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What’s it like living on a boat? It’s definitely not for everyone. Life here is very free but with that freedom comes a lot of compromises. For one we don’t have endless electricity or water. We have to make our own using solar panels and a water maker or desalinator.

This is good as on one hand you become very aware of power usage and being efficient and this also applies for water production and usage.

To save water we use some of the world’s most efficient showerheads and also have a similar attachment for the end of our taps. These fittings aerate the water and make it feel as though you’re using more water after when in fact you’re using around .625 or 2lts per minute, which compared to the normal 10lt per minute shower head save you a lot of water.

These small efficiencies are what we aim for when living on a boat as it’s all about using less while trying to do more.

It’s why we love #Bitcoin as it’s also about freedom and being efficient with the storage of your time and energy. It’s also about where to focus that time and energy, how to spend it and how to use it.

In the end it all comes down to Proof Of Work.

If you’d like to know more about the fittings we use they’re made by a company in the US called Bricor.

www.bricor.com

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Cavern Harpy 1y ago

If anyone that's not a spoiled rich kid wants to know what its like living on a boat: rainwater and sun are abundant and with equipment that costs a fraction of what this guy has clean water and electricity will be the slightest of your problems

Ajax 1y ago

How do you capture the rain water?

SovereignSailor 1y ago

We also catch rainwater but it can contain toxins and heavy metals especially if you’re near populated areas. In SE Asia it’s of poor quality and can’t be used for drinking.

PS I’m no rich kid I grew up very poor and have managed to save well and to focus my time and energy but it seems some people don’t like that 😁 our boat is beat up and we bought it 2nd hand along with the majority of our things onboard. Our sails were purchased 2nd hand and our solar panels are 2nd hand but those are questions few people ask before forming opinions 😁

Cavern Harpy 1y ago

Its a lot easier to filter rainwater then saltwater that has the same toxins. Anyway I'd rather not try to argue with clueless rich kids. Mute this guy

Ajax 1y ago

Totally get the need for energy efficiency. Can I ask another landlubber question. Why can’t you just take a dip in the ocean instead of having a shower? Salt buildup?

SovereignSailor 1y ago

You can and we do but yes salt build up creates skin sores and scalp issues and it never dries also longterm you get mould and it can have negative effects upon your health. Being hygienic is important as when in remote places you need to minimise the need to seek medical support.

You also need to keep in mind that we sail the world so we experience different weather zones and in some places such as SE Asia and the Mediterranean during the dry season we can go months without seeing any rain.

Matt 1y ago

Well that was one of the easiest follows I've found on #nostr - you guys are where I'm heading to in terms of lifestyle. I've got the boat, been on her for ages, but had serious problems due to storms. Electricity is a bummer where I am, if you rely on solar, I've got a new charge controller for my turbine now which has a dump load - I'm hoping the small amount of heat from that will, with a small fan, keep the boat just dry enough that everything doesn't get fucked up this winter. Bloody damp ruins everything. I'd love a desal unit but I don't think I have space.

mike 1y ago

Hey Matt, I just saw you follow these guys. They look amazing. I'm jumping onboard too 😃

Thanks

SovereignSailor 1y ago

Awesome thanks Mike 🙏 and welcome aboard!

SovereignSailor 1y ago

Nice thanks Matt where are you located? Stoked to hear you’re on your way to living this way. It’s incredibly rewarding and liberating. Weather is definitely a big contributor to how easy this lifestyle is.

Matt 1y ago

I'm based in Portsmouth in the UK - I brought my girl after a fire destroyed my first boat.

She then go dragged off her mooring during a bad storm and slammed on the beach among a number of other boats - you can still see her stuck there among several boats part way through the clean up, on Google Earth. It took 6 months for a tide big enough to lift her. She took damage all over, including her underside, as she'd been dumped over a partially submerged and buried engine block people used to use to tie off at the beach.

Then, just as I was getting her up together, she got hit by another storm, on Jan 2nd this year, and was smashed against the beach again, damaging even more stuff. That was fun, wading in to 6 foot waves, in the face of the wind and rain, in the middle of winter, to grab one of the emergency lines on the starboard side, wheel her around and tie her off to the beach. That took about 10 of us to save her.

Reading through that, it sounds like I've not had a lot of luck so far 😂

I also have a share in a smaller yacht which I use for practice and pottering around, so far no issues with that one 😂

The plan was and is, to be semi nomadic, to sail slowly around the UK, exploring the various coves and harbours around the coastline, then eventually get her over the Europe and down to the med.

Given my luck that pod of angry killer whales will probably sink me when I get there 😂