As someone in my early 30’s and working on getting into full-time liveaboard sailing, this is a great video! My biggest challenge right now is finding remote work so I can sustain it. I’ve got the savings to pull the trigger and get started, but keeping it up is my biggest concern. If you’re looking for video ideas, a video about the best / easiest to get remote jobs for a full time liveaboard sailor would be great! I’m sure there’s a lot of people who would be able to jump into sailing more quickly and more easily if they knew what kind of remote work they could do while sailing. Thanks for all the work you do in putting your videos out!
With all the areas trying to ban/severely limit anchoring near off-shore. I feel like mooring for cheap is getting hard too. Are there guides/maps to areas you can still do it on the cheap? If not, this is something else that would be appreciated.
The humble trailer sailer can actually be dragged about like an RV. Meaning that if you want to leave the water for the mountains, you can still live in it.
Those days have changed man. We were paying a couple hundred dollars a night to get them mooring anywhere near there. It was very expensive. It was like bringing your own hotel room with you and still paying for it. Crazy but that was during covid. Maybe things are different now. I kind of doubt it
We do both. We started sailing with a 26 foot sailboat on lakes, took ASA classes, and renovated a 20 foot skoolie. In May 2022, we sold our house, sold our 26' boat, and moved into the skoolie full time while towing our jeep. We bought our 43' sailboat in Dec. 2022 and live on it during the winter in Mexico mostly starting in free anchorages. In the summer - when it's too hot to live in the boat and it's also hurricane season - we travel in the US in the skoolie. It's the best of both worlds & we love it but it's not easy & not for everyone. You basically live outside & weather affects your life & day to day activities much more than living in a house. You have to be flexible - that is be willing to frequently change plans because of things that are not in your control. We've been "stuck" in anchorages for a week because of high winds/northerlies but we always have enough food, water, and things to do so it's all good. Van life is 100% easier than sailing life but the lifestyles are similar and we love both.
Great video, great ideas and so pleased to see you helping people get into boating. I have owned boats all my life, started very small, some very big, and spent 2 years sailing around the world on one of those big ones when i was in my 30's with my 4 kids. I love the ocean, and living in Ukraine since covid, and now war, it is the one thing I miss more than anything else. I bought a 35 Bavaria here last year, but as rivers are closed to boating, it stays in the marina under cover. But I still get to go and sit on it and look forward to the wars end when I can introduce my new 7 year old twins to the life I have loved.
Thanks Tim... Spot on as always. I am mind-boggled by the people building "Tiny Homes".. Just buy a camper that is fully equipped already! I have a 24' camper we use 1 week/year, but I couldn't imagine "Living" on my 25' sailboat for more than a weekend.. no way.
i just buy my sailboat, she is a 28ft great dane, and is a lot of boat for 28ft, having a toilet room, full kitchen is a mini home, totally recommended this life style
I'm 21, about to begin working full time. Live in South Florida, so rent is incredibly expensive. I also don't like the idea of spending thousands of dollars a year and having no equity to show for it. This has lead me to consider living aboard a sailboat, or renovating a van/RV. Getting a sailboat is my #1 option right now, because I have always thought living aboard would be cool and I could sail to different places. Travelling is a major goal for me. Although I don't have any experience with sailboats I have been researching it for about a year now. I would either get a Catalina or Hunter. Docking would be my biggest problem. Considering what I have said do you think living aboard is a viable option for me? Your videos have been very informative to me, thanks.
I think even on a good 22-24 that isn't a full keel tank, rough weather is a challenge and dangerous for the less experienced. A Pearson 26/Tanzer 27, (outboard engines) etc. for instance is about as small as one should be thinking if out of protected areas. Even so, getting around 30ft, is a safer bet. Plenty of solid older ones (C&C 30).
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, I’d love to see your take on a Mac 25. Plenty of people love to hate the 26 water ballast models, but macgregor made many traditional sailboats before the 26X and 26M. I have a 25 and it’s basically the same as the Catalina 22 you showed but more spacious. You mentioned sink drains straight into thru hulls, but in some areas gray water discharge is illegal. Might be good to have a backup option for containment if needed.
Good idea, I tell young people to get a boat you can day sail . If you need to learn swing by a club or marina . Talk to sailors and crew on race night . Even getting out 5 or 6 times will help allot . Plus ask one of them to go out for and hour . You will learn allot and you are on your way. Plus inviting a friend out can be fun as well
I am in my 30s and am working towards being a full time liveaboard sailor. We have eliminated all debt and set up some passive income to keep us afloat. I am currently attending a marine mechanic school to better prepare and have been considering buying something small, like a 22 Catalina, to live on while I am away attending school and get more experience sailing in the meantime. I would love a video about sub 15k liveaboard/learners.
Tim, always great to see one of your videos up. Absolutely true sailboats are wonderful homes, one can travel in their home, dive/fish for food and maybe save a bit of $ for a box truck?, lol. Be well & I am also enjoying your "Charlie" build. Thanks.
Perhaps also try crewing in a friendly series to see if you like it? Wish I'd spent lots more time on the water after leaving the Navy, when I was much younger, but better late etc. Just try it imho. Thanks Tim. ⚓
I am saving at 17 for my first boat in a year, I know your not supposed to pick up a bigger boat that needs work for the same price as a smaller one, so I am already dreading having to deal with the temptation.
Patience is a virtue. Time is something that you have plenty of at your age. Keep saving and join a yacht club. Crew on someone else's financial disaster before captaining your own!
Thanks! Been my dream to live on a sailboat since I was 13. Just two more years then I can buy one! What's your thoughts on the smallest boat to sail to and from the Bahamas? What would you say would be a "perfect length"? I already have a few years of sailing experience on my Oday 16. Is 28'-40' ok for solo?
40 might be hard to solo, depending on your experience. Sam holmes crossed to the bahames on a hobie cat, so anything’s possible. I’d want standing headroom if I lived aboard, so probably 26-34’ range.
Video Idea... I have a small sailboat and have NO IDEA how to raise and lower the mast by myself. Can you make a video on how to do this with tips and tricks? TIA.
Van, bus, or boat, most tiny living in the USA was caused by the 1976 repeal of any homesteading laws. That is the main reason people need to live on water or rubber.
These awesome videos have been helpful, but my question is. How do I live rent free on a sailboat? I dont know where to store one cheaply, and all the marina fees are keeping me from getting on the water.
I really appreciate this video and your channel generally. Thank you. I'm a young guy in Vancouver, Canada, thinking of getting myself on the waters. I'm wondering if this boat recommendation holds true for West Coast sailing. Also, are there any recommended channels to check out that cover more North West water necessities for travels up to Alaska?
Tim, could you talk about the lagoon 410? If you could that would be awesome, thanks. Also are you planning to go back to the Bahamas or no? Would love to see you back there.
Thx for vid, very helpful. I live in west Canada and have been looking into this life style of a liveaboard, and i have a question. is it possible to live out as a liveaboard even if you work on land? could this be possible with out a liveaboard marinas? (hard to find some with less then 3 years in waitlist).
I like the idea in general, but I would rather save up for a bit so I can get something the size of the yacht I used to race on, 40 ft or around that. It was a backyard yacht, and I don't know much about the mass-produced ones. I live on the Baltic shore of Poland and rent gets unreasonably expensive, even compared to the more HCOL countries further north and across the sea. I was considering a van before, but I think, the lifestyle isn't quite as popular in this area of EU and I feel like I'm more interested in traveling by sea rather than on land. Also, I seldom see free parking around here, and if I were to live in a van and constantly be in paid parking, the resulting amount of money would be close to my rent anyway. I think, I've already seen a lived-in vessel here, a cat, but it wasn't the sailing kind. The sheer amount of solar panels and the lights being on in the asscrack of dawn were the giveaway.
In Germany: 5.5 m boat length (18 ft) at 3 hp motorization requires nothing, but a name or moto on the boat to travel international waterways like the Rhine or Danube. Between 5.5 m and 15 m (49 ft) at 15 hp motorization (10 hp when electric), still requires nothing, but a communal registration of the vessel when traveling international waterways - only above these classes is a sailmanship license required that would cost hundreds of dollars, compared to the thousands of EURO/Dollar for a driving license by now (depending on practice lessons 2500-4500 EUR/USD - the price of an entire used boat... before one even contemplates buying a used car) - mere sailing would be permissible up to 20 m boat length (65 ft) if the ship is federally registered - proving that the medium that connects the globe has been 'forgotten' by the ever encroaching regulators and their lobby (the 'piwates', they are themselves when banking and producing off-shore...). If a boat that is legally treated like an immovable object (e.g. real estate) can be exempt from distraint orders (seizure of property by creditors) and arrest below a certain resale value - like a smartphone or laptop and foodstuff (which I'll shall inquire at court), then the only 'structural' drawback to any sort of camping vehicle is _the weather_ which must be observed... (much dead trees at a camping site in case of a storm - which isn't trivial as forecasts loose accuracy the further weather is predicted). For a beginner, an important question could be not 'what is the biggest boat, I get the cheapest' - even when in 'shipshape' condition it could be 'how much boat can I comfortably handle' whether under sail, 'shorthanded' (it would be sensible to have at least a crew of two who can take turn in watch in the cockpit) or when confronted with failing inboard engines, sails, rigging or hull maintenance (regular repainting). The lighter one travels, the less burdened one will be in an emergency (having the boat be designed as an actual life raft like e.g. the 18 ft Globe 580, either with watertight bulkheads or a hull, sprayed with flotation foam). I'd argue it's obscure for beginners to estimate the barely noticeable threshold in boat size that would increase the effort of maintenance, exponentially (is it the 22 ft Maxi 650, below or above ?)... Is it worth to pass the fairly maintained 2000 USD 20 ft 1984 French ETAP 20 for a 4000 USD 22 ft 1974 ETAP 22 that may require some sort of refit ? In the end, it seems best to explore what one needs in a setting that won't overwhelm one's unpracticed abilities - but then again, we mean to live on that 'flotation device'/'ark' before we may ever afford another...
Love this topic. Do you have an email address you can share, I would love to pick your brain about a cruising sailing camp for teenage girls I'm planning to start next summer.
You saying sailboats dont plane or go very fast... The barefoot doctors bought a McGregor trailer sailer to cruise Australias coast after their Leopard burnt down in the US. 😂😂 You need to see it when they had to get out of the state before a lockdown .. ⛵to 🚤... Dropped the sails and mast dumped the water balast lifted the keel and Wheeeee 😂 bow to the heavens full speed ahead ..i think it was a 30 hp motor... and yes they made it out of the barrier lagoons ..😉🤭
Why is this directed specifically towards young people? Is there an assumption that young people don't have money and older people do? Same for responsibilities that would tie someone down to one location?
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Love you Tim! Me and the wife live on a Legend 37.5 full time thanks to your videos.
That's awesome! You're living the dream!
As someone in my early 30’s and working on getting into full-time liveaboard sailing, this is a great video! My biggest challenge right now is finding remote work so I can sustain it. I’ve got the savings to pull the trigger and get started, but keeping it up is my biggest concern. If you’re looking for video ideas, a video about the best / easiest to get remote jobs for a full time liveaboard sailor would be great! I’m sure there’s a lot of people who would be able to jump into sailing more quickly and more easily if they knew what kind of remote work they could do while sailing. Thanks for all the work you do in putting your videos out!
Thanks for watching!
Good luck mate, great to hear. The road less travelled is the life worth living.
With all the areas trying to ban/severely limit anchoring near off-shore. I feel like mooring for cheap is getting hard too.
Are there guides/maps to areas you can still do it on the cheap? If not, this is something else that would be appreciated.
So I went with a boat and I’m so happy I did it’s been almost 3yrs and life is great and as cheap as it can be
Great! So happy for you!
I grew up sailing on my grandfathers Beneteau 35 and got my first boat when I was 15 a compac 16. Just turned 18 and just got a Cape Dory 26
This is probably if not definitely the most helpful youtube channel to learning sailing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Wow, thanks!
I really like your topic I think this is going to be a very popular video for you have a blessed day
Thank you so much!
The humble trailer sailer can actually be dragged about like an RV. Meaning that if you want to leave the water for the mountains, you can still live in it.
Those days have changed man. We were paying a couple hundred dollars a night to get them mooring anywhere near there. It was very expensive. It was like bringing your own hotel room with you and still paying for it. Crazy but that was during covid. Maybe things are different now. I kind of doubt it
We do both. We started sailing with a 26 foot sailboat on lakes, took ASA classes, and renovated a 20 foot skoolie. In May 2022, we sold our house, sold our 26' boat, and moved into the skoolie full time while towing our jeep. We bought our 43' sailboat in Dec. 2022 and live on it during the winter in Mexico mostly starting in free anchorages. In the summer - when it's too hot to live in the boat and it's also hurricane season - we travel in the US in the skoolie. It's the best of both worlds & we love it but it's not easy & not for everyone. You basically live outside & weather affects your life & day to day activities much more than living in a house. You have to be flexible - that is be willing to frequently change plans because of things that are not in your control. We've been "stuck" in anchorages for a week because of high winds/northerlies but we always have enough food, water, and things to do so it's all good. Van life is 100% easier than sailing life but the lifestyles are similar and we love both.
Wow that is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great video, great ideas and so pleased to see you helping people get into boating. I have owned boats all my life, started very small, some very big, and spent 2 years sailing around the world on one of those big ones when i was in my 30's with my 4 kids. I love the ocean, and living in Ukraine since covid, and now war, it is the one thing I miss more than anything else. I bought a 35 Bavaria here last year, but as rivers are closed to boating, it stays in the marina under cover. But I still get to go and sit on it and look forward to the wars end when I can introduce my new 7 year old twins to the life I have loved.
That sounds like an amazing journey!
There is a very cool sailboat the GiB sea 262 which has two cabins and goes for around 10k
Thanks Tim... Spot on as always. I am mind-boggled by the people building "Tiny Homes".. Just buy a camper that is fully equipped already! I have a 24' camper we use 1 week/year, but I couldn't imagine "Living" on my 25' sailboat for more than a weekend.. no way.
i just buy my sailboat, she is a 28ft great dane, and is a lot of boat for 28ft, having a toilet room, full kitchen is a mini home, totally recommended this life style
Great video as always. Definitely worth starting small so you get something you don’t spend all your time working on, rather than sailing.
I'm 21, about to begin working full time. Live in South Florida, so rent is incredibly expensive. I also don't like the idea of spending thousands of dollars a year and having no equity to show for it. This has lead me to consider living aboard a sailboat, or renovating a van/RV. Getting a sailboat is my #1 option right now, because I have always thought living aboard would be cool and I could sail to different places. Travelling is a major goal for me. Although I don't have any experience with sailboats I have been researching it for about a year now. I would either get a Catalina or Hunter. Docking would be my biggest problem. Considering what I have said do you think living aboard is a viable option for me? Your videos have been very informative to me, thanks.
That sounds like a great plan! Thanks for watching!
I think even on a good 22-24 that isn't a full keel tank, rough weather is a challenge and dangerous for the less experienced. A Pearson 26/Tanzer 27, (outboard engines) etc. for instance is about as small as one should be thinking if out of protected areas. Even so, getting around 30ft, is a safer bet. Plenty of solid older ones (C&C 30).
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, I’d love to see your take on a Mac 25. Plenty of people love to hate the 26 water ballast models, but macgregor made many traditional sailboats before the 26X and 26M. I have a 25 and it’s basically the same as the Catalina 22 you showed but more spacious.
You mentioned sink drains straight into thru hulls, but in some areas gray water discharge is illegal. Might be good to have a backup option for containment if needed.
Good idea, I tell young people to get a boat you can day sail . If you need to learn swing by a club or marina . Talk to sailors and crew on race night . Even getting out 5 or 6 times will help allot . Plus ask one of them to go out for and hour . You will learn allot and you are on your way. Plus inviting a friend out can be fun as well
I am in my 30s and am working towards being a full time liveaboard sailor. We have eliminated all debt and set up some passive income to keep us afloat. I am currently attending a marine mechanic school to better prepare and have been considering buying something small, like a 22 Catalina, to live on while I am away attending school and get more experience sailing in the meantime. I would love a video about sub 15k liveaboard/learners.
Tim, always great to see one of your videos up. Absolutely true sailboats are wonderful homes, one can travel in their home, dive/fish for food and maybe save a bit of $ for a box truck?, lol. Be well & I am also enjoying your "Charlie" build. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and for checking out the "Charlie" build.
Is it wrong that I'm in my 50's and aspire to live this exact lifestyle?
Not wrong at all!
Nope, right alongside you brother!
45 and actively seeking to do this
This is my retirement plan. I'm going to retire at 50 max and get a sailboat.
I did my first serious "shopping" this fall and almost bought a CS27. This spring I'm pulling the trigger for sure. Ideally a CD25 or Bristol 24 or 27
Perhaps also try crewing in a friendly series to see if you like it? Wish I'd spent lots more time on the water after leaving the Navy, when I was much younger, but better late etc. Just try it imho. Thanks Tim. ⚓
Great advice, thanks for sharing!
so cool
I am saving at 17 for my first boat in a year, I know your not supposed to pick up a bigger boat that needs work for the same price as a smaller one, so I am already dreading having to deal with the temptation.
Patience is a virtue. Time is something that you have plenty of at your age. Keep saving and join a yacht club. Crew on someone else's financial disaster before captaining your own!
@@davidbrayshaw3529 great advice!
Great advice as always, Tim! Hoping you`re doing well as the snow starts to fly.
Thanks for watching and I’m doing well, thanks for asking!
Rooting for you from Toronto, brother.
Love your channel, keep it up ❤
Thank you so much!
That was the roomiest Catalina 22 I’ve ever seen… sure that wasn’t a 25 interior?
What was the website for mooring depths? Thanks
Maps.garmin.com
Thank you
You're welcome
Thanks! Been my dream to live on a sailboat since I was 13. Just two more years then I can buy one! What's your thoughts on the smallest boat to sail to and from the Bahamas? What would you say would be a "perfect length"? I already have a few years of sailing experience on my Oday 16. Is 28'-40' ok for solo?
40 might be hard to solo, depending on your experience. Sam holmes crossed to the bahames on a hobie cat, so anything’s possible. I’d want standing headroom if I lived aboard, so probably 26-34’ range.
Sooo can't wait to live this life. Hopefully sale my home this spring 😊
You got this!
Thank you. Really appreciate everything you do for us.
@@jesuschrist-alphaomega Thank YOU for watching and commenting :)
Video Idea... I have a small sailboat and have NO IDEA how to raise and lower the mast by myself. Can you make a video on how to do this with tips and tricks? TIA.
Van, bus, or boat, most tiny living in the USA was caused by the 1976 repeal of any homesteading laws. That is the main reason people need to live on water or rubber.
What is your take on a 1968 Allied Sea Breeze 35
Thanks for all the great videos Tim! I wonder though if you plan to ever get back to cruising and living full (or even part) time on a sailboat?
That’s the plan once my daughter is in college
These awesome videos have been helpful, but my question is. How do I live rent free on a sailboat? I dont know where to store one cheaply, and all the marina fees are keeping me from getting on the water.
I really appreciate this video and your channel generally. Thank you. I'm a young guy in Vancouver, Canada, thinking of getting myself on the waters. I'm wondering if this boat recommendation holds true for West Coast sailing. Also, are there any recommended channels to check out that cover more North West water necessities for travels up to Alaska?
Tim, could you talk about the lagoon 410? If you could that would be awesome, thanks. Also are you planning to go back to the Bahamas or no? Would love to see you back there.
Thx for vid, very helpful.
I live in west Canada and have been looking into this life style of a liveaboard, and i have a question. is it possible to live out as a liveaboard even if you work on land? could this be possible with out a liveaboard marinas? (hard to find some with less then 3 years in waitlist).
Do you know a web said that I can buy, 50 ft wood monohull build plans ?
I like the idea in general, but I would rather save up for a bit so I can get something the size of the yacht I used to race on, 40 ft or around that. It was a backyard yacht, and I don't know much about the mass-produced ones.
I live on the Baltic shore of Poland and rent gets unreasonably expensive, even compared to the more HCOL countries further north and across the sea. I was considering a van before, but I think, the lifestyle isn't quite as popular in this area of EU and I feel like I'm more interested in traveling by sea rather than on land. Also, I seldom see free parking around here, and if I were to live in a van and constantly be in paid parking, the resulting amount of money would be close to my rent anyway.
I think, I've already seen a lived-in vessel here, a cat, but it wasn't the sailing kind. The sheer amount of solar panels and the lights being on in the asscrack of dawn were the giveaway.
In Germany: 5.5 m boat length (18 ft) at 3 hp motorization requires nothing, but a name or moto on the boat to travel international waterways like the Rhine or Danube.
Between 5.5 m and 15 m (49 ft) at 15 hp motorization (10 hp when electric), still requires nothing, but a communal registration of the vessel when traveling international waterways - only above these classes is a sailmanship license required that would cost hundreds of dollars, compared to the thousands of EURO/Dollar for a driving license by now (depending on practice lessons 2500-4500 EUR/USD - the price of an entire used boat... before one even contemplates buying a used car) - mere sailing would be permissible up to 20 m boat length (65 ft) if the ship is federally registered - proving that the medium that connects the globe has been 'forgotten' by the ever encroaching regulators and their lobby (the 'piwates', they are themselves when banking and producing off-shore...).
If a boat that is legally treated like an immovable object (e.g. real estate) can be exempt from distraint orders (seizure of property by creditors) and arrest below a certain resale value - like a smartphone or laptop and foodstuff (which I'll shall inquire at court), then the only 'structural' drawback to any sort of camping vehicle is _the weather_ which must be observed... (much dead trees at a camping site in case of a storm - which isn't trivial as forecasts loose accuracy the further weather is predicted).
For a beginner, an important question could be not 'what is the biggest boat, I get the cheapest' - even when in 'shipshape' condition it could be 'how much boat can I comfortably handle' whether under sail, 'shorthanded' (it would be sensible to have at least a crew of two who can take turn in watch in the cockpit) or when confronted with failing inboard engines, sails, rigging or hull maintenance (regular repainting).
The lighter one travels, the less burdened one will be in an emergency (having the boat be designed as an actual life raft like e.g. the 18 ft Globe 580, either with watertight bulkheads or a hull, sprayed with flotation foam).
I'd argue it's obscure for beginners to estimate the barely noticeable threshold in boat size that would increase the effort of maintenance, exponentially (is it the 22 ft Maxi 650, below or above ?)...
Is it worth to pass the fairly maintained 2000 USD 20 ft 1984 French ETAP 20 for a 4000 USD 22 ft 1974 ETAP 22 that may require some sort of refit ?
In the end, it seems best to explore what one needs in a setting that won't overwhelm one's unpracticed abilities - but then again, we mean to live on that 'flotation device'/'ark' before we may ever afford another...
This was a great video but that definitely was not the inside of a Catalina 22 😛
Interesting hair do
Love this topic. Do you have an email address you can share, I would love to pick your brain about a cruising sailing camp for teenage girls I'm planning to start next summer.
You can contact me at consults@ladyksailing.com if you like
You saying sailboats dont plane or go very fast... The barefoot doctors bought a McGregor trailer sailer to cruise Australias coast after their Leopard burnt down in the US. 😂😂 You need to see it when they had to get out of the state before a lockdown .. ⛵to 🚤... Dropped the sails and mast dumped the water balast lifted the keel and Wheeeee 😂 bow to the heavens full speed ahead ..i think it was a 30 hp motor... and yes they made it out of the barrier lagoons ..😉🤭
wow!
Why is this directed specifically towards young people? Is there an assumption that young people don't have money and older people do? Same for responsibilities that would tie someone down to one location?
i am th e first wone tho react
hahahaha NICE
That should shut cockim thinking it's probably safer living on the sea than land to keep away from people thanks for the videos take care.