How to live on a boat in ice

[@josephlai9759]

A homely dwelling makes one happy indeed. Yours is a fine example. And living as you do, I think solitarily, is how I wish I can do too. Thank you for sharing your lovely life.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Sorry for this late reply. Thank you for your kind words! Do you have a boat you can live in?

[@josephlai9759]

@@LindaLindenauSailing I am planning to. Thank you for sharing some of the things liveaboards do in winter. It certainly brings lots of questions in my mind I never knew I have to think about.

[@amyturner7419]

Amazing. Learned to sail with my dad and mom growing up. Best experience. I long for it again. Now sixty. Maybe one day. Thank you. I’m glad I found your channel. Take care. Love from 🇺🇸

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Im so sorry for my late reply! I dont quite understand KZbin, so I often dont see the comments! Im glad you found me. I hope I can be of some help in you way back to sailing. Have you not sailed anything since growing up?

[@anesthesiabeyond8519]

Bravo👍from USA!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! So glad you liked my video!

[@ArneLuksic]

This is great documentary! Please keep up making videos!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! I have lots of material just waiting for me to have time to do the videos!

[@advantagemarine7305]

I really enjoyed this, I am a brit living in Sweden for the last six years, I have recently bought a Beneteau and keep it a little South in Västervik, it rarely gets ice but it is possible so I began looking for tips and advice when I found your channel. I am also renovating my old 10 metre steel motor boat which I plan to move back up to Stockholm as a sort of floating apartment, in there I have room for a kamin, I have a husqvarna 153 that will do the job perfectly, unfortunately there is no such possibility to do this in the Sailing boat but it would of been nice, I do however have electricity and nice warm shower and laundry machines in the harbour office only twenty metres away. I will now avidly check out your other videos. Stay warm Linda!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you, you too! Im now in Las Palmas, preparing for an atlantic crossing. We have around 30 degrees here.

[@advantagemarine7305]

@@LindaLindenauSailing I wish you a safe passage, you're an inspiring woman.

[@seglarmange]

Bravo Linda:) Kul o se dig och båten. Det ser mysigt ut och lite lätt skrämmande med. :)

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Skrämmande? Berätta! Hurdå?

[@seglarmange]

@@LindaLindenauSailing Jag tänker bara på hur jag själv skulle reagera att bo i min båt på vintern. Det tänker jag på med skräckblandad förtjusning. :)

[@lutzweb]

For an Italian, used to mediterranean, this video is AMAZING thank you so much for sharing and your beautiful video. Very educational for me!!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! Snow and ice is beautiful to look at, but, for boats, it can really be a problem!

[@SailingOfka]

We are just prepering to stay in water during the winter. Thanks for good ideas.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you for telling me that!

[@SailingOfka]

will we have electric heating, should we the water valves for the engine, sink and toilet left open or closed? What do You think? Maybe you want to come to Poland someday? We invite you.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

If the boat is heated, you can have the valves open. The motor compartment is isolated, and can be quite cold. So make sure some heat comes in there

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you for the invitation!

[@SailingOfka]

@@LindaLindenauSailing thank You very much.

[@magdalenamoszczynska]

Great film, thanks

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you for watching

[@michaelwsudziarski6929]

Good video I too live aboard my boat all year round in AMERICA . 🇺🇸

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! Is it an area in where there is snow in wintertime?

[@38below39]

SUN definitely makes people HAPPY //

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Yes, I beleive all living creatures need tthe sun

[@freequest]

Should sail down to Australia. Plenty of sun here.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

That could be a solution!

[@christinafidance340]

I live on a boat on the Chesapeake and we aren’t used to the ice here… rarely does it get that here but after this last cold front that went thru…. I’m actually sitting here on my boat in the middle of the night and nervously watching this on KZbin just for comfort! 🤣 cuz I’m getting scared!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

I hope I could comfort you while the front was passing! What temperature do you have now?

[@MarkousMajorSurf]

Thank you so much. You give me hope! Many Blessings!⛵😊

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! Please tell me, what is it in me, or my video, that gives you hope?

[@MarkousMajorSurf]

@@LindaLindenauSailing a older woman on her own in a boat in the winter. You are amazing! Ty

[@MiQBohlin]

I hope you are alright this coming winter. Already snow on the mountains around here. I like your way of making some vids in English and some in Swedish.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! We havent seen snow yet here in Stockholm area. I have put so much thought in the language question. I want to do videos in English because I love the international feeling, I can reach and communicate with people all around the world. And I want to do videos in Swedish because I am Swedish and for most people it is easier to understand instructions in their own language. To help both sides a little I have subtitles in both languages in all videos. And for that I also got cred from a deaf guy .

[@MiQBohlin]

Quite! It is indeed a good amount of thinking in your ways of making videos. I can see that 👀. Making subs is excellent, even though it is time consuming. I’d say you have already made a good choice in your way of dealing with this.

[@4TIMESAYEAR]

We get ice storms at least once/winter - and sometimes as often as 3-4 times - been doing that as long as I remember - which is over 60 years. Spring, summer, fall and winter. It's not climate change you're seeing - it's a change in the circulation. There are a number of patterns that happen on a regular basis. Some every 10 years, some every 30, etc. I'm using those numbers as an example - like La Nina and El Nino. Not climate change. Regular, normal circulation patterns we've known about for a very long time.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

There is no doubt anymore that there is a global warming due to our way of life. But those patterns you are talking about also exist. And it is of course impossible to know exactly what is causeng what.

[@janisspalvins677]

Thanks for great video. Plesse tell what is your Swedish boat type and size? I ask becouse also searching to buy something similar for sailing and leaving o/b.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you!! It is a Targa 96, built in Finland 1977. 9.60 x 3.01. It is a great boat it most ways. It has an aft cabin, that was great when I sailed with my kids. But if you want to live on the boat yourself, in cold weather, you can only use that space as storage, since it is only accessible from the cockpit. Good luck finding the best boat for you!

[@karllarsson9494]

Hej Linda! Inspirerande video. Du nämner att det finns två sätt att ha båten i vatten under vintern. Det första alternativet att använda el för att ha systemet igång. Jag undrar om det blir väldigt dyrt att ha el på vintern? Alltså hur mycket el drar en sådan uppvärmning ungefär?

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Tack för att du gillade videon! Tyvärr kommer jag inte ihåg förbrukningen. Det är inte så dyrt att baea ha några grader så det inte fryser. De flesta vintrar är det inte många dagar med riktig kyla. Men ska du bo i båten går det åt mycket el. Båtar är ju inte isolerade. Det är det tristaste, jag visar väl i filmen hur några byggt små hus av presenningar utanpå. Det sparar mycket el men du ser ju inte längre ut, och då försvinner en av de bästa sakerna med att bo på båt. Det finns en grupp på FB om att bo på båt. De har nog bättre koll på förbrukningen

[@steveyaskie6526]

Hi Linda I was just watching your show where you are living aboard during the winter, I noticed that you were using or I should say "re using" clear plastic juggs, now I am all for recycling and reusing when permitted and when its safe but in this case you must be very very careful because most juggs that are sold for single use (clear most off all) actually break down and mix with the good water that you are using, there are spiceal marks that mean certian things on the bottom of all plastic containers now i dont know all the meanings of these but im sure you can look these up to see if its safe or not, i do know that many people have gotton very very sick from doing ecactly what it is you are, please look into this because i would hate to see you get sick. thank you and i enjoy your show

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

I will think about that, thank you

[@kungfusansootsoilihofuthun8895]

Great video thank you ⛵

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you! So happy to hear you liked it

[@syATLA]

En undran - finns det någon risk att elsladdar fryser sönder och det blir risk med att he dem ute sådär?

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Det måste ju vara sladdar som är avsedda för att vara ute, och om man skarvar måste man se till att det inte kan rinna in vatten i skarven. Är du sugen på att flytta till båten?

[@syATLA]

@@LindaLindenauSailing Mycket sugen - men först ska jag hämta hem min nya skuta från Göteborg till Härnösand - och sedan har vi ingen el vintertid här (skulle jag tro). I alla fall skulle det nog ses som väldigt udda att ha båten i. Endast en stålbåt ligger i denna vinter.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Om isen ligger still är det ingen fara. Annars får du hålla isen öppen med en pump

[@PauloNeuenschwander]

Hi Linda! Nice video. Thanks for sharing this with us. I have a question if you don't mind. How do you manage do empty your holding tanks, since the boat cannot go to the pump station? Har en bra dag!

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Hi! In this marina, there is a toilet. And the water was frozen around 3-4 weeks. And my holding tank is over 100 liters, I custom made it as big as I could fit, since when I have courses, we are five people onboard. There is a guy here with a huge ship, he even rents out cabins. He orders a sludge suction truck. That might be a solution if you are many who can share. And their hose is very long...

[@jankareaustinat310]

herlig video linda takk

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Tack så mycket! Roligt att du gillade den!

[@knutarneaakra6013]

Living in our boat making our own water and el using generators. Got two in case of one breaking down.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Where do you live? Is it in cold climate?

[@oliviamartini9700]

Wouldn't it save you a lot of work and aggravation to put a tarp over your boat so that the ice doesn't accumulate (and provides extra insulation)?

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Please excuse me for the late answer! I had a tarp from the mast and backwards. But some other boats here, built a wooden construction, that they put a tarp over, so it held almost tight against the hull. I beleive that saves lots of electricity :) Next year I will do like that.

[@roteldorel]

nice video nice ledy sweet live lon in siberia of sweden

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you!

[@siljegullhav2543]

Hej! Är det något speciellt material du har använt som skrovisolation? (det som ser ut som typ sovmadrass). + Tror du att det fungerar att värma med bara elektricitet? Blir avfuktare onödigt om man bara har nog värme? Jag ska bo mitt första år och min första vinter i segelbåt nu (fast Kristiansand i södra Norge, tror inte den blir så kall) - så det verkar vara mycket att vara beredd på ⛵

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Jag har liggunderlag, och nåt annat liknande som jag hittade på ett byggvaruhus. Har använt det mest inne i skåp och garderoben. Jag är inte så känslig för fukt, så jag tycker luften är ok. Men det blir lätt mycket kondens i skåp. Har fått tips om att lägga bubbelplast på däck, och kanske en presenning över. Och att det finns nåt slags tunn, självhäftande plast som man kan klistra på fönsterkarmarna, för att liksom göra tvåglasfönster

[@workdays8280]

Couldn't think of nothing worse in a boat covered in ice

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Well, we are all different 😀

[@kareemsalad4578]

The "some kind of storage room" is a "chain locker" where the chain for the anchor go's through the fitting on/from the outside deck into it , there should be a triangular piece of wood with a hole in the middle of it that slots in and fits over this space

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

The chain locker is in front of this "storage room".

[@MegaMacland]

Newer understoood the stress an fear of ise in a silent habour.

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

You are right that there is nothing to worry about in a silent harbour

[@kentwood2914]

Who in the world would want to listen to a pump doing that? Drove me nuts in less than 30 seconds. Some sailors say hull in ice is not a problem, others work hard to keep ice from hull. From your knowledge, why care if ice is against the hull?

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

I didnt hear the pump from inside, thats why I had to go out to check. The ice is not a problem if it doesnt move. I have had the boat in ice in a narrow strait, several years. But here, there are ferries outside, and the swell goes in under and breaks the ice into sharp and heavy pieces, that bounces and chafe the hull.

[@artofdisguy3401]

The on going discussion of ice and boats,, well from an experienced boat builder and maintenance guy... Two variables come into play, 1) flow of water, if you have a current then your going to do more work the ice will break and rub, this happens with other winter boat traffic as well but a little diligence just clearing the shards away. 2) would be lake locked or lagoon locked where no boat traffic, no or little water flow or disturbance, this instance a boat can be locked in ice all winter providing the ice shifts very little. Personally I prefer bubblers installed around boats it certainly reduces the risks

[@Nerd3927]

I am very concerned with the ice. Don't more up for winter on the lee shore of a lake. The ice can cove your boat completely when the frost period ends and the wind picks up.

[@poksi360]

Can men attend your lessons?

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Most of my sailing courses is for women only. But on some legs, women can bring a man along. So a man cannot come alone, he has to come together with a woman, and they share cabin.

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

Paint your boat black 😆

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

I dont understand. Why?

[@dougbeers6123]

feed the ducks

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

???

[@dougbeers6123]

@@LindaLindenauSailing A friend of mine lived aboard his wooden boat on the Genesee River (Rochester NY)during a brutal winter. He kept the ice from damaging the hull by feeding the Mallards popcorn.

[@davidthibodeau5775]

Don't waste your life looking for attention

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

I promise

[@luckylook4432]

Cool women 😊👍

[@LindaLindenauSailing]

Thank you :)