@@jimmyjohnstone5878 i have friends who sail their drascombe up there and I was just talking to a friend about sailing there and how similarly beautiful it is but without the abundance of trees like there are to the waters edge here, despite all the logging.
You go, grrrrrlfriend! I'm 65 and bought a short bus this year to convert to travel. After losing my husband to ALS in the initial COVID lock down and losing my organic farm due to being primary caregiver to my best friend and husband I bought a used 34 foot Class C motorhome for my 4 dogs and cat and I to move into. Regroup, make a plan and start over. I lived in my Rig from Aug 2020 to Aug 2022 when I moved into my unfinished tiny cabin I'm building. I have electric and plumbing and walls covered but that's it I still have to design and finish my kitchen, build a large deck to build my laundry room on so it's not in my cabin. I have a lot to do to finish, but I will. My friend did the plumbing and I build and do all the carpentry. She lives up the hill. We've been bff's since 7th grade. Here we are in our mid 60s still kicking ass and taking names, lol!!! Get a bus instead of a van or motorhome. Safest and best built vehicle. I got a 2001 GMC Savana 3500. Thomas built bus. I named her Babe. She is my next project after my cabin. I'll finish her like a cushy vardo for my dogs and I to travel in.
A very refreshing change to most other videos out there, a mature and down to earth woman living her life! Wish you good health and many more years onboard your beauty!
Thank you for commenting Christofer. I hope to show that one doesn't have to know everything about the systems on a boat, or be the perfect level of fitness, or have a large income.
@@robinevans3979 Hello Robin. I'm a 65 yrs old widow. I sailed as a teenager with my dad and and later with my husband. When I retired 8 yrs ago, I wanted to sell the house and go live on a boat. Just what you're doing! Today I still think it'd be good to live on a boat although I'm not sure I could sail one alone. I'd be curious to know how or if you handle the boat alone when you go sailing. I know the strength required to haul up the main or the (controlled) chaos surrounding reefing a main in a good wind ! I'll keep a look out for any more videos you may post. If I ever get out to BC I'd definitely look for you and stop and say hi. I think you've made a great life for yourself.
@@CB-kn1ox Hi CB. There's a lot can be done to make a sailboat easier to handle as age intrudes on our strength and agility. Just one example - you mention raising the main. Don't run the halyards to the cockpit where you have to pull horizontally and suffer extra friction from the turning blocks. Have the halyard exit the mast high enough up to be a stretch to reach. Then gravity and your own weight are actually helping as you reach up and haul down. There's hundreds of tips like this. At 65 you're definitely not old by sailboat cruising standards.
@@HempBike Yup, I personally don't like everything brought back to the cockpit. I haul my main up easily to the top at 46', and just use the winch for the final tightness. I let friends have a go but they struggle. Technique and practice help. nope, not old.
One of the most interesting videos on youtube that I have seen. I love Robin and wish there was a go fund page to raise money to help this lady get the updated equipment that she needs. Well-spoken, enthusiastic and entertaining is our Robin ( and young looking too), am I the only one who thinks we needs to see Robin with a weekly blog channel?
Awe thank you. One of my friends started a facebook group for people interested in cat-life on boats. It took off in an unplanned way and people from all over the world now send him money to upgrade his systems and gifts too. Forrest at different Media has done a lovely job of filming and producing this film. Young-looking? Oh, you stroke my tiny ego with that! Lol!
Amazing person and yes very young looking beauty never ages it seems I presume no way to correspond directly as I would love to find out more about live aboard I am a skier and figure skater in Australia so have always wanted to live isn Canada for a time
What a legend this bird is. Genuine, forthright and true. Gives me hope for living on a boat. The boat very homely and although looking cluttered you can tell everything has its' place and nothing is useless.. Nice to see a real live-aboard rather than a holiday living-room / chalet. You don't get advice from a person like this and disrespect it unless you're foolish. Hope there's 10 years of happiness on the waves coming to this lady and more. Great job letting her tell her story and not making it about yourself. Enjoyed this video
Yes, the clutter is worst at the end of my winter on the dock. Each day something else comes out, and then there is the project list that was being worked through when I was interviewed. At least it's my clutter and I know where to put it all back to for sailing!
Living the dream 💯. I lost my Catalina 22 during Hurricane Wilma,. Another boat broke mooring. Smashed into mine and lost her,. I Miss The Kalimba. Hope to get another soon
Robin, I’m 73 & bought a 1977 Albin Balland 30 a year ago. I’m close to joining your life style an really enjoyed you sharing a peek at your home & your wisdom. If I can find a friendly cat like yours I’m in! Thanks again for sharing! Jim Grigsby Virginia Beach
A very interesting and lovely lady, living life on her terms. She seems so happy and content, and I don't know what else anyone could want out of life.
Great to see your video Robin I myself live on my Bevaria 32 in Greece 75 now still sail find this keeps me fit and I’ll keep doing this until someone comes carry me off to an old peoples home
Thank you, I don't have to compromise and life is easier in some ways, but also don't have anyone to share experiences with. There are pros and cons both ways
@@robinevans3979 Thanks for such kind sharing of your life. I was surprised (and pleased) when you said many musicians lived on boats because it doesn't seem to line up with "not having anyone to share experiences with." I often think of living aboard but invariably come up against "who could I make music with." I feel like I would miss my band too much. But I guess there must be a way if you've found live-aboard musicians. I'm encouraged to find out more.
@@HempBike I am humbled by the talents of many a young and old musician on the water. When I was a kid, one of my parent's friends had a baby grand on his boat! Haven't seen that since...
@@robinevans3979 Hi Robyn, yes a piano (or a guitar) or even a solo instrument like a recorder, trumpet, violin, etc. makes sense for single boat life as they are self sufficient. I've made life a bit harder for myself by being a bass player (tuba or bass guitar) and bass really doesn't make sense without other musicians. Maybe it will help be make friends by forcing me out to find other musicians.
Miss Robin, I enjoy looking at videos of liveaboard boats, but this is the first liveaboard home I've ever seen. I absolutely love the texture of your home as well as your spirit. You are inspirational and I love your humour.
Robin, with deep and earnest respect and reverence, I wish to express my unmeasurable gratitude to you for creating and posting this vignette of your and your magnificent cats life! I too live aboard. My sanctuary, my temple, my commodious and lovely home is a 40’ Phill Rhodes yawl, DREAMER, currently berthed in a slip in Sausalito California. I claw for the requisite legal tender, as a freelance captain and shipwright, running yachts and utility craft, and working boats, usually wood, planking, framing, (carpentry) as well as systems, plumbing, electrical, and no doubt engine efforts, and a specialty, finishes by brush! I’m blessed to always have ample work, and am also blessed and am oh so grateful to be known for excellence, Which I never stop striving for. I deeply thank you Robin for this honest and wonderful, in-depth gaze and walkthrough! To me this is wildly valuable and highly inspiring material! Watching your footage, it’s wildly evident that so so very much of your ways and beliefs and ethos’s which you so eloquently expressed, I absolutely share! I’m told I ought to be doing something similar, as I’ve found that people seem to want to listen to me talk about boats and all-things maritime and of seafaring lore! This sort of encouraging advice particularly reaches me of late, as I am in very very overdue need of a new hip! Just one of many indications that I have pressed this body so so hard working throughout my life of nearly half a century! I’m in urgent need of learning a sustainable way to claw together that requisite legal tender... something way less impactful and less painful! Way to endorse this lifestyle, and to clearly show the very beautiful and very doable approach to this semi-nomadic, very independent, and quite unorthodox, while intensely rich way to survive and to thrive in this tangled, wealth-admiring, modern world! Blessings Robin! Cheers, -Cpt. Loyal Tarbet
Inspiring lady: "Better to regret what you have done than what you haven't done." "Don't live on the fear of the regret of yesterday or tomorrow in order to prevent your living for today."
That woman is awesome! What she does requires her to be either extremely wealthy or she's a carpenter, electrician, plumber, weather forecaster, diesel engine mechanic, and of course, a sailor. Excellent job super cool lady!! Cheers 🥂
As you would have heard in the film footage, I am not all things with all the skills and I am not wealthy, however, I do work through a project list each year and stuff gets done. either by me, or by a friend that helps for a bit of cash.
It doesn't require a lot of wealth or a lot of skills. Just commitment, passion and some experience. I've seen people buy boats for a few grand and learn sailing and maintenance along the way.
Whoa it’s Robin! She helped me look for and find my first boat as I knew absolutely nothing to boat life, just out out pure passion and kindness. I remember thinking of her when the boat project switched from a couple project to a solo project, and thought I could do this by myself just like she does. I’m still living the boat life, hope to see you when I’ll be sailing to Quadra!
Rosemary! Hi, Yes I hear from Viktor that you are living and sailing alone. It warms my heart to hear this! Thank you for commenting and see you out there this summer somewhere. I might cruise down through the gulf Islands again this fall. Let's connect on FB and I can tell you where else I plan to cruise this summer.
OMG. I had a Steel Roberts 43' 20 yrs ago. We purchased it cheep, because it had never had the interior finished out. The $ stopped and so did the project. Robin I am soo pleased to see this, Good On You Girl. If you ever need some company I think we could do well, for a bit. "fair winds" child. I am almost 74 still riding motorcycles & take trips in my 95 Dodge work van, which I converted to a camper.
Brilliant. So natural, so human and no ego. I could learn alot from you. I live in the UK but I bought a 10m sailing boat earlier this year in Greece aged 69yrs after retiring aged 67. I hope I've got a few years left to enjoy. Many years ago in the 1970's I was a navigating officer in the merchant navy for 6 years and then a full-time coastguard officer for 6 years so great respect for the sea. I then changed to a non maritime career which was completely different. Like you I had only used charts in the 70's and 80's. I couldn't believe how easy navionics was and just like a car satnav. I am the same as you regarding engines and electrics. You could easily do a television series. I hope to see more of your videos. Thank you.
I appreciate your comments. I completed one of my brothers' week-long sailing courses so that I would be capable of navigating without all these mod-cons, but have not yet needed to. I tend to sail during daylight hours mostly because I don't travel far enough to warrant an overnight sail but I could if needed. I like my sleep at night and my play during the daylight. I travel in fog sometimes so Navionics is such a bonus, and can use the ship aware app on my phone to tell me where the nearby boats are that have AIS. I'm not sure how much into my 70's I'll want to continue though imagining a life not on the sea feels alien now. What kind of boat did you buy for your cruising?
This is my favourite sister.❤ A couple of times every summer I stock up my trailerable MacGregor 26m and zoom to where she is and raft up for a visit. Always full of adventures and fun. All three kids in our family are still sailors. In the winter I go south to Grenada where we spent our childhood on a cruising boat. I just got there in fact. I have had a 34’ sloop here since 1998. Robin has come down a couple of times to adventure here on my boat and a friend’s Grand Banks type trawler. Robin is awesome!⛵️😘🍀
Hi Robin, I also am 59 going on 60 soon. I bought a travel trailer and I am off to Las Vegas. Leaving January of 2023. I am going to live full time on the road. This is my second try. I tried it a few years ago and covid hit and with the two people I had with me I had to come back home. Now I am setting out alone to live my life also. Life is too short sista! Happy Sailing
I loved this video. My house is currently up for sale and I intend to buy a boat. I don't intend to do anything epic, just live around the water in that lovely community of sailors and liveaboards. The last boat I lived on was a 19ft Caprice so I'll get something a bit bigger this time!
Oh mu gosh! I have found my sister of another mother! Robin, I am 63 year young sailor dying slowly on land. I have been on a sailboat since I was 1 month old. Since I am a caregiver to my parents, my land life is slowly coming to an end. I have my own home that I am updating so I can sell it. I also still work full time to put $$$ in the bank for retirement. You are so inspiring to us Mature Ladies of the Sea. One day we shall meet. Keep doing what you are doing! Future S/V Vela, Captain Valérie
Such a pleasing change from the manicured, glossy sailing channels that so often feature a perfectly ordered yacht and a glamorous young woman in a bikini.
My boyfriend had a 36’ Morgan sailboat that I loved. He bought it to basically learn on so he could get his captains certification so he could sail cats in the BVI. He sold it as it was starting to have a lot of issues but it was fun while it lasted. :) I would love to be able to live on a boat.
Brilliant video, loved it, thank you for inviting us into your boat home Robin ❤️ Working towards this (plus 🐈) having been on boats, & will consider steel hull a bit more now. Had motorbikes too so can completely understand the 'land freedom' comment. Thanks for reminding me about dinghy sailing! ⛵
Wonderful video. Robin, you are a kindred spirit for sure! I was a live aboard on my own for many years on a trawler. Lots of people thought I was crazy but I loved it, and still miss it. Except for the constant maintenance. That got challenging and would be even more difficult now as I approach 70. But you seem to have things well in hand. You definitely had me smiling and looking back on a magical time in my life. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing lady, age does not matter. You are inspiring. I'm retired and want to buy a narrowboat to cruise the canals and rivers if UK. Some say im too old, but you have proved its not an age issue if one is healthy and passionate about life anything is possible. 💚
What an amazing gal! And she has cats!! I have always wanted to learn to sail, and growing up in Campbell River, you'd think I would have found someone to teach me! But I never did. Now at 60, I have found my freedom in RVing, but sailing just seems freer somehow.
REcommend to find a sailing club and start crewing. You don't even need your own boat to get involved and start learning. Then if you want you can find cheap boats everywhere, even free on occasion. Fixing one up you learn as you go, (lots of help on TH-cam).
I lived on a sailboat for 3 yrs on Vancouver island got tired of the cold wet winters sold the boat bought a Rv crossed Canada now in Arizona heading to Mexico for the winter
This makes me miss my Ericson 38. I recently had to part ways with the vessel. I'm 27 I told myself I'll have another some day. Great lifestyle and great people always willing to help. For people wanting to buy a boat here's what I learned. Always check the packing around the shaft of the prop, always check the bilge for water, always test the standing rigging and check for rust/cracking, look for bubbles in the deck, check that no drains are clogged or rusted shut(thru hull), make sure motor pushes water when started, and if you're not going to have it hulled pay a diver to go underneath and take some pictures. Make sure they check for blisters. Best of luck! ⛵️
@@robinevans3979 Then you would agree that even with a $30k budget you will not purchase a perfect vessel that size. If someone is reading this and you are not a hands on person really think twice. Marine work is exorbitantly expensive. On top of paying docking you WILL need someone to clean the bottom regularly. If you are in salt water a bottom job is needed roughly every 4 years. Zincs need to be constantly changed. Any rigging especially standing rigging could get close to $10k once they have to remove your mast. This isn't even getting into the wiring or water lines or storage tanks, Water heaters...
@@MrDkusa Yup definitely there is much effort, time and a budget needed for maintenance, updates and repairs. Some people do underestimate all sorts of issues relating to a liveaboard lifestyle. I've heard people say, 'how hard can sailing be? I'll just get out there!' It's not for everyone that's for sure.
@@robinevans3979 clutter to them looked to me like all usable stuff and it had it's place. When you have a small space with lots of stuff it can look like clutter to some that never lived in a small place & you have to fit what you need.
Thank you Robin for your reply. Like you I only sail daylight hours. I bought a mamba34 which I had never heard of before. Built in 1977 and Swedish. She is so solid. I am told, apparenlty they didn't know alot about fibreglass in those days and so they made the hulls alot thicker.. I had a full and very thorough professional survey and spent alot of the first season getting jobs done. Also I am not as strong as I used to be so may purchase an electric winch handle. We never stop learning. 😊
I'm a 40 year old woman and I've been on my sailboat just over 5 years. I live on Vancouver Island so I'll keep an eye out for you!! Come to Cowichan Bay!!
@David Wang Well you seem to be working your way through my comments with a negative breeze. I don't have it as difficult as some and winter on a dock because I can. I love my life as it is and hope that I don't become jaded and bitter.about my choices. Haven't done so far.
Hi Robin! I commend you for sharing your life and all the details on your lovely sailboat with your viewing audience. It was not only a pleasure to have watched your video, but very informative and entertaining. I absolutely love your lifestyle and all the gripping "challenges", which comes with the realm of the sailing world. Please do us all a favor and start your own TH-cam Channel!!! You would do very well. I am sure you would have a "boatload" of stories to tell us all. Greetings from Kitsap Peninsula, Wa. Thank you. A+
Great tip, Granny! My wife always forgets the chain marker depth. I’ll paint the marks now with different colors for her to call out the color which will be easier for me to keep track too 😅.
For me, red = 25', yellow = 50', blue = 75' green = 100'. I use Tremclad spray cans and tape off 2-3' sections to colour with 2 coats so that the marks are obvious. Have to redo it every couple of years whilst I'm on the dock.
I absolutely love you your an amazing woman and can tell that we are so similar haha I love your attitude I have no idea but maybe if I am lucky we run into each other at anchor I can imagine the information i could learn from you best of wishes keep living the dream
We are a family who lives on our ferro-cement schooner. It is great . My family has away lived on workboats and sailboats for decades all over V.I. We think your story is amazing and wonderful! Thank you for sharing your story. We really hope to meet you someday!! The Family of Schooner Kiva
@@robinevans3979 Our sailboat is named Kiva and we are a schooner. We are mostly down in the southern Gulf Islands. We live in Maple Bay, on the hook. We have a small TH-cam channel: @schoonerkiva It's about our life on board as a family and traveling the area. We would love to meet up with you on land or sea one day!
@@TheSeatug I've just googled your boat and will spend time reading your story. Thanks, we probably have several friends in common, this coast is a small world when it comes to liveaboard and active sailors who travel up and down this coast.
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This is brilliant! Wish I had the balls to do this at 67. Recently lost my husband and it would be just the thing I'd love. Such an inspiration!
Robin needs her own YT Channel. She would be great! ⛵️
Yep,,,I’ll second that
I said the same thing to her (she's my mum) I can imagine it's hard to dedicate that amount of time to a channel
@@maxrobinson0041 Hi Max! Thanks for watching!
I want to sail with you. Your area sounds very similar to West coast Scotland, my home.
@@jimmyjohnstone5878 i have friends who sail their drascombe up there and I was just talking to a friend about sailing there and how similarly beautiful it is but without the abundance of trees like there are to the waters edge here, despite all the logging.
That's my mum😇
Lovely lady!
Awe, Kelda, Love you!
love running in to her out on the water just cruising or on a anchor in some amazing spot shes the best :)
You got a cool mom! 😊
G-d bless Robin!!💙🌞😇🤺🤺
Fantastic Woman!...." Beyond All Things Is The Sea " SENECA
She is amazing. What a wonderful lady and a wonderful life. 🤗
Awe, thank you!
I agree she is an amazing lady one want to meet with. She seems so interesting. I hope I can live that way when a retire ❤
Love this lady. Wish I could follow her on social media
You go, grrrrrlfriend! I'm 65 and bought a short bus this year to convert to travel. After losing my husband to ALS in the initial COVID lock down and losing my organic farm due to being primary caregiver to my best friend and husband I bought a used 34 foot Class C motorhome for my 4 dogs and cat and I to move into. Regroup, make a plan and start over. I lived in my Rig from Aug 2020 to Aug 2022 when I moved into my unfinished tiny cabin I'm building. I have electric and plumbing and walls covered but that's it
I still have to design and finish my kitchen, build a large deck to build my laundry room on so it's not in my cabin. I have a lot to do to finish, but I will. My friend did the plumbing and I build and do all the carpentry. She lives up the hill. We've been bff's since 7th grade. Here we are in our mid 60s still kicking ass and taking names, lol!!! Get a bus instead of a van or motorhome. Safest and best built vehicle. I got a 2001 GMC Savana 3500. Thomas built bus. I named her Babe. She is my next project after my cabin. I'll finish her like a cushy vardo for my dogs and I to travel in.
Smiling so hard right now. This sister is so great. Inspiring to say the least. I could listen to her all day. Cheers
Well, thank you, in the sailing world I don't feel out of the ordinary.
A very refreshing change to most other videos out there, a mature and down to earth woman living her life! Wish you good health and many more years onboard your beauty!
Thank you for commenting Christofer. I hope to show that one doesn't have to know everything about the systems on a boat, or be the perfect level of fitness, or have a large income.
@@robinevans3979 Hello Robin. I'm a 65 yrs old widow. I sailed as a teenager with my dad and and later with my husband. When I retired 8 yrs ago, I wanted to sell the house and go live on a boat. Just what you're doing! Today I still think it'd be good to live on a boat although I'm not sure I could sail one alone. I'd be curious to know how or if you handle the boat alone when you go sailing. I know the strength required to haul up the main or the (controlled) chaos surrounding reefing a main in a good wind ! I'll keep a look out for any more videos you may post. If I ever get out to BC I'd definitely look for you and stop and say hi. I think you've made a great life for yourself.
@@CB-kn1ox Hi CB. There's a lot can be done to make a sailboat easier to handle as age intrudes on our strength and agility. Just one example - you mention raising the main. Don't run the halyards to the cockpit where you have to pull horizontally and suffer extra friction from the turning blocks. Have the halyard exit the mast high enough up to be a stretch to reach. Then gravity and your own weight are actually helping as you reach up and haul down. There's hundreds of tips like this. At 65 you're definitely not old by sailboat cruising standards.
@@CB-kn1ox I seem to manage. I don't have any issues that restrict my capabilities as a sailor, despite being overweight.
@@HempBike Yup, I personally don't like everything brought back to the cockpit. I haul my main up easily to the top at 46', and just use the winch for the final tightness. I let friends have a go but they struggle. Technique and practice help. nope, not old.
So nice to see a person happy doing what is clearly right for them.
One of the most interesting videos on youtube that I have seen. I love Robin and wish there was a go fund page to raise money to help this lady get the updated equipment that she needs. Well-spoken, enthusiastic and entertaining is our Robin ( and young looking too), am I the only one who thinks we needs to see Robin with a weekly blog channel?
Awe thank you. One of my friends started a facebook group for people interested in cat-life on boats. It took off in an unplanned way and people from all over the world now send him money to upgrade his systems and gifts too.
Forrest at different Media has done a lovely job of filming and producing this film. Young-looking? Oh, you stroke my tiny ego with that! Lol!
Amazing person and yes very young looking beauty never ages it seems
I presume no way to correspond directly as I would love to find out more about live aboard
I am a skier and figure skater in Australia so have always wanted to live isn Canada for a time
What a legend this bird is. Genuine, forthright and true. Gives me hope for living on a boat. The boat very homely and although looking cluttered you can tell everything has its' place and nothing is useless.. Nice to see a real live-aboard rather than a holiday living-room / chalet. You don't get advice from a person like this and disrespect it unless you're foolish. Hope there's 10 years of happiness on the waves coming to this lady and more. Great job letting her tell her story and not making it about yourself. Enjoyed this video
Yes, the clutter is worst at the end of my winter on the dock. Each day something else comes out, and then there is the project list that was being worked through when I was interviewed. At least it's my clutter and I know where to put it all back to for sailing!
admirable
Great Lady, such charismatic person! Ahoy Sailor! Best!
A most delightful and very interesting lady - thoroughly enjoyd watching this !
Living the dream 💯. I lost my Catalina 22 during Hurricane Wilma,. Another boat broke mooring. Smashed into mine and lost her,. I Miss The Kalimba. Hope to get another soon
Amazing young lady. Living the life we only dream of. ❤
Robin,
I’m 73 & bought a 1977 Albin Balland 30 a year ago. I’m close to joining your life style an really enjoyed you sharing a peek at your home & your wisdom. If I can find a friendly cat like yours I’m in! Thanks again for sharing!
Jim Grigsby
Virginia Beach
A very interesting and lovely lady, living life on her terms. She seems so happy and content, and I don't know what else anyone could want out of life.
Nope, I don't want for anything really.
Great to see your video Robin I myself live on my Bevaria 32 in Greece 75 now still sail find this keeps me fit and I’ll keep doing this until someone comes carry me off to an old peoples home
👍 🌴 📷 . Absolutely awesome interview.
Hi Robin! I live on Quadra island! Very inspired by you 😊 thanks for sharing your story
Well thank you! Say hi if you see me then.
You're an incredible lady. I really admire people who live the way they want to live.
Thank you, I don't have to compromise and life is easier in some ways, but also don't have anyone to share experiences with. There are pros and cons both ways
@@robinevans3979 Thanks for such kind sharing of your life. I was surprised (and pleased) when you said many musicians lived on boats because it doesn't seem to line up with "not having anyone to share experiences with." I often think of living aboard but invariably come up against "who could I make music with." I feel like I would miss my band too much. But I guess there must be a way if you've found live-aboard musicians. I'm encouraged to find out more.
@@HempBike I am humbled by the talents of many a young and old musician on the water. When I was a kid, one of my parent's friends had a baby grand on his boat! Haven't seen that since...
@@robinevans3979 Hi Robyn, yes a piano (or a guitar) or even a solo instrument like a recorder, trumpet, violin, etc. makes sense for single boat life as they are self sufficient. I've made life a bit harder for myself by being a bass player (tuba or bass guitar) and bass really doesn't make sense without other musicians. Maybe it will help be make friends by forcing me out to find other musicians.
At 86 and a former live aboard sailor of a 35 ft Challenger Ketch , I salute you robin for pursuing your dream. More power to you.
Thank you Gene. You understand the lifestyle then.
@@robinevans3979
Miss Robin,
I enjoy looking at videos of liveaboard boats, but this is the first liveaboard home I've ever seen. I absolutely love the texture of your home as well as your spirit. You are inspirational and I love your humour.
Awe, thank you. Just one example amongst many...
Brilliant lady, very watchable. A youtube channel would be great seeing her sail. Keep going !
As a more seasoned sailor, she is such an inspiration. Fabulous
Robin, with deep and earnest respect and reverence, I wish to express my unmeasurable gratitude to you for creating and posting this vignette of your and your magnificent cats life! I too live aboard. My sanctuary, my temple, my commodious and lovely home is a 40’ Phill Rhodes yawl, DREAMER, currently berthed in a slip in Sausalito California. I claw for the requisite legal tender, as a freelance captain and shipwright, running yachts and utility craft, and working boats, usually wood, planking, framing, (carpentry) as well as systems, plumbing, electrical, and no doubt engine efforts, and a specialty, finishes by brush! I’m blessed to always have ample work, and am also blessed and am oh so grateful to be known for excellence, Which I never stop striving for.
I deeply thank you Robin for this honest and wonderful, in-depth gaze and walkthrough!
To me this is wildly valuable and highly inspiring material! Watching your footage, it’s wildly evident that so so very much of your ways and beliefs and ethos’s which you so eloquently expressed, I absolutely share!
I’m told I ought to be doing something similar, as I’ve found that people seem to want to listen to me talk about boats and all-things maritime and of seafaring lore! This sort of encouraging advice particularly reaches me of late, as I am in very very overdue need of a new hip! Just one of many indications that I have pressed this body so so hard working throughout my life of nearly half a century! I’m in urgent need of learning a sustainable way to claw together that requisite legal tender... something way less impactful and less painful!
Way to endorse this lifestyle, and to clearly show the very beautiful and very doable approach to this semi-nomadic, very independent, and quite unorthodox, while intensely rich way to survive and to thrive in this tangled, wealth-admiring, modern world!
Blessings Robin!
Cheers,
-Cpt. Loyal Tarbet
What a Lovely Lady, and Beautiful hair
Great video Robin, nice to see you! From Tom and Josie sv Tempest
Hi guys, maybe see you this summer as well!
One thing that age does not erase is our passions and this lady is proof of that.
I just love the life that she’s living. And, her personality’s so appealing!
Inspiring lady: "Better to regret what you have done than what you haven't done."
"Don't live on the fear of the regret of yesterday or tomorrow in order to prevent your living for today."
Gosh ! The amount of stuff this brave sailor has !!!…
How does she clean ?
Dust goes everywhere on a boat !!!…
She's a nice woman.
That woman is awesome! What she does requires her to be either extremely wealthy or she's a carpenter, electrician, plumber, weather forecaster, diesel engine mechanic, and of course, a sailor. Excellent job super cool lady!! Cheers 🥂
As you would have heard in the film footage, I am not all things with all the skills and I am not wealthy, however, I do work through a project list each year and stuff gets done. either by me, or by a friend that helps for a bit of cash.
She’s a Brit! That’s what we do!🤗🥰
Yes , she is very competent !
It doesn't require a lot of wealth or a lot of skills. Just commitment, passion and some experience. I've seen people buy boats for a few grand and learn sailing and maintenance along the way.
Lovely lady 🙂☺😘
What an inspiration!
Great to see you're happy. I'm doing the same for 12 years. 76 years old. Keeping it simple.
Well done…you have a wonderful life…I love living on a boat…I can’t do it anymore…I truly mis it…stay safe and sound…
Whoa it’s Robin! She helped me look for and find my first boat as I knew absolutely nothing to boat life, just out out pure passion and kindness. I remember thinking of her when the boat project switched from a couple project to a solo project, and thought I could do this by myself just like she does. I’m still living the boat life, hope to see you when I’ll be sailing to Quadra!
Rosemary! Hi, Yes I hear from Viktor that you are living and sailing alone. It warms my heart to hear this! Thank you for commenting and see you out there this summer somewhere. I might cruise down through the gulf Islands again this fall. Let's connect on FB and I can tell you where else I plan to cruise this summer.
OMG. I had a Steel Roberts 43' 20 yrs ago. We purchased it cheep, because it had never had the interior finished out. The $ stopped and so did the project. Robin I am soo pleased to see this, Good On You Girl. If you ever need some company I think we could do well, for a bit. "fair winds" child. I am almost 74 still riding motorcycles & take trips in my 95 Dodge work van, which I converted to a camper.
Having lived both vanlife and boatlife I much prefer the boat, being around water is by far the calmer environment..
What a nice lady I wish her a lovely life at sea
I'm 60 now since the covid reevaluate life and looking for the freedom sailing offers. You are a real inspiration.
I have had the benefit of a sailing childhood so hopefully you do too and can appreciate all the work that is involved.
I so admire what she is doing!
👍🌲📸 I'm so jealous of your awesome lifestyle. Thx so much for this. Looks like your cat loves it too. All the best!!! 🐱
Brilliant. So natural, so human and no ego. I could learn alot from you. I live in the UK but I bought a 10m sailing boat earlier this year in Greece aged 69yrs after retiring aged 67. I hope I've got a few years left to enjoy. Many years ago in the 1970's I was a navigating officer in the merchant navy for 6 years and then a full-time coastguard officer for 6 years so great respect for the sea. I then changed to a non maritime career which was completely different. Like you I had only used charts in the 70's and 80's. I couldn't believe how easy navionics was and just like a car satnav. I am the same as you regarding engines and electrics. You could easily do a television series. I hope to see more of your videos. Thank you.
I appreciate your comments. I completed one of my brothers' week-long sailing courses so that I would be capable of navigating without all these mod-cons, but have not yet needed to. I tend to sail during daylight hours mostly because I don't travel far enough to warrant an overnight sail but I could if needed. I like my sleep at night and my play during the daylight. I travel in fog sometimes so Navionics is such a bonus, and can use the ship aware app on my phone to tell me where the nearby boats are that have AIS. I'm not sure how much into my 70's I'll want to continue though imagining a life not on the sea feels alien now. What kind of boat did you buy for your cruising?
You’re truly an amazing lady!
Love this video. Very inspiring to this 63 year old who loves the water!
Good on you, Well done for doing what you are doing.
What an amazing woman God bless her and all her travels
Interesting life Robin. I think it’s great how capable you are. Thanks
This is my favourite sister.❤ A couple of times every summer I stock up my trailerable MacGregor 26m and zoom to where she is and raft up for a visit. Always full of adventures and fun. All three kids in our family are still sailors. In the winter I go south to Grenada where we spent our childhood on a cruising boat. I just got there in fact. I have had a 34’ sloop here since 1998. Robin has come down a couple of times to adventure here on my boat and a friend’s Grand Banks type trawler.
Robin is awesome!⛵️😘🍀
Awe thanks Bro! Luv ya! xx
Proud of her!
I love how aware she is of money
Great interview with a lovely lady, Hats off to her!
Hi. Absolutely astonishing such bravery thank you so very much for sharing I'm hoping to keep following
Hi Robin, I also am 59 going on 60 soon. I bought a travel trailer and I am off to Las Vegas. Leaving January of 2023. I am going to live full time on the road. This is my second try. I tried it a few years ago and covid hit and with the two people I had with me I had to come back home. Now I am setting out alone to live my life also. Life is too short sista! Happy Sailing
It's easier than starting out anew with another person though I miss companionship sometimes. Happy travels!
I loved this video. My house is currently up for sale and I intend to buy a boat. I don't intend to do anything epic, just live around the water in that lovely community of sailors and liveaboards.
The last boat I lived on was a 19ft Caprice so I'll get something a bit bigger this time!
🌺 Strong Woman
Wish You Health
And Happiness 💞
I loved watching this. This lady knows what she is doing and is living the life! I hope she has many happy years ahead on her boat.
Oh mu gosh! I have found my sister of another mother! Robin, I am 63 year young sailor dying slowly on land. I have been on a sailboat since I was 1 month old. Since I am a caregiver to my parents, my land life is slowly coming to an end. I have my own home that I am updating so I can sell it. I also still work full time to put $$$ in the bank for retirement. You are so inspiring to us Mature Ladies of the Sea. One day we shall meet. Keep doing what you are doing! Future S/V Vela, Captain Valérie
Awe thanks, are you in the PNW area?
Robin, I live in Florida, USA.
Such a pleasing change from the manicured, glossy sailing channels that so often feature a perfectly ordered yacht and a glamorous young woman in a bikini.
Thank you. What you see is what you get with me, nothing fake, and a cluttered lived-in boat!
My boyfriend had a 36’ Morgan sailboat that I loved. He bought it to basically learn on so he could get his captains certification so he could sail cats in the BVI. He sold it as it was starting to have a lot of issues but it was fun while it lasted. :)
I would love to be able to live on a boat.
She is so nice, so at peace with herself, very happy person!
Brilliant video, loved it, thank you for inviting us into your boat home Robin ❤️ Working towards this (plus 🐈) having been on boats, & will consider steel hull a bit more now. Had motorbikes too so can completely understand the 'land freedom' comment. Thanks for reminding me about dinghy sailing! ⛵
Wonderful video. Robin, you are a kindred spirit for sure! I was a live aboard on my own for many years on a trawler. Lots of people thought I was crazy but I loved it, and still miss it. Except for the constant maintenance. That got challenging and would be even more difficult now as I approach 70. But you seem to have things well in hand. You definitely had me smiling and looking back on a magical time in my life. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing lady, age does not matter. You are inspiring. I'm retired and want to buy a narrowboat to cruise the canals and rivers if UK. Some say im too old, but you have proved its not an age issue if one is healthy and passionate about life anything is possible. 💚
Absolutely, ignore the naysayers and follow your dream to see where it leads you.
loved it
What an amazing gal! And she has cats!! I have always wanted to learn to sail, and growing up in Campbell River, you'd think I would have found someone to teach me! But I never did. Now at 60, I have found my freedom in RVing, but sailing just seems freer somehow.
REcommend to find a sailing club and start crewing. You don't even need your own boat to get involved and start learning. Then if you want you can find cheap boats everywhere, even free on occasion. Fixing one up you learn as you go, (lots of help on TH-cam).
I lived on a sailboat for 3 yrs on Vancouver island got tired of the cold wet winters sold the boat bought a Rv crossed Canada now in Arizona heading to Mexico for the winter
This makes me miss my Ericson 38. I recently had to part ways with the vessel. I'm 27 I told myself I'll have another some day. Great lifestyle and great people always willing to help. For people wanting to buy a boat here's what I learned. Always check the packing around the shaft of the prop, always check the bilge for water, always test the standing rigging and check for rust/cracking, look for bubbles in the deck, check that no drains are clogged or rusted shut(thru hull), make sure motor pushes water when started, and if you're not going to have it hulled pay a diver to go underneath and take some pictures. Make sure they check for blisters. Best of luck! ⛵️
Listening to her I'm pretty sure she has a good grip on what needs to be done. She's been sailing since she was a baby for god's sake!
@@bonniebryan2541 it was not directed towards her but rather the people watching this wanting to get into the hobby. God bless you
@@MrDkusa I have a 5-page list of things to look at when buying a boat that I created when looking for this one. No surprises if I check them all.
@@robinevans3979 Then you would agree that even with a $30k budget you will not purchase a perfect vessel that size. If someone is reading this and you are not a hands on person really think twice. Marine work is exorbitantly expensive. On top of paying docking you WILL need someone to clean the bottom regularly. If you are in salt water a bottom job is needed roughly every 4 years. Zincs need to be constantly changed. Any rigging especially standing rigging could get close to $10k once they have to remove your mast. This isn't even getting into the wiring or water lines or storage tanks, Water heaters...
@@MrDkusa Yup definitely there is much effort, time and a budget needed for maintenance, updates and repairs. Some people do underestimate all sorts of issues relating to a liveaboard lifestyle. I've heard people say, 'how hard can sailing be? I'll just get out there!' It's not for everyone that's for sure.
You ... are very impressive gal.
You must be a very competent sailor. I loved this video of Robin the Adventurer.
My brother once described me as a medium-sized fish in a small pond as far as competency is concerned. That'll do.
Cat is just adorable. Looks like you have all the room you need very comfy and organized. I could live there if I never left the dock.😂
How funny cos some of the comments indicate that I life in a tip with clutter everywhere. It's better when I'm off sailing during the summer though.
@@robinevans3979 clutter to them looked to me like all usable stuff and it had it's place. When you have a small space with lots of stuff it can look like clutter to some that never lived in a small place & you have to fit what you need.
This id drone footage of me shot by a friend from his boat as I tacked around his bow. th-cam.com/video/2cs_We2kzzk/w-d-xo.html
@@robinevans3979 yes I know he did a great job.
Thank you Robin for your reply. Like you I only sail daylight hours. I bought a mamba34 which I had never heard of before. Built in 1977 and Swedish. She is so solid. I am told, apparenlty they didn't know alot about fibreglass in those days and so they made the hulls alot thicker.. I had a full and very thorough professional survey and spent alot of the first season getting jobs done. Also I am not as strong as I used to be so may purchase an electric winch handle. We never stop learning. 😊
What a delightful lady. I wish you well and hope you exceeded your expectations of living on your boat.
I carry on learning all the time.
Florida water can be unpredictable sometimes , especially hurricane season
I'm a 40 year old woman and I've been on my sailboat just over 5 years. I live on Vancouver Island so I'll keep an eye out for you!! Come to Cowichan Bay!!
Yes exactly 💯. I too lived on a sailboat for a spell, now car camping across the US until I'm no longer able.
Great, simple and to the point video, very good job. How do you go sailing on your own. What happens in bad weather. thank you. Darren
What a beautiful life she's made for herself.
@David Wang Well you seem to be working your way through my comments with a negative breeze. I don't have it as difficult as some and winter on a dock because I can. I love my life as it is and hope that I don't become jaded and bitter.about my choices. Haven't done so far.
She is a force of nature...my kind of lady.
I have but one life to live so this path will do for now.
Wow what a great life. Good on you living your dream
great vid thanks
Awesome beautiful lady. Gb you
I’m happy for you lady. Thanks. God Bless.
Blessings to her. I'm a minimalist so all that stuff would make me nervous. ...just looking. Good for her for living her best life.
Very informative! Thank you for sharing.
From this landlubber.
WOW!
I've found living on a boat to be incredibly challenging and wonderful all rolled into one. It's particularly hard when you get older.
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Hi Robin! I commend you for sharing your life and all the details on your lovely sailboat with your viewing audience. It was not only a pleasure to have watched your video, but very informative and entertaining. I absolutely love your lifestyle and all the gripping "challenges", which comes with the realm of the sailing world. Please do us all a favor and start your own TH-cam Channel!!! You would do very well. I am sure you would have a "boatload" of stories to tell us all. Greetings from Kitsap Peninsula, Wa. Thank you. A+
Thank you.
Great tip, Granny! My wife always forgets the chain marker depth. I’ll paint the marks now with different colors for her to call out the color which will be easier for me to keep track too 😅.
For me,
red = 25',
yellow = 50',
blue = 75'
green = 100'.
I use Tremclad spray cans and tape off 2-3' sections to colour with 2 coats so that the marks are obvious. Have to redo it every couple of years whilst I'm on the dock.
I absolutely love you your an amazing woman and can tell that we are so similar haha I love your attitude I have no idea but maybe if I am lucky we run into each other at anchor I can imagine the information i could learn from you best of wishes keep living the dream
We are a family who lives on our ferro-cement schooner. It is great . My family has away lived on workboats and sailboats for decades all over V.I. We think your story is amazing and wonderful! Thank you for sharing your story. We really hope to meet you someday!!
The Family of Schooner Kiva
Thank you for watching. You'll have to look out for me then because I won't know who you are or what your boat looks like to watch out for.
@@robinevans3979 Our sailboat is named Kiva and we are a schooner. We are mostly down in the southern Gulf Islands. We live in Maple Bay, on the hook. We have a small TH-cam channel: @schoonerkiva
It's about our life on board as a family and traveling the area. We would love to meet up with you on land or sea one day!
@@TheSeatug I've just googled your boat and will spend time reading your story. Thanks, we probably have several friends in common, this coast is a small world when it comes to liveaboard and active sailors who travel up and down this coast.
I am preparing to make my dream life a reality at 57, you are an inspiration! Much love and happiness to you ❤️❤️
Well good luck to you and I'm sure you will have a huge learning curve too.
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great life story.....great
So inspiring, especially for a newly uncoupled person. What a great person :)
Wao! She's very brave! My respect and admiration for choosing that lifestyle!
Thank you.
You definitely need your own channel! Love this video!
Good for you! It looks wonderful! Can’t beat the Brits! And in any case you are 60 years young!❤️