I Quit Van Life... For a House Boat!?
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Join me on an exciting journey as I quit my minivan and move into a boat! You'll see the whole process unfold from inspecting the boat to making upgrades and preparing for transport. Don't forget to subscribe for more adventures on land and sea!
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I Quit Van Life... For a House Boat!?
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The two happiest days of a boat owner’s life are the day they buy it, and the day they sell it…;) Enjoy the next chapter dude! Looks fun.
I sold my smaller boat and bought this one within 24 hours of each other, so I was extra happy haha
No way I love my sail boat it makes me happy
Not true at all boats are way simpler to repair then a car.
Not true I sold my 19 ft century center consol and can't wait till I move to Florida and get a new boat.. $$$$ going bye bye...
Exactly man just wait this guy will be sleeping and wake up ten feet under the water
Showing the upgrades you do in your different homes is definitely interesting. I enjoy hearing the plans and seeing them once they are completed. The out of the box thinking to solve unique problems is great.
Wow, I just found your channel as you were building the minivan, and I look forward to going back to watch your old videos while catching up with the new. Subscribed.
Congratulations! I am so happy for you!!! I can't wait to see the boat once you finish.
You are SO blessed to have family that help you with your projects. Family that plays/works together, stays together!
Couldn’t imagine life without them. Very thankful 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
hell yeah! I have a wife and kids so im living vicariously through your channel, thank you Brandon/skipper.. cheers
Oh wow, Brandon! That boat is so nice! I can’t wait for the next video to see the interior all fixed up. Much more impressive than my little kayak 😆
Haha thank you! Excited to show everything!
You looked like a pro operating your new home! Exciting! Take care!
Thank you!
PAINT IT BLACK !! That way you can stealth sleep and no one can see you. Gotta be careful, them pirates are bad people
This is Sweet! I’m excited to follow along!
I started watching your channel in 2019 because I saw your bus at your parents house when I was selling pest control door to door, I’ve loved watching your videos ever since!
Good luck with is new adventure bro!
No way thats awesome! Thanks for supporting!
Excited for this next adventure.
I moved from boatlife to RV and Vanlife. Excited for your next adventures, congratulations!
Haha exact opposites! Thanks for the support!
Hyped for you, the boat is perfect! excited to see where you can take it
Thanks!! I’m super excited for this chapter of life!
That’s Awesome Congratulations. Just bought my second pontoon after two years of boating here in North Texas. I’m so Hooked.
Congrats on the boat purchase! Looking forward to seeing what you do next.
Fair winds and following seas.
It’s always funny to me when people wake up and say good morning when we all know they already were awake and put up the camera back in bed and then said good morning. I just think that’s funny to me.
Subbed! Boat life is an upgrade in my eyes from van life, similar, but your boat can access places a van will never go! Some glassy anchorage at midnight . . .
The acronym for boat
Bring
Out
Another
Thousand
Hahaha well at least that’s how we felt with all the different boats we’ve had … Best Wishes.
It’s so true haha
I have been thinking about living on a boat! I don't know how realistic it is for me. I have a lot of research to do. This is awesome to see.
Love watching your maiden voyage! I am looking forward to seeing what you have planned for it.
Yes. I love seeing you get your goals completed extremely enjoyable to witness. Thanks for sharing.
I had sailboats in San Diego california. And I lived on all four of them. Sailed them out in the Pacific to Catalina Island down south into Mexico, it was one of the greatest times that I've ever had in my whole life!
Love watching you fix it all up Brandon. Can't wait to see it done n on the water. ❤❤
Brandon I love that u live life to the fullest
You have made the right decision! I just found your Videos and I really enjoy to watch them. Greetings from Germany
I had a yacht cruiser 46 footer. Very nice boats. You can call the manufacturer with any questions and they will take care of you. Good luck and enjoy your time in the water.
Boat life is the best. I miss it. I lived on a 2 story houseboat on Lake Shasta for 5 years. Best days of my life. I Got Married and had to give it up for a home. Hopefully, soon I can convince the wife we need a houseboat to spend our summers on. I know the kids would be all for it. Enjoy it while you can. Time flies. Always check the hose fittings and clamps in the engine compartment. All it takes is one loose hose clamp to sink a boat. Put extra automatic bilge pumps. They are cheap investments. I also put a water level alarm. If the water in the hull exceeds the preset depth a loud alarm would go off. I never had an issue but it helped me sleep well at night knowing I had all those safety precautions. There is a RUclipsr "B for Build" whose yacht sank because of a single hose coming loose and he had no warning.
Or did he sink it for views?
Congratulations man !! Can’t wait to see all the new adventures you go on with that thing!
I love watching you transform each new thing Brandon! Thanks for showing the process
Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!
YEAH BUDDY. Bro, next time you're in Albuquerque hit me up. Would love to meet you brotha.
We are super excited for you Brandon looking forward to the new adventure. Props to your dad for launching that boat with a F-150 that takes big🥜 smart move engaging the trailer brakes!
Excited to see what you do with the boat, its got potential to be a unique build.
exciting new adventure! Im ready for this!
After you get that boat fixed up, you can invite Sarah on alittle trip with you. It'll be fun. :)
We'll see, I'll have to convince her to leave the pacific northwest!
Congratulations!! I'm excited and really looking forward to seeing how you personalize this boat to your liking and to see what adventures you'll be taking us all on with you!!
It's a really really nice boat 🚤 Brandon! Again congratulations on your purchase!🥰❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!
Logistics specialist here. You can send it the way it is but it is probably cheaper to remove it. Being that all you would have to have pilot cars with feeler gauges and they would have to go over every overpass.
So excited for your next adventure!! 😊
Trust that the inspection was worth it in the end.
Yeah the peace of mind was worth it
Super excited for you. 💜
I have only just found your channel it is obvious you are very excited about becoming a boat owner.
And perhaps even more excited about getting the sound system set up .
Haha sound system is the most important part of a boat😂. Thanks you following a long!
I've been watching you, Sarah, Nikita and a few others for a bit now. Watching you guys, I've thought that van life would be a pretty cool lifestyle, but I've always thought that if I ever lived anywhere else other than my house, it would probably be on a boat. I think you are going to have a lot of fun in your new home! Very nice boat!
Thank you!! Glad you follow our whole crew! Haha
So happy for you with the boat. It will be a hoot. Very nice boat. Good luck. Thanks for sharing.
You should have bought a tarp and rope. Something to use later. You did great! Excited to tag along!
Great content, i have heard that boating is a endless money pit, wishing you all the best with your beast of a boat.
Thanks! It definitely gets expensive but it's all worth it in my opinion
A new adventure for you Brandon. I know about boats because be dad used to own sailboats when he was alive. I have seen the bottom of boats before. Congratulations on the boat. Love seeing your adventures Brandon. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!!
Congratulations.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Hey Brandon!! Congrats on the new boat! It’s beautiful! 🛥 😃 Can’t wait to see it when you’re done fixin it up! Have fun and stay safe on your new adventure!! 🥰🤩
Thank you! Will do!
Love it ❤ well done Brandon Love how you just go for it whether you might fail or not your so motivated and you never fail to inspire me ❤ thank you for another awesome video
I had a cruisers yachts quite some time back and overall i enjoyed it. the motor and outdrive setup on it was a Cobra and i will never own anything with a cobra motor on it again. Super happy for you and wishing you the best! If you haven't already done so i would put together a compartment of spare engine parts... belts, impellers and gaskets... Enjoy! subbed and waiting for more boat content!
Good thing you have all that experience with minibus, ambulance and minivan builds.
Super interested in this. Keep them coming hoss. Congrats!
Plenty more to come!!
Welp, this is different! lol Congratulations Brandon...how fun, well except for taking that thing off! Good catch! I would also be putting in a whole new subwoofer system...gotta have that bass baby!
Sound system is the most important thing on a boat haha!
@@BrandonGross And in a van! lol
Nice! excited for more videos of this bro
Have fun with the boat, make sure to use it. Take it places and make memories.
I’ve been using it a lot!
A) your dad is a BOSS!!!!
2) that launch was sketchy. Very impressive 😝
haha thank you! I was nervous!
Just started following you when you did the cave with the young lady……and now just catching this video love all the diff content keep up the awesome work
Congratulations man! The boat looks great. I’m stoked for all the cliff jumps/ rope swings 🙌🏼
Thank you!! It's gonna be a good time!
Nice Boat!! I can't wait to see it after you fix it up. I'm happy for you man take care love you❤
Congratulations buddy your living the dream 🎉😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 keep up the hard work 2!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Looking forward to your new adventure in life. This should be a very interesting follow along for sure.
New subscriber, from a boat owner you made it look easy on your first time.
Very true, that’s what most ex-boat owners said. To add on, they said the boat is like a lady… always wet below! However, the wet bottom of the boat is dangerous especially when one is far out in the sea. Then some older saying goes… “always have both feet on the ground if want to feel safe”. So here’s my verdict after I got my van camper…. I feel safe when I can just brake and stop if I’m coming into danger and if my car steering malfunction I can leave the car where it is and walk home. I remember I was screaming like hell when my boat steering hydraulic failed and at that precise moment I’m passing under the bridge!!! Now…. no more boat for me….haha
Super stoked to see you happy. This is going to be rad to watch. Does the boat have a bathroom on it? No more bottles? That’s what I call a come up. 😂 hell yeah brother. ✌️
No more peeing in water jugs!!!!
Nice one "Skipper"...!
Your living the dream of most of us..Thankyou for the views...
Thank you!
Right on man congratulations. Just bought a boat last month also. 🤙🏾
Looking forward to the full tour of your new digs; And seeing wot you do to it.
Going to post a full tour video soon!
Excited for you. Enjoy!!!
those two outdrives are going to be a big problem for a liveaboard...... your inexperience is showing, and its going to cost you big$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. You got me hooked.
Follow along to find out
Yay, been waiting for this video!
Man, this is so sweet. I am so jealous of this. I kind of want to do this for a month one summer. Maybe travel the great lakes?
Nice job brother. Congratulations on the boat life.!!
Thank you!!
This is awesome, boats are great content! You're going to learn a LOT!
I build boats for a living, 25 plus years. I would love to have a project like this to work on. Nice
i grew up on boats the last boat we had was 27 fot bayliner, dad imported it from the states. Miss those days
I used to have a 26 foot bayliner when I was younger! I love being on the water.
Hi, just come across your video I find it very interesting so I’m looking forward to newvideos I’ve subscribed from Australia
Awesome! Thank you!
Been waiting for the video buddy nice keep it up
More to come!
i have seen lots of videos on van builds, am interested to see how a boat builds shapes up. especially for a live-aboard full time
Wait Brandon 🛑. I go from a ProMaster to a Toyota sienna last week. I was just thinking about your van and researching houseboats yesterday. Now I turn on the tubes and see this? Man after my own heart 😂😂
haha that's wild!!
wow amazing love watching your vlogs see what u bin up to x
Absolutely Beautiful!!! Wish ya the Best!!! God bless and keep Safe!!
Thank you!
What a great adventure!! I'll be watching you... ❤
Thank you!
Ton's of work!
If uou're not
ready to take on
Responsability,
do Not get a Boat!
Alot of work & $$
equal's
Alot of fun &
great memories.
Very exciting! Love boating, this will be a fun project!
Can't wait!
You kids today are so funny. Let’s prioritize the stereo system. 😊
New subscriber here I just love ur content. I'm so happy I stumbled across ur channel. Anyways keep up the great work and much love to ya brother from Maryland❤❤❤.
Thank you so much!! Always appreciate the support ❤
Just found your channel today! Growing up around boats and boats on trailers I was immediately freaking out when that F150 started pulling that boat. Just because something didn't go horribly wrong, please never do that again. They put tow ratings on trucks for a very good reason. Anyone with a HD truck would've done the job without the white knuckles and clenched butthole in this perfectly executed launch attempt. Knowing nothing about you I assume you chose the location for your boat based on the proximity to your parents house, Otherwise it you aren't tied down I'd be heading down the Intracoastal with that thing to Florida for the winter months or a permanent home base. New subscriber so I can see what you do to the boat and where you take it. Enjoy!
Haha it was definitely sketchy launching with the f150! But all went well! I’m not tied down to anywhere and would love to have the boat in Florida for the winter but I just don’t know if I want to put this boat in salt water
@@BrandonGross The way you get your boat to FL is to sell this one and buy one in FL.
@@davecisneros5285 haha 1000%. That’s the smart thing to do
Boat life... I can dig it! 😎
Don't know if I would've gotten one quite that big though, that thing is _huge!_ Anyway, I'm here for it... Been considering getting some kind of boat myself, as it's kind of a sin to live along the Ohio River in our area and not have a watercraft of some sort, and my kayak doesn't count. Lol
Go get yourself a boat and meet me on the river!
I woke up with the aft cabin windows a few feet under water , in the slip at the marina , was absolutely terrifying, the water was up to the bed
Absolute nightmare fuel.
Never run a generator where’s there no shore power with the exterior enclosure closed even with the blowers running ,,, my mom and grandma were calling my uncle 41 big healthy man no answer they went down to the boat , found him dead in the cabin of the boat autopsy revealed carbon monoxide poisoning ,,, this man was on the Great Lakes since 8 years old to 41 ,, very experienced boater , carbon monoxide rolled back down into the cabin
@@morgangentle1515 wow Im very sorry to hear that
As much as I MISS the ambulance I'm soo excited for you! 💛
New Sub. ….I’m Loving Watching This Whole Boat/Home Episode, Watching The Newest Episode After This One.🤗
your doing it right my buddy! just pulse the controls calm and relaxed :), now you can explore the world,convert your boat to gas/electric hybrid for some really long range, then again a great battery and electric motor with a couple solar panels would take you where ever gas free anyways :)
I always considered living on a boat (remember the 1980's TV show Quincy?). But it is hard to find an liveaboard slip and the slip fees where I want to live is prohibitive ($400-$1k) for a 40 footer.
That's a shame!
Nice!!!! Wtheck you gonna make us wait to see the inside? You’re not right in the head and need a time out mister. ❤I just know it will be amazing. I’ve seen all your other vehicles so I know what you are capable of. ❤
Haha it's too much of a mess! But Soon!!
Brandon just became THE Destination -> who's going to be first to visit and fill the tank?
I call climbing into small spaces to work on the boat “boat yoga”.
Does this mean you won't be coming to Mooresville NC?
I once rented a house boat for a week in Fort Myers Florida. We had to use a dinghy to get to shore. It was an adventure for sure.😊
I haven't seen the attempt yet with the F150 but damn that's just way too risky. But once he puts the hat on backwards it's all speed ahead. Oof
Trade it for a sail boat!!! Use the wind my friend it's free and everywhere!!!
Its a hell of a nice boat don't get Me wrong but living on a boat and keep cost way down sailes are way to go
You won't have to motor everywhere and burn gas or diesel or I mean $$$ at end of the day.
That honestly does sound pretty nice haha
Well I did forget ull be just in lakes no? If so keep the boat lol, dunno why I was thinking maybe ocean.
congrats on the boat buddy....i have to admit, all of that towing and docking of the boat i was like...hhhmmmm....if he only had a 4WD ambo to manhandle that boat around....lol. anyway, i'm sure you'll have that sweet ride all over the place!!
thanks!! Haha yeah I wish i could have both!!