I REALLY hope everything pans out for these interesting and warm people,...and then we want to hear more and all about the adventures!

My advice having been a live aboard for 16 years, sailed the Mediterranean, crossed the Atlantic and cruised the Caribbean you need to get some very serious sailing experience. From experience sailing can be very hard indeed especially when crossing the Atlantic and cruising Europe and the UK where the seas are unforgiving. Sailing is not inexpensive as sails/rigging are as expensive as engines to run, then there is hauling out each year and bottom painting. A steel boat such as yours is even more expensive as the paint systems required are a problem. A gas cooker/stove is the thing to have, a swinging stove is questionable as they do not work that well unless the sea is relatively calm. When we crossed the Atlantic we had to hold the handles of the cooking utensils or they would have been on the floor. If you do install 500w of solar panels with a 3kw inverter and a sizeable battery bank (800Ah+) then a microwave and oven are a great benefit. A good diesel generator is also almost a critical item to make life aboard comfortable. Take care to prepare and you will undoubtedly have a wonderful experience but do not take too long as once retired 65+ it is a bit late as you will inevitably lose the drive and confidence.

3 years without winter! What a lovely goal!!

I was looking at living in a RV but this video gave me new ideas.

Thanks for a nice tour! Sailboats are not for me but, it's fun to see all the alternative living options people enjoy. Love Matt's harmonica music in the background. Just loud enough to fill the background silence but, not overpowering the commentary. Great job! You guys are the best!

Beats the hell out of a nailed together Tiny Home.

Rob and Jay, you folks rock!

We are doing the same thing in the Florida Keys, living aboard our boat. We drover her from Texas and we are heading to Cuba in December. Cheers!

That's pure luxury! I live on a kylix 27 i Denmark. And i don't want bigger boat than 35 feet. Sailing solo is good, live aboard is also live more outside. But everybody for it's own style. Just be a bit easy on telling that it's a tuff life when you live in a castle ;-)

Awesome! My daughters have been put on a two year notice to finish-up their schooling then I'm doing a serious down-size. Lots of luck to Rob & Jay!

Nice video! Always nice to take a look into the lives of other liveaboards!

Never been on a sailboat before but taking my first sailing course in Greece in a month! Can't wait to experience something like this!

Very exciting! I can tell he's chomping at the bit to go, these stories always make me smile 😆

ANother good alternative to the boring norm.

Thank you for the honest account. Good video and will be watching more of you folks!

Modest people, simple determined approach, with satisfying long-range payoffs. Well done.

SO COOL! Living my dream can't wait for something like this one day.

I'm from New Jersey and I can agree with you, winter sucks!

Had a friend who lost a boat of this size when a hurricane sank it while tied up in a marina. I've always found the worry factor to be pretty high unless you have excellent insurance. The most important thing of course is the dream which makes it worth it. Love the video..

Good luck to you both, looking forward to your sailing adventure videos.

Interview more people living on sailboats please! It's very interesting

Thanks for another great alternate living video! What a nice couple they are too. Here's wishing them well in their travels.

Wow! I love it! Will be doing the same soon...where ever I find my boat.

How cool! Thanks for another awesome video! And what a cute, happy couple! (and adorable cat)

good for you guys.... I wish you good luck and fair winds...

Honestly....,,, you guys have more space than I do in my condo.....

That is the life!!! Even the kitty loves it :-)

Wooow!!That's awesome lifestyle!!! I love it!!!

Very nice couple and nice boat :) Hope they can leave the dock one day to live their dreams!

when the going gets tough the tough gets going !! right on people ! good choice

I always look forward to your videos, great work!

Love that harmonica intro and backround music.Great vid too.

Wado for sharing. great video ! ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

Loved it.

Another great video. This reminds me of my grandparents who built their own yacht (which they called 'tookawhile' as it took 10 years to build,lol!). Look forward to the next video.

that fella is playing battlefield on that laptop at 2:10

So freaking cool. We really want to try some variation of this one day!

Living aboard in New Jersey very nice video thanks

I loved this one! The cruising lifestyle is the perfect alternative lifestyle. I read this somewhere: "Nothing else combines so much elegant technology with so many basic human needs as a cruising sailboat". This has been my dream for years, but it has been placed on the back burner for now. Lately I've been watching KZfaq videos from the excellent channel Sailing La Vagabonde. They are a young couple cruising the world in their sailboat, and posting some excellent videos. Thanks for another quality video. Happy Trails!

Come to the Bahamas where you can wear a wind breaker in the winter or maybe just a regular tee shirt, I haven't worn a jacket in about 3 years, all year round it's hot

I did a similar thing by default. I grew up on a yacht. The climate was a lot nicer, no snow. The first time I lived in a house with running water I was 23. It was the best of times. I have owned and raced yachts since then, but nothing beats living aboard.

Second viewed video we pleased thank you, Cheers

Blessed!

Hope to see them one day sailing the North Sea and visit my fatherland the Kingdom of the Netherlands!

Sailing is beautiful....Having grown up in MD....I've sailed since I was a kid....poor man's sailor but have always adored it nonetheless.......nothing like it....

that thing is massive!!

Fascinating vid! I'd love to learn about the costs in a bit more detail.

Thanks.

Hi, very Nice Video and Boat. Hope to see you and to welcome you in The Netherlands.

and please guys,do not forget the proper fishing gear,when you'll eat your own fish,mahi-mahi,yellow fin and others!!sashimis,you will be happy...!make sure,you have solar panels and proper"wind mill'..also,make sure you have the right propeller for the size and loads of your boat,this will make you save,so much diesel.love you guys,it is my future too.JM.

Nothing wrong with this plan! Hope it's working well for them.

Lovely boat

Cheers from Nova Scotia :)

excellent report, thnx)

After watching a few of these videos, I had a thought. If a married couple can get along in close quarters, it's gotta be love. Clearly Rob and Jay dig each other. Both seem very easy going. Even tempered. They're tactile types. Would be interesting to know if Rob and Jay saw an improvement in their relationship after they moved out of the big house and into the boat. In a large house, man and wife drift away from each other. Might actually see one another for a couple hours a day. That's no good. Maybe the RV or liveaboard lifestyle is conducive to a happy marriage. On the other hand, we see only the success stories. For every one of these, there might be ten failures.

43 foot Bruce Roberts is a big big wonderful boot, a dream ! I just bought a 31 feet steel sailboat and i try to live aboard in a few months without ANY experience of sailing and Sailboats but i dreaming many years to do that ;-) ps.sorry for my English

Nice. Video. May your dreams come true.

5 bedrooms for 2 people? You made the right choice

I have wanted to do this for years... Some day.

yeap, not as cheap as folks think but there is something about it. I looked into and almost did it a few years back, still hoping to. I get the book thing. I had over a thousand books when I downsized, try to sell them with out luck eventually I was able to let go and just give them away. Now I have a kindle, not the same but at least I can carry my books around a little easier. That is with the ones you can get for kindle..

NICE. Follow the trade winds :)

nice people ..good luck

you guys should do this!

I love your videos. Always really well shot. I would love if you guys did a video on what equipment you use for filming and editing for aspiring video bloggers like me :)

Nice people 👍👍

Great way to live!

I'd go with a really good under cockpit autopilot, wind generator, solar panels, 8 or 10 6 v batteries and work on not having shore power. Real cruising is traveling and anchoring out. Also get a propane stove, easier to get.

Just hearing you speak tells me you are living on a boat. I use to live aboard just got to old. Good luck

I've so many questions! How do you dump the toilet in the winter? How do you keep your fresh water from freezing in the winter?

I love that people can live on a boat, it totally makes sense.. I would just get to sea sick, I get motion sick if im close to anything that moves and want to transport me ha ha:) Where are you guys now.. love your destination videos:) Maria

Smart move getting a steel boat.

The camera loves the cat.

Great story and restoration results. Good luck to you both and Happy sailing . I live by the water and sometimes dream of sailing , but first I need a boat. Thanks so much. From a maritimer.

My boat is 14 foot long and 5ft wide. Just had to. decorative the vessel do I found it tonnes cheaper than rent

A sailboat is beyond my dreams.

Hi Rob, are you still living aboard? Still in Frenchmans bay? Seriously thinking of moving onto our 38 ft. full time. LOVE your videos, thanks for posting them. Is there a way I can connect with you as I have quite a few questions. Thanks in advance.

you guys are cool,consider adding electric motor and solar panels,plus of course windmill,did it on an old 42 feet,live in French polynesia now..

Hooray for them, I pray they get their 3 years of no snow!! And many more . . .

my sailboat is a racing laser, so I don't think I can live on it. But still quite a cool alternative.

hi what a brilliant video. just wondering have you been to England or Scotland yet ?? . im currently looking into buying a boat ( sailing catamaran ) our intention is to spend the summer school holidays living just offshore and only come back on land when we need to. we are in England so our kids get 6weeks summer holidays.

Cool beans !

Would love to know how much approximately did the boat + equipment + repairs cost.

Yeah mon! We have been doing the liveaboard thing just one year over the thirty mark this year (yes 30!) on the same boat. Nothing like it, albeit I wish people would stop saying it is a "cheap" way to live, because it is not. Not only there are mortgage and dock fees but maintenance, insurance, fuel, and most importantly, your boat "home" only depreciates, not the other way, like real property does. So, you have to really like it and be the kind of person who can give up certain things in exchange for a life more in touch with nature and the earth. I would not live ashore no matter what mansion you may offer to me (and I think I speak for Wendy too.)! www.cruisingdog.com

love your videos always want to know what it is like to live full time on aboat?

I want a house boat!

on 2:10 there is battlelog on the computer :D he is playing battlefield :DDDDD

I'd love to see the boat now 5yrs on lol

really helpful information I live alone and seriously considering buying a boat to live on here in the next few months if it all goes well I would appreciate any helpful advice I can get

Can you be my neighbors? You guys are great!

Did you finally toss off the lines and go anywhere ??

Don't come to England mate, it's wet and windy lol, July and August are the best months generally.

Hello Rob and Jay, Did your cat travel with you? If so did the cat get sea sick?

I know a couple that lives on a boat half that size in scroubrough

How much did you pay for her initially? And I really have to ask this one, What made you choose Steel over fiberglass and does she have any bulk heads?

Can you tell me how much it is per foot where your at?

My dream as well.

Rotterdam has a very nice marina, 'Veerhaven Rotterdam' (Forget Amsterdam) Enjoy!

It looks bigger than a 43 feet? I lived in a 27 feet sailboat in denmark for 14 months. its very nice way to live, but headspace are necesary, i did not have that in the 27 feet. now i lived in a caravan with a tent for a year. i can't really see my self in an apartment again. i didn't really live in an apartment much anyway.

Looking to reFlex diesel stones for heat

living on a boat sounds perfect to me other than one thing, i dont know if i could have internet, how would i do that?