love that quote "anywhere you go, anything you do, can be enjoyable, as long as you're looking for adventure, not escape." writing that one down!

"As long as you're looking for adventure - Not escape" I'm an older guy & I haven't heard that one, but it's very thought provoking & seems very wise. Thank you for another super episode.

I was in Fort Pierce in the Spring. Love that place. People nick named that boat yard "The yard of broken dreams". Yall keep dreaming. The both of you are exceptionally smart and have one of the best you tube channels out there. Keep up the good work.

I’ve just discovered “Sailing Uma” via several episodes posted randomly on KZfaq. I’m currently stepping through the videos in sequence (have finished Step 11). I’m amazed at the knowledge you have of boat repair. Did this knowledge come from your architecture education, or from your life background? Astonishing. Here’s to more “Steps”. I’m way behind you, but I hope to slowly catch you. Great channel.

I just want to thank you two. I've had the same dream to sail the world and see all different culture. You showed me it can be done with hard work and dedication. thank you

Publix always has some BOGO going on. I really like that. The farmers' markets are wonderful in Florida. I used to live in Stuart, Florida in 1973. It was a friendly, sleepy town back then. Your Grandmother seems lovely. Happy Trails

I recently came across your videos. Started watching more recent ones. Then decided to get the whole story, starting at Step 1 (so inspirational). In these early videos, Kika, you have a discernible accent. A lovely sounding accent. I never even detected it in your later videos. Perhaps a more Canadian accent, but always a beautiful woman. Your videos have to be at the top of the list of sailing videos, because of your "Just Do It" innovation, much of the ability no doubt from your architectural training, not to forget smarts of you both. Anyway just a short note. I see by the number of views that thousands agree with me.

Greetings from Colorado! Your channel has reawakened my gypsy soul. I grew up on Lake Erie and sailing was a weekend activity back in the day. I'm currently living in Southwest Colorado and a sailboat that I can tow with my Tacoma is now on my shopping list. If I ever relocate to the coast or ocean accessible waterway, I might buy something bigger.

Ive compressed over a year of your lives into 1hour bing watching today, its absolutely wonderful and so inspiring.

I wanted to tell you guys about Stans no flat. I don't know if you have ever heard of it, but it's this liquid that you put in your inter tubes. It prevents flats. I trained for and raced two ironmans over two years and never got a single flat after I started using it. I don't work for them or any thing but It's a great product and it totally changed my bike riding life. I after seeing your funny flat repair montage I thought maybe you guys would want to know about it. Stan's no flat. Good luck.

You guys need one of those wagons used for taking a child along that attaches to the bike. Might hold all your things from water to the market. Just a thought. Always good to sees you's keeping on the sunny side. Thanks for sharing. P.S. Never let an old woman rise to meet a toast, especially in her own house.

Just stumbled across this. What a beautiful bond you two have to be able to work together like that and getting your hands dirty but share a common goal and have such great outlooks on life. There’s something to be said about living simply and being self sufficient. Enjoy every minute of it. And Uma... you are such a beautiful woman, I love seeing a woman who can fix things and do stuff most girls can’t. Your man has hit the jackpot with a girl so beautiful on the inside and out. I would be in heaven everyday with someone like you. Best to both of you!

Scaling down and getting rid of so much and living simpler is such an easy thing to do. I think more people are realizing and heading in that direction. I felt so free when I sold everything I owned and moved from Wisconsin to NW Florida to be near the ocean. People just couldn't believe we did it 😀

Man you guys are going to feel like you're living like kings after you leave the boat yard! Cooler weather is coming soon. Cheers, Ted

Might not be relevant now, but carrying a spare inner tube and changing that, then fixing the flat later is easier and faster. Good to know about that marina in case I ever need a good diy marina in Florida. Good thing you guys are young, and this is a adventure. Your attitude is remarkable and inspiring. Your videos continue to delight.Thanks for taking the time out of your quite busy lives to post these.

When I lived in FL I would sometimes use the rain to wash my car. It’s kinda fun!

To supplement your drinking water needs, I would suggest a Sawyer 4L water filtration system. Completely gravity powered and can make 4L of drinking water in about 20 minutes. I put together this system along with a carbon filter just before the Sawyer filter. Reason for this is that I prebleach my water (river, lake, and rain) to kill ALL living things including viruses. 2 drops per liter, plus a few extra per liter for punky water. Let that sit at least 1/2 hour or more all stirred up. You can do this part in bulk on deck. Then just fill the top bag with the bleached water and let it filter while you diddle with other chores. The lower bag has a nice petcock to easily drain in to a potable container. Just keep filling the top bag and emptying the bottom bag into other storage safe containers. How it works, the bleach kills the bacteria, cysts, and viruses and sterilizes the water. Then the charcoal will remove organics and the bleach from the water. The Sawyer filter alone can remove all the bacteria and cysts, but not the viruses (unless you pony up for the filter that does, but it filters A LOT slower). This system makes some of the cleanest greatest tasting water ever. The cool thing is that the Sawyer filter can filter a million gallons of water, but you can also back purge it with your cleaned filtered water to rejuvenate it as needed. It may come in handy while out at sea too, if you can collect rain water during storms.

Love your videos and can't wait to follow along with you on your journey . Stay focused and positive and it will all work out ! Eric

You kids are great. Wonderful relationship. Wonderful outlook. So young and you’ve got it together.

Love the "day in the life" you presented here. Living on a boat on the hard must be challenging at best. Good to see a great attitude. Helps to have fun even in the worst of times and you'll look back on day and say, it was all good! Cheers!

You guys are doing awesome and I know you'll make it out into the big blue some day. I can't wait to hear all about it!!! Matt

Loved those amazing shadow pics! Good job with the videos guys, really looking forward to seeing how your adventure unfolds. Big thumbs up.

You guys are really awesome. Not to mention that how you are doing it now is really good practice for when you don't live "On the hard" anymore. Look forward to the next vid, hope you both have a good day. :)

wonderful proper, look for adventure not escape

I from brazil, and I love to follow his adventures , good winds ..

Kika, you are a breath of fresh air. You make my day. Thanks.

such joy to watch your out growth.

U guys are inspirational! So adventurous and full of gratitude and positivity! Love from Pakistan!

In joy not escape, words to live by. Great vids Nancy and I are just getting started, a bit later in life then you guys. First sail boat arrives mon and the work and vids will begin. I am sure you guys could gives us some pointers.....keep up the great work.

i am enjoying your journey. You are awesome in showing how your are fixing things on your own.

Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming :) Aside from getting inspired by your life stories unfolding right in front of our eyes each week, I also take great pleasure Shazaming your awesome choice of songs in your videos [Sapphire by Tobu] ;)...Keep it up and hope to see you guys soon :)

Hey guys watching some of your older videos over again. They do make a hand washing maching available on eBay for 15.98/the buy it now price. I own one and it works great. It's blue and looks somewhat like a plunger but is designed to airate the water and agitate it at the same time. It's designed to work perfectly with a 5 gallon bucket and I just cut a hole in the lid to match the diameter of the wood handle to keep the splashing down. It works really great and only takes about 10 minutes start to finish a load depending on how dirty the clothes are. It's also a good work out for your arms....ha ha! Take care, your friend Bill from ODIN

Hard working souls!

In Australia we have a stuff called green goo which is a self sealant you put into the tube and hey presto no more flat tubes. See if you can get something similar in the States. Chris from Western Australia.

I love your videos! Keep it up and please don't give up on your dreams... they will come to you and in a future maybe I can come sail with you.

You guys are amazing. I just discover some of your last or recent videos and get really curious about how did you started. So i went to your FIRST video 5 years ago, and i just could not believe!!!! This is soooo amazing and Dan is so good handyman.... Now i cant stop watching, i think i am now 12 steps videos watched in a row. You are so inspiring! :))) see you

Mature common sense people can always see the bright side. Excellent narration. Photography beautiful.

great vid guys. I used to have just a bike to get our groceries and such. I found that although hideous looking, a bike rack helped me to carry more and make my trips more effective.

i know this is an old video, but for anyone who cares, use the old flat tubes as tire liners, i cut the old tubes open and install the new tube inside the old tube then put them in the tire so the new tube has a little more protection, also check the tire really good before putting new tube in as those sand spurs and thorns can still be poking into the inside of the tire and will just flatten new tube.

I am fixing a sailboat in Stuart Florida. Love your channel

Great attitude you guys and it's paid off in the end !!!!

Ok, I had to pause and make popcorn..lol

Love your videos and especially loved this "week in the life" video. Great job.

Thanks :-) I really like your videos because of the abundance of positive energy they contain. Really uplifting. Happy sailing, ehm,... working... ( for now.. ) Hold on to that..

cant wait to see you guys sailing! keep it up!

You should not make things hard for your lifes.. 1, get punchure proof tyres. 2, fit a bike rack & get panniers it would make a huge difference to your life, because you can get $120 worth of shopping on one bike alone, I dont like to watch you struggle, i think you have anough to do as it is, keep up the goood work guys. ps your grans food looks reals great mmm,mmm!

Great video of your lifestyle! Thanks for sharing and always look forward to future videos of your progress.

Great videos ..... thanks for sharing, and for the positive energy vibes! 👍

Very nice, thanks for bringing us along :) Thumbs up and Greetings from Ireland! :)

Hi Guys Love what you are doing. Can I add a few comments please. :- that patch in front of the keel is not strong enough you need way more than 5 layers of cloth, (this is a high stress area and also a likely point for impact from floating debris) I would suggest cleaning the inside area and filling with a good strong mix of epoxy thickened with some glass fibres not just filler, also when laying up the glass it is important to use the special roller to press the glass down into the lamination, you can't do it effectively with your fingers the layers need to be forced together to make an effective bond, it should be transparent not white when done. Also chopped strand mat (CSM) is for use with conventional polyester resin not epoxy, it has a binder that holds the mat together this dissolves with polyester resin but not with epoxy (as it is solvent free), it is ok to use with epoxy for non structural fabrication but if you want strength you must use woven cloth. Also latex gloves should not be used with epoxy try to get polythene ones, a good tip is to start with about 3 or 4 pairs on and when they get soiled remove the outer pair and carry on. If you can get a copy of the Gougeon brothers book (not sure I have spelled this correctly) on Epoxy and GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) construction it will help you greatly. Another tip I can pass on is when using Chopped Strand Mat tear it rather than cut it this gives a feather edge that blends in when adding layers of glass to give an invisible edge with less stress. Best of luck Fair Winds

Have you two considered buying a used bike trailer for your in town travels? It certainly would increase your carrying capacity.

Great video!!! We are on the hard now, so we know exactly what you are going through. We have been here, Mobile AL, for two weeks now working on our boat. We are doing some videos and hope to have a channel up soon. We have to come down to Fort Lauderdale soon, maybe we can come by and meet both of you.

Wow, that is dedication! +1

Thank you, I always enjoy your videos thank you again..

Great video. You have to take a break sometimes...... There is always something to do on a boat. Can't wait for the next video and to see you on the water sometime.

1) you are an amazing story teller.. your videos are at the quality level of people who have been making them for three, four years. 2) It is really cool the adventure you make in your time on the way to an adventure. 3) From what I have seen and read.. you should consider taking your food out of the cardboard boxes, I heard they can house bugs (cockroaches) 4) are you only surviving on Patreon? or are you doing some web design or something 5) I really love that you are doing this.. it is clear you are both talented and hard workers.. who could be making money in the corporate world rock on

i feel bad for people who live in a state without a Publix. Best grocery store ever!

An inspiration!

Very nice video! Can't wait till you untie the lines!

Happy to see

i think i climb up and down my ladder at least 100 times a day. the joys of life on the hard. so much better than having a real job though!

This might come in handy in a emergency. You can drink rainwater. just boil it. Use a coffee filter to remove particles

Another amazing video....

Another great video. Two words: bike trailer.

u guys r right ur videos rock !!!!

Dan and Kika, you both are amazing! Oh! and creative! Keep up the good work getting your sailboat ready. Once you start sailing the world I really hope you keep making videos. My sailboat is still in Salem NJ : ( and I located a sailboat mover to bring it to Maryland requiring 4 permits, one for NJ, one for DE, one for PA and one for MD eeeekkkkkk! I'm gonna start doing vids once the boat is here in Maryland and maybe one introduction video. How did you learn to make boat repairs? Did it come from a book or did you research on the internet? How about the electrical wiring, did you replace the old wiring or simply upgrade certain areas?

way to go guys , please keep the videos coming, ;0)

Amazing work. Looking forward to hearing more about the electric motor plan and install. Hang in there. Don't give up!

If you watch again, the distance to your grandma’s house started at 15 miles, then 16 and this time it was 17 🤷‍♂️🤓

Hey guys. Great videos. Ever thought of getting a bike trailer to tow behind your bike?

that food looked good

I am this far into your videos from the beginning and loving them. Only skipped ahead a couple times like the big waves one or new electric motor.

❤

When do you plan on splashing Uma and how did you fix your MacBook?

6:00 I had the same problem unitil I got something called tire armor. It is a tough plastic sheet that goes between the tire and the tube and it will stop most things going through.

nice life!:)

biscott yes!

Great job you two goof balls!

what is your video editing software?

I'm headed your way soon, what Boatyard are you guys in?

Dan and Kika, I love your video's. I was thinking that since you are still on the hard and have to transport all your water and such back and forth in backpacks you could look into a "Bob Yak bike trailer". REI sells them but I bet you can find a used one on the cheap.

Dan and Kika, it seems to me your adventure is well underway right now. Minus the boat being in the water...lol. I too am on jack stands, but I would rather work on the boat on the hard and not bouncing around inside. I was sailing Saturday...what a great day, had her laid over and flying through the water. It was a friends boat and he asked me, "where did you learn that?" I of cause tell him KZfaq...lol. By the end of the day, he would say...I know youtube.

Hey Guys , Great Channel you have here, I've been watching from the beginning. My wife and I did a trip from N. Michigan to Daytona 5 years ago. Back home now following other sailors. Just a bit of constructive critisism if I may? I like to see straight video a little more, real talking and action, less music and less narration, I guess more "real life" if I may. Many of us "watchers have been there" and TV show style gets old. Keep up the good work, I do like to follow and will continue no matter what. NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR IN FOR,,,,,, Ha. can't wait for the next video ! Capt. Dean S/V Rubaiyat ps. you can see our trip on my channel when your really bored :_

Need tubeless bike tires, and a bike trailer for the water/gear

😊👍🏻☀👍🏻⛵

You can buy mini washing machines for camping and boats

I miss Publix!

17 miles is a an only couple hours bike travel =)

Second! Is this a thing now?

Oh the smell of clothing hung in the sun to dry. No dryer or dryer sheets can compare.

Ask your patrons for real maple syrup. Get a gallon from Vermont. You’ll think you went to heaven.

do you guys wrok

Why don’t you drink the rainwater?

And i thought only us Buffalo folk loved a cucumber sandwich.

Here's a link to a little portable foot operated washing machine that may work for you two, www.yirego.com/#!shop--cart/csxr

My girl would never rough it like that with me.

First!

god Lord you have to pay for fresh water ! guess Scandinavians are spoiled as we have freshwater for free everywere

On the way home you don't get wet 😂

So American: wait an hour to save cycling 8 miles ! I presume there was a reason? Shark 🦈 infestation?