Thanks for watching! We are now preparing for the Northwest Passage this summer, sailing from Alaska to Greenland! I've just finished the project webpage: www.alluringarctic.com/ . The page will get updated as we go along. I will of course also be making a video series of the preparations and the passage itself. So stay tuned and bookmark the page to keep updated! :)

Bucket showers on the deck. Gives a whole new meaning to "shrinkage" lol.

Looks ideal to me. You should both be proud of the work you put into Lumi.

Instant coffee?!? As a fellow Finnish citizen I'll have to reconsider hitting that thumbs up button... 😁

You to are an absolutely adorable couple and have created a beautiful home on the water. I think that the space is perfect, homey and functional all at the same time. May it provide the two of you years of memories. Never apologize for a little bit of clutter…. It’s just a sign of a full life. Thank you showing us your world. Sending you both love and respect from Idaho, USA 🥰🥰🥰

"The wire chaos of hell". I like it. I love watching your videos. Very peaceful, even including the wire area.

WOW 😮 Your boat looks great & so cozy😊 You two did a fantastic job on the rebuild & no one would think the before & after shots are the same boat. Enjoy your next sail. 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♀️🇺🇸

Very practical set up. Love it. Especially the centerboard, large seating capacity, water tight hatchway and aluminum cockpit/dog house.

"The whole boat is a fridge" 🥶🥶😉❤️❤️🫶👍🇦🇺🌏 I'll stay warm on the Tropic of Capricorn 😅 Thanks for showing us the amazing sights of the Far North.. that's way too cold for me and I appreciate the ecological work you two do. Thanks for showing the vessels still monitoring the site of the Exxon Valdez oil spill from 35 years ago.. that's reassuring, but also a sobering reminder of the harm we can inflict on nature. Please take care among the icebergs, and keep sharing your amazing views of snowy mountain ranges, humpback whales, and sunsets ❤❤

I wish I had the balls to take the leap and do what you do! You guys are inspiring. Be safe and well. Thank you guys.

Cozy little nest for the two of you. Thanks for sharing. ❤❤

Thank you for SHARING a part of your LIFE with ALL!

You look much happier without that critter on your head, you guys are neat. Enjoy watching!

Sohvi and Juho: I remember your episode, inspecting Lumi in Napa, California and thought, "my goodness, I wonder who designed this spacious 44ft sailboat"? You both have turned her into a picture of function and one of a tidy, cozy Alaskan hideaway on the water. We love the carpet Sohvi designed on the cabin floor, the diesel heat, the galley arrangement, etc.. The aft dining room area with all the seating or Sohvi's space is awesome, truly a lovely area for inviting friends or relaxing with a good book. We haven't heard from you for a while and were concerned that the Alaskan winters had taken their toll. Wishing you a safe and beautiful passage through the Northwest Passage. Before Valdez opened up the Pipeline, Exxon ran an icebreaker bow Tanker through this passage, studying the feasibility of crude oil transport. I happened to have been the Third Mate on this passage and later ran the Valdez to Long Beach run with ARCO Marine, Inc.. We can't wait for your coming episodes and want to thank you both again for making us welcome in your cozy and comfortable Home.

Thanks for sharing and being a nice example for the younger sailing generation!

My fiance and I lived on a 27ft sailboat and for a while it was very cold. We would have snow on our boat and iced up portholes. We wore lots of layers, had a nice down bag to sleep in, took bucket showers, and drank instant coffee as well. Not that we did it for nearly as long as you guys have but it gave me such an appreciation for what you guys do and I find it awesome. Although I'm not a big fan of the cold myself, I find the lifestyle you guys have so fascinating and you're one of the main sailing channels I watch most frequently. ❤️

I love hearing from you and watching your stories! You both are a good example of conservation, cleanliness, and order without which living happily in such a small space would be very difficult. Thanks for sharing this part of your lives with us. Murry from Salmon, Idaho.

Get yourself some big round granite rocks from the beach and set them on your Reflek heater. It’ll keep your feet warm for hours. Bring it to bed and it will last all night!!

Your comment of “the whole boat is a frig” is hilarious. Brought flashbacks of the unheated attic I used as a bedroom during my college days in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Thanks for the interesting tour.

Fiscars scissors are the best!!!❤️❤️❤️

Great video! What a difference from when we saw you in the yard in Napa. I is so delightful and encouraging to see you making your plans come alive. Thank you! Namaste.🙏

WE LOVE THE FISKARS TOO!

Your boat is amazingly tidy given how much y’all do for activities!!!! Thanks for the tour!

Thank you for the look around

Very happy to see you back, I've been visualizing you hunkered down and feeling isolated.

Awesome...I'm in North Carolina, and realize my fiberglass boat is high maintenance.... your videos inspired me to eventually get an aluminum hull sailing vessel as It is low maintenance.... Godspeed....and be safe

Great low-key tour! Your style is much appreciated as I have watched so many boat tours for work doing translation and voice-over. The change a pace is a breath of fresh air. Thank you for sharing, and I look forward to your series on the NW passage.

Thank you for the tour of your “cozy” living quarters. Happy you are both well. Stay safe and stay well.

im an absolute sucker for that cozy wood interior.

Thanks for the tour! I would love to see more detailed breakdown of your sports equipment. Would you mind going a separate video for that?

Wellcome back, I was afraid something could go wrong as you have been absent for so long. Happy to see you again!

Love hearing from Sovhi ❤ she is great on camera 😊 cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

Lumi sure has come a long way from the time you purchased her to your current tour video. This is one amazing boat and a big step up from Sylvia and Antartika (we won't mention the other boat that had a short span in your travels). I really like the layout of this sailing yacht and how you remodeled it. Thanks for sharing the tour Sohvi and Juho.

Great to see a tour of your lovely boat, but wait, what happened to your signature dreadlocks? You look so different without them. 😊

Very interesting, Thankyou for sharing. A decent amount of space for two people to live aboard. Looks very cosy.

My husband and I are wintering on our boat in Georian Bay. You have an amazing space! We look forward to your videos. Thanks from SV Misty Shores!! You are both amazing.

You've done an excellent job enhancing the design for cold weather sailing, providing precisely what is necessary to sustain research work and activities in extremely remote and harsh conditions.

Very interesting how you guys organized your belongings in tight quarters. It certainly can be challenging to find items buried other things. Thanks for sharing. I like it!

This boat really looks very spacious and functional. I remember what a wreck it was when you bought it. It’s been fun to follow along!

The "livingroom" area is super generous with space, I love the couch for 10 people! That is so cool to have on a boat. I know that LUMI is 44 foot, but still very nice interior design. I immediately imagined a wide drawer, when you mentioned the chart table with usless space.

Thanks for the tour. It is a beautiful vessel.

I admire your practical solutions which are innovative too.

Great tour of your life on board! I'm most impressed by your running dialogue and how you handle the camera by keeping it stationary while going down the hall for a better space perspective. And how you handle all your needs. I'd pretty much do it exactly the same... except for the instant coffee : )

Very comfortable. Very practical. Thanks for inviting us into your home. Cheers

Beautiful boat for sure and practical in its layout, definitely can tell the experienced cold weather sailor at work!

I have now learned: I will never live on a boat. This was a valuable lesson. Thank you. Your boat is fantastic, and so too is your loved one. :)

I love you little plugs for Finland, (: never knew that is where fiskar scissors originated. Also if you are enjoying instant coffee, do not try fresh ground. Like most things once you sample the better alternative, it is hard to enjoy the other and then you will have to add more items to the boat. winter toys/gear take up alot of room, no way around it.

You are great represantives of Finnish people! Keep on loving sailing and each other!

Lovely too see your video tour of your boat. truly inspiring, I am at the moment looking for a way to realize my old dream of living on a boat again so this is great to see how you live. Be safe and skilful. Pinge

I love the both of you BUT, you should always have a current chart and kee3p it updated for the time WEN the GPS will fail for some reason. I suggest have them laminated and used as a desk top. Just a suggetion from an old navigator.

Great boat. The lounge area is huge.

Thank you for the tour of your boat. I like the covered cockpit as a place to change out of wet gear. The diesel stove looks warm and cozy but the hot water bottles are the best!! Thank you for all you do to share winter adventures in Alaska. I live near Seattle Washington USA.

Good morning

You really have a beautiful functional, strong boat. I love it.

A real coffee percolator would go well on that diesel heater…

Looks so cosy. I'd be very happy in that space.

Good luck with staying as warm as possible! It's great to get another overview of the boat and layout. E.g. I thought that the daytank was located further to the bow. I really like those older Garcia models and find it fascinating to see how you use Lumi and your individual design choices. Fair winds and Immer eine handbreit Wasser unterm Kiel! Greetings from germany 😊

I had to stop by and leave you a comment because I’ve been watching your videos. What you are doing is absolutely amazing and I really love how you present your videos and carry yourself. God bless hope to see you on the water one of these days, but I stay in the tropics.

Onneksi olkoon... -Ihan käsittämättömän hienoa!!! Kepeitä Tuulia

fantastic setup on Lumi, so well thought out with limited space.

That's a really unusual and spacious layout for a sailboat yacht. You have a snug living room arrangement where a rear cabin would normally be. I like it. Like open-plan liveaboard living.

We have dish washing brushes at grocery stores, I've never had a problem finding one, if anything we have too many choices.

Good to hear from you guys

Really cozy boat. Thanks for the tour. Looking so much forward for your northwest passage

So happy to see another video out. Thanks for the tour & explanations. Be well, warm & safe.

a woman touch always makes any space cosy warm & homely. we luv your guys home🥰thank yous from new zealand⛵🏴‍☠⚓ 🕊🕊🕊

Would love a video that focuses on provisioning, the kitchen, what is there now, what is working, what you have planned for the future, what you do for food storage, the length of time you provision for, what provisioning looks like in AK (where do you shop? will you use online purchases?), how you're thinking about provisioning for your Northwest Passage trip (will you go into Anchorage?). Thanks!

Nice boat, looking forward to the technical stuff.

I grew up in the USA, but further north than about 1/3 of the population of Canada. Then I moved to the Colorado mountains, so I know what is required to safely survive in the north-country. So when you were prepping the boat in California I was concerned that you simply had insufficient room to stow everything you needed in order to maintain and operate the boat in polar wintertime, as well as carry along all of your gear for your various hobbies, and of course your filming equipment, batteries, accessories and food supplies. Then there was the matter of supplies for employment, and boat parts, tools, and emergency back-ups simply because you are often far from boat supply shops. I found myself adding it all up in my head and it made me concerned that you might be forced to make some compromises that could affect your safety. However, I noted that you very carefully chose your clothing and bedding, and got only the highest quality gear, such as the HH garments. They made real sense. If you don't have room to stow a wide variety of clothing, then get the best, garments of exceptional quality materials and construction that won't fail at the first inconvenient time, and that are adjustable for a wide variety of conditions. As I watch your day to day lives I note many of the small things and careful choices you've made to be certain that you are up to the challenges of your winter sailing environment. Yes, your boat looks 'lived in', but I know you can explain why you have every single thing on your boat, why it is where it is, and the other uses it could be put to if needed. For instance, those who don't fully understand your environment probably wonder why your sleeping bags are sitting out loose, not compressed and stuffed tightly into stuff bags. As for me, if I saw they were compressed and stuffed into bags I would wonder if you really knew what you were doing. But I'm quite certain you do, and I watch the small things you do for tips that I can use in similar circumstances. Enjoy.

all the cold air, made by melting ice, swirling around the northern latitudes. it's been like a second mild winter here, with one warm spring time, and a second coming in the same season.

From an Alaskan... You guys are doing it right. Loving these episodes and also really like this layout. Seems really great for these northern climates.

Thanks for sharing this, Juho! What an awesome living arrangement. Can't wait to follow your journey further North this summer!

Thank you for the tour. Your sailboat bigger than I expected.. please stay safe.

You have a very interesting sinaurio. I lived in a 27 foot boat for to years in Canada the floor was sooooo COLD. Good to see your looking strong. Lifes addictive which creates clutter// stay clean and warm Thanks for your tour Curtis...note: 7 yrs off grid 7.5x23.5 lD

You may have an easier time finding the dishwashing brush if you look for a bottle brush. We have both kinds but the bottle brush is the most ubiquitous.

I’m really envious ,great looking boat

The interior is more roomy and finished better than I expected. Very nice!

Looks lovely and snug , you are so well prepared and everything worked out.

Ah, those little thermo fans are a life saver. Made such a difference when I lived on my narrowboat.

Great walk through. Thanks for making this video. I'm guessing the weather has been normal and kept you pretty much captive to the boat. Yet even that is some feat and only your very well considered preparations have made it possible. I would like to comment on the notion of time: Every day, all situations, the cold, the howling winds; just you two. Keeping sane is also quite some achievement.

Love that salon and hard dodger / pilot house design! Awesome.

I love the unusual layout. The giant settee area is awesome, as is the access to all sides of the motor under the table. The pilothouse and almost horizontal companionway hatch are cool as well.

Happy to see a new video on your channel. The boat is cozy and functional, that matters most. Stay warm and happy. Looking forward to new activities videos!

The “dishwashing” brush…. You might be able to find similiar brushes looking in the area for bathroom cleaning. I have a brush like that for the shower/tub and one for the toilet… gotta keep’em separated!

Looks loverly and Cosy. Have you seen the Chefs Crocks? They have a better non slip under surface, they are dark underneath and so not mark the deck.they are definitely better at preventing slips etc,

Good Lad. Enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.

I love the concept of "modified IKEA carpets" for cold floors. That could be a "thing" 😅❤ Amazing as always!

She's a beautiful boat! Thanks for the tour. I just watched a couple of your earlier videos of post-purchase..You guys have come a long way in a short time-nice work!! The boat looks like a super cozy place to be in a winter anchorage, as long as you're bundled up! I love the narrow passageway to the bow-very good for moving safely through the boat in a seaway.

That Reflux looks great...!

Thanks! Greetings from Poland

Very nice interior. Thanks a lot

Good to see you guys are surviving the weather. It's been a bit crazy this winter.

Thanks for the tour.

I spent an early spring on my boat in the same area. My constant complication was always condensation. I got some cheap foam rubber that I could stuff into hatches and cover the windows with at night that made a huge difference.

Always love living area with collection of books, no matter how small

Thanks for the video. I think people love the cozy simplicity of your lifestyle in contrast to modern complexity that is forced on most of us.

Hey, peoples! 3:45 - it's need to present to you the yacht alcohol distiller. Cheers :) From your russian subscribers thanks for your cool video!! Have a nice day and good luck!!

Beautiful sailboat. You guys were really good at finding her and refitting her back to live. Congratulations

Thanks for the update

Great tour and nice boat, thanks for sharing :)