~To Live Free~ (Motivational Poem & Introspection) 

Thank you for your inspiration, as soon as i get my power inverter installed I'm setting sail around the globe, i got solar and battery storage and I can't wait to see God's creation free of human influence

Dan you've been a huge motivation for me. This is the lifestyle I always wanted to live but thought it required hundreds of thousands of dollars to do. Through your videos I've decided to go smaller go cheaper and go now. For too long I was trapped in the cycle of working till retirement, spending 30 years paying a mortgage, buying the latest car, or the latest tech, and only having the end of my life to spend how I wish. I'm now in the process of saving up enough money for a small boat to go adventuring as soon as I can so my own life doesn't pass me by. Hope to see you in an anchorage some day, keep up the videos and thank you for the motivation!

I come here to see you living your best life while I'm sitting at my desk working my 9-5.

"death is the only guarantee... so you might as well live free". Powerful words Dan! Love it 🙏🏽

Удачи!

I did the solo cruiser thing last winter - it was wonderful. Then back home in Colorado for the summer. I am heading down again for season #2. My wife tolerates this, she doesn't want to go sailing any more but understands what I am doing. You might think "accomplishments" diminish. You aren't "building" an empire while sailing. I beg to differ. I look at my boat and friends list as my accomplishment, I get immense satisfaction out of running a well maintained cruising boat - albiet she is kinda small. You will get a chance to share, help and enjoy life with other like minded people.

Be Free No Ties No commitment

Damn, Dan. You hit every exact reason why I'm getting my boat this year. I can now send all the negative nacys this video to explain exactly why I'm choosing to live the way I want. Stay safe! See ya out there one day!

Awesome video, great points. Make whatever kind of videos life brings your way, we are just here on the trip with you. Godbless

Yes my brother!

Dan, thank you very much for all these years that you have been our friend and brother, witnessing you and Thiago on your ocean adventures is magical, may God bless you, I am praying for your improvement my brother, I love you bro 🫂 ⛵ Good Winds

Second star to the right, straight on till morning Dan.

WOOOOW 👏👏👏 ⛵ Good Winds

I LOVE this…! I’m 46 now and been in the rat race for FAR to long, and now I’m almost to deep in it.. divorced, 2 great kids, but inside me everything SCREAMS to break free and live free.. but now I can’t 😞 And it eats me up..

thanks for being a source of inspiration. being in my 30s now, ive always been searching for my way out into a simpler life. i remember the 90s where ive grown up, were much simpler already. partly thanks to you, i made the non negotiable decision to start my grind for the next 2 years, make enough money for a boat and sort out my health. i just sometimes lie down on my balcony and look up the stars and cant wrap my mind around the idea of working 9-5 for 40 years and then retire with some kids and a dog or some stuff. it always felt wrong to me. i can barely stay in one job for more than 3 years.. in the meantime, ill keep watching you living the life. im excited to step onto my own sailboat down the line and begin living.oh and dont worry, im planning to get sailing experience beforehand!

Awesome Dan❤

Love ya Dan. You’ve certainly been part of the motivation for me to go sailing!

Awesome monolog! Definitely inspirational❤

The things that you say are so true.

This is beautiful. I am in the process of getting rid of everything to buy a yacht and go. This has given me fuel. Thank you Dan.

Great Video! Your videos and lifestyle are inspirational. This video style was a nice change from the usual. A different form of inspiration- which I frankly needed this week. Thanks. Keep the videos coming. Both styles.

i want to see dan do what dan wants, spear fish, do crzy passages, go inland. do whatever your hear desires, we all will love it!

I love the poem and the message! Thanks for sharing.

Nice and honest Video. It really is a Motivation! Just because you asked: i would Love to See fishing Videos. Thanks so much for the best boat Videos in RU-vid 🤩

Beautiful narration, gave me Bourdain vibes

i like seeing the good ,bad, and the ugly thats what it`s about !!!! im looking for a boat now to live on and im nervous for sure. if you dont my asking do you make it on the money to make off youtube or do you do other things to keep going ? thanks so much !!!!!

Community whether on the seas or land is what provides the needed support we need in times of need.... the Experience of each member adding to the overall resilience... build your WEALTH of experience and continue to share and Mentor others... your journey and community appreciate you!

We like to witness your highest highs and your lowest lows

The smartest rat is not a member of rat race. Way to go, Daniel!

"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." -- C.S. Lewis

An AI reflection on Adventureman Dan 🌊 Sailing the Whispered Waves 🌊 On the cusp of dawn, Adventureman Dan stirs, His sailboat, Adventureborne, cradled by the sea. Salt-kissed zephyrs weave through sun-bleached sails, As if whispering secrets of distant lands. 🌅 Mornings Afloat 🌅 Each sunrise unfurls a canvas of promise, And Dan, barefoot on the deck, breathes it in. His eyes, wide as horizons, trace the sun’s ascent, Mapping constellations in the cerulean expanse. 🌊 Navigating Dreams 🌊 Adventure is his compass, the North Star his guide, As he charts uncharted waters, chasing mirages. The hull hums tales of mermaids and forgotten pirates, And Dan, with salt-crusted hair, grins at infinity. 🐬 Dolphin Serenades 🐬 Dolphins dance alongside, their laughter echoing, Their sleek bodies slicing through liquid azure. Dan leans over the bow, fingers grazing the surface, As if touching the pulse of the world itself. 🌴 Island Whispers 🌴 Islands emerge like emerald gems, beckoning, Their shores adorned with secrets-coconut groves, Hidden lagoons, and ancient fire pits. Dan steps ashore, a modern-day Robinson Crusoe. 🌊 Storm’s Embrace 🌊 When tempests rage, Adventureborne bows low, Her timbers creaking, salt spray stinging Dan’s face. Yet he laughs-a wild, primal symphony- For storms are but nature’s crescendos. ⚓ Anchored Reverie ⚓ In quiet coves, he drops anchor, toes grazing sand, His hammock swaying beneath a star-studded canopy. Dan dreams of distant shores, of palm-fringed bays, Of sunsets melting into indigo seas. 🌊 Moonlit Serenade 🌊 Moonlight bathes the deck, silvering his weathered skin, And Dan strums his guitar, singing ballads to the night. The ocean listens, a vast audience of one, As if it, too, craves stories spun from stardust. 🌟 Adventureman Dan 🌟 He’s more than a sailor; he’s a weaver of tales, A seeker of wonder, a custodian of salt and wind. His spirit, unmoored, dances on the edge of maps, And Adventureborne glides-a vessel of dreams. 🌟 Seize the Day 🌟 So let us dance with abandon, laugh with the wind, Chase rainbows, taste moonbeams, and never rescind. For life’s tapestry is woven in moments, not years, And in living fully, we dispel all our fears. Carpe diem, dear traveler, seize the fleeting hour, For life’s grandest adventure lies within your power. 🌟✨