Living Aboard A Catalina 36 Sailboat?

Deek and Alex take you on a tour of a Catalina 36 Sailboat to show you what it might be like living aboard! Would you ever consider living in a sailboat? Or maybe you already have or do? Either way, tell us about it in the comments! Also be sure to check out the links below to learn more:
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[@skipperhawk7688]

Good vid. Some folks talked about price. I paid $500.00 for a 20 footer with a decent trailer on craigs list. I spent about 100 hours fixing it up and now do overnight solo cruises. Its no RV, but with persistence and a vision, one can turn almost any boat with a decent hull into a mini-cruiser.

[@ByeByeMissAmericaPie]

I lived in a 25 foot sailboat back when I lived in Key Largo.

[@drdanj]

Catalina 36s are great coastal cruisers, solid on the water, and spacious inside. I'm 6'4" and my wife is 6' tall, so we seriously wanted a boat we could stand up in and sleep in. Got an air mattress and with a couple of battens across the cabin sole, turns the main cabin settees into a full king size bed. Why someone dislikes these boats, I don't know. Mine has been in the Transpac to Hawaii and back twice.

[@LenoraForest]

Beautiful boat !! Thanks for sharing this one.

[@Woodland.Gnome.]

This is an amazing way to live, very inspirational!

[@lifeislikesailing]

great video, thanks for sharing!

[@Burps___]

Alex and Deek, the superstars of tiny house videos. Another interesting tour. P.S. I like how Alex waves in the mirror's reflection in the crapper.

[@beaconbus]

"Lots of headroom, I can actually stand....." waiting for him to say how tall he is........

[@mizzpoetrics]

Very nice!

[@007TruthSeeker]

Thanks for posting this video. I'm preparing to hit the road with my housecar before too long, and am always looking for tips on storage, small items, multiple use things, etc. The Sacramento delta calls, also, with hundreds of miles of interesting shorelines, lots of wildlife and many quite places, away from the skiers and other high-speed traffic. For that, I'd need some kind of boat, and such a sailboat would have multiple uses.

[@squirrellysquirrels1167]

Age 17, trying to learn about life on a boat. Soon to move out of parents house as well as off dry land. This has bean a geed help

[@BluntEdgeChisel]

hi there, im a year younger than you but have pretty much been sailing all my life. my father has a 25 foot boat that we take out a lot. I am thinking bout building a boat and taking a bit of a (solo) sailing trip myself (down to the keys). I dont know if I can help you out but if you have any questions feel free to message me or just reply to this comment. good luck and have fun. also try not so sink...

[@tommyoh8873]

Seven years later, Squirrel, did you make it to the water?

[@anthonyolivares4608]

ahh looks my dads old sail boat !! Pacific Drifter!! i miss it so much ;(

[@castaway123100]

I learned to sail and was certified on a Catalina, they are nice little boats if you like mono-hauls.

[@46ace]

"Party on Wayne"! "Party on Garth"! lol...

[@halllwd94]

I didn't say all boats are meant to be. All boats can be. But I agree completely with all of what you said.

[@rsuriyop]

So cool! I'll bet that the monthly expenses of living on one of these is much less expensive than having to deal with living in an apartment. I mean what would you have to pay for every month? Just docking fees and a fresh load of water, right?

[@drdanj]

They've done Transpacs (mine twice) and circumnavigations. They are solid coastal cruisers and for those who want to race, do well with time adjusted speeds. One can disparage any make or model, and that's a long-standing dock tradition. But, really, why? Each boat has advantages and disadvantages. Some more than others, but price per pound, Catalinas are hard to beat.

[@walkertongdee]

The Catalina is a great sailboat!

[@tigersharkzh]

+Walkertongdee No it's not. shoe carton deck construction, cheap rot prone ply as a core, non stainless steet bolts on the Keel, I could carry on for ages. Under dimensioned hardware ( winches etc ) it's an awful sail boat.

[@danielp28]

Oh man, I'm in Fort Myers!

[@airbrush123]

Thx. Cool

[@diannholland]

Depends on a lot of different factors, Sailboats can cost anywhere from 5,000.00 to 550,000. and sometimes even WAY more than that. The larger the boat, the more the cost of purchase. But there are deals everywhere. If you are living at a marinia you can figure on spending a certain amount per month, 250.00 or in some more popular high scale places the 250 a month plus 50.00 a foot for the boat. Or just the 50.00 a foot. Reserach helps with docking a lot. Add to all this the amount of up keep.

[@diannholland]

Depends on where you are and what you WANT to do... I have known live abords that were teachers, writers, retirees, lawyers, doctors, Sailing instructors. Boat builders, and even people that worked in a resturant. If you are a live aboard and are planning on traveling the world in your boat... Take with you skills that other countries might need. Like English teachers. or builders or something of that nature. Some work for 6 months out of the year, and sail for the other 6 months.

[@drdanj]

The boat shown is an original C-36, (Mk I), like mine, so price range would be from $30,000 to around $55,000 mattering on condition, equipment, etc.

[@xs10z]

Seven years later... I just bought a 1983 C-36 (MK-1) in fantastic condition for $26K.

[@1wicked2008]

i still use boxy type tv's in all rooms...had a flat panel it lasted 2 yrs and paid $1400 for it .now back to old school tube 32in i've had since the 90's

[@TheBattleGoose]

The catalina is a nice small lake boat, or a good marina boat. Perfect for sitting in if you don't need to go anywhere serious.

[@larrylynn123]

My kinda house....nice!

[@Hopeonaboat]

for living on? I would say the hunter 38. You will find it to be the most easy boat to sail because of the in mast main sail and furling jib.

[@jec5731]

Deek, need to get on HDTV with your own show!!!! You should submit a tape to them. Pietown Productions in LA does alot of HGTV work. Good luck buddy, and keep the videos commin!!!!!!!!

[@xXDarkFuneralXx666]

Lol I live in Fort Myers just over the bridge from Cape coral haha

[@TheNewGreenWay]

You carry your waste till you dock and for docking charges it varies but if you anchor out in a lake or somthing its free. Storage depends on each boat but just so you know that owning a sailboat is quite a chore=less time for your painting or whatever...

[@Vegeta0585]

Id like to see you explore some boats that can actually take you places :O Catalina flops over in big water.

[@MrLaughinghyena]

Don't venture too far from the coast and always check weather reports before leaving the docks if you don't have electronics for that.

[@nfitz92691]

what do you do with the human waste? how much are docking/ anchoring charges? I want to live aboard a sailboat but I'm an artist and need storage space for my paintings. Is this possible?

[@danreynolds4208]

From what I've been hearing as far as the stock market and U.S economy is concerned , it might not be such a bad option to have as a bug out plan. If you see or smell trouble just cut line and go. Something you can't do with a house.

[@Raptorman456]

I have that same air force shirt :)

[@imgrateful2750]

Guys -- I truly enjoyed this video. I think it clearly presented the assets of the Catalina 30 Sailboat which I owned and sailed from Florida to the Bahamas in the early 1990s. The boat, which you claim to be a '36 foot boat, presented the features both internally and externally of a Catalina 30. I think you may have made a mistake.Catalina owners are very familiar with other Catalina sailboats. I have been aboard and considered buying a Catalina 36. I opted for the 30 because the 36 did not offer enough difference in amenities to justify the significant difference in price. I never regretted that decision though I truly loved and still appreciate the significant difference in width and heavy seaworthiness that the 36 provided. I believed then and I still believe that the Catalina 30 is a significantly better value than the '36.Your presentation of the boat was excellent. Your understanding of cruising and living aboard the '30-'40 foot boat, sail or otherwise, left a great deal to be desired. Boats do, for sure, offer a tiny house alternative and you are, as far as I know, the first to include them as a tiny house alternative. I really look forward to what you loonies may be able to come up with in the future.

[@paddlebender3431]

+I'm Grateful I can say with certainty that this boat is indeed Catalina 36. My parents have owned this boat for years. I just listed this for them on a couple of sailboat classified sites. All specs are out there now. Sailboatlistings.com and catalinaowners.com And, by the way, I do mean this exact boat that was used in the episode above. These guys know my parents.

[@shananagans5]

That is a 36. It has the extra window up front & the proper chart table. They are very similar, it is, more or less, a scaled up 30 but the 36 does have the bigger head area, the chart table area, and they are built a little heavier. I think that's why there was a big price jump. . We never owned a 36 but I really loved them. Catalina really went the extra step on the 36 to make a very capable ocean going boat but yes, you are right, huge price jump from the 30 to the 36. There was even a big price jump from the 34, which I also liked, to the 36. I actually think the 34 would be more comfy to live on but if someone is wanting to do serious offshore cruising, the 36 is more suitable. lol You guys got me missing sailing.

[@imgrateful2750]

I didn't realize that the boats were so similar. It's really hard to tell in the video that it's larger than the 30. In any case, if it's a Catalina, it an outstanding, reasonably priced boat. We sold our 30 in 2005. Got exactly what we paid for it, so we owned it for 15 years for the cost of maintenance. We ran into 18-foot following seas about an hour out of West End on our return trip from the Bahamas. Initially, I was terrified but with the winged keel, the boat surfed down the face of those big waves without difficulty. My LORAN said we were making 18 knots over the ground. After the terror subsided, it was exhilarating. Lasted about an hour and a half then settled down to four foot seas. We never did figure out what could have caused it but I couldn't have been happier with the way the 30 handled in those conditions.

[@shananagans5]

I'm Grateful Yea, that 30 is an outstanding boat. They are built more for coastal cruising but they can take it if it gets rough. They are also very roomy for a 30 & they sail well. They made them for a long time & they sold lots of them so now they are an outstanding value on the used market. What's not to love?

[@reynstokard5419]

Not all boats are meant to liveaboard, nor cross oceans! Catalina's are designed as weekend family boat's, nothing more or less and they do a great job as an inexpensive way to get on the water.

[@NorceCodine]

Rule of thumb is that upkeep costs about 12-15% a year of the median price of the boat of that length. Example: a 40 footer with median-price of 45K will cost you in maintenance about 5K a year. With docking fees, tax, insurance, thats comes to about 15K a year. This explains why boats are sooo cheap to buy - owners do anything to ditch them.

[@MickScarborough]

NorceCodine Spoken like a person who lives in a land locked state and has never been on a boat.

[@hangemhigh2000]

Hey Sminkletitz??? Your a fine one to talk??? What if you buy a new BMW and it blows up. Its ok, you'll get yours.

[@twopheew9995]

I would like to know how tall Derek is, so that i could have an idea of the real headroom on this boat. Thank you for the great vid!

[@greggwhittenberger8092]

C36 mk1 6'4"

[@mikedriscoll3477]

You should check out mike Reynolds earth ship homes in new mexico for some ideas on saving money and sustainable living.

[@CGwerx]

Catalinas are great, basic fun. I did a lot of mods to a 46 footer. I tried to talk my new bride into living on a boat, she would have nothing to do with it. 10 years later after living in a 12'x12' shed on the Big Island, she thinks living on a boat would be fun....that is just the way it goes.

[@TinyHouseTalk]

@nynekats thanks!! :D

[@stumcc3339]

Note how cruisers are the only ones who take shoes off on board. Just an observation;).

[@jallenb1977]

dream life

[@amonster8mymother]

Beauty eh! 👍🇨🇦😷

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Do more boats

[@Frances3654]

How tall are you two guys?

[@unclegeemus]

Wayne and Garth live! Hey, If living on a boat is so great then where is the owner? I tried living on my boat. You should too. Made me crazy with all the expensive boat issues being right there staring at me every morning. So, with that in mind, where does the "owner person" hide the mini-bar. Is this society so p.c. now that you two very cool wayne's world guys did not bother to even make mention of a blender? Nanny state bites.

[@halllwd94]

Any boat is a liveaboard. It just depends on what you want.

[@walkertongdee]

No Deek, RV's Don't float but boats can be trailered...

[@CapnLan]

Nice tour but a small correction is definitely needed. Since folks have been living happily and successfully aboard for hundreds (thousands?) of years yer might say "RVs are rolling boats/land yachts but NEVER that live aboard boats are "floating RVs." The only land vehicles to claim such a long heritage are gypsy wagons. And pickup truck campers, "bug-out" vehicles & utility trailers with propane stoves & sleeping bags are nice and have their use but they ain't the same. AAARGH! Capn Lan

[@TheSchev]

What boats are good live-ins for people who can't walk. I like water under me and not be moored to a single location. There is just my wife and me now, but would like to have accommodations for one more. I'm 64 and have been an architect, but prefer now to paint and make artistic movies.

[@hangemhigh2000]

remember what ma said:) What's a matter?

[@robertkaszubski6585]

This guy with curly hair is an alive version of Jeffrey Dallas.

[@magician5841]

well I pay about $250 a month to dock my boat in a beautiful marina

[@jallenb1977]

You could get an used Catalina 36 sailboat for about $20,000.

[@CusterFlux]

36' is pretty much the minimum for a long cruise with a reasonably comfortable time

[@xs10z]

... and it's about the maximum size for one person to be able to handle. Which is, of course, not an issue for people with friends, wives and such, but for a77holes like me, it's a factor : )

[@rustyshackleford1808]

The corny jokes and the talk about how great sailing is are fine, but there should be a video that gives hard numbers for monthly expenses, planning and policy type things for these live aboards.

[@wildebeest3]

Rusty; As a person who has lived the dream, the actual costs depend on what you happen to be doing and your level of talent. I tell people that living aboard costs all the money you have. Whether it's $500 a month or $5000. I am a Jawa, so contact me and I have a blog where I describe all of it during a four year period.

[@josephatnip2398]

Rusty Shackleford if you really need to talk numbers you can't afford a boat it's basically a hole in the water that you throw money into between refits hallouts and slip fees you also have general maintenance fuel and emergency maintenance because stuff breaks plus regular living expenses emergency money if you're in the Caribbean you can say $1,000 a month and you probably could get by on it no problem but then something bad could happen you can have a fire or your motor could go south a mass could break you can be caught in a bad storm and take on a lot of water you just never know you just deal with the things when they come up

[@jsonnichsen]

If one is living on a boat, converting a dinette table into a bed sucks. The bed must be full time in a designated area.

[@luismambrini18]

how much is a boat like that ?

[@luismambrini18]

how nice anArchist ! can you sail around the world with a baby like that ? will it hold tough seas ? all the best and what a great work you guys do , aweeeeesome !

[@paddlebender3431]

+Luis Mambrini This boat is owned by my parents. 36 feet. It's for sale right now. 42K

[@Strideo1]

+Captain Capitalism The sailing club I'm in has some early 90's Catalina 30s that they charter and use for sailing classes. They're kind of beat up from heavy usage but I'm impressed at how well they've held up to almost daily abuse and the frequent 25 knot winds or more out in San Francisco Bay. I'm sure regular maintenance helps too.

[@F1nddatruth]

They lowered the price on this boat to 32K.

[@Josef_R]

Don't know what you think you mean by a single hull, but that is not what dictates survivability in a sailboat. All monohull sailboats have a single hull, that's what monohull means.

[@mattkuklavlogs]

AHOY

[@U.S.SlaveOfficial]

man i wanna liveaboard but have till my 2 70lb labs croak knock on wood

[@davidlloydgriffitify]

That way I want boat and haws. Boat and haws. Boat and haws. Boat and haws.

[@justbrint]

Skylights ? You mean hatches .

[@lynnkramer1211]

which one of you is the wife?

[@pforce9]

Showers on these small boats make no sense. When you are at sea, you can't afford the water and when you are in port, it is better to use the showers in the harbor. I knew a guy that liked to shower on his boat and every time aboard, all I could think of was a men's gym because the water goes into the bilge and lots of skin flakes and other organic matter thrive in that bilge and smell bad.

[@tsenatorcabin5169]

The water from the shower on this boat does not go into the bilge, it has its own sump pump area and is pumped directly overboard . I love using the shower on my boat. (I also have one in the cockpit for an open air sun shower :) )

[@Monster_Mover_Stocks]

Don't be a prima donna. These boats are made for MEN. We don't care about no stinking "skin flakes"!

[@pforce9]

Yea!, what you said! That is the reason why in my sailboat racing days, I always made sure that at least one woman was in the crew so that the guys would not be so nasty. You let some women show up and you "MEN" will show some sign of reform.

[@neleabels]

pforce9 Now go and do your nail varnishing.... ;)

[@offplanetevent]

The Verbally Abusive Clown again ....not very abusive....clown.

[@thesrtsuperb8e627]

Dude looks like bob Ross

[@pokerwiz101]

Jesus you can hear the camera guy breathing hard

[@charlescain7962]

All the karate kicks.

[@salemcripple]

As someone too poor to afford a 2000 dollar tv. And instead has an old school big screen. I beg to differ.

[@wallynw]

i hate to bust your bubble.. that tv that was shown probably was about 100 bucks. even a huge 60 inch tv is about 500.

[@salemcripple]

500, still might as well be 5 million.

[@MickScarborough]

For the price of a used Catalina 36 you can buy a 1500 square foot home on 1/4 acre of land.

[@TopTributeBands-N-Stuff]

+Mick Scarborough In Bisbee ND

[@TopTributeBands-N-Stuff]

+Patriot Jefferson When sailboats were new in the 1970s they ran about $1,000 per running foot thus a 36 foot boat was about $36,000. Oddly, today the used ones still run about the same. Amazing how they retain their value although the value of the dollar shrinks so $36,000 today for a decades old used but in great shape 36 footer would be like $3,600 a few decades ago so in that way, hummm, they are a great deal today. I can build you a 53 foot top of the line super survivor sailboat for only about 11 million. Of course that boat has everything already on it vs new boats as they are today, basically empty, so you have to add tons of stuff, everything and for tons of money too.

[@TopTributeBands-N-Stuff]

I said I can ie: build one for other people etc. As for my boats, I always outfitted them myself and usually start with a used boat that has all of the kinks worked out of it first although I have had 8 new boats over these many yeas.

[@TopTributeBands-N-Stuff]

+Bad Sailboat Although we live in CA, a few yrs ago we bought a place in Bisbee ND. A 3 bed, remodeled, furnished cute house with a 1/2 of city block of land with apple and pine trees, lots of flowers etc for ONLY 15,000. About what you could buy a used Catalina 30 for today. Very cool. Check out Bisbee ND on Google Earth. I love this video, ver very very cool! Best of luck to ya and check out my videos too. Search KZbin for: captain's log boating safety tv show Enjoy LOL :-)

[@TopTributeBands-N-Stuff]

Oh, don't leave a comment there because I lost my password and have not been able to get back into there for years. But, you can always leave a comment here or on my TTB YT Channel videos. Your welcome. Great fun stuff. Best of luck to you too.

[@castaway123100]

What's with the stupid shoe shot?

[@quickdrawMMX]

Alex get a haircut! ;P

[@idriwzrd]

God does not subtract from man's allotted time the hours spent in sailing.

[@signalfire6]

That's a Phoenician quote and the exact translation is: "The Gods do not deduct from man's allotted time on Earth, those hours spent in sailing."

[@IchiTrois]

Why you always try to kick us?

[@alphasxsignal]

Just let it go overboard, its one drop compare it to a whale and its nothing.

[@eeeeeeeri]

there is some odd humor in this video.

[@ohlolololololollol]

You try too hard.

[@reynstokard5419]

A Catalina is not a liveaboard! Has shit for storage and is a shit boat! Canadians..........