Our RV and our boat are our homes, where we lay our heads down to sleep every night. But so many come with, shall we say, crappy mattresses. Meant more for weekend excursions than everyday living. But you don’t have to put up with it. There’s nothing that says you have to sacrifice a good […]
Boating
Happy Hurricane Season: Our Florida Boating “Plans”
Today, June 1, marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. It’ll run until November 30, and it’s predicted to be an active one. And yup, we just bought a boat in Florida. The way we see it, aside from rushing our cruising up the east coast to say … upstate New York, there’s no […]
Selecting our Great Loop Boat: How We Ended Up With A Bayliner 4788 Motor Yacht
Last October we shared in depth what we thought we were looking for in a Great Loop boat: Great Loop Boat Hunting — Chasing our Dreamboat As a recap, here were some of the things that we mentioned that we were seeking: “As for boat length — 40’ seems to be our sweet spot, +/- 5 feet.” […]
Boat vs RV – First Impressions of Living Aboard a Boat & Differences from RV Living
We’ve now been living aboard our boat Y-Not for 2 months, and it seems like a good time to share some of our initial thoughts on the lifestyle differences from our RV-life. This is by no means a competition between RV and boat life – we absolutely love RVing, and look forward to moving back aboard […]
Shopping for and Buying Our Boat
The buying process of a boat and an RV are similar, but yet very different. Buying an RV is closer to the process of buying a vehicle, whereas a boat (at least a cruising style boat) is closer to a house. A while back we shared our tips & tricks for shopping for both boats […]
Moving To Water – So What About the Bus?
Ever since we announced our plans to do the Great Loop and start exploring the country by water – we’ve been flooded with one question, over and over. What about the bus? Are you getting rid of Zephyr? People are naturally curious after having followed along in our epic bus adventures for the past nearly six years, and […]
Introducing Y-Not: 1999 Bayliner 4788 Motoryacht for Exploring the Great Loop
We are extremely excited to officially introduce you to our new nomadic home on the water – m/v Y-Not. Y-Not is a 1999 Bayliner 4788. She’s a 47′ 4″ long motor yacht with twin screw (twin screw = two engines) Cummins 370 HP engines, bow thruster and a custom hydraulic folding arch. Despite Bayliner being […]
Change – The Only Constant (Thoughts as we Embark on our Next Chapter)
Life is about learning, exploring and expanding your comfort zones. Whenever you make a shift, you’re bound to go through emotions and even a decent dose of naysayers who want to interject their words of caution and try to steer you away from your dreams. You better have a lot of $$$ to keep that […]
Marine Trawler Rendezvous & Chilling in New Bern, North Carolina
After a lovely time traveling south down the Delmarva Peninsula, it was time to part ways for a bit with our buddies Nina & Paul. They were headed out to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (Nina just posted her recap here of their trip – hmm.. it’s like we’re taking the same breaks from […]
Great Loop Boat Hunting – Chasing our Dreamboat
For those who may have missed the post announcing our next adventure – our plan is to soon start dividing our time between life cruising the back-roads of America in our bus Zephyr, and cruising America’s Great Loop in a boat. But first – we need to find the boat! This post is the first […]
