AIR CONDITIONING IS A MUST!!!! One of the few luxuries we have and use as a treat; I can't imagine NOT having AC in Florida in summer!! Love you guys! Renee
With your high generator use, i would recommend an oil bypass filter like Frantz. Keep your oil n lower operational cost. Also i would incorporate lithium ion battery storage and an inverter. I am gonna guess your a/c is only using 30% of the generators load potential. 70% of its produced power is not even used. That equates to 70% of your fuel cost as un-necessary. Store that power, reduce generator use, fuel, and maintenance costs while keeping the a/c all night. A later option is to upgrade with solar.
Yes, there are always pros and cons to just about everything. You did a good job explaining the pros and cons of living on a boat....marina vs hook. Interesting.
On our last trawler we lived in a slip, excited to get back to it but owning the dock and having a place to do projects is going to be nice this time. That way we can enjoy the boating part of it.
Obtain a small ac for the sleeping area, then a Honda eu22 they sip gas, lithium small 400 amp hours and Victon with power assist will give extra if needed, did 13 years in the high humidity and it was a fraction of the cost of our 8kva diesel, we went thru one diesel overhaul so many oil changes expensive service and generator repair costs, compared to two Hondas, which lasted about two years , added an extra large gas tank to Honda sometimes ran for two weeks befor a stop only for oil then on again.
thank you SO MUCH for the video. exactly what i was looking for. wish you guys all the best! i am planning to live on anchor for 4-5 month in los angeles starting in autumn next year. it is a life experience i am looking forward to!
You guys should look into adding a bunch of solar and lithium. I know its really expensive, but worth it in the end. I bumped my rv up to 2000 watts of solar and 1000 amp hours of lithiums. I put a soft start on my AC and now i run my AC off a 3k pure sine inverter. Honestly, I rarely run my onan anymore. Hopefully, i will be making an offer on a 47 defever POC in a couple weeks. If i buy the boat, I will be doing the same thing to it. Once you start cruising the Caribbean, there will be less and less marinas to get in. Set yourself up for off grind now and your cruising will be much more fun. It might take you awhile to buy all the stuff so start buying it a piece at a time now. Look for great deals. It took me almost 2 years buying the solar panels, victron charge controllers, and battleborn batteries. Good luck.
Easy 10k and ya shouldn't need the gen anymore solar is what I will be doing soon looking for a nice m/v right now. Cant wait to drop that hook and kick back
So true. We have thought about solar many many times. But our situation is different because we see ourselves upgrading to a catamaran once we get to the Caribbean. So we just don't want to invest that much... but you always stay longer than you think... lots to consider.
@@WanderingKnapps Most people i know take most of their set up with them when they upgrade. Thats what i will be doing. I will most likely be upgrading to a sailing cat in 4 or 5 years when my son is out of college and trying my hand at circumnavigation. You can leave all the panels and the charge controllers as they are not the major cost in this project. Take the lithium with you.
Maybe on the east coast it is possible to live at the marina, but here on the west coast it is very hard. They are starting to curtail the amount of liveaboards to a certain percent. And anchoring out is not an option either.
Ah, my heros! I love it when folks talk numbers! I currently live in SF w/flat rate power and pay $300 a month! But that isn't common for sure and it took years to find the place. It blows 30 kts all night for 9 months out of the year though, which gets old. After 13 years I'm ready for a change!
Hey, very good content thank you. I’m looking into a 120 ft motor yacht 1988 totally redone class A. Will live on it 3-4 months a year, trying to figure some of my expenses, live in Texas want to do basically the trips y’all do. Thanks for the educational content.
Thanks for the info!! I too would have to have the A/C running consistently.😜 Have you guys considered installing solar panels to help offset the cost with running the A/C? I’m new to boating but I see a lot of boats use solar power.
We have definitely thought about it. Many times. We just aren't sure if it's worth the investment for how long we plan to liveaboard vs. Buying another boat all set up to go
I have 20 years of boating experience and there is no comparison between marina and anchor. Slipless boats are also known as homeless boats. People living in a boat is compared to people living living in RVs. We have way too many homeless people living in old RVs and I hope this does not become a trend with boats. Even marina live aboard is frowned upon by other boat owners.
Having been a live aboard boater for 10 years and about to do it again, I know what you are saying about Marina versus Anchoring... But I think you might have lost a few newbies on this. I might have put up numbers that people could visualize to see a bottom-line on anchoring versus marina life and which of the two are more expensive, then discuss the differences such as dingy-ing in versus being at dock. Aside from that nice presentation
We are looking to live aboard, we currently live in St. Augustine in a house and are thinking about selling everything. We would like to stay in the St Augustine/Jacksonville area. My husband is still working. We are finding that all the marina’s in the area don’t allow live aboards. Have you found this also? Do you have any recommendations or tips? Love watching you guys and your adventures! The videos are very helpful.
We are currently in the process of selling our home in Naples to live on a boat as well! Your videos have been very interesting and inspiring. We are currently shopping for good marinas on the Gulf and Keys. I found Plantation Yacht Harbor (which I believe you were at for a while), but you mentioned another where they charge $16/ft and a flat rate for water/power. Where is that? Can you give me some others that you enjoyed? We have two girls (9 & 7) that we homeschool as well, so we are looking for marinas with a pool and/or beach access. THANK YOU! GOD BLESS! STAY SAFE!
Your girls would live plantation yacht Harbor. Also try mangrove marina. Both similar in cost and have pools. (Mangroves is included though) The marina we found at $16 is renovating and won't be open till next summer. Let us know when your in the keys, if we're still here, I know my boys love meeting new friends! Thanks for watching!
wow you could have an extra 10 grand a year tax free - if you could train yourself to sleep without aircon 🙂 its possible people do it. Some ideas I found helped - eating and drinking less carbs (breads, chips, beers etc) seriously lowered my interior heat output. Then jjust letting sleep fatigue build and build until bang , you're out. And maybe get used to sleeping in short bursts or sleeping on deck. last one is very low powered localised, small space air-con - there are solutions for that. good luck
Hi Chase it's me iris just saying I can't wait! To see cael and other friends if you want me to when we go back to school I can tell cael hi 😃 by the way cael also watches your channel from day 🎉🥇🎉😃123 day 1!
We are just starting the process. Home went under contract last weekend. We went touring Marina's and are pretty discouraged at the amount of marinas that don't allow full time live aboards? We are on the SW coast of Florida? Have you experienced this as well?
We are currently in the process as well. I wish you and your family luck! I've wondered about marinas that offer full time live aboard. I didn't realize it may be an issue. If you find some good ones, post them!!
Will congrats on starting the journey. Yes, we talked to 20 marinas, 2 allowed liveaboards. They are hard to find. The more south you go, the more expensive too. That's why we stayed in Islamorada and didn't go to Key West. Look forward to seeing where you end up. Keep us updated
I’m watching this video from 2 years ago and am wondering if anything has changed regards to if you still live aboard, if you still like the combination of marina and hook living??
We felt the outer bands of the first one. Nothing at all from Isaias. How did you fair in the pan handle? I think you gave 2 more coming next few weeks. We watch Mike's Weather Page.
"Generator running 12 hours/day for AC"....."hurricane season".....killer "crocodile on our boat 20 minutes ago".....you know, the South is great, but if you moved to Washington state you'd have none of those three problems. Most properties in Seattle don't even HAVE air conditioning because it's not really needed. We get some storms on the salt water, but no "hurricane season". Each area has its own problems, though, I'll admit.
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heat and humidity = sweating , which = weight loss ... so the heat and humidity could actually be beneficial, well unless dying before you want to is what you want i guess
@@WanderingKnapps i live half the year in Vietnam and the other half in Dominican Republic and find that using Seinfeld's ''Serenity Now!'' is a great way to deal with high heat and humidity lol
AIR CONDITIONING IS A MUST!!!! One of the few luxuries we have and use as a treat; I can't imagine NOT having AC in Florida in summer!!
Love you guys!
Renee
Thanks girl! We love yall!
Yes the humidity is just terrible. We can live without a lot. But Chris will not live without AC. 😉
With your high generator use, i would recommend an oil bypass filter like Frantz. Keep your oil n lower operational cost. Also i would incorporate lithium ion battery storage and an inverter. I am gonna guess your a/c is only using 30% of the generators load potential. 70% of its produced power is not even used. That equates to 70% of your fuel cost as un-necessary. Store that power, reduce generator use, fuel, and maintenance costs while keeping the a/c all night. A later option is to upgrade with solar.
Yes, there are always pros and cons to just about everything. You did a good job explaining the pros and cons of living on a boat....marina vs hook. Interesting.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for being real and providing actual numbers
Thanks for watching! You bet!
As a single loner, the thought of being at anchor by myself or especially with that special someone for weeks at a time is so appealing.
Lots of privacy that way
I really appreciate your videos guys, keep it up!
On our last trawler we lived in a slip, excited to get back to it but owning the dock and having a place to do projects is going to be nice this time. That way we can enjoy the boating part of it.
Yes, it's so nice to be at a dock for most repairs
Obtain a small ac for the sleeping area, then a Honda eu22 they sip gas, lithium small 400 amp hours and Victon with power assist will give extra if needed, did 13 years in the high humidity and it was a fraction of the cost of our 8kva diesel, we went thru one diesel overhaul so many oil changes expensive service and generator repair costs, compared to two Hondas, which lasted about two years , added an extra large gas tank to Honda sometimes ran for two weeks befor a stop only for oil then on again.
thank you SO MUCH for the video. exactly what i was looking for. wish you guys all the best!
i am planning to live on anchor for 4-5 month in los angeles starting in autumn next year. it is a life experience i am looking forward to!
Best of luck! Let us know if you have questions
You folks are effin cool. I'm an insurance adjuster, and single father. I'm thinking about buying a yacht in the next 12 months. Excellent video.
So glad the kids have kids to play with!! (From an oldie.)
Great video.Thanks for all the info
Cheers from NYC
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
You guys should look into adding a bunch of solar and lithium. I know its really expensive, but worth it in the end. I bumped my rv up to 2000 watts of solar and 1000 amp hours of lithiums. I put a soft start on my AC and now i run my AC off a 3k pure sine inverter. Honestly, I rarely run my onan anymore. Hopefully, i will be making an offer on a 47 defever POC in a couple weeks. If i buy the boat, I will be doing the same thing to it. Once you start cruising the Caribbean, there will be less and less marinas to get in. Set yourself up for off grind now and your cruising will be much more fun. It might take you awhile to buy all the stuff so start buying it a piece at a time now. Look for great deals. It took me almost 2 years buying the solar panels, victron charge controllers, and battleborn batteries. Good luck.
Easy 10k and ya shouldn't need the gen anymore solar is what I will be doing soon looking for a nice m/v right now. Cant wait to drop that hook and kick back
So true. We have thought about solar many many times. But our situation is different because we see ourselves upgrading to a catamaran once we get to the Caribbean. So we just don't want to invest that much... but you always stay longer than you think... lots to consider.
Agreed
@@WanderingKnapps Most people i know take most of their set up with them when they upgrade. Thats what i will be doing. I will most likely be upgrading to a sailing cat in 4 or 5 years when my son is out of college and trying my hand at circumnavigation. You can leave all the panels and the charge controllers as they are not the major cost in this project. Take the lithium with you.
Valuable and helpful information, Thnx Much
Envious. You’re living the life. Stay safe!
Thanks man!
Maybe on the east coast it is possible to live at the marina, but here on the west coast it is very hard. They are starting to curtail the amount of liveaboards to a certain percent. And anchoring out is not an option either.
True. It is changing a bit isn't it
Thank you for not talking about social distancing. Scared me for a second.
Ah, my heros! I love it when folks talk numbers! I currently live in SF w/flat rate power and pay $300 a month! But that isn't common for sure and it took years to find the place. It blows 30 kts all night for 9 months out of the year though, which gets old. After 13 years I'm ready for a change!
Oh man. That sounds so cheap! Thank you for the kind words!
Awesome
I'm trying to transition to this and yall have helped out alot
That's great to hear
Also thank you for the info keep it coming
Thank you
Hey, very good content thank you. I’m looking into a 120 ft motor yacht 1988 totally redone class A. Will live on it 3-4 months a year, trying to figure some of my expenses, live in Texas want to do basically the trips y’all do. Thanks for the educational content.
enjoy your videos
Thanks for the info!! I too would have to have the A/C running consistently.😜 Have you guys considered installing solar panels to help offset the cost with running the A/C? I’m new to boating but I see a lot of boats use solar power.
We have definitely thought about it. Many times. We just aren't sure if it's worth the investment for how long we plan to liveaboard vs. Buying another boat all set up to go
I have 20 years of boating experience and there is no comparison between marina and anchor. Slipless boats are also known as homeless boats. People living in a boat is compared to people living living in RVs. We have way too many homeless people living in old RVs and I hope this does not become a trend with boats. Even marina live aboard is frowned upon by other boat owners.
Having been a live aboard boater for 10 years and about to do it again, I know what you are saying about Marina versus Anchoring... But I think you might have lost a few newbies on this. I might have put up numbers that people could visualize to see a bottom-line on anchoring versus marina life and which of the two are more expensive, then discuss the differences such as dingy-ing in versus being at dock. Aside from that nice presentation
Thank you!
Really dont understand how you can be okay with spending that much on power when you could just upgrade to solar... Blows my mind to be honest.
Great information! Did you get the bottom of the boat repaired? How did you fair through Isaias?
We felt nothing at all for Isaias. We are hauling out in a few weeks still.
We are looking to live aboard, we currently live in St. Augustine in a house and are thinking about selling everything. We would like to stay in the St Augustine/Jacksonville area. My husband is still working. We are finding that all the marina’s in the area don’t allow live aboards. Have you found this also? Do you have any recommendations or tips?
Love watching you guys and your adventures! The videos are very helpful.
We are currently in the process of selling our home in Naples to live on a boat as well! Your videos have been very interesting and inspiring. We are currently shopping for good marinas on the Gulf and Keys. I found Plantation Yacht Harbor (which I believe you were at for a while), but you mentioned another where they charge $16/ft and a flat rate for water/power. Where is that? Can you give me some others that you enjoyed? We have two girls (9 & 7) that we homeschool as well, so we are looking for marinas with a pool and/or beach access. THANK YOU! GOD BLESS! STAY SAFE!
Your girls would live plantation yacht Harbor. Also try mangrove marina. Both similar in cost and have pools. (Mangroves is included though)
The marina we found at $16 is renovating and won't be open till next summer.
Let us know when your in the keys, if we're still here, I know my boys love meeting new friends! Thanks for watching!
"...a little bit of a DIVA.."....hilarious... Im an A/C hog too.
Odd this popped up in my recommended. Am thinking about doing this exact thing retire buy a liveaboard
Awesome. If you have questions correct Chris he is happy to chat about it. ChrisKnapp@PendergrassYachts.com
Slips are month to month? I heard it hard to get a slip?
Nice video
Thank you
I think they have battery operated AC's fyi....Question: Is there a way to live legally on anchor...who governs where you "park" if you will?
wow you could have an extra 10 grand a year tax free - if you could train yourself to sleep without aircon 🙂 its possible people do it. Some ideas I found helped - eating and drinking less carbs (breads, chips, beers etc) seriously lowered my interior heat output. Then jjust letting sleep fatigue build and build until bang , you're out. And maybe get used to sleeping in short bursts or sleeping on deck. last one is very low powered localised, small space air-con - there are solutions for that. good luck
We sure could. But Chris just doesn't want to.
Sounds like you should move back ashore?
Hi Chase it's me iris just saying I can't wait! To see cael and other friends if you want me to when we go back to school I can tell cael hi 😃 by the way cael also watches your channel from day 🎉🥇🎉😃123 day 1!
Hey Iris. Can you email my mom a good way to contact you and Cael. Jolenebknapp@gmail.com
@@WanderingKnapps I'm sorry my mom said she's to busy
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Thank you for watching!
What does Chris do for work when you said he hops on the Dinghy to work ??
Great question. He is a mate. Check him out at work.
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What are your thoughts on buying a slip as opposed to renting one?
I don't know enough about buying a slip, how it works, or what is involved to really make an educated comment on it. Thanks for watching.
We are just starting the process. Home went under contract last weekend. We went touring Marina's and are pretty discouraged at the amount of marinas that don't allow full time live aboards? We are on the SW coast of Florida? Have you experienced this as well?
We are currently in the process as well. I wish you and your family luck! I've wondered about marinas that offer full time live aboard. I didn't realize it may be an issue. If you find some good ones, post them!!
Will congrats on starting the journey. Yes, we talked to 20 marinas, 2 allowed liveaboards. They are hard to find. The more south you go, the more expensive too. That's why we stayed in Islamorada and didn't go to Key West. Look forward to seeing where you end up. Keep us updated
Our favorite for Islamorada are plantation yacht Harbor, and mangrove marina. There are others, but not the most kid friendly
kennedy point marina, titusville FL offers full time living slips. 400 a mo. i think.
Hi guys Zatara sent us to ur channel
Thank you for hoping over. We upload videos every Friday. When you are done watching their Thursday come by here. Thanks
Chris & Jolene
Maybe a bigger vessel and "genny"????
Can I ask what marina you have ability to live aboard
That is a difficult question to answer. Depends where you are looking
I’m watching this video from 2 years ago and am wondering if anything has changed regards to if you still live aboard, if you still like the combination of marina and hook living??
Install solar first thing!
@@WanderingKnapps Absolutely is on the top of our list of things to do if the boat doesn’t already have it. Along a water maker.
How are you guys doing? Did you feel the effects of the storm?
We felt the outer bands of the first one. Nothing at all from Isaias. How did you fair in the pan handle? I think you gave 2 more coming next few weeks. We watch Mike's Weather Page.
@@WanderingKnapps it was fine here 😀👍
Howdy from Cowtown
Thanks for watching. Enjoy the Journey!
Do you carry the kids bikes on the boat??
We did season 1, but now we don't
Good morning guy,s ....both are good I would do the same
Thank you
"Generator running 12 hours/day for AC"....."hurricane season".....killer "crocodile on our boat 20 minutes ago".....you know, the South is great, but if you moved to Washington state you'd have none of those three problems. Most properties in Seattle don't even HAVE air conditioning because it's not really needed. We get some storms on the salt water, but no "hurricane season". Each area has its own problems, though, I'll admit.
looking to live on the inland river system on a houseboat with 5 dogs and 4 goats and anchor out mostly
Where would you keep the goats?
make a rooftop area for them / they are trained pets and have been raised in a home
on the roof @@bloodlessmach1
These are the guys you don't look at for life on anchor advice 🤣🤣
Those in a marina? I'm not sure I understand your comment? Thanks for watching!
I'm not sure if you've seen the rest of our videos, we have been on anchor for over 2 years. But thanks for watching
Hi from Australia. I suspect you dont monitor this channel given the years but if you do...the old kangaroo has some questions
We do still post videos every Friday! Thanks for watching!
Crocodile in Florida???
Yep. There are crocodiles and alligators down here in Florida. Thanks for watching. Enjoy the Journey!
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Thank you so much. How fun!
heat and humidity = sweating , which = weight loss ... so the heat and humidity could actually be beneficial, well unless dying before you want to is what you want i guess
Good way to think about it
@@WanderingKnapps i live half the year in Vietnam and the other half in Dominican Republic and find that using Seinfeld's ''Serenity Now!'' is a great way to deal with high heat and humidity lol
get to the subject daaa
Thank you for watching. Enjoy the Journey.
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How do you make money?
Chris works as a boat broker, mechanic, captain and other gig work
@@WanderingKnapps I'm thinking of selling my house in Ontario Canada and buying a boat to live on. I have almost no experience