YouTube

[Uisce Beo]

After having sailboats all my life, I’m starting to look seriously at trawlers for long term living on board. Can you suggest some of your favourite YouTube trawler channels?

 

[mmullins]

In Too Deep, Adventures of OLOH

 

[sneal4600]

Aqua-Cultured, What-Yacht-To-Do, seattleboatguy are ones I watch regularly.

 

[Comodave]

Second on In Too Deep. Gus is amazing.

 

[RedRascal]

I like the wood working this guy does

Everyday family guy on a CHB34, wife, kid and Great Dane that documents common boat projects and trips.

These Nordhavn owners share a variety of experiences

Tony Fleming does and amazing job on his videos

 

[Mambo42]

Absolutely agree on Gus with In Too Deep.

Some others I follow are Awanui NZ, the story of a couple from New Zealand who bought the first Nordhavn 51, took delivery in Turkey and are now on their way to New Zealand. They have just left the Med, now in Portugal, on the way to the UK, then Iceland, Greenland, Canada and the US, ultimately Panama canal and the Pacific. Going to be a journey of 5 years.

Another good channel is MV Freedom, a Nordhavn 42 in the Seattle area. They have published many videos in the past, now back to around 7 to 8 videos a year, but all absolutely worthwhile.

And then there is a Dutch channel, Lady Liselot, can also highly recommend it, run by Henk Jan who sails his trawler solo around the Netherlands, to Sweden and next year he will be bringing his boat to the Med as well. He is a very knowleageble sailor, superb handling of the boat just by himself

Other channels indeed Noeta, they just took delivery of their third Nordhavn, the guys of OLOH are absolutely worthwhile to follow and of course you should not miss the videos by Tony Fleming, those videos are simply beautiful.

 

[lwarden]

There is also Sasha and Jo on pivot who did the loop and do a nice job of documenting the experience. Also second MV Freedom.

 

[CharlieO.]

There is also Sasha and Jo on pivot who did the loop and do a nice job of documenting the experience. Also second MV Freedom.

That should be Scho and Jo, after their loop they are now transitioning to van life.

 

[tgotch]

58ft Hatteras MY- Trying Not To Sink:

Trying Not To Sink

Yachting on the East Coast in our Carver 355 and Hatteras 58 MY. Exploring the waterways and marinas along the way.

www.youtube.com

 

[ranger58sb]

After having sailboats all my life, I’m starting to look seriously at trawlers for long term living on board. Can you suggest some of your favourite YouTube trawler channels?

The Tangaroa folks seem to be doing OK. Probably a success story for them, but maybe useful here to emphasize how much work might come with an old boat, an unused boat, an aluminum hull, teak decks, 32VDC systems, etc... Not for the faint of heart. Ditto maybe not for a checkbook owner.

Purchase:

Moveaboard:

Hull work, topsides:

Hullwork, bottom:

Teak deck work:

They have a boatload of actual cruising videos, too; haven't had time to look at any of those...

-Chris

 

[ranger58sb]

In Too Deep, Adventures of OLOH

Gus seems to have the luck of the Irish. He must work, fixing stuff, about 200% faster than I can. His ICW trips mirror our routes, stopovers in the same places, etc. Some of his dolphin shots are pretty amazing. Drone shots are interesting, since that kind of view isn't usually available from a boat, underway. He's willing to walk all over the boat without PFD or tether, even the foredeck while underway in heavy seas; not setting a great example of "safety first."

As with many YouTube videos. amateur everything -- screenwriter, cameraman, sound engineer, lighting engineer, presenter, etc. -- can mean you see lots of his face (useful or not), dizzying camera swings, maybe or maybe not some meat on the bone...

I haven't yet gotten to one where he discloses economics. Doubt YouTube income would contribute all that much...

-Chris

 

[Cargile]

After having sailboats all my life, I’m starting to look seriously at trawlers for long term living on board. Can you suggest some of your favourite YouTube trawler channels?

I suggest you do a You Tube search for Great Loop channels. I have subscribed to a couple of dozen. They are highly addictive. I have learned a hell of a lot watching them.

 

[Bob Nala]

Although I believe the channel is dormant I found a lot of good intel.

winty

After many years of browsing and delays, we bought a boat. She's a 1981 CHB 34, which is a tri-cabin Taiwanese trawler style yacht, we are the third owners. The boat spent the last 8-10 years sitting in a slip, the previous owner used the boat very little, but kept up on bottom paint...

youtube.com

 

[dolcevita37]

This guy is rebuilding a 27-foot Albin pocket trawler to take on the Great Loop. Pretty interesting stuff.

 

[Sababa]

The Tangaroa folks seem to be doing OK. Probably a success story for them, but maybe useful here to emphasize how much work might come with an old boat, an unused boat, an aluminum hull, teak decks, 32VDC systems, etc... Not for the faint of heart. Ditto maybe not for a checkbook owner.

Purchase:

Moveaboard:

Hull work, topsides:

Hullwork, bottom:

Teak deck work:

They have a boatload of actual cruising videos, too; haven't had time to look at any of those...

-Chris

Looked down the dock after tying up at Roche Harbor today and there was Tangaroa in all her aluminum patina glory! “That’s Tangaroa!” I exclaimed to my uncomprehending wife. We wandered down and introduced ourselves to Blaine and Janis, who are just as nice as you would expect. I got a star-struck tour of the engine room where the improvisationally marinized Dodge Ram pickup truck engines live. They came down to crash the Tollycraft rally and scrawled “I Identify as a Tolly” in pink grease pen on the salon windows. Here we are mugging it up!

 

[Comodave]

Gus seems to have the luck of the Irish. He must work, fixing stuff, about 200% faster than I can. His ICW trips mirror our routes, stopovers in the same places, etc. Some of his dolphin shots are pretty amazing. Drone shots are interesting, since that kind of view isn't usually available from a boat, underway. He's willing to walk all over the boat without PFD or tether, even the foredeck while underway in heavy seas; not setting a great example of "safety first."

As with many YouTube videos. amateur everything -- screenwriter, cameraman, sound engineer, lighting engineer, presenter, etc. -- can mean you see lots of his face (useful or not), dizzying camera swings, maybe or maybe not some meat on the bone...

I haven't yet gotten to one where he discloses economics. Doubt YouTube income would contribute all that much...

-Chris

Gus is young and therefore invincible…