Sailboat Life

We are a couple that wants to see the world on a peasants budget. Follow along as we explore the world on our 2001 Hunter 410 Sailboat.

Come with us as we explore the unexpected dream of fixing vacuum toilets' on our sailboat. We got so lucky both went out at the same time.

Sailboat Vacuum Toilet “head” Repairs: EP 11 Adventures In The World Of Crap

Come with us as we explore the unexpected dream of fixing vacuum toilets’ on our sailboat. We got so lucky both went out at the same time. In this video we fix the aft head, and things get real crappy as we dive in the blackwater tank. Go To Video My wife sticking to the …

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Unleashing The Power Of Electricity In Our Sailboat Kitchen! Ep 10

Unleashing The Power Of Electricity In Our Sailboat Kitchen! Ep 10

Before buying a boat, we discussed converting our sailboat’s propane kitchen to electric. Now that we have a boat, it’s time to go all in on electric! However, the reason may not be what you think. Go To Video Back in our home, we loved our propane grill in the back yard, made great steak! …

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Fixing Our New To Us Dinghy, Outboard & Sailboat Davit System EP 9

Fixing Our New To Us Dinghy, Outboard & Sailboat Davit System EP 9

A month left at the dock and we finally found our Sailboat Dinghy! Finding a new to us rigid ride inflatable boat and not just breaking the bank with a new one was a daunting task. We search from west to east coast Florida finding rubbish or way out of budget. Then we stumbled across …

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Ep 7 Redneck Engineering On Our Sailboat, Safety 3rd, Are We Crazy

Ep 7 Redneck Engineering On Our Sailboat, Safety 3rd, Are We Crazy?

We are really going Budget as we honky customize some repairs on our sailboat. Lets just say, should bobbers, fishing line, and wire ever be used to repair something? Well we did, as we go over how to fix your boat water tank sending unit and freezer door. Go To Video Tools We Love: Milwaukee …

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EP 4 - We're Working Hard To Get This Sailboat On The Hook So We Can Start Our Journey!

EP 4 – We’re Working Hard To Get This Sailboat On The Hook So We Can Start Our Journey!

As we prepare to get our sailboat out of the marine an life fulltime on anchor, we have a few things we need. We of course have to have our headsail on, of course we still have our iron sail. The zippers in the dodger are gone, we go over how to replace them. We …

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EP 3 Mast Challenge And Crying

Ep 3: Can I Brave Going Up The Sailboat Mast? More Things Broken

Well more things are broke on our new to use sailboat. We have to get up the mast to fix our spinnaker line. We get greeted with wiring shorts with our instruments. Top top this off, the line to our sugar scoop breaks. We also have some fixes that quickly unfix themselves. Still loving the …

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