Enjoy this tour of these two amazing people and their incredibly Unique sailboat. Simon and Eryn flew to florida to buy a boat, with only shorts and tee shir...

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hi I'm Simon from Australia I'm Erin

from Australia we left Australia three

months ago to purchase a boat in Florida

called the sea which a famous Caffrey

catch from 1937 unfortunately when we

got there the boat was full of rot so I

wouldn't have lasted five minutes it was

destroyed so we we didn't buy the boat

and we got on the Craigslist and found a

boat in Vancouver so we decided to fly

to Vancouver and check out a boat and

this is head called the novel she's not

narwhal now owns the marine mammal a

unicorn of the sea

we bought the boat from a an ex-drug

addict who just lived aboard

I hope kind of homeless we decided to

buy the boat from David and we had over

a large sum of money and he disappeared

for two weeks so we were worried that he

was just gonna run away with our money

look worried that it wasn't even his

boat luckily he turned back up in two

weeks

he'd been skiing with our money he's

decided now hey this is a lot of money

I'm gonna go and take his girlfriend

away to Whistler or somewhere right but

yes we bought the boat and the plan is

to - we've been restoring it for three

months solid but now we're gonna see the

back to Australia

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this here is our galley we store all of

the cans and jars and heavy things on

the bottom shelf

we've got enough step it all the way up

in there to last us until we get back to

Australia in five six weeks maybe longer

pretty much we go off what we've been

eating now like week by week so you know

it will have passed or a couple of times

a week rice and curry and salad and

veggies and things and then just

multiply that by how many weeks we think

that will be at sea plus some extras

because you never know what will happen

Sam is just fixed the time the water

tank which is amazing and our kitchen

sink so instead of having to use this

palm panel which should ceased after how

many years you can see how how much of a

strain that is we're doing that every

day trying to get water out but seem

fixed it so now we just press a button

and it comes out which is such a relief

three months of working out every

morning that Kelly taps

we've got two water tanks underneath the

seats plus we've got all of these water

bottles to fill up and a bigger one

there and a couple of jerry cans perhaps

if we were back in australia or we were

more more permanent here we would have

set up all of that like i really want to

get a veggie patch going up on deck but

it's quite impractical if we're going

across the ocean and you can't transport

soil and all of that so that would be

more of a permanent setup thing for us i

feel but we've got the top um yeah if

need be we know how to rig rig it up and

get rain water if it all goes tits-up

here's our grab bag this is the grab bag

if anything goes wrong

we've got flares in here a flare gun

Happy Trails mix some tins of tuna first

aid we've got to add some water in there

in this bag and over here with but our

driftwood that's what we use to fuel our

fire it doubles as a diesel stove except

it's broken so we just use driftwood and

the drift ones free here's up for this

is where my bedroom was going to be

except it became storage and all of our

bells and whistles and it's good not to

have it cluttered so we can you know we

know where everything is in here in case

of an emergency

spare sales here extra paper towel here

wind vanes behind there water jug we

need to fill this up I've labeled it so

we put gasoline in there spare parts

tools extra paint more things under here

chair there's plenty of plenty of

storage in boats you know there's all

these cupboards and bells and whistles

it's like being in a treehouse you know

it's it's fun you're like oh what's in

here so we spent the first month

exploring all the little nooks and

crannies and like Oh is there treasure

in here you know what's david loftus got

two two entrance went into the boat up

forwards here which is handy if we're

working on deck and then of course the

other stairs going down into the galley

originally this side of the boat married

that side of the boat and they were all

four separate bunks one crazy rainy

night Simon had had enough and it was

kind of it felt like a waste of space

but now we've taken that out and made it

into a nice big bed there while we're at

sea there's a lane of cloth under here

from that just hooks you know under

there and

orbiter so we don't roll out navigation

station boom box for deck parties so run

and have the whole booth wired with

speakers everywhere we just reuse this

you didn't use these obviously

technology nowadays so you use Bluetooth

for speakers all the pilots and all the

sailors in the world now use iPods and

iPhones so every time you see a plan

even a seven five seven commercial

airline pilot is using an iPad these big

boats the small boats use an iPad if the

iPad gets broken you bring out an old

iPhone and I've got a little new iPhone

and and this is a satellite phone so we

can get the internet when we're out and

we can also log our position in real

time a depth sounder and Darren here is

a radar spotting of the ships at

nighttime enormous things I don't hit

any ships and when we're flying around

the depth sound is pretty cool when

you're sailing along it comes up with

little fishies and it shows you the

number like 25ish to fish a little

fold-out table down a little fold-out

seat which is cool so you fill out the

seat and you pitch yourself on that

little seat there going on inside the

boat and normally this was a choice you

have big big paper charts yeah you put

your paper charts down here and you

never do it this way but now of course

you just use iPhones and iPads and

that's how you how you navigate makes it

easy you just press the button and say

this is the way I want to go and that's

it it is that simple if you crawl

through here this is our aft cabin

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head here head or toilet there's a

diesel stove here a diesel heater except

when we haven't really pulled it apart

and had a good look at it we've spoken

to a few people about it and they've

given us a few pointers but when we

first bought the boat the entire after

cabin was just black with soot so we

don't know if it was rigged up wrong or

what he was doing in here but the entire

thing was just black black black black

everywhere so we had just scrub and

scrub and take it back to you know the

white paint that it used to be um and it

was the same in the galley and in that

main cabin as well so we kind of were

veered away from using the diesel

because we don't want to scrub all the

walls again and the driftwood works it's

free cheap easy just throw it in and it

burns really well we've got a few access

points to get into the engine if we need

to work on the engine our dishes we just

scraped some water up from the ocean put

in a little bit of detergent and scrub

them on deck we haven't had any running

water up until yesterday we've had no

running water cream up for three months

on the boat so that's been really

difficult

better things to be doing with your time

than dishes so I see

no let's not say that let's not go that

they saw our paddles on board when we

bought the boat it's a small panel but

it it's ideal it it keeps power to the

batteries all day for all of our lights

and electronics charging up laptops and

all of our navigation stuff you know our

iPhones and iPads and depth sounder some

things we don't have much power on the

boat is in we don't have fancy power

that you know and that kind of

components up for lots of power like we

don't have a fridge or a freezer or no

heaters or anything like that the

problem with having a solar panel on a

gaff reed boat like this which is the

old-fashioned pirate ship is that

there's always a casting shadow on the

panel and anytime the panel has a shadow

on it just doesn't work so it's

difficult really is the best way to do

it would stick them on the outside of

the boat but then causes the problems

like when the ocean gets big they're

going to rip this up solar panels up we

had a little Honda generator which was

amazing it was so quiet we could run it

outside or petrol generator and down

below we couldn't even hear it because

when Silas so we used to generated

assign all of the deck and all of our

timber all the cabins and the generator

it was excellent for charging everything

we've got an inverter of course to

charge personal computers with such most

modern boats have an electric autopilot

where it's a big hydraulic ram and it

keeps the boat steering on a course a

true course so you said this is where I

want to go and the boat will go that way

what we have is the self wind vane so

this drives the boat and steers the boat

without any electronic that uses the

wind so you simply drop this this rudder

here this really gets dropped into the

water goes down

we have this big paddle which you turn

into the wind and the paddle goes like

this and in the wind which then drives

this little little rudder and then the

Y's come back and it goes underneath

underneath our tiller here so you cook

we cook in this this special device here

and then underneath the the tiller and

it's it's it's it's hard to explain how

it works and it's pretty complex of all

these ropes and runners running

everywhere they're expensive there are

about five or six thousand dollars easy

math you know it's quite easy to mount

it but extremely difficult to get to

work well and basically to do that you

get the boat sailing really well without

this you get the all the sails trimmed

so the boats perfectly sailing and then

you hook this onto the tiller and set it

and away you go

both of these come up and down we mix

all the form of a butterfly then you get

really nice breeze on with your boat and

you're gonna lock them and secure them

they're really good to have on earth

they don't make these anymore similar to

the gaff rig so this is a huge piece of

timber that where this is different so

we're the only boat out of this world

your club here is about 200 boats in

here 150 boats in here we're the only

boat with add a freak you pull up this

gap and the whole boom and it sets in a

whole different way they were designed

for people that were sailing in trade

winds so they're not good at going

around boys all these boats are designed

to kind of go around boys and racing

this is designed that kind of go from A

to B and use the power of the wind to go

where you want to go the tensest

bandages that you can't go to windward

so Columbus had this gaff rig for going

from A to B and we ditched it got rid of

it and wanted to go with the new boom

using the setup which is a typical boat

with a triangle

use that and end up going back to a gap

because there's more power and a Duff

for for traveling with the Tradewinds so

but yeah and not a boat today is made

with the old traditional Daffy rig and

it's simply because you can't go to the

Wynwood which means you can't point in

towards the wind as soon as the winds

coming from this angle this boat will be

pointing over this way whereas all these

boats will be pointing 20 degrees off

the wind we're about 50 so there's a big

difference it's really really heavy so I

use all my strength to pull the thing up

but it's just manageable so where marks

all of the halyard now on both sides

just so if we're out at sea and seems

calling to me and it's loud or there's a

storm or something that's hard to hear

and it's going gaff gaff you know I can

look up and it's just you know there's a

lot of ropes to learn on this boat

it's been great like this is my first

first time being on a boat and I'm

learning lots from captain CID yeah

that's great this is our manual winch so

you pull it back and it pulls up to ring

like two chain links and then drops one

so like four it takes you forever if

you've got 150 feet of line out it takes

you forever anyway so we normally take

them in terms of doing that but it's fun

it's got us both quite fit and climbing

up and down and doing all the ropes and

you know not relying on electric winches

and things yeah it's it's great do you

feel fit SID

no do you feel fit being on this boat

you get very strong on a boat it's just

sitting down on a boat you get strong

just for the motion of the boat tilting

backwards and forwards even when you

just sitting there relaxed and you think

oh this is relaxing but your whole core

and your stomach and your chest and your

arms you're actually holding yourself

still so just sitting down you you get a

bit of a workout pulling them up pulling

up the sails and posting these sails

we're juicing and running around pulling

ropes and rolling around and it's quite

an energetic sort of place to be if we

have to go anywhere we're always new so

it's built up our muscles powering along

especially if it's hailing or it's

really windy and we're just getting

swept with the cone or the tired you're

just battling against it you know and

all we need is milk

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but I was living on a friend's balcony

in Byron Bay and I'm quite used to

living in small spaces before then you

know I've lived in bungalows before and

in a loft in a Mudd College and you know

I'm quite used to living in small

smaller confined spaces with not many

possessions I feel like I've adjusted a

bit easier than Simon maybe to living on

a boat that's the Treasure Island in the

opposite ten years I've been living in

beautiful huge houses on top of

mountains overlooking the ocean and had

lots of materialistic stuff cars and

motorbikes and big computers and all the

all the things in the world really not

doing it tough at all and coming under a

boat after after that is difficult

having a bit of money and doing well in

business - coming on a boat here in

Vancouver has been quite hard the

wettest nicely in Australia's 38 degrees

when we left and got a banker but was -

and it was snowing being down below for

two months in this little you know it's

raining every day and snowing every day

where we've locked us all standalone

that the woodstove going really no Naren

first sort of six months so for three

months it was like kind of this is you

know it's going to be difficult but

we've made the most of it

on the snowy rainy wet days I write

letters to people back home and that

keeps me going and keeps the sanity

going I guess you know because it is

hard especially like what sim was saying

being here in Canada like will hear a

peak of winter it was snowing and

raining and you just we'd open the hatch

in the morning stick our heads out and

go numb like

yeah we also we ran out of money quite

quickly putting putting all of the money

that we did have into buying painting

sanding materials yeah in restoring the

boat so we couldn't we didn't have

enough money to just hire a car and go

adventuring so we were really confined

to being down below the whole time think

we'll stay in bed for another era got

not a better mid dance that I'd like

actually got about at five o'clock and

go surfing it's easy to stay in bed when

it's raining out all the time right so

yeah it's been a big change so we

weren't prepared we had I've got three

pairs of shorts and five t-shirts who

are in the Caribbean right it's 30-plus

degrees topical paradise centre to the

you know the South Pacific Islands

suddenly when Vancouver it's raining

snowing we found ourselves going through

thrift stores every other day walking

out there spend hundreds of dollars in

thrift stores and walking down the

street with bin bags full of clothes and

all the second-hand clothes to keep us

warm that was kind of fun so yeah we

just haven't been prepared for for the

weather and it has been pretty difficult

but looking forward to heading back to

Australian sailing back the Caribbean

back not the Caribbean this time we're

going to go Hawaii and then and then

down through the Solomon Islands and

back to Australia there's thousands of

islands to see but you know 2025 days

from here to Hawaii straight straight

here no communication you know you're

out there alone so it's quite anxious

and sort of slightly terrified but we

have done some selling I've done a lot

of sailing before I'm not terrified I

think it's because I've never enjoyed

high seas before scared and I'm going

soon why don't you just relax we're

leaving soon and seems going oh

that's are worried for me just know that

Aaron's not you know not I I am I have

some idea yeah I mean that and obviously

selling the boats quite difficult yeah

it's only 24 36 hours after the first

day or two that's clear all the way over

to Hawaii with Compton just gone

straight passed away and only

stopping now depending we might because

we don't have any money it's very quick

we're literally like you know we're

collecting drift wood for the fire

we're spent on stir driving and we've

just spent all of our money today on

safety gear emergency beacons so Sat Sat

Navs things we can pull down the weather

$2,000 for a satellite phone and $500

for for an ePub and life rafts and all

the safety stops really expensive so

that's our crews and budgets being blown

wide open on safety gear stuff that

we'll never ever need touchwood but it's

just peace of mind if something goes

wrong or suddenly we spring a plaque or

the book takes on water we hit a

shipping container or a whale or

whatever something terrible happens then

we've been jumping with a life raft and

pull the ePub and hope someone comes and

rescues us so living on a boat is quite

cheap in in regards to like soul that

we've got solar panels which charge the

batteries which power the lights we've

got candles and things but it's the

maintenance on the boat which if you ask

any anyone living on a boat that's where

everyone's money goes yeah it's whether

you're sailing around the world or

you're just you're on anchor or on a

mooring over like this but once you

maintain it and to a certain degree all

it needs is upkeep for rust over debt

the boat was really bad it hadn't been

there was terrible condition so once you

spent a solid three months working on it

painting up you know painting all of

this and and making it clean once that's

all done we're not gonna have to paint

this every week it just needs a clean

and you know like it's once it's all

done you should you know it's it's a lot

easier just upkeep just like more on the

lawn or washing your car there's a lot

less to do on a boat but it normally

takes three times as well if you think

oh this is gonna change the tap so I

need to change me so it takes three

times as long and cost twice what you

think it's gonna cost

yeah just go for it don't let fear get

in the way

fear is what keeps people in the

marina's or keep them at home locked

into there

it's a baby and lifestyle of wishing and

dreaming about standing around the world

when you can just go and do it it was so

comfortable for me in Byron Bay you know

so comfortable a lot you get you want a

bit of adventure and a little bit of

things that don't go so right I had it

pretty easy you know kite surfing every

day and running my own business and

driving my fancy car my motorbike I

didn't it was nice

even healthy and smoothies and you know

it's great it was fantastic but it's

nice to have a bit of adventure and you

know and that's what we're doing and I

really want to see their world before I

die the world skill - it slowly and be

nice to be able to see the things before

it all turns to dust I guess yeah it's a

bit morbid but I do want to see the

world

I seem to be lying on your deathbed and

think I didn't go to India I would like

to see Egypt I would like to go and see

the surface of it yeah so that's kind of

where I want to that's my main

motivation you don't see the world

before I'm good

there's so much freedom on a boat - yeah

you can just and the wind is free so you

can you know it's not like in a camper

van where you've got to pay for fuel

yeah or when you stop someone you have

to pay for accommodation or and you know

I give the pay for these fees for this

and that the downside there's some

downsides there's no shower onboard this

boat which means that when as we head

south will bear the saltwater on deck so

we'll get a bucket of salt water wash

ourselves down and some fresh water

obviously as you get Hawaiian for this

after what is warm so it's it's nice

when the heavens open up you are outside

and have a have a shower so hygiene is a

bit of an issue you got to keep yourself

clean I don't mind going ten days

without a ship and isn't right but I

like my luxuries I mean I like a bath

every night urn doesn't care she's

fluffy so we've got about ten videos on

nine or ten videos up on on a Facebook

page and some YouTube stuff and we're

just making some videos as we go having

fun doing it the more

you try and focus on the social media or

making sure you capturing all the

perfect funny moments or these golden

moments you know you're not actually

living in the moment so we just record

we just set a common record per day

today you know the things the movies

that we do producer pretty wack they're

pretty crazy it's just us and it's

mainly you know we don't want a huge

following it's just too so people back

home can see what we're doing and

there's some pretty crazy videos like

they're not like the normal this is us

sailing and this is it's like we're

being kind of we're just being asked

that yes for a little bit you know we're

not your average sort of you know soap

soap opera watcher or sitting at home

we're kind of on an adventure obviously

sitting across the world who's a bit of

adventure are you gonna ask us what our

favorite thing about being on a boat is

yeah what's your favorite thing which

I'm like I haven't thought about this

earlier um what's your favorite thing

about hearing about heron

I guess my favorite thing about being on

a boat would have to be the feeling of

being dropped to sleep overnight yeah at

nighttime it's like being in a crib or a

cradle and that's this beautiful gentle

rocking it's so nice you get the nicest

sleep I just like the freedom of an all

him being out there and one of the stars

and being out in the ocean it's been ten

years since I was living on a boat so I

live on boats before this is my fifth

boat and doing such a big trip like this

it's just be beautiful out there you

know you get these amazing sunsets and

it's that the water color is just hard

to explain it's this translucent it's

you know it's just incredible being out

there so I really like I probably didn't

back out on the ocean

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