Living Aboard Series- Episode One Join us as we here the story of liveaboards Sophi and Travis aboard their S/V Seabird, a Downeaster 32 cutter. For more info: www.kewlchange.com
You two have such a great outlook on life. I'm 57 and am looking for the freedom that you have already discovered. You are WAY ahead of me. I wish you the best. Tad
This is one of the best "live aboard" videos I have ever seen. It's great to see young couples really do what the want to do and take the leap to move in to a boat. Congrats with your choice of lifestyle! When I retire, I will do the same! Fair winds! :-)
You two are great ! I to am a live a board for over 12 years and have positively no desire to move back a shore. This live style isn't for everyone and that's what I really love about it. Security is great at our marina and we have less theft problems than most upscale sub divisions. Everyone knows each other and keeps an eye on your things when your're away. My boat is 30 years old but in excellent condition with marine air conditioning and heating which easily keeps the boat comfortable on the hottest and coldest days.Dry dock is not required where I'm located during winter months. My waterfront property is 20,000 acres that in just a few minutes I can untie ropes, disconnect shore power and go see any part of it I wish. I'm subject to cruise at any time day or night year round. No red lights. No traffic jams. Can cruise to the Gulf of Mexico then thousands of miles in any direction.
You two are great. I have lived aboard a bout for 12 years and have no desire to buy another house. It's really like being on vacation year round. Love it.
So nice to see a comment of you in here. Gives me an opportunity to say Thanks!. You have no Idea how life changing your interview 8 years ago was for me!
Excellent post guys i lived aboard my 36ft tri with my wife and two kids for 2 and a half years and like you we stayed in a small marina with about 8 other liveaboards it was great we treated each other like humans are suppose too we had BBQ,s in summer most friday nights and we were there for each other it was a special time of our life we still have the boat but are now housebound but we will get back out there, enjoy yourselves fair wind & smooth seas regards Andy
Great to share your dreams and happiness with us. May you fulfill your dreams togather, wow what an adventure you will be able to tell to your grandchildren. Portland is a great town as I worked up that way on a ship salvage job not too long ago, and the people there were some of the friendliest I have ever met. I would love to one day sail there. thanks again.
wife and I have sailed together for 45 years, and we are still not done yet. We both could tell just by looking at you both, that you will be a couple that will be there together to the end . May your sails always be full and the sun on your back--- Mrseabeemike---U.S. Navy Retired
Kudos to you too. I say live your dreams and do what makes y'all happy. anybody that says you can't raise a family on a boat has never been to the Orient. many a happy family raised on the water in a lot of places on this earth. God Bless y'all!!
We have a 100 watt solar panel that we got last winter and installed before our trip... soooo worth the investment! We love that solar panel! We never ran the engine exclusively for power reasons, and didn't plug in from June until October! Awesome!
Hey! We're on a dock so we just fill the tanks up with a hose. In the winter time we have to run a longer hose since they shut off dockside water, but it's pretty much the same process. Fill up the tanks, use the water, fill them up again. Etc. We don't have a water maker (desalinator) on board, but we do carry 100 gallons at a time. That usually is enough for about a month of living in between filling our tanks!
Wish I had bought a boat to live on when I was single and lived in San Francisco. Thanks for posting this video, great info. I am defiantly interested in finding one.
Great job on the video/interview, John! I especially like your intro peice on the recent videos. Makes me get to thinking . . . ;-) Sophie & Travis - DO IT, DO IT, DO IT! Go, cruise, live life, follow your dreams!! Best of luck to you both - and we want to see YOUR vids from your great adventure :-)
Hi guys , saw your video and now I see your boats for sale , hope all is well with you two and your just looking for another boat , sheets in and sail like mad , Harald
That was really fun to watch. I am looking at a catamaran right now and trying to get my wife to sell everything and cruise the caribbean. Hope to stay in touch!
Without sounding patronizing, I hope, I have to say you are a very personable couple. It would be great to hear about your life aboard years from now from Puerto Rico or a hundred other places you could be. I lived aboard a sailboat (with my dog) for 5 years around the San Juan and Gulf Islands (no worries about shrinkwrap)! With the right attitude, which you obviously have, it can be a rewarding lifestyle. Good luck!
Great vid you two! My S.O. (significant other) and I have been looking toward this lifestyle for a year or so now. We bought a boat in Kemah Texas a half a year ago. Needs some assembly, but she's a beaut! We are taking her "hime" to Seattle WA here soon. I'm leaving the 26th and coming back the 2nd of August. You are only in Oregon, so maybe you could come up here and we can hang out while I'm putting her back together! Fun times!
Happy you are brave to live your dreams! It would be sad to say after 10 - 20 years, I wish we had . . .! Best wishes, you both seem very happy. Good sailing!
Great video. I live on my Grampian 26 but am spending my winter on land in the north working... I don't recommend moving back to land! I miss it badly, but only a few more months. I didn't check for other videos yet, but if you didn't do so already post a video tour! Fair winds.
Great video, probably one of the best live aboard video's I"ve seen. You guys are right, your young, no big land ties, see the world, sounds like you guys have the bug...LOL Hope you post more video's underway, and how about a tour?
You might have the perfect life. I would suggest maybe staying put for a bit, work hard and pay off the loans. Then you could do whatever where ever. And Puerto Rico is really cheap to live, so if you headed there debt free I can't imagine a better start to a life long adventure.
Hahah!! Rich kids. I wish! We love sailing and have given up pretty much everything in order to do so. We were super lucky and did borrow $10k from my parents and had the boat's previous owner help finance us and are working our butts off to pay everyone off. It's not something we do to be "cool," we live on the boat because we want to be able to go sailing and we couldn't afford it any other way.. Thanks for the comment, though!
Bob Bitchin owns Latitude & Attitude Magazine for liveaboards. If you're considering this it's a great way to learn all the pro's and con's from people actually living the lifestyle.
Yes you said it so #soulmates I so enjoyed the video as well thanks for sharing your life we all are so #envious may we all experience your #happiness Clete Flanagan did you see this?
It would be interesting to get in touch with Sophi & Travis prior to their trip this summer; I have many of the charts for Nova Scotia/Northumberland Straits if they'ld like to borrow them
Good for you. Be safe. Going to do exactly the same when I retire. I refuse to sit in a house alone waiting for the next series of the x factor or idol or some other pointless talent show. Time for excitement and adventure.
sound really great idea.. better than be in the city with lots of people at leat you could move everywhere and be peaceful.. it be like the future.. people living in the water and going to land to buy stuff and work :P greets from Mexico City.
OMG YOU GUYS ARE LIVING MY DREAM. I could spend weeks just sitting and talking to you guys asking the millions of questions I have. I would love to know what you figure it cost you per month to live on your boat with docking etc. What do you spend per year on maintenance for the boat? Is dock space expensive? And John why doesn't you mother in law want you to sire a child? What's wrong with her? You guys are so cool. I would love to do what you are doing.
You mentioned maintenance. If you live in a house, you do lots of maintenance so your neighbors won't disapprove. On a boat you do lots of maintenance so your boat won't sink. Boaters have much more incentive to do thing right.
Thank for sharing the video. A great way to have a quality of life at a reasonable cost! Is there a community spirit with fellow live aboards in your area?
sound really great idea.. better than be in the city with lots of people at leat you could move everywhere and be peaceful.. it be like the future.. people living in the water and going to land to buy stuff and work :P
