WATCH THIS before moving on your sailboat! All the things I wish I knew 3 years ago 🤦🏻♀️ #83
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- All the things I wish I knew
- 00:00 Do you know what the hardest part of living onboard is?
- 1:54 Working out on a boat
- 3:05 What I wish we had done faster
- 4:15 One thing that will not change
- 6:27 What to bring onboard
- 8:53 Choosing a sailboat and its equipment
- 10:27 My biggest fear
- 13:17 The hardest part of the sailing lifestyle
- 17:46 My biggest regret
5 years ago, we were two noobs who had just bought a sailboat and were hoping to one day move onboard. We knew no one who owned a sailboat, let alone someone who lived aboard!
Looking back, there are plenty of things that I would do different… And yes, there are as many ways of living a life onboard as there are boats, and these are only my opinions :)
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Did any of this come as a surprise to you? I would love to hear from you guys who also moved onboard: what were the things you wish you knew? :)
Yes, had no clue you wear makeup. was sure it is all natural.
Haven't moved on board full time yet. Surprised that you were so honest and "real," in the best of anyway a person can be. I mean that as a high compliment. There were a lot of solid takeaways for me. Create a passive income stream, possibly from the house that I may want to return. Within reason, Keep and take the key lifestyle items that bring me joy. The sailboat is small, is a small living space, has one head, is small and won't get bigger. After the boat fulfills its sailing duties, make sure it can also be a comfortable home. Weather matters. .... Have a therapist, mediator, strategies for negation, ,timeout and don't forget how small the sailboat is. (I only have 38'- Yikes!). Loved the video. Thanks.
Most of the time, it is natural ;) (especially when I wake up in the morning, that’s a no-filter situation 😬)
Thanks Sharon, I’m so happy you got something out of it ☺️ and if means a lot that you took the time to write it in a comment as well!
The "surprise" is that yours is one of the few channels that actually has talked about this in any depth. Thanks for sharing great advice.
Only a natural, French comedienne could frame barfing and bathroom humor into a lifestyle challenge confessional episode !! My face hurts from laughing ...
Love your sense of humour and down to earth personality...great video Sophie...thanks! :)
Somewhere in Iowa there is a monument to Ryan erected by all the other farms boys, they have erected this monument to celebrate the hope that Iowa farm boys can aspire to move out of Iowa, to a foreign country, buy a super yacht and get themselves a French Supermodel girlfriend.
Well played Ryan you are an Iowan Legend.
He is doing well. I left Linn county in 2003 and with a French speaking Belgium who was already a sailor and now a yachtmaster. However, I'm not so much like Ryan, so I'll take more notes from his lessons. No need for a statue one lives in my hometown of 500 they all left when the school closed in 2008.
I love that you guys do advice and experience videos. Thanks so much for these!
Couldnt agree more! Amen and Sophie your explainations is really the best :) /Greetz from Sweden
Love how you treat one another. So gently and respectful. Your investments pay off!
Thank you. I find this video incredibly enlightening. There are old sailing rules going back in time over millennia that state, 'don't bring a woman on board a ship (boat)' which are not really explained. Now I understand those very old sailing rules much better. Don't shoot the messenger...
Finally, someone that is open and honest about this. Thank you, some very good points!
Amazing frankness, just what we need to hear. Thank you Sophie. Fair winds
Beautiful, smart and capable, I hope Ryan appreciates how lucky he is. Definitely room for glamor and comfort on board a small boat, that`s not just for the big boys and there big toys!
You are so open and honest, I love you guys for that. Thanks for all of your advice
So, as time passes...knowing more about both of you only improves with time. The same is not true for Mandy, many channels. Your unique twist of authenticity coupled with episodes like the risk analysis and this one are truly valuable and not so common. Keep up the great work. You’ve got this.
As someone who plans on retiring to a catamaran within the next decade and a half, I appreciate videos such as this more than you can imagine. I don't want to see the glamorous lifestyle parts. I want to see and hear the real life trials and tribulations that are involved with being a cruiser. Having watched hours and hours of videos, yours is the first one I have seen that even mentions the couples therapy aspect. As of now, I plan an being a solo cruiser, but who knows, I may have someone in my life that will join me and hearing your recommendation is another box to add to my checklist. I look forward to watching more and more of your videos. Thank you!
Refreshingly honest, well edited and delivered with a great sense of personality and humour. Wishing you fair winds, lots of sunshine and amazing adventures ahead.
Definetely one of your best ever videos. The quality of your channel continues to improve further and further. Really well done! This video in particular happens to be really applicable to ourselves as we have just last week bought a boat to move onto, so thank you :)
I have very recently found your channel and I love it. A vast amount of sensible advice in this video. I actually live on a narrowboat on the UK canals and if you need a regular workout just come and help me with all the locks there are lots of them and they are not manned so you have to do all the work yourself (winding paddles up and down and opening and closing all the gates). In addition I am singlhanded and pretty geriatric so I keep more than fit. Keep up the sailing it looks even more idyllic than my lifestyle. The only advantage is that my boat is steel and needs a bit less maintenance than a yacht. I fully get the small space scenario mine is 2 metres (6 ft 10 ins) wide by 13. 4 metres (44 ft) long.
Love this video. Money can't buy happiness. But it can buy you a boat.
The best sailing video I have ever watched!!! Thank you and stay lovely 🤩
Sophie and Ryan ... THANK YOU! For your incredible honesty and great recommendation for newbie cruisers to take the right steps. VERY informative and hilarious episode. THANK YOU!
Your personality really makes this a great video.
This is one of my favorite videos. Thank you for such an insightful perspective, especially regarding relationships. Too many people discount this very important aspect. I really enjoy your channel.
Bless you for your honesty, and thanks! With love, Ken
Sophie, one of your bests videos!!! Thanks a lot. Merci beaucoup.
Thank you Sophia for baring it all and sharing your life with us.....Good job...
You are incredible..both of you.....I love the honesty.....I had my wife watch this video......It's so inspiring to see how much joy cruising brings you, how much it's taught you about yourself and how you use the challenges of cruising to stretch what you believe is possible and grow as a person.....fantastic job on this video and on your channel ......thanks for sharing your true experience
Well done for putting out all these videos Sophie. That's a lot of hard work! Safe sailing
I really enjoy the Ryan & Sophie RUclips videos. This is hands down one of my favorite!
Nicely done. Great insight. We’ve lived aboard for 6+ years, and been cruising full time for 3.
We are in total agreement with all of the issues you discussed, even if we have arrived at different solutions for some of them.
Your last 5 minutes was the most meaningful for me. We already can’t live without each other. We’ve never been to salt water and don’t know if we’ll like it when we get there. We’re Lake Michigan sailors. In the 2022 season we plan to rent out our house and head south. We’ll see what happens.
I just love your honesty and your great sense of humour. Keep it up.
Great insight. Definitely recognizes the real human personal aspect of such a major change in lifestyle and all the little things that are taken for granted in a more normal everyday life.
Wow. Love you down to earth and honest advice!! This is probably the content on this subject. And love your humor.
This was a great episode. Thank you so much for filming it.
I simply cannot like this video enough.
Thank you! 🙏
Spot on advice- our biggest area of growth after a season aboard was in our relationship even more than our sailing skills. Great video and really great perspective!
Excellent, a very frank honest view of the decision you made and the pros and cons. Great stuff..
This is very very good advices and aspects to look into on livingaboard. Totally practical!
Thanks so much for sharing. Love this video.
Love your honesty in the vid. We have been studying the pitfalls of the sailing lifestyle for months.
We thought a log cabin in the mountains and starting a farm made more sense.
Plus you can always fly, dive, or catch a train to a vacation destination
The property "increases in value.
Thank you for this video. We are on a track to become cruisers in the very near future and this by far the most helpful video I have watched. RUclips sailing videos paint a picture of the fun and sometimes the work but your video was real and honest. I know we are going to love it but going in eyes wide open is the way to do it. Thank you!
amazing video! thanks for all the disclosure and good advices ,seriously thanks!! again, amazing work.
Excellent! Absolutely great advice! Thank you!
Nice video. I like the idea understanding it isn't always puppies and unicorns out there. Usually things get a bit tense when something breaks at sea or mistakes are made. Being with the same person all the time 24/7 will eventually get you saying some things you wish you could take back. I like the video because you really get across that some days might just be bad days.....just like life anywhere. The downside is depending where you are, on a boat, you cant just walk away to cool off. I have a friend who cruises with his long time partner and sometimes they just need a break for a few days in port. They pull into the next marina and hit a good restaurant or a bar and mingle with others. Unknown the bartender or bar patrons they are going to help them through therapy. It actually works most of the time. I have been with them for about two weeks at a time on a 65ft and as long as the weather is good and nothing breaks, its seems its easier to get along. Never the less, great advice and I appreciate the video. But having two heads and two full staterooms does help! At least you can sleep separate and have some alone time.
Thank you. That was very informative and honest. I appreciate your candidness.
Great video Sophie! Thank you for making it seem less scary to transition into boating life :)
great video. you exposed the hidden reality, contrary to "sell it all, move on board" thanks Sophie
I absolutely loved watching this video! C'est tres bon! J'aime beaucoup &
Merci pour le video! 💘
Merci Sophie, ce vidéo est probablement le meilleur et le plus instructif que j’ai entendu sur RUclips. Je me prépare à partir de Vancouver pour le Mexique et le pacifique sud et j’avoue que j’ai beaucoup d’appréhension. Votre expérience a Ryan et toi m’aide beaucoup et vos conseils sont très appréciés
So enjoyed your presentation and for a change I stayed tuned for the whole video.
Great job!
I liked this approach to things. There's plenty of practical stuff out there to learn from, but what's just as important is not losing yourself in the process. A heads up for self care!
That advice on not selling the property... was a gem! Thanks Sophie! 👏🏻
I love the crazy French Lady! You are who you are. While things around you, a change in lifestyle and so on can influence you, you are still you.
Very funny and well constructed Sophie, some solid advice.
courageous program. refreshing and makes your youtube better. tx
Thank you for sharing, Sophie.
❤️ the hat!
Thank you , very smart lady!
Excelent video as usual. Sophie is becoming a star and a wonderfull coach. My best for both of you
Very informative, thank you!
Great episode Sophie. You have a way of keeping it real, and nutty all at the same time. Love you guys.
Thank you for your insights and honesty.👍🏻
OMG! Sophie, you nailed it! Now I can just tell people to watch this episode when they ask us the question.
I am so glad i joined as a patron before this, as this video is without question the most useful, honest and valuable utube offering i have seen. well done both of you, but especially you Sophie, best wishes for the future - whatever it brings , if parts are good then you definitely deserve it.... if it's sometimes unexpectedly less than good - well - you will clearly deal with it .
Thank you so much Bluedog! And thank you for joining our patreon crew :) it means a lot to us!
Great and valúable advice Sophie! Thanks.
We certainly kept the house & after a few months my wife got on a plane & went home. No arguments whatsoever. Just the lack of lasting friendships. Internet friends are not friends. People one meets on ones travels come & go.They are not long term. They are not like family .
The lack of friendships was our biggest problem. You skated over that. Plus we got bored of the same old thing every day. You do the same thing day in & day out. Surely that must drive you nuts. You know exactly what you will be doing tomorrow & the day after that & the day after that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Is paradise really paradise any more after so long?
But excellent, like all your videos & I look forward to every one. Thanks
Bravo and Thank You!! Honest, true, funny (yes!) and wise. Not seen often on YT.....
Despite we are already sailors, it is exactly our moment: leaving our jobs, kids going home schooling and the whole family to live soon onboard our boat... thanks for sharing all of it with us
How wonderful Tiago!!! I really hope you have a the best time on your sailing adventure, we’re right here with you! ☺️
Well done Sophie!!
Great Video! Excellent advice, especially regarding real estate and therapy!
Absolutely FABULOUS!
Love this video!
Great job Sophie and Ryan, another very thoughtfully crafted video! I believe you have presented a lot of good information not designed to glamourize cruising lifestyle, or convince the world you have chosen wisely with a resounding "look at me winning!" message . You inform and guide people on the realities of cruising life and are quite candid and vulnerable in your storytelling. It is very engaging, and helpful. Well executed, thanks so much. Yes, you should have never sold your place... ;)
You two are awesome! I can relate to so many of these challenges and priorities. The true litmus test of a relationship is living and working together in a confined space 24x7.
Yep! And it’s WORK 😆
Absolutely right Sophie, never get out of the housing market. As you say you’ll probably not be able to get back in. Watching you guys I wish I’d set off earlier in life. I’m retired and about to set off but in most ways that limits the time I have left to sail. But hey, too late now. Hope to see you guys out there sometime. John
Wonderful candid video .
This is brilliant advice! Thank you.
A Sophie tour de force! Thank you for your effort; very entertaining!
This is a great video with some top tips, thanks 👍 I live aboard and the focus on home more than ‘the ultimate blue water boat’ is definitely true
Thanks for the tips
Insightful, Highly Personal, Helpful, Motivational, Truthful, Full of Life’s Realities!
Thank you.
Aaah thanks! This comment made my day 🥰
Wonderful video, very educational, thank you very much
So funny and helpful! Thanks, Sophie!
Sophie , you are so expressive and funny.
Yes! More! Please download your immense list to us all! (maybe have an ongoing series of videos...in installments...on this topic)
Wow great advice! I was just thinking of the house issue. Good points
A fresh and thoughtful episode
This is the first time I've watched one of your videos, though I regularly watch "Project Atticus" or "The O'Kelly's" RUclips channel. I have to say I really enjoyed this episode of yours, mainly because I am about to embark on a similar adventure, though with some variation and delays. In 2 months, I will be taking possession of a new Bavaria 37. I sold my townhouse to buy the boat, and moved into my girlfriend's place to not only live together, but also to enable the boat purchase. I wanted to do something different, now that I've reach the age of 50, and also give her the adventure she would otherwise not experience. You talk of having fears, and for sure, my lady definitely has fears. To give an example - whenever the boat leans more than 10 degrees, she starts to panic. So we have a lot of work to do to provide her with overcoming her fears and comfort level. One comment I did present to her when we started dating - I clearly laid out "I will challenge your comfort level, you cannot live in fear around me, but at the same time I will not deliberately put you into danger". I do also recognize the need to be patient, to communicate and try to go at a pace she will be able to handle. The second thing I wanted to comment on is the concept of property ownership - after a 24 year marriage that ended, assets divided, downsized and try to rebuild a life - I came to realize that when it comes to equity ownership and banking, by the time I would have retired at 65 given the normal way of life - I would be half-way through my mortgage (I could only do a 30-year term, in order to fulfill my financial obligations) - which means majority of my money paid would go to bank profits, with little to show for it. In my mind, I lost that financial race when my marriage ended. So the idea of living aboard on a new boat fully paid for made sense to me. But then I met my girlfriend, and while I assured her that her assets are 100% hers, having this boat would provide us with a means to an adventure. She would keep that equity for her security, but also for that land base - similar to you selling your apartment and combining with your partner. It is my desire in a few years that we would be able to take a few years, go sailing down the West coast of Canada, US to Panama and through to the Caribbean. Life should be about adventure, the enjoyment of experiences. There will always be challenges but there will always be the victories as well. If the sailing doesn't work, so be it, sell it and do something else. But if your heart is there - go for it.
Great advice, and lots to think about.
You are so cool. Every word is true. Thank you
One of your best videos Sophie! Totally true about your house. Larger sunglasses and hats going forward I guess. Looking forward to that.
Aaah thanks so much Dan! It really means a lot :) (and I mean, can hats and sunglasses ever get too big? 😆)
Great info✌️💜
Wonderfully informative and entertaining.
Ryan, love you man,. You are inspiring me. About to embark on my competent crew and day skipper rya course 2nd May here in Scotland , where i'm from. Loving the videos and hope to cross paths one day . I recently retired from the Scottish fire service and you guys are giving me an insight into how my future could be. I have limited experience on the water and you guys are helping me shape my dreams. Love to both of you. Doug.
Great advice Sophie!
I did not see coming the relationship issue being the most difficult but it is so true. In general you did a very comprehensive review. Thanks a lot, Merci
It’s not an issue, it’s just something that was a lot harder to deal with, mostly because there are so little resources to help. There will always be someone to talk to about boat, sailing and finances. But very few valuable resources to help with the challenges of a relationship onboard...
Merci pour votre partage! Du Québec
This is the first of your episodes that I have watched and am very impressed by the maturity of the content...Thank you Sophie for this great analysis and opening up, that warns the rest of us not to be too flippant over the consequences that close quarters cruising can have on relationships!!! It's a no-brainer that tight quarters has consequences but your emphasis is an invaluable reminder to take this very seriously. Then, you also provide a guide of what pitfalls you experienced that are to be avoided, some of which you learned the hard way. Your comments carry a lot of weight and since you ask, I am keenly interested in the details. I plan to subscribe and if you have a Patreon page, perhaps join you there as well later. Thank you!!
Very well organized and presented (but I get the sense that this is what Sophie did in her other career). Well balanced between light humor and serious topics. Saying what needs to be said.
Well done for being honest about the housing ladder.
Very good sound advice I agree with everything that you pretty much said keep the house if you can🤙
What a honest insight in your thoughts and in your live, my biggest respect for that.
Thanks Philipp ☺️