Wind blows and pump outs suck! [Boatlife on a Nordhavn 43]

[@donnelson4140]

Good to see you back after the discouragement in that last video. Dream job? Had it right out of college (but won’t specify). Eight years later got married, started having kids, so I found a grownup job in aerospace for a grownup salary. Turns out I loved that one too. Now I’m pursuing the best life ever - retired! I don’t think jobs make you happy. I think you have to bring your own happiness to whatever you do.

[@mvfreedom]

Don Nelson great point!

[@davidr6338]

I did my dream job for a great many years serving my country

[@carlfleischmann8077]

You guys are a inspiration to my wife and I. We start our sundays with your posts. For the time being we are living vicariously through you. Dreaming of the day we can cruise the waterways. My dream job would be flipping houses for first time home owners. My wife’s would be to operate horse stable. Running a program for underprivileged kids. Thank you for opening a glimpse of your wonderful lives.

[@mvfreedom]

Carl Fleischmann great jobs! My dream job is an animal sanctuary that also has programs for troubled kids or adults in need of emotional support. One day!

[@brianblanchette9506]

I am actually doing my dream job, 34 years has an airline pilot...times are hard right now in the airline industry and lucky for me its been 30 years working for the same airline so right now I am one of the fortunate one’s. Thanks to the both of you for keeping us entertained while being in quarantine.

[@mvfreedom]

Brian Blanchette wow 34 years, congrats on that major achievement and all the best moving through these times right now!

[@Khalindoz]

I would not work but explore the world. So much to see, so little time.

[@Richnoonan1]

Good question...I think if money was no object, I would own a Nordhvn 60 or 72, live on it, and make really cool videos every couple of weeks. On another note, I just want to remind you two that at least 15k people are very happy when you post a video. Think about that, making 15k people, and tens of thousands more over time, happy because you chose to do a hell of a lot of work in shooting, editing, and storytelling for hardly any money. THANK YOU very much..and your videos get better every time you post them. I still think music montages are a waste of time that takes away from the real stars, you two, but you are keeping them short at least. Great job!....more more more!

[@michae8jackson378]

As a retired airline pilot, I can tell you that it’s the best office in the world! I was never happier! But it has its down sides as well! Gone from family most of the month, until you get more seniority! Sleeping in hotels a lot. Crazy pax, flight attendants, etc! Still, it was great! I was in biz world until my wife supported my following my dreams! Are you guys still having problems w the idiots about your excursions? I hope not! Stay safe, love your videos!

[@mvfreedom]

Michael Jackson no more problems so hopefully it stays that way 🤞

[@davidbancroft505]

Growing up I only ever wanted to go to sea. I’ve spent my 35 year career at sea with both the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy. Now I sit behind a desk looking after those on the ships so I now have my own boat. I can’t imagine life not on the water, it is my happy place. Love your videos and love Freedom. These videos are a great way to get my boat fix during quarantine. Keep up the great work.

[@gracetaylor4429]

Aw I love how he holds on so tightly to sully when there was the big wave

[@bks252]

I had my dream job for 30 years. I was an Army Warrant Officer flying Apache helicopters. I truly loved what I did. I’m one of the fortunate people who loved going to work everyday. Even the long deployments to God awful places were worth it. Love your channel!

[@patrickwalsh467]

Great video. Love Sully. Thanks for the effort that went into this video.

[@earnestmetz9834]

Dream job? I'd be Tony Fleming's chief engineer designing and testing and building boats.

[@simonhorler5795]

I love operating and maintaining any kind of machinery/equipment that's why I'm watching you guys :)

[@user-sx4yu3nw4j]

In high school, I wanted to join the USCG, but I didn’t have the confidence to make the decision w/o the support/encouragement of a mentor… which I didn’t have. It’s the one regret I have in terms of life path decisions; I firmly believe I should’ve gone that route.

[@Yukonhelibilly]

I know I’m 4 years behind , but I’ve been watching your videos you have for a bit now and I thoroughly enjoy the content. To answer your question , well I’m a helicopter pilot in northern Canada. Flying is and has always been a huge passion of mine. I’m a very experienced pilot and do a lot of different jobs. Anything from slinging drills for exploration into remote mountainous country to look for minerals. To fighting fires. To doing animal capture with biologists for research. Honestly though. If money wasn’t a factor. I would be doing exactly what you two are doing. I’d move my family into a boat and travel the coast. Right now I’m living that dream through your videos. So please keep up the awesome content.

[@george5179]

I would buy a 78' Nordhavn and our family would be seeing the world from the comfort of our new home. Love your travles keep them coming and never let the wind bother you.

[@Orchidart59]

Working with flowers and plants. Love landscaping.

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

Another great vid guys. I’m so with you about the wind! Especially when it comes to docking. As an independent film producer for the past 21-years I count my blessings that I do something I truly love, but if I could turn back the clock I think I would want to be a Fish and Wildlife officer.

[@shelbyboucher6276]

Living on an island and gardening all of the time - flowers, fruits, berries vegetables!

[@steveharvey1876]

Stay Well! Cheers!

[@tonkacaptain]

Giving a explanation on Icom Dual mode earned a thumbs up from me

[@nisquallydave]

I would do exactly what I do - working for an Indian Tribe trying to restore salmon. I love it.

[@darrellpuls6082]

I'm already doing it. I do research, write books, and spend as much time as possible on the boat!

[@TheNJ54]

I am doing it, being part of the entertainment industry! It was my dream at 8 years old and still is today!

[@douglaswagner311]

Boating can sure be arduous! ....just ask Mr Sully ...shivering and waiting there!....Omg

[@jarheadshooter6452]

I am a retired combat vet who has always saved for a boat to travel on. My wife and i are waiting for our n 76 to be finished and we plan to travel together in peace for the rest of our lives on our pensions.

[@br5498]

jarhead shooter ditto...on a 54’

[@m2pozad]

Never sorted out the do and have thing as meaningful, so I went with the being thing. Being content, with Home-as-sanctuary, at the core.

[@68spc]

We have a threaded adapter with a cam lock on the other end for pumping out. You clip it on and let it pump while flushing extra water down the toilet. Or fill the tank through the pump out with a hose and repump. Keeps it clean as can be.

[@michaeldemaio3601]

Sully is such a good boy 🐕

[@NavigationTraining]

Great Video! Your production quality keeps going up I love the shots of the underwater running gear and the closeups of operations. When I was in the Coast Guard we did a lot of helicopter hoist training and it does suck to be beneath the rotors, but in an actual emergency that would be a pretty welcome sign! Stay safe!

[@arminklein1537]

hello adventurer, nice that you are back in local waters. everything will be fine, stay healthy and keep your distance. greetings from germany.

[@jeffslaven]

Enjoyed the sound track on this episode very much!

[@darbovision2672]

Hell I'm 65 and haven't figured it out! Don't rush your decision.

[@chriscarney204]

Love your music selection.

[@Richnoonan1]

I do have a story idea. I always wonder about the comfort of life on your boat. I need ammunition when my wife says, I bet you could never sleep on one of those boats because they have to be noisy." I would love to know if the heat, the air conditioning, the generator noise are all comfortable to deal with. Do you sleep really well on the boat? Do you run the generator pretty much the entire time you are on the boat? When you are having your morning coffee in some stunning cove are you listening to the generator hum and smelling diesel? We have small Sea Ray on a lake in Georgia and my wife loves every minute of our boating, but I have been working her for years to get a Norhavn and change our lives in a huge way, as you have done. Please give me some ammo by telling me that it's all good!

[@mvfreedom]

rich noonan all great questions and we definitely plan to address them more in our liveaboard update video coming soon. But the short is that our boat is beyond comfy and we sleep like babies. We hardly run heat at night as the cabins stay very comfortable, and we have a medium down blanket and a throw that usually get us too warm. We also only generate two times per day, and in the morning it doesn’t bother us over coffee, but if we saw wildlife or bears like we do in BC we turn it off after coffee. We never smell diesel either which is nice. Your wife would be shocked at how great this boat lives, and if you have anything larger you’d really be talking 😉

[@toc3699]

The people you work for and work with will be a huge factor. I'm lucky. I like going in on Monday mornings. I work with friends, I love my job, I'm paid well, little stress, and I am somewhat competent in what I have to do.

[@mvfreedom]

Toc36 yes people can make or break a job!

[@coopergreg2667]

Always like your updates and the maintenance videos are great too. I'm with you, I could never sail and it would be too soon, power boat is the only way to live.

[@christerjohansson1581]

Hello from Sweden you are doing a really nice boat show from real life. Also nice that you choose engine over sail. You seem to be a couple that thrives and develops together. Feel free to include in your films how your realization is affected and developed by a close boating life together. Also hope that you take the roads past Sweden on your tour around the world. You are very welcome to our fantastic archipelago on the west coast. There you can visit well-known places like Smögen, Marstrand and Mollösund. Shawn you are a calm and stable person - that is your great strength. Elizabeth you have the energy and the ability to see opportunities. Together you will be the best. Have a good time and greetings from Sweden, Christer.

[@menotadog]

Definitely with you on being a pilot.. I did every aspect of aircraft overhaul and maintenance, and enjoyed that, but I feel being a pilot would be a natural progression.😊 Cheers

[@akajbssmith7423]

You guys are getting better and better at making these vids. Stay safe.

[@dominickatx478]

My dream job is being a pilot... I made that dream my reality and I still love flying. Doing what you love for work doesn’t ALWAYS make you hate it. Getting out of the corporate / office job world was the best decision!

[@sirjasonakana]

Great answer to the job question Shawn.... that’s my answer too..airline pilot... every time I look up in the sky at a plane I wish I was up there.

[@richardbarnard6686]

I love being on the water as well, the job I most enjoyed was commercial fishing did that for 7 years out of Blaine Wahington. Love your videos really makes me miss the San Juan Islands, so sorry to hear people gave you a hard time isolating out in the islands, some people? Takes all types to make the world go round.

[@tyeb8734]

Love seeing the notification that you have posted. You both brighten the day, even when the subject is a pump out. Curious to know how often you have to do a pump out as live aboards. Keep being you. Thank you.

[@mvfreedom]

Tye B every 10-14 days, usually closer to 10.

[@markduncan6690]

Hold Tight Elizabeth! Mr Sully sure is safe with you!

[@graemewoodruff9988]

I’m doing my dream job, have always loved the mining industry.

[@stevecrane1125]

I'm pretty blessed in that I love what I do.I own and operate a small business that provides rolloff dumpsters to the commercial construction industry.When you love what you do it' doesn't seem like work.

[@anthonymiller4550]

Tony & Susan here, If we won the lottery , we would not need a job and would most certainly live on a 43 or 47 Nordhavn. 28 months

[@roberthall-palmer9134]

Keep posting, keep moving, keep us all going.

[@4LowRocks]

Formula 1 race car driver and then team owner. But, I went into the Navy after high school, did 26 years. Now retired from that, I'm still supporting the Navy as a project manager doing engineering for the Navy. No regrets.

[@30shandala]

Lol-I’m with you regarding the wind!

[@tonandmarc]

Shawn is one cool cat!

[@ronward146]

Snickers ...again...,growing up in Seattle(1957) for decades one can expect the possibilities of 4 seasons in a day. Not very common on the inland waters of Puget Sound and glad you saved the day Shawn. Really sucks when ya get blown off the charts(sic) and must hunker down till it passes. Once the truth is revealed about this hoax of a pandemic, remember you two did your part admirably in social distancing. Missed ya last week and hope all is well? ThanQ for a great view of my hometown...be safe and be well!

[@genechalin1486]

USCG is a VERY cool job.

[@scotyfilms]

My dream job would still be what I did for 30years. That was to own and operate a west coast troller in the 70's & 80's commercial fishing environment.

[@Vagabondo-fs6qu]

I was a Marine Engineer for 16 years before I came ashore and became a Power Plant Operator. I miss the sea probably answers the question.

[@briancook6386]

I would be sailing around the world on a sailboat, yes, lots of wind!

[@lightmechanic2370]

Advertising photography is my dream job and has been a career for 30 yrs. The dream part is to just do the lighting and photography, then go to my boat, and others take care of everything else.

[@jeremykamel9655]

I have been a school bus mechanic and a mechanic on the port. Now I’m a container crane operator most of the time. I love what I do. It’s what I always wanted to do. That said I think I’d have enjoyed being in the US Coast Guard. If I had served that is where I’d have wanted to serve. Otherwise a Washington State Ferries captain or a Puget Sound Pilot (ships not planes)

[@michaelrhodes6033]

I would captain my own Nordhavn 63 and sail the world with my wife and cats.

[@GusCarlson]

You know, tough days are bound to come along once in a while, if not more often. On the plus side, the vigilantes seem to have spared you! Love your videos.

[@stevenscheirer4595]

Getting the kayak out is good. When I take the kayak out on the lake, I almost always get wind and waves.

[@chrismcgann8448]

Hahaha, don't you just love an adventure!

[@skytech5]

I retired from military aviation. Been a corporate pilot 25 years and still don’t feel I’ve spent a day at work. Been flying airplanes since I was 17 and continually look forward to getting back in the air. My second love is cruising the PNW. My wife and I have a 1999 Maxum 4600 SCB home ported in Anacortes. We’re beginning to feel boating will definitely be our post 2nd retirement hobby. Love your videos! Very inspiring!

[@Defibril8me]

Just retired from my dream job, firefighter\paramedic. I loved going to work!

[@patrickpepper4587]

I had a very successful career in aviation and would do it all over again. I flew corporate jets both as a demo pilot for a manufacturer and private companies. I retired at age 62 in 2012 and never once did I feel like I was working.

[@mikefrancis9707]

Dream job, pro diver. Underwater is amazing. I have never had a absolutely horrible dive

[@mvfreedom]

mike Francis I’ve always dreamed of owning a dive shop in a small beach town somewhere nice. Pro diver would be good as well 👍 - E

[@jwrappuhn71]

Great vid guys.

[@joehiker5573]

If I won the PowerBall... I would like to be a deckhand on MV FREEDOM... =)

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

Luckily I’ve been doing my dream job for 36 yrs. I’m an airline pilot and have been flying since I was 14. Even though I still enjoy it I’m looking forward to retiring in just over a year and taking the slower path on the water.

[@Mr1jimmer]

I already did my dream job, I was a US Army Special Ops Ranger 24 yrs retired due to injury .. Now I'm living the good quite life on a lake in a log cabin I built in northern Minnesota, and watching youtube video's cause TV sucks

[@mvfreedom]

That’s great, thanks for your service and bravery!

[@CaptainSJD]

Currently I am a Airline Pilot. Dream job would be to cruise the San Juan's on a Nordhavn!

[@gavinmarshall6348]

Well we all get things wrong from time to time but it is have the experience to get youself out of the mire. As for as pumping out is concerned. we had a cassette unit in our caravan and it had wheels on and looked like a small cabin bag.. For a job I would like to be a photographer. Happy Sunday in lockdown.

[@angelakrisinger2246]

We'd love to buy a tiny marina in the Gulf Islands... chill happy hours by a bonfire, kayak rentals, etc. And I can't believe that SBM doesn't have mobile pumpout! We are moving out of Friday Harbor and the only thing I'm going to miss is having pumpout handled in your slip!

[@mvfreedom]

Angela Krisinger there is a mobile pump out (SS Head 😆) but kind of pricey, so we’ll stick to pumping our own 💩 And owning/managing a marina in the Gulf Islands sounds amazing. We saw a marina for sale in the Broughtons a couple years ago and totally wanted to buy it, but it was nearly $2 million CAD!!!

[@angelakrisinger2246]

@@mvfreedom Oh man! PoFH was only $5. Maybe we'll just coordinate overnight visits to FH when we need a pumpout! :)

[@mvfreedom]

Angela Krisinger that’s a deal, it’s min $25/pump-out here!

[@cliffordb47]

love your videos really

[@mvfreedom]

cliffordb47 that’s great to hear, thank you!

[@markedward5941]

I would become a free handyman for folks who couldn't do their own handyman or gardner work because of health or money .Folk who just need a small hand so they could live in their own homes longer without watching that home age with them .

[@davidbruce5377]

Yeah!! Your back.

[@ernestpitti2988]

Wow! Looked treacherous!

[@mvfreedom]

Ernest Pitti it was worse than it looked 😳

[@markvolker1145]

Having spent the first 12 years of my life in Seattle-Renton, I KNOW it isn't warm enough for Sean to be running around in shorts and a tee as often as he does!!

[@mvfreedom]

Mark Volker exactly, and he claims to be comfortable most of the time which I usually don’t believe 😉

[@donnakawana]

My dream job wud be an appreciated artist! When I grow up I wanna sail around the world helping the islands an the ppl most affected ppl by climate issues. I wanna be a bridge.....but currently I'm in need of one myself!"" Love your channel an love the 3 of you. Mr.Sully is so sweet.. He's doing so well!! Love an light to the 3 of you! Wish you following sea's to help push u on ur way!!!

[@James-seafan]

interesting video shawn and elizabeth regarding the weather it happens the weather at sea can change quick I've learn't to respect the sea just a bit of advice from one vessel owner to another

[@CaseyCRC]

After years of over coming mistakes made as a youth I was able to achieve my dream job and become a police officer.... now my dream is to win the lottery and do what you guys do.... without the work part😉! Love your channel!

[@mvfreedom]

Casey Cuthbertson haha thanks for what you do. No joke but Mrs Cap seriously considered becoming an SPD officer a few years ago but came to the realization that she couldn’t deal with getting sued for doing her job.

[@tmac709]

I always wanted to retire and live on a sailboat...but broke a leg and now I have a rod and screws in my leg and ankle...now have to walk with a cane. I don't have the balance to get on a sailboat to feel safe. Wouldn't mind trying out living on a motor trawler like yours. Be safe and don't break a leg. :-)

[@mvfreedom]

T Mac go trawler you’d do great!

[@weareheretravel]

Glad to see you guys a little farther south. I own WuCrew productions and Royal Olympic adventure rides, but I would rather be a full time West coast cruiser, exploring bays, inlets and communities.

[@mvfreedom]

Royal Olympic Adventure Rides that sounds fun!

[@jackterry7664]

What a guy! Think he's a keeper.....

[@soloonsound]

Congratulations Washington State boaters! As of today (May 5th) the restrictions on recreational boating outlined in Governer Insley's 20-25 "Essential Business Only" proclamation have "officially" been lifted. Pleasure boating and fishing are now formally permitted under the essential travel restrictions under Phase 1 of the recovery stage. Have a safe and fun boating season.

[@davidbruce5377]

We didn't win a lottery, but we are building small resort cottages on a tropical island. That has been our dream job.

[@mvfreedom]

David Bruce sounds dreamy! Can we come one day?!?

[@davidbruce5377]

@@mvfreedom You two are very welcome to come. Its Camiguin Island, The Philippines. Ill keep you posted.

[@michaeloneil1625]

Captain of a cargo ship!

[@garyhinds1032]

Writer for sure..........Travel and Exploration writing on the order of Simon Winchester!

[@ovan264]

What would you do? That's what I did: starting of as a sixteen year old throwing garbage overboard from the SS Rotterdam in the 1960's for a year; doing research in Africa (Ivory Coast and Kenya) in the seventies; running my own company doing aerial photography world wide in the eighties; becoming a civil servant in the nineties stimulating research coperation between Dutch and African universites; following an extensive stint working for the EU I started in 2008 some Internet companies which I sold in 2017 then being 71 years and now being retired I watch MS Freedom among other things, thanks a lot!!

[@mvfreedom]

oebele bruinsma wow that’s quite a resume, very lucky to have created so many work/life experiences!

[@Berrus81]

I am a busdriver in public transport and i LOVE my job. I would like to learn more about woodworking. Like...making furniture etc. Just for hobby.

[@oldmanrock7542]

When I was young I lloved working on cars. 45 years later I'm still turning wrenches. Now on Fire trucks. The love is gone. But the pay is good.

[@brianbright7501]

Hoping things are better for you both and less hate mail. Yall are too nice to get hate mail ya know.!!!!

[@monicaahrens8731]

I love my work as a recreation therapist, Iv'e been doing this work for 25 years....I'd love to go back to university and work in my garden.

[@mvfreedom]

monica ahrens that job sounds interesting 🤔

[@ptrisonic]

My late Mum said I never worked a day in my life! A Musician - it has it's moments. Taken me all over the World with someone else paying. Not bad. Best, Pete. PS I always wanted to be a fighter pilot.... now limited to simulations.

[@gideonewers1786]

Every job has it's sucky moments and 0500 reports are never fun but in the climb the breakout of a solid overcast...that hasn't got old yet (30 years on). And has somebody has mentioned from how he appears here Shawn would make a good pilot (actually he looks very like a buddy of mine who flies for United!)

[@jpmerrick8886]

Hi folks watching early here covid hours lol hope your happy n good jp

[@AMBROSE6915]

US Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and Blackhawk UH 60 helicopter test pilot is the dream job...

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

I agree with Sean, I'd be afraid that I would begin to hate the sea, so, not professional captain. If I could, either executive chef, or airline charter pilot, not for the big airlines, but, some small charter, flying once a week, new city, etc. (It's funny tho, I've been in the same industry, essentially since I was 14, still love it.) Polar Opposite Question? What one would you not do, period? Full time pump out boat guy.

[@tylerf8304]

Haha I'm the opposite of you guys, I got lucky. I've been doing what I love all my life so I guess I have never worked a day in my life. Commercial Diver and I still scuba dive for fun on the weekends and after work.