Thanks for showing us around Jeff. I have been living on mine for 14 months now. i am visiting on land after spending every night on the water. I will never go back to suburbia. no power bill for 14 months, sold my car so no rego insurance etc etc. just my yacht and bike. My girlfriend has been with me for the 14 months and loves it. The hardest part was finding someone who can shed the shackles of living like everyone else and dreaming. Now we live the dream. I like how you have adapted to your environment. People talk about being GREEN for the environment, yet live aboards must be the most environmental people on the planet.
Very enjoyable video. The work you have done to acommodate the boat to meet your comforts and lifestyle is great. It is something I would like to do also. I have a 35 foot pearson and hope to remodel and enhance my boat for my retirement in a few years. Thanks for sharing.
Thank-you Jeff for the incite into your life aboard. I think you have done a wonderful job of the set up. I have watched this video several times and enjoy the way you have made it home. I love the way you have done your heating. Don't forget to watch your ventilation!! Love It, it is easy to feel your comfortable living and satisfaction
Jeff, I keep coming back to view your video again and again. I love it. It's very cool how you have put so much work in her making it your own special place. I also search tiny homes on youtube and I seem to have a passion for small cozy interiors. Your's is no different. I think living on your boat with all the upgrades is probably very special and comfortable. I have a very small 23 footer at a lake and spending weekends aboard now. Thanks for the videos!
Many thanks to everyone for your kind comments,I never thought I would have so many views when I made this video! Its 19 months on now, and I'm still living on-board and sailing around ,not much has changed,and Im still very happy with my life.I cant imagine not living on my boat, if I go away from her,after a few days I cant wait to get back to my man cave! So I reckon I'm a lucky man to have found a happy life. Take care everyone and good luck!
You have fixed her up wonderfully! Looks really comfortable and I'm sure you're loving life to the fullest. I pray you find your companion because I think she will have a very good man! God bless you and your wonderful ship....she's a beauty!
For the love of sailing. Great video. I have a Hunter 33 Cherubini I am refurbishing. ( 1978 ) God bless you , hope u find that special mate. Great video !!
Hi Jeff, thanks for the tour, great set up. I bought a Macwester Rowan Crown 24 3 years ago, not for living on just weekend fun. Although I live about 5 minutes drive from Brighton Marina I keep it in Southampton. Might see you over the Isle of Wight sometime. All the best
Jeff...I enjoyed this video. I live in Mobile, Alabama, and own a 1996 Beneteau 42s7 which I truly enjoy. While I don't live on it, because it's forty miles from my home but just across the river from my work, I spend a few nights each week living on board. It saves me from driving back and forth. My wife enjoys her time with her mother so it leaves me free to enjoy my boat. I love the way you've adapted the boat to fit your lifestyle and taste. I'm baffled how you guys deal with the severe tides and mud, which would drive me nuts. Our tides are usually never more than a couple of feet at worse and that's only a few times a year. Take care!
nice job mate! very well done and thought out. I like the wainscoating pine planking on ceiling, gun on the wall, great looking engine set up! have fun, tnx for sharing! Patrick
Good day mate, Great video, us live aboards are everywhere. I moved on my 29 footer about six years ago and wouldn't change for quids. Having a go at refitting at the moment and just put in an electric loo! All the best from aussie
You have a beautiful boat and have done more than I could to fix her up. So glad you are really enjoying life, that's all that really matters! Keep killin it, see you out there one day.
I've been living on my Westsail 32 for four months and could not agree more. When I'm away from her visiting relations, I cant wait to return. bob the cat is wonderful company when not horking up fur balls.
Hello Jeff. I was really interested in your video (I have been watching quite a few of these live aboard videos), and I am so happy for you that you are doing something that makes you happy. Do all these things while you can and never regret a thing. I like to live my dreams through people such as yourself - I am only 59, but disabled since 2009 with another serious health problem, and I regret not doing more with my life, apart from muck it up! So, good for you and enjoy every moment of every day :) Mike
Very cool, I love what you have done with her. This is something my wife and I would love to do in the winter months after the kids are grown and I retire. We live in western NY, our winters are far from fun lol. I would love to get a boat and sail down the east coast to find warmer weather. In the summer we can stay at our cabin. Do you ever worry about ice damaging your home in the winter? I like the heaters you made do they keep up when it's really cold out? Thanks for sharing, ATB, Steve...
Hi Jeff,doing the same with Golden Hind 31,lot of work but we are getting there age is a big problem Makwester,s nice boat you done well,fair winds my friend.
TH-cam decided I should revisit this video. I did see this in 2014 and and in 2017 I bought my current boat to live on. Also very happy with my man cave. So much room to tinker. Only error I made is buying to big, a 42 ft steel ketch. 32 ft is so much more efficient to sail on your one, to heat and all.
I found your video one of the most interesting I've ever seen, particularly as I own a Macwester Wight (no Mk afterwards, as it's one of only 5 prototypes ever made). Mine was made approx 1969. Seeing what you have done was inspirational. Love to talk further.
David Byrhtnoth I'm looking to purchase a Wight. I'm not quite sure why, but I've fallen in love with them. They just seem so practical, but charming at the same time.
Extremely practical boat, easy for run person to handle and built like a brick shit house, so it can take some knocks. Not a fast boat. Whereabouts are you?
If I was after speed I'd buy a power launch :D I live in Sussex. There's one for sale not far from me. If I can get the cash together 'll be checking her out. Thanks for the info :)
There's a lot of stuff to check out. I had a report done before I bought and this enabled me to drive price down by nearly 50% from that which was being asked. Good luck! Do tell me please exactly which version this is, date made and how equipped.
Jeff, great to see this is all very creative/handy what you did and indeed very cosy one: i could not hear what the brand was of yr new engine can you plse tell me Jacques
You may want to rethink storing your propane tank so close to the cabin opening. I heard somewhere that propane gas is heavier than air. If that's true, then it's possible for leaking propane gas to go down into your cabin, when the tank is placed so close to your cabin entryway. For safety sake, I always keep the propane tank at the very back of the boat, near the transom.
Great video, thank you for sharing. I particularly like the internal timber boarding, reminds me of the architect peter zumthors swiss chalet. One question, though, where is the head? Is it a chemical, sea or composting one? Or do you stay in a marina?
Hi Geoff, what is the model? I have 1972 Wight 30, that had been a live aboard. I have been updating and have been stumped as to what to about the head/hull lining that was polystyrene plastered over! I think I am going to go for the pine. Hot and cold pressure water, a double sink unit, microwave, cool box failsafe cooker all off ebay. Your boat looks very cosy.Len.
Hi Jeff I've bought a rough macwester Wight v2 for next to nothing and I'm wondering jow to get mine into the same condition as yours as your boat is very beautiful jiq
hi hi captain, Jeff I think you've got it nailed. I've had boats since the '80s and lived on one for 5 years. it is an addiction and i yearn to go back living on a boat.. The creature that understands you will be the one who is or want to live on a boat too! question, all that pine paneling did you find a way to eliminate moisture behind the paneling? I love the idea of doubling the plastic panel in the hatch cover to eliminate condensation, why didn't I think of that!! \
Hi Jeff I have a chance of buying a Mac 32 for a grand, should I go for it. I just want to go to the Mediterranean and Aegean sea. Do you have some advice? Regards Richard
Do you have a full keel? If so I'm curious have you ever found yourself in a rather difficult situation where you may have wished for a full keel?I have every intention of living aboard I'm in the process of saving for a boat and I was looking to get a 32 footer to learn the ropes.
No she,s a bilge keel which Iike,so she dry's out upright and can go in the shallows,but for deep sea cruising a full keel is probably better. good luck!
Jeff,thank u for the fine video, an showing us all ur wonderful ship. I am a ham radio op, /amateur radio, do u meet an hams on the water ways?? god bless u an be safem but have fun, Ron,wb8nmk in nw,ohio usa. april 28.22015
Thanks for showing us around Jeff. I have been living on mine for 14 months now. i am visiting on land after spending every night on the water. I will never go back to suburbia. no power bill for 14 months, sold my car so no rego insurance etc etc. just my yacht and bike. My girlfriend has been with me for the 14 months and loves it. The hardest part was finding someone who can shed the shackles of living like everyone else and dreaming. Now we live the dream. I like how you have adapted to your environment. People talk about being GREEN for the environment, yet live aboards must be the most environmental people on the planet.
Thanks for showing us around Jeff. I have been living on mine for 14 months now. i am visiting on land after spending every night on the water. I will never go back to suburbia. no power bill for 14 months, sold my car so no rego insurance etc etc. just my yacht and bike. My girlfriend has been with me for the 14 months and loves it. The hardest part was finding someone who can shed the shackles of living like everyone else and dreaming. Now we live the dream. I like how you have adapted to your environment. People talk about being GREEN for the environment, yet live aboards must be the most environmental people on the planet.
you've made it look so nice and cozy with all the wood, blankets and sheepskins!
Have watched the video 3-4 times. Love it more every time. You've done a great job and have a terrific life. All the best to you.
You've done a lovely job with her. A lot of good ideas there for anyone like me looking for their first live aboard.
very nice setup Jeff, your bilge and engine looks very tidy as well.
+jwrappuhn71 Thats the benefit of living on a boat. You get to spend more time & money on it rather than your house etc.
Very nice boat tour. You did a great job of making your boat warm and cozy. Very good narration and attitude too. Fair winds!
Very enjoyable video. The work you have done to acommodate the boat to meet your comforts and lifestyle is great. It is something I would like to do also. I have a 35 foot pearson and hope to remodel and enhance my boat for my retirement in a few years. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic set up in your boat! looks beautiful with you lining the ceiling with pine! truly cozy!
very nice, well cared for boat, you can tell you really love her.
You have a beautiful boat Jeff. Thanks for sharing it with us. Peace
Thank-you Jeff for the incite into your life aboard. I think you have done a wonderful job of the set up. I have watched this video several times and enjoy the way you have made it home. I love the way you have done your heating. Don't forget to watch your ventilation!! Love It, it is easy to feel your comfortable living and satisfaction
Jeff, I keep coming back to view your video again and again. I love it. It's very cool how you have put so much work in her making it your own special place. I also search tiny homes on youtube and I seem to have a passion for small cozy interiors. Your's is no different. I think living on your boat with all the upgrades is probably very special and comfortable. I have a very small 23 footer at a lake and spending weekends aboard now. Thanks for the videos!
You sir have a beautiful boat with many great personal touches, well done and congrats on a wonderful home!
Many thanks to everyone for your kind comments,I never thought I would have so many views when I made this video!
Its 19 months on now, and I'm still living on-board and sailing around ,not much has changed,and Im still very happy with my life.I cant imagine not living on my boat, if I go away from her,after a few days I cant wait to get back to my man cave! So I reckon I'm a lucky man to have found a happy life. Take care everyone and good luck!
don't crowd yourself Jeff! If you take someone onboard, you wind up giving away to many of your privileges to suit someone else!
You have fixed her up wonderfully! Looks really comfortable and I'm sure you're loving life to the fullest. I pray you find your companion because I think she will have a very good man! God bless you and your wonderful ship....she's a beauty!
Thanks for your kind comments Johnny., I have found a girlfriend now, she loves sailing,and we are going,for a four day sail on Monday!
That is wonderful! Hey, the good Lord will provide! Take care, happy sailing and God speed!
For the love of sailing.
Great video.
I have a Hunter 33 Cherubini I am refurbishing. ( 1978 )
God bless you , hope u find that special mate.
Great video !!
Hi Jeff, thanks for the tour, great set up. I bought a Macwester Rowan Crown 24 3 years ago, not for living on just weekend fun. Although I live about 5 minutes drive from Brighton Marina I keep it in Southampton. Might see you over the Isle of Wight sometime. All the best
Jeff...I enjoyed this video. I live in Mobile, Alabama, and own a 1996 Beneteau 42s7 which I truly enjoy. While I don't live on it, because it's forty miles from my home but just across the river from my work, I spend a few nights each week living on board. It saves me from driving back and forth. My wife enjoys her time with her mother so it leaves me free to enjoy my boat. I love the way you've adapted the boat to fit your lifestyle and taste. I'm baffled how you guys deal with the severe tides and mud, which would drive me nuts. Our tides are usually never more than a couple of feet at worse and that's only a few times a year. Take care!
Great video Jeff, thanks for sharing! 👍
nice job mate! very well done and thought out. I like the wainscoating pine planking on ceiling, gun on the wall, great looking engine set up! have fun, tnx for sharing! Patrick
Good day mate, Great video, us live aboards are everywhere. I moved on my 29 footer about six years ago and wouldn't change for quids. Having a go at refitting at the moment and just put in an electric loo! All the best from aussie
Love how you have your interior set up. Love the wood work. Great job
Thank you Andrew,yes she is very cosy.
What a beautiful boat man. Congrats
Amazing, thanks for sharing your home.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL JEFF, Great job wow.
You have a beautiful boat and have done more than I could to fix her up. So glad you are really enjoying life, that's all that really matters! Keep killin it, see you out there one day.
Fancy finding you 2 here how is your new boat?
I've been living on my Westsail 32 for four months and could not agree more. When I'm away from her visiting relations, I cant wait to return. bob the cat is wonderful company when not horking up fur balls.
Jeff you rock and thanks for letting us into your live a bit , wishing you well , Harald
I like your boat and the new engine looks great!
great life, I have a 26" Mariner Pacer as well. maybe one day I'll be just like you. Keep up the good work Jeff !!
such a wonderfully cozy live.
i want a life like you have you so lucky nice vidio nice boat nice life god bless
OMG I love that boat. You did everything that I would like to do to mine, when I get one that big. Great Video !
Interesting! Thanks for sharing your life.
Hello Jeff. I was really interested in your video (I have been watching quite a few of these live aboard videos), and I am so happy for you that you are doing something that makes you happy. Do all these things while you can and never regret a thing. I like to live my dreams through people such as yourself - I am only 59, but disabled since 2009 with another serious health problem, and I regret not doing more with my life, apart from muck it up! So, good for you and enjoy every moment of every day :)
Mike
I love your setup! I'm working on a Catalina 27 that I'm going to live aboard. Nothing like a floating man cave lol.
you bet! good luck!
Good luck,it's a great life, I'd never change it! 13 years now👍💪⚓😃
Very cool, I love what you have done with her. This is something my wife and I would love to do in the winter months after the kids are grown and I retire. We live in western NY, our winters are far from fun lol. I would love to get a boat and sail down the east coast to find warmer weather. In the summer we can stay at our cabin. Do you ever worry about ice damaging your home in the winter? I like the heaters you made do they keep up when it's really cold out? Thanks for sharing,
ATB, Steve...
Hi Jeff,doing the same with Golden Hind 31,lot of work but we are getting there age is a big problem Makwester,s nice boat you done well,fair winds my friend.
TH-cam decided I should revisit this video. I did see this in 2014 and and in 2017 I bought my current boat to live on. Also very happy with my man cave. So much room to tinker. Only error I made is buying to big, a 42 ft steel ketch. 32 ft is so much more efficient to sail on your one, to heat and all.
Great boat! Great home!
Thank you so much, I'm still living my dream,and everything is much the same,I feel so happy that I've found a life that makes sense to me 🤩🙂
Jeff Hall
I’m going to live on a sailboat in the next life.lol
I’m so glad you are happy! God bless
Good job with the cladding.
I found your video one of the most interesting I've ever seen, particularly as I own a Macwester Wight (no Mk afterwards, as it's one of only 5 prototypes ever made). Mine was made approx 1969. Seeing what you have done was inspirational. Love to talk further.
David Byrhtnoth I'm looking to purchase a Wight. I'm not quite sure why, but I've fallen in love with them. They just seem so practical, but charming at the same time.
Extremely practical boat, easy for run person to handle and built like a brick shit house, so it can take some knocks. Not a fast boat. Whereabouts are you?
If I was after speed I'd buy a power launch :D
I live in Sussex. There's one for sale not far from me. If I can get the cash together 'll be checking her out. Thanks for the info :)
There's a lot of stuff to check out. I had a report done before I bought and this enabled me to drive price down by nearly 50% from that which was being asked.
Good luck! Do tell me please exactly which version this is, date made and how equipped.
Simply beautiful !
Ingenious lamp and vent solution :) Won't the pine cladding rot form behind without insulation?
Really enjoyed your video sir ...Ahoy from Alberta Canada ....
I like the idea of the untreated wood on the inside. How long have you had it done. Good idea to vent the lamp.
it might have taken a while to do but so worth it looks great
Jeff, great to see this
is all very creative/handy what you did
and indeed very cosy
one: i could not hear what the brand was of yr new engine
can you plse tell me
Jacques
You may want to rethink storing your propane tank so close to the cabin opening. I heard somewhere that propane gas is heavier than air. If that's true, then it's possible for leaking propane gas to go down into your cabin, when the tank is placed so close to your cabin entryway. For safety sake, I always keep the propane tank at the very back of the boat, near the transom.
You certainly like colours..! Cosy...
Where are you living on board.??
Do you sail much, how far.?
Warren
s/y Legend
Great video, thank you for sharing. I particularly like the internal timber boarding, reminds me of the architect peter zumthors swiss chalet. One question, though, where is the head? Is it a chemical, sea or composting one? Or do you stay in a marina?
Just curious, could those heating elements be potential fire hazards? (especially at sea) I loved your boat & presentation!
beautiful boat. what do you have for a loo?
Good job ...I like it.
Hi Geoff, what is the model? I have 1972 Wight 30, that had been a live aboard. I have been updating and have been stumped as to what to about the head/hull lining that was polystyrene plastered over! I think I am going to go for the pine. Hot and cold pressure water, a double sink unit, microwave, cool box failsafe cooker all off ebay. Your boat looks very cosy.Len.
great job mate
I plan to be joining your lifestyle on a sailboat.
Can you describe solar panel wattage, turbine watts, tankage capacity? What is your hot water strategy.
Looks great bud.. keep up the good work 8)
Excellent.
Thank you for sharing Jeff, Could I ask, how good or bad is the wind Gen and the solar panels? are they sufficient for your needs, Cheers.
awesome boat.. you should take a trip to Conwy marina sometime i'm sure you will love it
Lovely video pal
Looks like a great way to live! I'm wondering, where do you do your laundry?
I like the Beta engine. How many horse is it?
nice one mate good luck
Hi Jeff
I've bought a rough macwester Wight v2 for next to nothing and I'm wondering jow to get mine into the same condition as yours as your boat is very beautiful jiq
hi hi captain, Jeff I think you've got it nailed. I've had boats since the '80s and lived on one for 5 years. it is an addiction and i yearn to go back living on a boat.. The creature that understands you will be the one who is or want to live on a boat too! question, all that pine paneling did you find a way to eliminate moisture behind the paneling? I love the idea of doubling the plastic panel in the hatch cover to eliminate condensation, why didn't I think of that!!
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Alain Pascal Routhier This too was a thought which I had.
Awesome video, you've got a great life! Has sailing single handed ever been a problem on a boat that length?
No head? I'm considering living aboard... where do you go to the bathroom?
What model is this..? I thought the 32 all had aft cabin?
How far do you usually sail her?
wonderful
i want to live like you
Hi Jeff
I have a chance of buying a Mac 32 for a grand, should I go for it. I just want to go to the Mediterranean and Aegean sea.
Do you have some advice?
Regards Richard
Brilliant!
a real sailor!
Do you have a full keel? If so I'm curious have you ever found yourself in a rather difficult situation where you may have wished for a full keel?I have every intention of living aboard I'm in the process of saving for a boat and I was looking to get a 32 footer to learn the ropes.
No she,s a bilge keel which Iike,so she dry's out upright and can go in the shallows,but for deep sea cruising a full keel is probably better. good luck!
Jeff what was the engine name?
Awesome!
It looks nice ...
Have you ever got stranded on the boat
Not yet!
thats good
Jeff,thank u for the fine video, an showing us all ur wonderful ship.
I am a ham radio op, /amateur radio, do u meet an hams on the water ways??
god bless u an be safem but have fun,
Ron,wb8nmk in nw,ohio usa. april 28.22015
Hi Jeff :D
Boat meets cabin meets steampunk
Remember when TH-cam didn't have all these annoying advertisements?
After my divorce I went a little over budget and got a O'Day 25' and i love it but its nowhere near what you have there .
Electric engines are the way to go now simply because you never run out of fuel and you don't hear the engine.
ma name is Jefffffffff :D
you better watch out, some woman will watch this video and marry you and ruin your whole life!
Thanks for showing us around Jeff. I have been living on mine for 14 months now. i am visiting on land after spending every night on the water. I will never go back to suburbia. no power bill for 14 months, sold my car so no rego insurance etc etc. just my yacht and bike. My girlfriend has been with me for the 14 months and loves it. The hardest part was finding someone who can shed the shackles of living like everyone else and dreaming. Now we live the dream. I like how you have adapted to your environment. People talk about being GREEN for the environment, yet live aboards must be the most environmental people on the planet.