Sailing - Living Aboard A Boat

Living Aboard Series- Episode One
Join us as we here the story of liveaboards Sophi and Travis aboard their S/V Seabird, a Downeaster 32 cutter.
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[@TheBadTad]

You two have such a great outlook on life. I'm 57 and am looking for the freedom that you have already discovered. You are WAY ahead of me. I wish you the best. Tad

[@myrtlebeachmohicanxx]

That is FANTASTIC!!!!! Run while you can!. Do not fall for the 9-5 life.....EVER! Feel the wind on your backs and the sun on your toes!

[@clarisd]

I watch and listen to two soulmates and it is lovely.

[@Chasiraw]

Right!!

[@gregbrady8454]

claris drouet They got divorced a year later

[@clarisd]

Noooooo, say it isn't so

[@Chasiraw]

Awwww man. If so, that sucks!

[@johnnybloggs2494]

+claris drouet Why don't you make more videos about sailing Claris? I watched your latest one & loved it.

[@sophiswaim1143]

Thanks for the interview, John! Lots of fun. Good luck with your boat-search!

[@JimFariello]

You two are living your dream. Not saddled to a house payment and all the expense of it. If I was a young person like you this would be the life.

[@1951RKP]

You two are great. I have lived aboard a bout for 12 years and have no desire to buy another house. It's really like being on vacation year round. Love it.

[@jimmypinch]

What a lovely couple

[@DLF-xq9lq]

You both seem like a very lovely couple. This was a very sweet video. Your both doing what my husband and I have dreamed of doing for years.

[@trinescape]

Excellent post guys i lived aboard my 36ft tri with my wife and two kids for 2 and a half years and like you we stayed in a small marina with about 8 other liveaboards it was great we treated each other like humans are suppose too we had BBQ,s in summer most friday nights and we were there for each other it was a special time of our life we still have the boat but are now housebound but we will get back out there, enjoy yourselves fair wind & smooth seas regards Andy

[@1951RKP]

You two are great ! I to am a live a board for over 12 years and have positively no desire to move back a shore. This live style isn't for everyone and that's what I really love about it. Security is great at our marina and we have less theft problems than most upscale sub divisions. Everyone knows each other and keeps an eye on your things when your're away. My boat is 30 years old but in excellent condition with marine air conditioning and heating which easily keeps the boat comfortable on the hottest and coldest days.Dry dock is not required where I'm located during winter months. My waterfront property is 20,000 acres that in just a few minutes I can untie ropes, disconnect shore power and go see any part of it I wish. I'm subject to cruise at any time day or night year round. No red lights. No traffic jams. Can cruise to the Gulf of Mexico then thousands of miles in any direction.

[@andythewys]

Very charming couple! We wish you all the best and we'll see you out there!

[@Oggiwara1]

This is one of the best "live aboard" videos I have ever seen. It's great to see young couples really do what the want to do and take the leap to move in to a boat. Congrats with your choice of lifestyle! When I retire, I will do the same! Fair winds! :-)

[@oundhakar]

Wonderful. All the best to both of you. Great that you're doing this while you're still young.

[@sophiswaim1143]

Hey! Yes, those two are a super inspiration to us! Wonderful books

[@KingCharlieBlaze]

Congrats Yall!! so happy for yall . This video makes me smile So much . And its so inspiring . Thanks for sharing. Live on the seas !!!!

[@emmaburgessdean2355]

Good luck on all your future travel & family plans! Great to hear your story - thanks for sharing!

[@PayneJon77]

Kudos to you too. I say live your dreams and do what makes y'all happy. anybody that says you can't raise a family on a boat has never been to the Orient. many a happy family raised on the water in a lot of places on this earth. God Bless y'all!!

[@bparno]

Great to share your dreams and happiness with us. May you fulfill your dreams togather, wow what an adventure you will be able to tell to your grandchildren. Portland is a great town as I worked up that way on a ship salvage job not too long ago, and the people there were some of the friendliest I have ever met. I would love to one day sail there. thanks again.

[@carmenperez3191]

It was nice to hear that you and your husband live here in the island of Puerto Rico on a boat I came out here 15 years ago and I love the island .

[@DonaldSilvanaTagamor]

Great interview and very cool young peeps!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Great job on the video/interview, John! I especially like your intro peice on the recent videos. Makes me get to thinking . . . ;-) Sophie & Travis - DO IT, DO IT, DO IT! Go, cruise, live life, follow your dreams!! Best of luck to you both - and we want to see YOUR vids from your great adventure :-)

[@MrSeabeemike]

wife and I have sailed together for 45 years, and we are still not done yet. We both could tell just by looking at you both, that you will be a couple that will be there together to the end . May your sails always be full and the sun on your back--- Mrseabeemike---U.S. Navy Retired

[@AnthonyPaun]

. All the best to both of you

[@readingontheroof]

I wanna do it! You guys are too cute did you know that? What a treat to watch. Love you guys and CONGRATULATIONS!!

[@Jazzaconda]

Awesome Vid/story you guys, The jack black movie. Envy, springs to mind. Good work.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Great story, thanks for sharing.

[@FA7273]

Two lovely people.....safe sailing to you both

[@sophiswaim1143]

We have a 100 watt solar panel that we got last winter and installed before our trip... soooo worth the investment! We love that solar panel! We never ran the engine exclusively for power reasons, and didn't plug in from June until October! Awesome!

[@flitsp44l]

Great video to watch! Hope you two will have an awesome time together with your boat :-) Greetings from The Netherlands

[@sophiswaim1143]

Thanks so much for the kind words!! Keep sailing, you two. Fair winds and following seas!

[@Nerd3927]

So nice to see a comment of you in here. Gives me an opportunity to say Thanks!. You have no Idea how life changing your interview 8 years ago was for me!

[@sophiswaim1143]

@@Nerd3927 that is so sweet! We miss the sailing life but house/garden is fun for us for now. Might end up in a boat again one day!

[@DeepScan_Salvage]

this is awesome! im from brunswick, maine myself and i now live in seattle and im trying to live on a sailboat aswell. thanks for the inspiration!

[@edshift]

Fantastic. Good luck. Luv and Peace.

[@sylosouthflorida]

You guy's Rock! L&R from South Florida. Cheers!

[@Cleevus]

Awesome video, best of luck in all you do.

[@miahsaint-georges]

Nice video you guys. I lived aboard in Seattle but moved inland with my wife last year and bought a really cheap house in Saint Paul. I totally regret it! Thankfully I bought another boat in Duluth and spend all my time living aboard on Lake Superior now.

[@sc1212able]

absolutely love this story

[@merlinsdog4530]

I'm about to buy my first sailboat & busk my way around Europe, I'm so excited! can't wait!

[@umpadedooo2]

Wish I had bought a boat to live on when I was single and lived in San Francisco. Thanks for posting this video, great info. I am defiantly interested in finding one.

[@bbybby2728]

Happy you are brave to live your dreams! It would be sad to say after 10 - 20 years, I wish we had . . .! Best wishes, you both seem very happy. Good sailing!

[@lckayaker]

Great video!

[@sophiswaim1143]

Hey! We're on a dock so we just fill the tanks up with a hose. In the winter time we have to run a longer hose since they shut off dockside water, but it's pretty much the same process. Fill up the tanks, use the water, fill them up again. Etc. We don't have a water maker (desalinator) on board, but we do carry 100 gallons at a time. That usually is enough for about a month of living in between filling our tanks!

[@MrBOB39]

Great Vid... Enjoy the Life !!

[@EricAlainDufresne]

What a great video! Good luck to you. Eric, Ottawa ON Canada

[@sophiswaim1143]

Yaay! We can't wait. We are tentatively planning to move there next winter :-)

[@jdf1256]

That was really fun to watch. I am looking at a catamaran right now and trying to get my wife to sell everything and cruise the caribbean. Hope to stay in touch!

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

I love Culebra. I would certainly love spending more time there

[@NaudRuun]

This is like a dream living for me

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

One of my favorite places......It is true unspoiled Caribbean

[@shawn7644]

you two rock!

[@HiddenPalm]

Inspirational, thanks!

[@sailaway01]

Culebra is beautiful. Almost every day for the last year I start it by saying good day to sail to Virgins but then say a better day to be in Culebra.

[@NerdGirlSeattle]

Great vid you two! My S.O. (significant other) and I have been looking toward this lifestyle for a year or so now. We bought a boat in Kemah Texas a half a year ago. Needs some assembly, but she's a beaut! We are taking her "hime" to Seattle WA here soon. I'm leaving the 26th and coming back the 2nd of August. You are only in Oregon, so maybe you could come up here and we can hang out while I'm putting her back together! Fun times!

[@msjawgimli]

Without sounding patronizing, I hope, I have to say you are a very personable couple. It would be great to hear about your life aboard years from now from Puerto Rico or a hundred other places you could be. I lived aboard a sailboat (with my dog) for 5 years around the San Juan and Gulf Islands (no worries about shrinkwrap)! With the right attitude, which you obviously have, it can be a rewarding lifestyle. Good luck!

[@lynchtoddo]

So motivating, Ty

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Thanks Everyone! They were a blast to listen to.....

[@haraldhefel1368]

Hi guys , saw your video and now I see your boats for sale , hope all is well with you two and your just looking for another boat , sheets in and sail like mad , Harald

[@23v0lv32]

sooo cooooooool!!!!

[@NightSailor]

Good luck to you two! Hope to run into you on the water at some point.

[@Apollo9733us]

Great video, probably one of the best live aboard video's I"ve seen. You guys are right, your young, no big land ties, see the world, sounds like you guys have the bug...LOL Hope you post more video's underway, and how about a tour?

[@johnconnor2402]

Would have been nice to get a walk-around tour of the boat along with the interview.

[@duantorruellas716]

all the best :-)

[@jf0314]

Nice video. Would have loved to see a tour of the boat.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

People love you guys Sophi....Hope all is well with you guys....Would love to hear an update on your journeys....Maybe we need video #2

[@paulvint]

Great video. I live on my Grampian 26 but am spending my winter on land in the north working... I don't recommend moving back to land! I miss it badly, but only a few more months. I didn't check for other videos yet, but if you didn't do so already post a video tour! Fair winds.

[@majeedkhajah]

I wish a good life for you all , God bless you dears

[@nfitz92691]

best couple ever

[@USAFadrenalineJunkie]

How can I see more from this couple?? I would love to see/hear their experiences and how it worked out. Such an inspiration!

[@170166]

Very enjoyable watch. Would love to know how the trip went. Thumbs up.

[@leofernandez9171]

I want to be friends with this couple. They seem like awesome peeps

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

We will be doing a follow up with Travis and Sophie in next week or so.....Stay tuned

[@ilililhy1]

LOVE BOAT.

[@wncstorage3416]

Yes you said it so #soulmates I so enjoyed the video as well thanks for sharing your life we all are so #envious may we all experience your #happiness Clete Flanagan did you see this?

[@simonjohnjack]

U guys make a great couple

[@ryefry]

You might have the perfect life. I would suggest maybe staying put for a bit, work hard and pay off the loans. Then you could do whatever where ever. And Puerto Rico is really cheap to live, so if you headed there debt free I can't imagine a better start to a life long adventure.

[@SoloSailer]

loved this. where are they now??

[@gregcostanzo4724]

Awesome - good luck! Please post something to let us know how "perpetual cruising" works out, it would be inspirational.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Thanks

[@go2sherlockit831]

Thank for sharing the video. A great way to have a quality of life at a reasonable cost! Is there a community spirit with fellow live aboards in your area?

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Thanks.....

[@danahsutton101]

Looks Great! have you read the Lynn and Larry Pardey books? I hope to see you out there some day good luck

[@alastairrobson5234]

Good for you. Be safe. Going to do exactly the same when I retire. I refuse to sit in a house alone waiting for the next series of the x factor or idol or some other pointless talent show. Time for excitement and adventure.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Thanks Dennis......look for the follow up coming soon

[@987946216430]

Great interview. Did Sophi and Travis make their trip to PEI?

[@sophiswaim1143]

Hahah!! Rich kids. I wish! We love sailing and have given up pretty much everything in order to do so. We were super lucky and did borrow $10k from my parents and had the boat's previous owner help finance us and are working our butts off to pay everyone off. It's not something we do to be "cool," we live on the boat because we want to be able to go sailing and we couldn't afford it any other way.. Thanks for the comment, though!

[@thybigballs]

Bob Bitchin owns Latitude & Attitude Magazine for liveaboards. If you're considering this it's a great way to learn all the pro's and con's from people actually living the lifestyle.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Yes

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Will do...Thanks

[@netteypatch]

It would be interesting to get in touch with Sophi & Travis prior to their trip this summer; I have many of the charts for Nova Scotia/Northumberland Straits if they'ld like to borrow them

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Thanks Paul....I will be doing a follow up

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

When I do a follow up interview I will...Thanks for the feedback

[@ILUVBAKKUA]

I'm curious if you get in to a port do you like lock up the boat go ashore stay in a hotel for a few weeks or do you have to come back every night to look after your boat?

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

JoJo.....Thanks....When I do a follow up interview I will...Thanks for the feedback

[@alasdairgeddes]

That sounds really fun. I just have one question: How do you wash yourself/ your clothes on a boat?

[@LGrumours]

good for them

[@MrMark989]

I enjoyed the video, thanks. I am considering living aboard also. I want a internet connection. Just starting to investigate.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Cats are certainly more difficult to heat, but can be done in weather above 40....

[@linexnick]

im a welder in VA. and me and my wife have been thinking about doing this but wonder how would we financially make it. what do you do for work if you go sailing?

[@stevenbogardus5810]

The last timeI saw Fatty was in St. Thomas in about 1986! I guess knowing Fatty is like knowing Foxy.

[@val4utube]

Nice video. I too am wondering weather to live or not on a catamaran but am afraid of its maintenance cost any figure you can suggest me? By the way, how do you heat your boat? Thanks to whoever responds. :-)

[@PLAGUE720]

What's the name of the book that inspired you guys to do this? I am interested in checking it out!