Best Tiny home on land or Sea Tour
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- čas přidán 18. 11. 2021
- Our 1973 Land N Sea Craft is one of 160 ever made and one of the finest trailerable houseboat made in any year or at any price. Capable of 35 mph, range over 200 miles, capable of open ocean passages, and comfortable and functional as an RV even on land. Follow our channel as we complete a major refit and enjoy some great adventures on our boat Reserection.
This is the best desert boat trip I have ever seen
Really great video ..thank you!!
Incredibly great condition!! Unbelievable that its a '73; someone took super good care of it!! Good luck with it!
Please add more videos about your Land N' Sea!!! I love it!!!
You were very thorough on your walk through. Well done and extremely informative!
Please keep us informed!
This is the coolest little boat I have seen as pf yet.aman I w8sh i can f8nd one
Well thank you,, and keep watching the videos, it's possible might have to sell it in a few months.
nice boat etc, and so glad for the sub-titles,,,, wet head is the best head ! ;o)
To find a boat of that age still in great original condition was a lucky find....Enjoy your travels...
Yhis video just poped up so i watched again that is a well yhought out well constructed and very well preserved boat hope your still using and enjoying it
I own a 1977 Tri hull built in Las Vegas. Same Volvo straight six and out drive as your boat, mine has triple carbs. Bulletproof…..as of 2023….never rebuild and still runs like new. Recommend you upgrade to electronic ignition
I particularly enjoyed that you are enthusiastic and knowledgeable about your lovely boat and everything about it!
And after seeing everything I too am hugely enthusiastic about it, because it encompasses that perfect balance of practicality, liveability, size and equipment fit, that works well when in boat or camper mode!
Thank you for sharing your gorgeous boat, it is an absolute gem. Subscribed.
I recently acquired one of these rare boats. Mine is the V8, it wasn't in near the condition yours in. Thank you for the video!
Magnificent concept and you own it, congratulations. May you and yours have a wonderful adventure through life. I wish it was mine.
I had one of these stove and ovens in a camper to light the oven first light the stove to get all the air out of the propane lines then use a butane long lighter and turn oven daily to pilot , then keep pushing down on the oven daily and even hold it down for a minute after lighting.
Nice job.
Thank you am continuing so many amazing upgrades so follow along
I believe you found a gem. Look forward to more videos.
Wow, a trip down memory lane for me. Our family had one (1972 I think, single V8 with OMC drive, and blue interior, but otherwise very similar including flybridge, air, and generator added late in the same spot).
Seems to have held up incredibly well. Nice.
Yes and so many projects since we shot this video and more projects and videos coming.
What a neat boat!
Thanks for sharing.
Nice old boat! Looking forward to seeing some of your adventures with it! Thanks!
This would be a great boat for the Great Loop!
kool little quarky boat there... I LIKE THEM!! :)
Awesome boat. Looking forward to new vids.
I can’t wait for some adventures on this classic.
Great tour of a great boat
Thanks for the tout. Obviously a quality build to have such great condition.
Cool boat. Hope she serves you well.
That boat is in awesome condition. I've seen them worse back in the 80s. Thanks for the walk-around tour.
Wow!! What a find! So rare to come across one that’s totally unmolested like this one. It’s so clean you can get away with keeping it totally retro original! Love it!
Thanks for the Tour ,Verry Interesting Boat ,Its a Real explorer Alright
Wow, very detailed with minimal time. Thanks
I love it. I got a very remote cabin only land accessible is on atv or dirtbike. The sea is the other option. After watching your video this will be the plan. I subscribe
I would love to own one of these! Far better than a SeaCamper!!!
Thank you for this video! I have a 1972 Land N Sea I bought in 2010. I absolutely love my boat. There are a few things different then yours but as I do more research I believe each one is customized. Mine does not run currently. I use it mainly as a camper docked at the marina in pueblo colorado, But it does have most everything original still on and in it. I subscribed to your channel and will be following. Thanks again for the video. These gems are hard to find!
Remarkable original condition. 👍👍
Great Job! Thank you!
Great Video .
Love the video made me happy to watch nicely done
Beautiful houseboat!!!!
It's not a house boat, they were designed as an open water boat to go from San Francisco to Alaska.
Lucky find on that one!!! very nice
I can’t believe how clean your boat is. What a great find. 👍🏼
Great video!
That thing is awesome. It would almost be a shame to upgrade to some solar fittings but worth it. Thanx for the great tour!
our seats on our old trihull RINKER boat had those seats.... backward, and foreward seats when the middle is raised up, pull them out and instant teenager trouble!!! :) IT WAS :) LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh the days down on the BAY :) LOL thatzza all i gunna say....
The General fire extinguisher under the entry stairs looks to be original to the boat and should be replaced not that it won’t work but it no monger holds an U.L. certification and a sharp inspector could pick that up, the pin was pulled also. Cool find!
Great idea. Boat AND Camper trailer. Like a big single engine though. More efficient, less troubles.
Awesome finder!;👏👏👍👍
Love it!
Love it.
I owned a sea camper a great dive boat for camping and scuba diving which is like the land and sea
I have a 1970 kingscraft 35x12 with twin v 8 s with under drive mercruse . Top speed with the underdrive is 24 when done it will sleep 6 .it makes a great weekend boat
I will take it -- GREAT FIND
Nice!
fabulous design all through the boat. and yes, so many boats that cost 100's of $1,000's don't have vent hoods! it's worth keeping much of the original and restoring.
How was that soo clean
now I have to go look for one......... Thanks!
I hope I get there first Glenn! For the first time, in my lifetime.. we are out of nearly everything.
Awesome, thanks for sharing, Sheldon. lol
Very cool boat! I have never heard of a boat being molded in left and right halves. Usually its top and bottom halves.
Great find this is a nice looking houseboat. It's a nice size, not so big that you can't tow it anywhere and not so small that your crawling on your knees inside, it's more like an RV. This would be perfect for camping on a large lake or cruising around the Keys. The only thing that alarms me is the lack of gunwales on the rear deck and mid handrail, anything not tied down or stowed is going to slide right off the deck.
You got a great boat. For it's age it's in amazing condition. I am an ocean boater, and you could use it there if you wanted. The boat has good freeboard and self draining decks, both important in a coastal boat. Big lakes can get as rough as the ocean too.
Yea, we have already been in some serious wind and waves, have certainly gained confidence and learned how important windshield wipers are as waves crash completely over the boat.
I will agree, that these kids do have an awesome boat, and fits well for it's intended useage.
However, there's no way that this boat belongs out on the ocean.
Maybe if it was onna those extremely rare days when the ocean is really flat, but even on those days, there is the occasional wave that comes through.
The hull does have a bit of freeboard, but not all that much...but you must keep in mind the weight of this vessel. 1 decent wave over the side and she'd swamp, and the self bailing decks and cockpits wouldn't shed the water fast enough to keep her afloat.
Not trying to be a 'Negative Nancy', but the ocean is no place to fool around.
Even you point out the fact that on a big lake it can get mighty rough.
The right tool for the right job, and all that. :)
I seriously doubt that these folks would take this out into big water, but when statements like that are made, naive viewers who don't know any better start thinking that this could be a valid boat for ocean use, which it isn't.
I live on a channel connected to the ocean, and man, this would be a great boat for running up the rivers from here! Cool to trailer up to the inland lakes as well.
Neat boat!
@@53Peterbilt Huge ships disappear in the Ocean. Why ? Probably bad seamanship in most cases. You can go to sea in just about any boat if you make good decisions regarding seas and weather. The Titantic was built to be unsinkable , but, apparently there were some design problems. Yet , it was failed seamanship that sunk it.
I own a 55ft Hatteras Sportfisherman with twin V8 diesels. Your boat does not belong on the Great Lakes (aka "Inland Seas") let alone any Ocean! In Lake Michigan I had head on waves over my bow and my vessel had 9ft of freeboard with head winds of 30 mph that popped up in 30 minutes. Wave's spray was over my radar antenna at 22ft above the waterline. Weather conditions can change faster than one can get to safe harbor.
@@KWlion "regarding the seas and the weather"?? really??
Those are the very 2 things you have absolutely NO control over out on the ocean.
Sure, boats go down due to poor seamanship...but most all of those boats were, in fact, designed for ocean use. (tell that to all those widows of commercial fishermen who've been lost at sea)
This boat was definitely not designed for such things.
Oh...and the Titanic did not go down due to any 'design' flaws.
That was pure and simple human error, and nothing more.
If you are indeed an 'ocean boater' as you claim...you aren't showing it by statements like you've been making
heavy seas this guy has never been on the ocean still nice little boat
What an amazing little Yacht.
Things I'd do would be:
Replace all gas appliances with modern ones such as a 3 to 4 burner induction cook top (just find one with the right dimensions to fit where the gas one is installed).
Modern 12V refrigerator (think RV).
Convection Microwave in place of oven as you said.
Lithium bank with a new modern 5k inverter at the minimum and plenty of solar (basically as much as I could fit up top and use walk-able panels where needed).
Modern 2k or larger generator to live where the old one used to I'd go as large as I could I'd even consider using a duel fuel that can use propane as well as gas as that would be the only propane I'd have on the boat and it's all outside sealed off from the cabin and bilge. In that propane locker I'd make sure there is an overboard drain hole at the bottom for safety.
A nice Marine Grill ( or any all stainless grill) that attaches to the securely to the stern railing.
I'd use the bilge cover you have as a template to go ahead and add that second access port you talked about wanting.
Continue replacing original windows with tinted that are designed for marine use (make her more seaworthy is the idea).
A modern RV head as you mentioned upgrading already.
Even though it has that neat screen-less design on the fly bridge I'd probably go ahead and add one for those for the longer voyages I'd be taking her on.
I'd also look very closely at that vent mounted on the bow to make sure water doesn't get past it at all as in a seaway that could definitely spell disaster.
I'd also look into fitting a temporary mast up one the fly bridge or from the aft deck and possibly having a way to secure it to the cabin top at the aft of the boat. It wouldn't need to be to tall or able to support that much sail area just something to have for those Oh Chit moments of low to no fuel or both engines somehow managing to fail at the same time. It could also just be a cool way to extend her range a bit. Granted she wouldn't sail well and you'd basically be at the mercy of the winds as to which direction she'd sail but something beats nothing in my book.
Once all the upgrades were done I'd figure out a way to pack on enough food/water/fuel on her to make it down to the Bahamas for a season or three.
That little yacht would be an amazing platform for that while at the same time being very cost effective in being super cheap to maintain or even take into the occasional Marina if they'd have me.
I don't think they support those sail/out drives anymore so I'd be looking for something that would fit or wouldn't be to hard to modify to fit in the event of failure and keep them as backup.
The good thing she has Yanmars so there are a ton of options already out there that should at least mate up with the engines easily enough even if they did require some modification to the transom.
Honestly that's about all I can think of without it sitting in my yard/garage.
I'm also be extremely interested to know what a fair price for one of these in decent condition with matching trailer is?
The only reason I'm asking you is because you've obviously done the extensive research to know what you're talking about and that could save me a lot of time.
Either way answer or no, (I realize I'm very late to the party here damned YT), thank you for taking the time to make this video and for making me aware these little yachts exist.
I think I've just found what I've been looking for for years without even knowing this is the platform I've been hunting.
I should have known to look to the '70s or 80's being an '80s kid as there really was some really cool stuff being made back then.
Take care and God Bless...
I will read through your full comments again soon, but yea so much potential and I like all your ideas,
To answer your question it should be around $20k to find a fully updated and functional land N Sea craft,
Nice boat. Amazing find…I would think an appliance repair company should be able to fix that oven. My guess is the gas line either has a hidden valve or it is kinked somewhere stopping gas flow. Live confidently and peacefully
One thing I'd do is make that compartment with the electric wires in it waterproof but everything else is fine!!!
Chrysler out drives were bad news, however my experience with them was in ski boats, so may do better in a slower, less abrupt use. I am sure you know by now. Mostly they ate clutches that change from forward to reverse, and they were a pain to replace.
NOICE VIDEO
Nice
nice job
The engines look like the old slant sixes. Thinking Volvo put there name on them
AYO Fishing on yt is completely gutting and restoring on of those house boats.
I can wait til he finishes the itty bitty!
Congratulations on 100 subscribers. Im # 100🎊
I forgot to say I love the boat!
@@JenniferHayesJVG Good attitude, here.
Thanks so much for being our 100th subscriber !!! We are humbled by the interest in our boat and us!
Beth
I almost bought one when they were new, but not being able to swim (still can't) put the kybosh on that.
I thought they had black and grey tanks with hook ups if you're at a trailer camp, ie: "Land & Sea".
I had a concept of making one amphibious (no trailer) with the wheels retracting flush into the hull and steerable from both helm stations. ;-)
They only came with one waste tank, so at rv sites or dump stations we use the maceration pump right into the sewer dump no problem, we added a connection for suction pump when on the water and that has worked great and we have diversion gates on the sinks so when on the water sinks can be diverted out, I will show all this on future videos. Stay tuned lots of upgrades and interesting trips coming
The seat set-up that you have on the roof on the port side is very similar to my 05 stingray 180ls I think that you may be able to adapt that type of seat on your boat take a look at some online pics to have a better idea of what I think but remember is a 05 stingray 185LS NOT LX
Those are hard to find 👍👍
nice find, wonder what happened to the molds
I'd love to live on it at lake Powell!!
We did two week long trips on lake Powell before we even had everything working and before we were filming everything but we will do a recap video at some point talking about and showing photos of how that went. It was amazing despite the challenges
I would love it even more if it was dual-outboards. (save weight... hassles... install freezer in now-empty space / swap frig-frz for larger fridge / stow an uninflated inflatable in eng compartment
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I found layout and wiring diagrams if you need them. General info that may help.
Very cool. Where did you see that there were only 160 ever made? I am curious because I have a 78 Land N Sea El Macho trailer and I haven't been able to find much info for the trailer at all.
Yea they only made them between 71 and 73 , so the trailer is either got the wrong date or was for a different boat
@@landnseaexpeditions6208 It is not a boat trailer, it is a 13" travel trailer. The literature that came with my trailer shows that the boat was still for sale at the same time.
cold you please tell me what song it was at the beginning?
I think u was supposed To light the pilot light in the oven with a match, so keep it.
Dang spell check dial
That’s not a boat. That is a time machine!
Wise seats
Exactly what I was thinking. We have them and they are great, perfect for that spot.
Yes, it is a cool boat but do not fool yourself. It is a lake and river boat.
It is not an ocean going boat.
That being said It is great for inland and coastal cruising .
Круизы по суши!? 😃
I agree, inter-coastal and bay would be alright.. but NOT an ocean boat.
@@user-ck6nr4wb5q Sushi cruises!?
I have two of these, they were designed as open water boats. They were originally designed to go from California to Alaska, I talked to the designer builder, they took four of these from San Francisco to Alaska, the movie of that was incredible. I have seem them take on 8' waves with no problem
@@wesm3915 That does not make it a good idea. Common sense is important.
You will be soooooo happy when you sell it.
In no world could this cross the ocean.
It is made to stand 10 foot swells.
If you ever watch DIY WATERCRAFT you might change your mind. 😊
I have one, its a 1972
Awesome stay in touch we would love to see and maybe video tour others with these kind of boats we will be traveling with ours soon
Mine is a 1972 also. What state are you in. I am in Colorado.
Do you have any of the brochures for your model?
Yes, let me your email, glad to share
They is some kind of link or something. But it isn’t allow me send a message/email to you. I’d still like to get a copy of any brochure. Thanks, Bob
See if my email comes through, jrs2711@gmail.com
duuuuude VOLUME
Nice how much you pay for that...
I will share the story of our boat and how we got it on the water in a future video. We found that boat on the side of a highway purchased it for $8k
@@landnseaexpeditions6208 That's a steal!
It would be better if it was a sailboat
I think the boat manufacturer had a better camera than u do. I liked their pic better
Looks like a two person boat not for a family
We did go out with the two kids and it actually worked great, they slept on the bunk, kept the back table set up for meals, now with unlimited water thanks to the water maker it would really be great.
Are kidding me? All I had to see was that clickbait boat. It reminded me of the one thing missing in my life.
Subscribed!
I bought a place on Bull Shoals... with nothing more than a waverunner in my stable. But now I see how things could be. Damn.
Hey, i just wanted to let you know someone maybe trying to sell your boat in a scam on Craigslist, i would like to warn others due to this
If you put those outlines in salt water you will be sorry.
Outdrives
Yea, we are considering carefully if we want to launch on salt water. This boat has been in dry air and fresh water for 50 years
@@landnseaexpeditions6208 those out drives will fail if one has a slight boot leak…they also scavenge up lots of bottom sand!
I have two of these, I'm repowering my twin with dry stack diesel surface drives
Too much talking show the damn boat before my battery goes dead
Just wanna see the inside for crying out loud
You might want to show the outside the boat inside really quickly and then talk about all the details because someone's wanting to see what this thing looks like on the inside and you're talking about the air vents and stuff in the hitting your head. You don't need to show the steps three or four times. Perhaps in the future show a quick outside and show the inside and then go over the details.