The video that'll make you want to sell your house...

We've made a move 3,5 years ago just not to a sailboat but a canal boat, all this applies to us as well 🙂

Do you think you would still do it if you 1, had the two kids at the age they are now, but 2, never knew how to sail?

LOVED this THANK YOU so much for doing this piece - I have been looking for a “good episode” that I can show people why this is exciting and important to me. I could t believe it when I read the title of this episode. Also Thank you so much for giving the percentage of how much I should expect to spend on upkeep. I had hoped to have a boat by now but it will be soon. I will also have sky net - I already have it all planned out - I couldn’t believe you brought that up. I have been telling people that for a while now (Computer programming on the beach or on a boat!) Thank you Thank you Thank you for this episode!

Well I'm sold, but it didn't take much convincing. Ready to get on a boat and sail the world, starting with a 4 day basic sailing course this weekend hosted by former Delos crew Brady and Blue. Really excited about it. Glad to hear you say there are all ages out there, I'm approaching retirement age so it's nice to hear that it's still something I could do.

Been sold on boat life since Episode 1!

Age is no factor? yes, at 85, I am done sailing. i owned a large sailboat and di offshore sailing for several weeks at a time for over 50 years. I chartered sailboats in the early 70's for a honeymoon and reprised it for a few decades to do the caribbean annually. My boat trvweled from Cheasedapeake to maine and we loved crusing.

We have a 21 foot motor boat and love being out on the water. I love the idea of sailing and hopefully this can be a part of my life for a few months each year once i retire. For now, I will enjoy all the days i have in my boat on the water and enjoy sailing vicariously through your videos. thanks for sharing each week and providing such amazing content.

If only I started 40 years ago....... I'm going to just be happy living through your videos... Love watching the kido's grow up.... and love all the content...

Love that you love it so much! I love my boat time. But love my land time too. And now I am in a tiny house! So it is small, efficient and affordable like a boat, with some flexibility as it is on wheels, but also I can grow food which is cool! And really, we don’t want too many boaters out there - they fill up the anchorages and the marinas! 🤣 And only want qualified and smart, aware and thoughtful boaters sailing around! ❤️

What’s the scoop on starlink?

I loved it. I liked when you touched on age is not a factor. My comment being I am getting close to seventy and to begin the adventure now seems like a stretch for many reasons. Now if I had been sailing for a period of time before reaching my age I would be thinking that not quitting now and keep on going. I have thought to myself after watching several different boats for years now that I would defiantly done this myself in my younger days. I think of the days before satellite navigation and better weather forecasting I see myself using a sexton and sailing through gale force storms with regularity a scary prospect. I do have to say that you two make it look easy! One last thing. Those kids are growing like weeds!

Out of curiosity, approximate how much would you say the cost of living is monthly, assuming you have a loan to pay on a boat of similar value to an “affordable” home (let’s go with $500k?)?

I don't have the spirit of adventure that you two do. I like my creature comforts and peace and quiet. We have a 19ft Bayliner and that is more our speed. We don't even pull the kids behind it in a tube or on skis because I work for an attorney and have heard too many horror stories about injuries and deaths on bodies of water. Maybe that is my problem? The what if's? I, for the most part, like to keep my feet on solid ground, but am grateful to be living vicariously through you all.

10% of the cost of the boat per year for maintenance? Even on the new Trimaran?

We're all going to die. it's only how we live that matters. So next time Simon says cover your face and go to your room, kill Simon. Especially now that we know where Mike keeps the keys to the Center Console.

Ahhh one day… one day. Thanks for making me smile and laugh.

Allthough boatlife will never be for me (my husband is in a wheelchair) I still love this episode because it makes me think about other ways I could accomplish some of the 10 reasons….

I wish I could handle the sea sickness! And also, my husband and I are giants. We would feel so cramped. I wonder if you could speak about experiences you had in overcoming it? I know you, Elayna, had a lot of issues. Even on a calm day I get sick. Did you end up doing alternative therapies? Or did Darwin’s birth help?

Very convincing reasons! I am still too much of a big city girl at the moment though, but I could imagine evolving into a full time cruiser some day... you've already made a "person-who-actually-comments-videos-on-the-internet" out of me, so a real sailor is probably next.

Thanks again for another interesting episode, Robert

I like the idea of one day owning a tiny house somewhere near a beach and has lots of space for any future kids to run around. Have you seen Living Big in a Tiny House on youtube?

Bought my boat in 2009 planing to set sail, still not quite achieved it yet!

Great video. Carpe diem

Thank you for the reminder ❤

Hmmm. Not sure I'd go to Riley for financial advice. Short term, the property market can crash, but long term your property value rarely depreciates. I'm in inner city Melbourne, and my place has gone up 700% since I bought it. I doubt that a boat would appreciate that much. And the travails of living on a boat full time would not be dissimilar to backpacking around the world. You have the same freedom.

Planning on it lol