Life Aboard Cruising Sailboat

See video "Live Aboard Sailing: The Reality" for further details on this lifestyle. This fist amateur vid doesn't show the hard work involved!
(www.artoffshore.com for more.) Living aboard small (31-foot) cruising sailboat, Rebecca and her Bayfield cutter, Angel. A brief glimpse into the lifestyle & how boaters "do it": generate electricity, have home-like comforts, cook food, bathroom stuff, etc. If you're really in love with your sailboat and are as obsessed with sailing as I am, living aboard simplifies things. I couldn't afford my house AND a boat, so I did the simplest thing and kept the boat. Good choice.

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[DOCCAREY]

Very nice Video and smiles @ your choice :).. Great choice! Finally leaving the cold climate for the Fla keys and Bahamas. I have been looking at 3 boats, Cape Dory 33, Bayfield 32, Contessa 32. Need a boat with little draft! I love the bayfield and can not find a 31? Silly question, but will ask! Are you sure your boat is not a 32'.. Why is there no V-berth? Is that a modification or original design? I heard of some making the V-berth into dining area (like a Gozzard). Thanks a bunch! :):):

[AngelsTravels]

@DOCCAREY Hello! The Bayfields were designed with no V-berth (am not sure about the B-25 though). The length on Angel is confusing, as many B-29s were modified with a longer bowsprit & then referred to as 31's. not sure if the factory had that option, or if the boat owners did that mod.

[GR8PHD]

the fine line is the midnight hours. BUT hey is that couger skin soaked? humidity in a boat tends to run high.

[AngelsTravels]

@GR8PHD Humidity can be high in the summer (when in lower latitudes) & I built a DC powered air conditioner & have lots of fans. the boat is well ventilated, but a summer in the tropics...ugh! That fake leopard spot thing or whatever is put away when it's that hot!

[GR8PHD]

nice combo.......self reliance and sex. LUV IT!

[AngelsTravels]

@GR8PHD I R totally confused. this is a total amateur vid done for some curious friends stationed in another country...I know it's not that good, but, er, where do you see the sex part???

[RadioIlluminaticom]

I'm sold. That is what I want to do too.

[silverton7777]

You need a man with for protection trust me. You'll get jacked in night by black pirates and it might not be pretty. 

[svprovidence]

Yes- Bayfields in general I like and mine is a Bayfield 32c. I has a fine Vee Berth and etc. One thing I do wish was than mine had though, is a tiller in place of the wheel. I never did like a wheel. She sails like a dream, handles weather well and -at least on paper- draws only 3'9"!

Thanks for Posting!

>Ray

[iappsdev]

How do you get internet connection offshore?

[latinamajor]

@DOCCAREY Rebeca's boat looks very much like a Bayfield 29'. If I had to guess, I would think that calling it a 29' or 31' depends on the length being taken into consideration (LOD or LOA). I believe that the Bayfield 29' and 36' both have a large head forward the solon. Bayfield 32's have a v-birth foreward and the head is just aft of the v-birth. The bayfield 29's has sliding boards on the navigation table and the galley that can be raised for added privacy in the solon.

[jrhamp]

not certain my note was posted..but thanks for the time...i hope to live aboard at boca chica nas key west sometime in the future.

[sergeantsailorman]

For those who covet the lifestyle, some folks can live on a small boat, some can't. To see what it's like, move into your bathroom at home, realize that is all the living space you have. Put a little water in the bathtub to keep your sleeping bag wet when you sleep, turn on a vacuum to sound like a gale outside. Eat all canned, or semi spoiled food. Poke your finger down your throat for sea sickness. Pretent the bathroom never stops moving. Sit back and enjoy cruising. I love it. The best life.

[tarxantoo]

Way cool. Very interesting and some real need to know information stay safe

[misdemenors]

im a fairly expirienced sailor and in 2016 ill have enough for a small sloop of my own i plan on staying around the carribean but my sense of adventure will probably take me to who knows where.... i cant wait

[archeryfinn]

@poet79ful Boats are never really paid off. If you are capable of doing much of your own maintenance your costs can be managed. You must be able to service electrical, plumbing, diesel engine, and hopefully have a HD sewing machine to repair canvas and sails. It sound like you have along way to go as at the least you must learn sailboat handling.