What we learned from owning a boat for a year (and living onboard full-time)

It has officially been 1 year and 6 days since we splashed our 1989 Marine Trader and we have come to learn a ton from this huge life shift. From conservation, to projects and maintenance, to just mental shifts in how we approach our daily lives - we discuss it all as we cruise from Islamorada to Marathon in the Florida Keys.

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Cheers from the Loop,
Jennifer and Elliot

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🎥 Episode 199 | Filmed on February 11, 2022
🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Islamorada, Florida
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Engines On and Anchors Up
01:18 Introducing our Boat Crew
02:48 Our Perspective and Experience
03:02 The Highs and Lows
04:36 Preventative Maintenance
05:50 Water and Electrical Conservation
07:48 How to move a Boat
08:34 Dealing with Weather
09:21 Entering Marathon
09:48 Final thoughts
12:17 Bloops
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ABOUT US
Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop.
The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem.

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