Why we bought a SAILING BOAT Instead of a HOUSE No. 128

Why did we really buy a boat? With amounting expenses, never-ending to-do lists and a lifetime of maintenance, why did we not just decide to follow suit and place a sum of money on a two-bed terrace house? Good question. Whether it was how we were parented or a stark realisation of the deciduous nature of life, maybe we had some distant ancestor who sailed, or just the fear of driving down the M25 morning and night to a job we disliked for 40 years, there was something that told us to head down this route. Van lifers, boat lifers, school bus lifers, space lifers, what's next? One gentleman made a comment on one of our first boat series videos about the fact that everyone's doing it, as if it was an insult, something to make us question our authenticity and reasoning behind it all. If anything, it did the opposite. It made us realise how many people are relentlessly seeking the path their heart desires most. Nobody comments when someone buys a new house, oh everyone's doing that. So why this? It showed us how conditioned we are to believe success lies in security, stability, owning multiple possessions and living a traditional life. Success may, but we don't want millions of pounds of multiple houses. We want to be happy. I think it was the moment we realised that in which everything changed. Happiness is unique to an individual and with over 7 billion people on this earth, there are bound to be countless different ways people want to fill their lives. Many choose a house in their 20s, others a van. Ours, at this point, happens to be a boat. Whether this will be our whole lives, who knows? All we know is right now, we are so damn happy with our decision. Taly to us symbolises freedom, adventure, travel and number one, finding true happiness. Whether we have to cross oceans for that or whether we will one day discover it was in us all along, it's going to be the biggest lesson of all, but one we are eager to discover. The bills, the hard work, the dedication, persistence, resilience and determination will still be there, but the feeling of living a life just to tick the boxes of convention won't. The feeling of being happy in the future, three days from now when it's a Saturday, won't. The feeling of crossing out days on the calendar or eagerly awaiting the evening, won't. The feeling of racing up a career ladder too fast for your dopamine to catch up, won't. I think it's when you figure out what you really want in life that the living really starts. For us, it's adventure, being outdoors, family, sharing our lust for life with others and living as sustainably as possible. You know what? A boat is the most perfect fit for that. So regardless of the, at this point, hundreds of hurdles before now, we're going to chase this as if our lives depend on it. So in today's video, we have no plan, we have no reason to go sailing other than just to enjoy it. We are letting our hair down, we're going to see the true colours of this beautiful vessel and we hope through it all you can put your feet up and take a well needed break too. The other stuff can wait. We've got some waves! I have to come down here because everything's banging and crashing around. We're moving so much. This is so much fun. Look at the tea towels. I think it's gonna be a case of next time we prepare to go out sailing. No, nothing is. It's gonna be a case of next time we go out sailing to really sail prep the boat. Everything's moving so much, it's so funny. Wow, what a feeling. Okay, we need to find a place for these. catch over there without their genoa up. They've just got their main and their mizzen up, so I guess we could do that. People are going for it. It's actually so much fun to be out here. This is what you want to be doing on a Sunday, isn't it? I'm trying to capture the tiniest catch ever on a widest angle lens ever. It's just disappeared on the lens. I don't think you can see it. It's so tiny.