3 Simple Things to Improve Liveaboard Life

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Today, Emily gives 3 examples of things that took years for us to find as the perfect solutions for the housekeeping part of living aboard.
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@Nerd3927 5 ай бұрын

I had a camper colleague who gave me microfiber towels as going away gift when I left my previous job to go live aboard 6 years ago. I did bring some fluffy ones from my flat, but only the micro fiber one's are left and are good as new. Heck #1 confirmed!

@PaulBKal 5 ай бұрын

Three great hacks there, thanks Emily. The other great laundry hack is to realize your clothes don’t usually need to be washed every time you wear them. Even if you’re hot and sweaty, hanging your shirt on the lifelines to air for half an hour before putting it away will probably let you wear it three or four times without washing it. Of course this requires you to wear effective deodorants. And to exercise the sniff test honestly and judiciously for each other.

@peterstockless7652 5 ай бұрын

We have had good luck over the years using only white towels and using regular bleach when washing them. A little chlorine is left on the towel and discourages mildew longer than washing without bleach. Love the hamper/bag.

@SailingInFaith 5 ай бұрын

For laundry bags we use pilots flight bags. They fold to nothing and are pretty durable !

@boondog8504 5 ай бұрын

Quick-drying towels from Target. Absorbent and fast-drying. 5 years on board and still looking good and working well.

@SirCharles12357 5 ай бұрын

Love these TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and best practices)! Keep them coming! I'm taking notes.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@sartorst3376 5 ай бұрын

Good ideas. I found that thin towels and thick wash clothes are the way to go the wash clothes hold a lot of water and soap while the water is off and can be wrung out dry quicker than towels

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Good idea

@JimKJeffries 5 ай бұрын

Been living off a bicycle for a little bit now. Since i can only own that which i carry and move, yes i am spartan. However, what i do carry is the best i can find. There is no room for backup, and things will fail and break in a nomadic/constantly moving environments. Know your/you're love.

@PyeGuySailing 5 ай бұрын

I've been using a military duffle bag to transport my laundry for years now. It works great but it's not waterproof but i've never had that be an issue...yet lol. For ice we just have a countertop ice maker

@user-zb3mo5nc5s 24 күн бұрын

Thank you

@LadyAmandaReneeMerry 5 ай бұрын

I bought a similar laundry bag that stands up and folds down to nothing for a long camping trip. Looks like similar material, but had rings at the top instead of backpack straps. It was $14 on amazon and i love it for the boat

@LadyAmandaReneeMerry 5 ай бұрын

I want to order that ice thingy though

@mustangsupersnake7848 4 ай бұрын

Another wonderful video. Truly helpful. Thank you Emily!

@Devo491 5 ай бұрын

For water-saving showers, get a 1 litre (quart?) pump-up spray bottle. Fill with warm or cold water, and you can have a full shower, including hair-wash on a minimal amount of water. Emily might need another half-litre to rinse that magnificent mane.

@patrickjames1080 4 ай бұрын

Just tried the towels on a two week passage - yep much better than the thick cotton ones. Thanks!

@EmilyAndClark 4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you liked them

@UrjunkMygold 5 ай бұрын

Great tips! Thank you 😃

@user-se7vt5ow4e 5 ай бұрын

After living aboard for 30 years one of the best additions to any boat is a dehumidifier.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Yes, we have that battery powered AC unit. It's wonderful. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqxhZJaSutK-l6M.html

@jonathanwetherell3609 5 ай бұрын

Top tips, top subject, thanks.

@Sonnell 5 ай бұрын

The ice cube thing was made to make ice cones, by you pouring in fruit juice or something like that, and then freeze it then lick it :D

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Yep. Ice pop makers.

@benlindner5285 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately no longer available at the link. However there are a number of other suppliers on Amazon if you search for popsicles. Great idea!

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

@@benlindner5285 Emily is looking for a new link. Thanks for telling us

@Allen-by6ci 5 ай бұрын

Nice job Emily

@robhow7962 5 ай бұрын

Little improvements and insights add to the refinement. Great video. Thanks, again.

@lenwhatever4187 5 ай бұрын

Welcome back! We don't see you so much these days.... Thanks for the ideas on towels. No sure about microfibre, I really don't like the feel of them but I don't want to have to have a lot of towels on board either but new things to try. Musical instruments: (not on topic) my wife and I just bought a "Baby Taylor" which has very quickly become my favourite acoustic guitar. It really puts out a lot of sound, it is almost smaller than my headless electric so it fits in the same place we have the Uke. and in my case, it adds spice when playing with others who almost always have a normal size guitar. Oh, and easier to play as well. Note that we did try other half size guitars including a Martin and the Taylor was by far the nicest sound. Living in the PNW of Canada, ice has not yet been an issue :)

@cyber_surfer 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed (as usual) ... channel just keeps getting smarter ... Just when I think you couldn't possibly come up with any more new ideas ... Then Y'up ... What's left ?

@MiQBohlin 5 ай бұрын

🙏Thnx m8's, great tips! About towels: I've found that when coosing a towel size, go for half of the size you think. That will be more than enough.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

This company makes a few sizes

@maui6446 5 ай бұрын

On towels, I was wondering if those little towels like the Olympic swimmers and divers use would be useful? Kind of like a synthetic shammy cloth. Late night commercials would market them as "sham-wow's".

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

I've had those. I think these are better. They feel nicer.

@70hfigueroa 5 ай бұрын

Awesome information thank you for sharing

@azul_5157 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your great channel. These tips are great, bought the basket, just did a pile of laundry yesterday and have been using the large Walmart green bags found in Mexico. Added the others to my Amazon list. FYI, can't wait to install the A/C I picked up from you guys! FYI. I market your channel all the time, I'm amazed at how many in the sailing community have not heard of your channel. I'm usually sending them to Clark's battery tracker as the introduction. Take care and sate safe. Ken, S/V Azul

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Ken

@rickdaniel8478 5 ай бұрын

Sail on 😊

@benkanobe7500 5 ай бұрын

You and I have similar skin from watching so many of your wonderful KZfaqs, how do you keep it from being sunburnt with all the time you spend on the seas?

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Speaking for Emily she got burned at first when she sailed to the tropics and had to be really careful. But her Norwegian heritage skin eventually learned to tan. Now a couple of days in the sun and her skin darkens and her hair lightens. I had much the same thing happen 30 years ago when I moved south. Repeated exposure to strong sun on a daily basis and things in your skin change. We both can tan up within days now. -C

@user-bn2hf3on2b 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for crying for our benefit. I went ahead and bought one of the micro-fiber towels.

@user-bn2hf3on2b 5 ай бұрын

Through the miracle of Amazon logistics, the above towel that I ordered yesterday just arrived. I like the detachable loop is provided for hanging the towel for drying, thus the reducing the likelihood of your wet towel falling to the floor in a wet heap.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

@user-bn2hf3on2b wow that's fast. For us two weeks minimum

@mememe5231 5 ай бұрын

Great tips! Kinepex locking wrenches are by far the best wrench you can get, in my opinion. Not cheap, but you can’t break them, and I break everything 😅

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

I've been wanting to get myself one for a while. I hear such good things.

@benkanobe7500 5 ай бұрын

link to the insulated tumbler as well??? thank you so very much for all three others!

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

It's a "tervis tumbler". Just follow any of the links in the description and search on that. They are great cups. Last a lifetime. And anything you buy after following any of our links gives us a kickback. (So if you ever buy a car on Amazon....)

@johnnylightning1491 5 ай бұрын

A question. Living in an RV we have some of the same space issues you and Clark have. Are there different types of microfiber? I have some microfiber towels and they don't absorb for squat. Am I missing something here? I really like that laundry bag. Keep the good stuff coming guys.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

I guess there could be. You might want to try one of what Emily found. They absorb fine in my opinion. Much better than the Turkish towels.

@SADIK19631963 5 ай бұрын

🧿👍

@bronwynncrosby6681 5 ай бұрын

Yall's vid's are always good, thanks! Just bought some ice trays (not the ones you have as i have a little different need/desire but got the idea through your vid) bought them through your link so hopefully the little bit helps. Ill buy more through you link in the future. Thanks for the informative vids.

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, that was thoughtful. As I understand it anytime you use any of our links to enter Amazon we get a taste of what you spend. We get no names in our report of course, but we always see odd things like dog food and cosmetics show up.

@johnq.public2621 5 ай бұрын

😃👍👏👏👏

@pa4tim 5 ай бұрын

I live in the Netherlands in a motorboat on salt water. The humidity outside is now 97%, inside it is 43%, I have no molt or so. I use normal towels. If I shower befor going to bed the towel is dry the next morning. When I lived on my sail boat I had the same problem as you. The boats are next to each other. So I think it depends on the climate and boat if you can not use towels.

@captainandthelady 5 ай бұрын

Who makes the gray laundry bag?

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Always check the descriptions of our videos. There are links there

@duaneandkimguillot4267 5 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you never did mention the name of the laundry bag. Love y'all channel, SV Lost Cajun, Duane and Kim

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

There is a link in the description of the video

@70hfigueroa 5 ай бұрын

My recommendation is to get a better video. Camera comes out very hazy.

@phantomtrijder6493 5 ай бұрын

What absolute nonsense...total nonsense...But, hey! folk's gotta try and make money ....

@EmilyAndClark 5 ай бұрын

Yup, that's my get-rich-quick scheme-earning nickels of commission selling TOWELS on the internet. (Mwah ha ha ha!) (Totally worth the video production time, and the insults from strangers online.) Thanks for calling me out on it. Now I'll have to change my totally nonsensical ways of trying to share knowledge with others. Hope someone gives you a hug. -E

@MatthewRead 4 ай бұрын

If anybody wants to see some nonsense go watch this guys ONE video on his account.