Living on a Nordic Tug 32 | Boating Journey

[@realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb2611]

What a cool humble boat owner skipper good to see it's possible to be happy with what you do and not being sucked in by material possessions... Great post Woot Woot

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank YOU ;)

[@MTN_mtn]

This video was great! The owner of the Nordic gave some great advice about downsizing!

[@jimbolyo]

I used to work for Nortic Tug! I was lead Mech on 32', and 37' back in the early 00'. Great co.!!

[@BoatingJourney]

How cool is that!? Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@prophetseven728]

I love the Question you ask. It the real stuff.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you 😊

[@greg1268]

The big comfy couch comment got my attention too! i can live without a lot but not having anywhere to be comfortable would make me crabby in the long run.

[@OnboardTangaroa]

One of my fave boats. Pur good friends have a Nordic Tug 32 also here in Victoria BC.

[@robnee3313]

Thanks alot! I really enjoyed this

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching!

[@retiredarchitect3462]

Great boat, great guy!

[@markmaugle4599]

I don’t live aboard, but my boat is on a mooring and my wife & I do long weekends and a 2+ week trip each month. The best thing we dis was to add Solar, 180 watts, to our sail boat. It keeps the electricity powered ice box cold all summer and makes some ice too.

[@BoatingJourney]

When we move to sunny weather, we'll definitely install solar! A must!

[@latetotheparty3070]

S.S.Head ( the name of the pumping out company) gave me a chuckle. Nice interview, and nice to hear of people living off the beaten path.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching!

[@lynngatlin4469]

I live on a farm in Tennessee an I haven't even owned a TV nor have I paid for cable for ten years now . Don't miss it at all I find that nature an Gods creation is a lot more soothing for your soul than watching news that is always bad news.

[@darrylb4048]

God didn't create it but im with you.

[@jeffgassen9328]

Love it! So happy to have you over!

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for having us!!

[@brianmalady1190]

Great little boat

[@jamesallen6624]

Really cool...I enjoyed the tour. Everything nicely organized.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching!

[@JR-qw6eb]

Thanks for asking him about the cost compared to land living. It is hard to gauge that and was very informative.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@JR-qw6eb]

@@BoatingJourney My pleasure!

[@debscreepy]

That is a nice boat enjoyed the interview. I live in my 25 foot class A 1994 Winnebago warrior with my little dog Tinkerbell now for 2 1\2 years also. I have traveled 30,000 miles through 9 states filming cool stuff. I wish my had a big fridge and a comfy couch and storage. My water storage is 30 gallons and black tank 30 gallons no gray. I love that you are just doing it.

[@BoatingJourney]

That's so cool. We'll check you out!

[@dalestrnad1]

Wow, what a great boat, 45’ is a must for a live aboard for me though.

[@BoatingJourney]

It is a great boat!!

[@MrBluoct]

Thanks Great fit for him and his needs That motor other system access is great as is the separate shower Oh- Tv less - 11 years ... and counting... Never miss it-

[@BoatingJourney]

Good for you!

[@motorv8N]

Great boat. Love the Nordics - great to get live aboard insights.

[@BoatingJourney]

It's is awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@Wv8675]

This reminds me of Chris Farley show sketch on SNL

[@mvfreedom]

That spice rack sure is dreamy 😊 We’ve got a small tiered rack in a cabinet, but having everything front and center would be amazing for those of us who enjoy cooking!

[@BoatingJourney]

Right?! Loved it!

[@gordonshaffer5560]

I remember living in Seattle around 1980 and being told that if I wanted my 2 yr old to have a slip available when he became an adult I should get him on a waiting list now. No surprise that you bought a slip and they threw in a boat for free *wink*

[@johnobiro5202]

Loved this. What a lovely boat. Good luck to you all.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you so much!

[@stevan92325]

Excellent

[@Bennjammin]

Looks amazing for it's age

[@BoatingJourney]

Its in great shape!!

[@FairladyS130]

For blue water cruising having the enclosed control cabin up front makes sense to amateur me. Controlling from the back tends to expose the helmsman in rough seas and allow the ingress of water.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for sharing!

[@debscreepy]

I also enjoyed the tour. Great video!

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you 😊

[@drrc8]

Fuuun boat talk. Beautiful boat!!

[@randypleasanton4808]

Love That Area

[@BoatingJourney]

It's a great place to live on the water!

[@matttomlinson6696]

This was very helpful as I am just starting to research. Thank you for making it

[@BoatingJourney]

You bet! Thanks for watching and good luck!

[@Gee4747]

Travel a lot 😂 as a Scotsman with 8 week annual holidays at work .and some more as an option . I laugh my socks of at my American family . With very little in way of holidays . Well done this chap

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you 😊

[@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish]

I enjoyed the boat and tour!

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching!

[@davegeorge2307]

Nice boat!

[@BoatingJourney]

We agree!

[@VanaConn]

Love it ! Hell we put 700k in three years on our UPS diesel sleeper tractor, so a boat diesel should last for ages properly cared for. What kinda price range would your boat sell for? Seems like $60-$150k buys something worthwhile to start off in

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@CunoWiederhold]

I liked and subscribed. This is a really good video! A live-aboard has been my dream since the 70s. lol Since I'm 62, I hope it happens soon! What are the lottery numbers again? lol

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you so much 😊

[@arightpest3367]

I live on a 60ft canal boat in the uk 11 years and counting and don’t want to move back on land.

[@BoatingJourney]

That's so cool! Thanks for watching

[@CunoWiederhold]

My cousin lives in a canal boat in Amsterdam and has for many years too. He loves it! He's a nurse and rides his bicycle to work, so no car maintenance or expenses.

[@slipperedlobster]

you have land with 10 meters on both sides of you !

[@gregfawcett5152]

Really Great Job...Go to Dickinson Diesel Heater best installation ever...Best...SV Aquila Shilshole Seattle.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you so much 💖

[@WaltANelsonPHD]

Great video. Thanks for letting us in. Does Jeff have a car? If so, where does he park it? What about boat security or break ins?

[@BoatingJourney]

He does have a car. His marina has a secured parking lot for the residents. Thank you for watching 😊

[@Imightberiding]

Gave my TV away 7 years ago & haven't watched since. I am however watching this video on my laptop. I was fed up with television but I would have to be really motivated to give up WIFI/Internet & my laptop.

[@BoatingJourney]

That's awesome 👌

[@joshowens2219]

Small world, went to BMW school with Jeff.

[@BoatingJourney]

Very small world! Thanks for watching!

[@lloydtrueblood8030]

Does Jeff have a KZbin channel? I searched but came up short. I’d like to see more of what it is like to live on a Nordic tug. I love those boats as they are well built and sip fuel. But it seems a little tight in the cabin area and storage limited. Curious to see his work arounds.

[@BoatingJourney]

He doesn't yet. We're trying to convince him. But he's on Instagram:)

[@bnkwupt]

I’d love to follow Jeff on KZbin if and when he decides to create a channel. Cruising, daily life, boat repairs, whatever.

[@occultustactical6138]

You can get a Verizon jet pack for about $75 a month. That’s cheap but for some folks who want more time off rather then being at work, I get it. Listening to the Mariners on AM radio. I remember those days working in the garden in Auburn in 2000-2004. You can’t beat a Yanmar diesel engine. I think the greatest and most cost effective car would be a hybrid with a twin diesel Yanmar turning a generator to charge batteries. If you had a ten gallon tank you could drive 1000 miles+ in your electric car. Yanmar’s are miserly on fuel.

[@BoatingJourney]

For sure! Thanks for watching!

[@yamabiru4553]

nice

[@dand7939]

Need to ask about fuel cost when going on short or long trips. I've heard from someone in Vancouver that typical trip is =$600 if they go somewhere for weekend with their dual engine gas powered boat. Would like to know what the diesel does.

[@BoatingJourney]

Dan, great question and here is Jeff's reply: So, to help answer your viewer’s question, Diesels are MUCH more economical than gas engines, and having a single diesel like myself really helps. My buddy’s 38’ sportfish with 400ish cubic inch Chrysler gas engines blows through fuel (much like Dad D’s friend does); when doing trips of length at any sort of speed, he estimates he can be going through 8-10 gallons per hour, if not more if he’s pushing and going fast. Weekend trips can easily cost in the several hundreds of dollars for him, depending on where he got his fuel, what he paid for it, and how hard he was moving. Doing basic math in your head shows that it adds up quick! Why Knot plugs along at 7-8 knots, and fuel burn rate was estimated by the previous owner to be in the neighborhood of 2 to 2.5 gallons per hour depending on conditions. I’ve got 125 gallon capacity aboard. 3-4 hours to get to Poulsbo is a normal(ish) time for me, so let’s call it 8 hours round trip. Fuel is dirt cheap in the sound right now (as little as $2.00), but Morrison’s charges a bunch on the lake, so let’s pretend it’s $4.00 per gallon at Morrison’s prices. Let’s say at 2.5 gallons per hour, times 8 hours, that comes out to 20 gallons. At four bucks a gallon, that’s $80 round trip for a Poulsbo trip, but honestly, that’s on the higher end of things for me, and in reality it’s much cheaper. It’s all subjective based on how the boat is equipped (what kind of engines/how many), the weather and conditions (I’ve saved an hour heading to Tacoma riding the flood!), how you’re driving, etc, so what is true for one person, is not necessarily going to ring true for another. So in the context of Why Knot: Me going slow and steady with a single diesel and never being in a hurry, makes for very affordable blue collar cruising, and I like it that way 😉

[@cibsim]

À friend of mine has a 42’ trawler diesel... 3 gallons per hour...

[@Dld1985]

I really like this mans trawler. Really a solid boat and very economical to cruise even with today’s ridiculous price of diesel. I’ve Been a live aboard since 2003. Mine is a 42’ cruiser. Most home amenities stove , fridge , hot/cold water , toilet system , nice head and separate shower , two staterooms and washer/dryer. Boat has been paid for for years. I pay $500.00 a month slip rent and a average of about $50.00 a month electric and fresh water is free. My water tank is 120 gallons and it will last a week normal use. When I wash cloths it uses about 15 gallons a load. 300 gallon fuel capacity and generator if power goes off at dock. Due to my age and Biden economics I don’t cruise near as much as I did in years past. One think about boats is no matter how new or old the boat is there’s always work to be done. The projects never end. Unless you have disposable money you really need to be mechanically inclined. Through the years I’ve pretty much have replaced everything on my boat from engines to plumbing , water system , lighting. Lot of that was upgrades.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@jascan1489]

Are those bayliners your looking to buy? Those have a bad rap over in FL. Are those desirable over in that part of the country?

[@BoatingJourney]

We have owned 3 bayliners and love them. They are very popular here in the PNW.

[@BlackWarriorLures]

Yeah I gave up T.V. back in the 1990s.

[@BoatingJourney]

Good for you 👍

[@crankychris2]

If your online, you are just as brainwashed as you were a quarter century ago. SMH sadly. :((

[@andreygolubenkov5356]

Великолепно! Мне очень понравилось! ❤🎉😊

[@hopetondelli5146]

where is this please? theres no mention of anything besides Ballard

[@BoatingJourney]

Well, that's to keep his residence a bit private. He lives on his boat in the canal between Ballard and Lake Union.

[@stephengreen2898]

What STATE?

[@BoatingJourney]

@@stephengreen2898 Washington State, Seattle

[@s.porter8646]

Caught this a while back, is he still living on there

[@BoatingJourney]

Yep!!

[@s.porter8646]

@@BoatingJourney that's good, was hoping so , but also escaping seattle

[@tedmurray5245]

What about haul outs? Availability in the area and costs?

[@BoatingJourney]

Hi Ted, we have great haul out facilities here in Seattle. Some times you can get a deal. We've paid anywhere between $0 because the boatyard did the work. Our last haulout on our 45' cost us $1500

[@BoatingJourney]

And that's just the haulout. No work is included except power washing

[@ottocarr3688]

Looks like a great lifestyle except for the inevitable seasickness. I see the husband’s point, not too subtlety made, that the boat is large for one person who had only the absolute minimum of stuff.

[@patrickhampton6248]

Does it cost more to live on the boat or apt or house?

[@BoatingJourney]

Great question! It really depends on a number of factors - size of boat, amenities, your marina. We went from a very large 2900 sq foot home to a leased condo and are obviously saving money. We could spend $25k on a fixer upper boat or $500k on a luxury yacht, so it really depends. Thanks for watching!

[@rjr-yp9uj]

No VHF radio?

[@BoatingJourney]

Good question. we're pretty sure he does have a VHF, we might have just missed it.

[@jascan1489]

Cool vid, having a phone nowadays, is having a computer, ha.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching:)

[@leecowell8165]

I couldn't live without computers. I can live without TV, though.

[@darlenetillman6290]

I have a whole bunch of blue grass cassettes......

[@BoatingJourney]

Lol! 😁

[@friendsoftheamazonjungle]

This fella: Less is more Rest of America: 😲😲😲😲

[@BoatingJourney]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Kermondale]

I wanted to live on a boat...

[@JohnBraman413]

does why not have a youtube?

[@BoatingJourney]

Because he doesn't want to

[@robertsandall9493]

Do you need a permanent address to live on a boat?

[@BoatingJourney]

Great question! All of the liveaboards we met use a PO Box for an address.

[@nonservitium]

I think an ipad and a smart phone qualify as computers.

[@Skaggs666]

If it can’t run Crysis, it’s not a computer. It’s just an adding machine.

[@nonservitium]

@@Skaggs666 I bet you made this comment on a phone

[@Skaggs666]

@@nonservitium of course. It adds all these numbers great!

[@JMVideos7676]

So, you have a KZbin vlog and you're congratulating the guy who won't be watching because he doesn't have an internet connection?

[@BoatingJourney]

He watches using his mobile device.

[@JMVideos7676]

@@BoatingJourney I know, just yanking your chain a bit. I enjoy watching your videos. I liked this guy's boat, but as a live aboard it seemed a bit cramped.

[@BoatingJourney]

Thank you 😊

[@jm-bv1wh]

No masks in summer of 2020?

[@BoatingJourney]

We filmed this much earlier. We should have noted that in the video. Thanks for watching.

[@justsayin3228]

Wow. So tone deff. We want to SEE the boat and how it meets needs and performs. And you spend 3/4 of the episode talking (about YOU). I never comment. And I just did. For YOU.

[@BoatingJourney]

Sorry you feel that way. This was an interview - NOT a boat tour. We wanted to know how he likes living on a boat, which is what we want to do. It was never intended to be a boat tour.

[@yarleumas]

Too much talking, not enough boat.

[@BoatingJourney]

It was an interview, not a tour. :)

[@nolanpadilla4204]

That’s not a tugboat…

[@BoatingJourney]

Well it's official name is Nordic Tug.

[@ghjgbnhjjghjthknvf6379]

This guy never goes anywhere on that boat

[@MrJeep75]

Read books or go to a library

[@almoemason]

Wood stove on a boat ... probably one of the most stupid things you can do as a human being.

[@BoatingJourney]

Actually MANY MANY boats use a wood stove for heat....we were shocked to learn this. Not that we would ever have it, but it's very common. Thanks for watching!

[@almoemason]

@@BoatingJourney You are right, many people do this, that does not make it less stupid. Fire is absolutely the worst casualty you can have on any seagoing vessle, even worse than flooding on a submarine. The only thing that I can think of that would be more stupid than a wood burning stove on your boat would be to mount the life raft directly above it.

[@BoatingJourney]

@@almoemason Fire on a boat, terrifies me, so you know we'll never have one.

[@dannelson8556]

@@almoemason Boat fires are almost always the result of electrical problems or engine related. In fact Every years Generators cause more boat fires then wood stoves have over the last 100 years combined. I've had a wood burning stove on just about every boat I have owned and have never once had an issue, Oh and I burn lump charcoal in them. I've been around boats my whole life, started sailing when I was 8 years old and I have never seen or known anyone who has had a boat fire caused by a wood burning stove. Now I've seen generators cause a lot of boat fires especially the built in generators, but over all propane stoves and propane heaters cause the majority of boat fires

[@lordabhikingfisher8087]

.. just earn more and you don't have to go through this

[@BoatingJourney]

What do you mean? Jeff makes a great living and chooses to live on his tug.

[@joost5345]

''Why did you decide to live onboard? Because, I've always wanted to''. No, clearly you chose to do so because you have zero balance in the bank, because that boat is an absolute mess. ''It's really easy to single hand it''. Yeah, no shit, it's frickin microscopic.

[@dannelson8556]

someone is obviously jealous, by the way Nordic Tugs are highly regarded, I would take one of these over the floating RV's most landlubbers buy. landlubbers don't understand the maritime lifestyle so they try to bring all the material possessions with them, so they replace their 2 bedroom homes with giant floating RV's that look like home but are built like crap. People who buy these giant floating RV's aren't true boaters, these are landlubbers who define their value by the possessions they have managed to acquire. Then there are true sailors, I started sailing at 8 years old, by the time I was 14 I owned my own boat an (islander 34) and by the time I was 18 I was a full time live aboard. By the time I had turned 21 I had sailed through the panama canal over a dozen time doing boat deliveries, when I was 22 I did my first boat delivery to Argentina with a stop off at Easter island. The bottom line is that little tug will keep you alive in conditions that would have quickly destroyed your average floating RV like bayliner or silverton

[@joost5345]

@@dannelson8556 i’ve owned boats all my life and have lived on my HR48 for just under two years, so no, I’m not what you call a landlubber. I just think his tug - and I appreciate the brand, unlike you seemed to assume - is a complete mess and in terrible condition.

[@dannelson8556]

@@joost5345 well I've been sailing since I was somewhere around 8 years old, I was crewing a board other people's sailboats by the time I was 12. We used to crew a board million dollar yacht sailing out to Avalon. It was pretty humorous, there were all these millionaires with their millionaire sailboats who wanted to entertain guests so they would hire us to crew their boats and sail it for them. There were weekends where we would crew three or four boats out to Avalon. The owners would pay to fly us back to the mainland where we would bring another boat out. Then they would put us up in a hotel room and when they wanted to go home we'd sail their boats back home for them. That's how I got into doing boat deliveries with a friend of mine who is a US Coast guard license captain. I only have a six pack, but I have been sailing and living aboard pretty much my whole life. I'm not sure what you saw as a mess a board that little tug, the engine compartment look clean, what I saw was a single guy living aboard his boat and it was cleaner than most bachelor pads. I will agree that it is a little on the tight side, I prefer a bit more room. So I'm in the neighborhood of a 50 ft sailboat and when I get too old to sell then I'll buy myself a 45 ft trawler

[@BoatingJourney]

:)

[@all_money_matters]

Ngl he sounds miserable