you could easily live on a boat for that kind of money. We don’t spend that much. Last year we spend more a month than we will this year because we had arranged an income and we simply could and decided we didn’t want to turn every penny around (but still saved a part of that income for this year). This year we don’t have that income anymore and we will be living for way less than 2k$|€ a month. If you cook yourself, don’t go into marinas (we are currently on Ibiza and one can’t afford it anyways, 200€ a night for 36foot!) and nothing major breaks on the boat 🤞 that can easily be done if you really want to :)
see the little things Fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’m building a van to travel in the United States, but my ultimate goal is Greece and you’ve inspired my transition to water. Sending you guys the best vibes.
Dankjewel! We doen ons best om gevaarlijke situaties te vermijden. Wat tot nu toe goed gelukt is. Afkloppen! Dus heel dapper hoefden we nog niet te zijn. Maar t blijft een spannend avontuur 😊
Hoi Mandy en Alex. Heb jullie pas ontdekt en ben gelijk naar het begin van jullie avontuur gaan kijken. Zeker weten dat jullie channel snel zal groeien en die 100.000, dat komt wel goed. O ja, de pantry is de voorraad kast. Fair winds en groetjes uit Melbourne.
Hoi Astrid! Wat leuk dat je alle video’s hebt gezien! Altijd heel motiverend als iemand er zo van geniet 😉 we doen ons best om de abonnees genoeg te vermaken zodat we uiteindelijk dat getal bereiken 😊 als je bepaalde dingen wilt weten of graag in de filmpjes zou willen zien, laat het ons weten. We beantwoorden graag vragen :) groetjes!
Love the ideas you have given us as we have purchased the same yacht from 2003. Did you upgrade batteries yourself or get someone to do it? I need to done ours.
Great choice! By now we do almost all work ourselves, but we wouldn’t have dared to do an electrical refit in our first year. If you only swap batteries it shouldn’t be difficult. Same-ish dimensions and number is like swapping a car bat.
What kind of engine and horsepower and how much fuel does she hold. You must be must guest if you make it to cape cod, Massachusetts sometime. Mooring and house available. All the best Eddy
Hey Eddy, Volvo penta 2030, 29hp, about 1.5L/hour. Small engine means small fuel tank. 75L. Your offer seems to good to be true! Can’t wait to come visit 🙂😊
Nice sailboat Mandy and Alex. Looks very roomy down below. I have a 33ft (not Beneteau) and its amazing how much more room you have especially with that seperate shower, pure luxury. 30 Actually and 23 Stuff
Thanks 🙂 It is, the 1, 2 feet allow for so much more volume. We looked at 39s and the 393 had a REGULAR SIZED BED in the forward cabin 😱. Well budget limitations.. AMAZING you actually counted both! Let’s see what the other guys are gonna count and what kind of goodie we can come up with.. 😎
Hey Roy! You won the counting contest! Send us an email to hellseethelittlethings@gmail.com and we will get in touch with you. Congratulations :) Cheers
Nice video and nice little boat.. You talking about reaching 100.000 subscribers.. That is a big goal and hard to reach.. You really have to be able to make a big difference compared to other sailers if you have to reach that goal.. There are so many sailers on youtube so the competitions is tough.. I can name few sailors over 100000 subscribers.. LA Vagabonde (1,100.000).. Delos (353,000).. Gone with the wind (272,000).. Nahoa (164,000).. Rick Moore (111,000).. But give it a try.. Now you have 910 subscriber.. Inklusive my self.. Anyways.. Just be yourselves and take one day at a time.. I will follow your guys.. Take care and good wind..
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. No guts, no glory. No pain, no gain. Fortune favors the bold. Worth a shot right :D oooor my motto in life: waar een wil is, is een weg! Thanks for helping us reach that goal! ;) And yes the competition is hard and the competition is GOOD! Very good.
Always hide your important stuff and leave out fake stuff, a little bit of money, credit cards. in case of theft. You have a really nice boat or home I should say. : )peace
thanks :) we should do that yeah. We just spend so much time in Greece, where you can leave everything out in the open and nobody takes anything, that we might have gotten a bit too easygoing there. Cheers
Hmm good one. Though our sounder only flips in deeper water (works fine in anchorage), if I had to I’d first check navionics sonar chart, then make sure I see the anchor hit (not uncommon in clear water in Greece or Italy) or reverse slowly and feel the anchor brushing the bottom, moving the chain. And then let out 4 times or all of it, depending on space.
@@seethelittlethings 19 actuallys and 16 16 Stuffs. But funny enough, I didn’t notice until you put me on the hunt! 😂. Enjoy Lanzarote. Are you crossing the Atlantic? If not, how do you plan to sail back to Gibraltar - it will be upwind all the way, won’t it? Cheers 👍
@@joeltatham5673 Hey Joel, we'll wait it out until next season. It's a bit late already and we feel like we want to roam the islands freely - which currently is an illusion. Not saying you can't have a good time in the Caribbean and oblige by the rules, but it's not what we want. We are in a good place on the Canary Islands and make a move towards Azores later this year. Lots to see, it's a chance.
Hi, it looks like it was a charter sailboat, am I wright? If so, did you have to put a lot of effort and money to fix it or the charter company did it and sold it completely free of issues? I'm looking for a used Bavaria charter 44 when I'll retire in a few years and would like to have your point of view. Cheers from Canada P.S. I subscribe to your channel
Hi Pierre, no she was not a charter boat :) But she wasn't used as a liveboard boat either. She was actually sailed quite little and spend most of her days on the hard. You always have to count on putting money into a boat next to the purchase price. After a lot of research we found that you should mostly count on investing about 25% of the purchase price on top to fix things, when you of course don't buy a fixer upper. We are working on a video about how we bought the boat and what we payed attention to. That might be able to answer some of your questions. So stay tuned! Cheers :)
The 25% is just to give you an idea. It of course depends alot on the boat and how much you want to and have to change/fix. A survey will always help you to estimate these costs before buying it.
@@seethelittlethings Thanks for the reply, and it will be a great video to post about the acquisition of your "floating tiny home". I've look at all yours vids and really like your style of editing either as the content, I'll stay tuned. Cheers
dude, the reason we never managed to upload a boat tour video until video number 15 is because we never managed to get stuff cleaned up! One day of passage and it's mayhem 🤣
