I am solo- sailing the world with my cat, Mako! I've had a lifelong dream of sailing around the world since I was in middle school; after college I bought a 1993' Beneteau Oceanis 510. My first few years were spent gaining confidence in single-handling and fixing up my 30-year-old boat.. as of now I have crossed the Pacific ocean single-handed and continuing west! I appreciate you being here and please subscribe to join in on the adventures to come!
After getting back to the boat, Lauren faced a string of jobs that, taken together, just sucked the life right out of her. That kind of exhausting day is pretty normal when you return from time away and have a long list of tasks waiting. Th
Lauren Landers Sailing shares this print-on-demand approach specifically for people who are already out cruising or planning to be, and who need a small, flexible income stream. The goal is not necessarily a full-time business. It can simpl
Funding the sailing life comes from several sources. YouTube is a major one, driven by ad revenue, crowdfunding, and viewer support through Patreon. Lauren Landers Sailing saved money from high school and college jobs, including working at
Almost everything Lauren Landers Sailing has learned has come from things breaking on the boat. There is no way to truly prepare for the sailing lifestyle without actually living it. That said, you can get a head start by taking ASA courses
Lauren Landers Sailing says she barely knew how to use a screwdriver before getting onto a boat and was scared to touch a 12-volt, 16-gauge wire even with the breaker off. Her message to people who want this lifestyle but lack confidence: j
Lauren Landers Sailing was not mechanically inclined when she started liveaboard sailing. During the sea trial, the original engine threw a rod. The previous owner chose to rebuild, but Lauren chose to buy a new engine, which was shipped to
Lauren Landers Sailing tries to do engine maintenance about once a year, typically when she first returns to the boat. The routine includes replacing the engine oil and using the easy engine access panel on her boat. She treats it as a way
Lauren Landers Sailing acknowledged she was not feeling naturally motivated but was making herself push through boat projects anyway. Her reasoning: once the fun and social side of sailing life picks back up, it becomes much harder to focus
Lauren Landers Sailing reflected that the day was one of the first in a long time where every project went successfully. She swapped the old accumulator tank for the new one, which came off more easily than expected given how long the fitti
When Lauren Landers Sailing flew back to the boat after time away, the excitement of reuniting with the boat (and Mo) came hand-in-hand with a substantial list of tasks to sort out before the sails could even come out. These included collec
Lauren noticed her boat was not bringing in as much power and traced it to a wiring problem with one of her solar panels. She also suspected that two of her older hard panels had gone bad. The core practical problem she ran into: you cannot
Lauren has been deliberately taking one full day off work each week, and by the time of this video she had done it three Sundays in a row. On those days, only emergency boat jobs are allowed. No computer work, no editing photos even though
After a passage and then being alone in her own space again, Lauren noticed she just crashed. She had seen this pattern before with charters in a big way: it does not matter who is on your boat, when someone leaves, you tend to collapse a b
Every piece here is something Lauren Landers Sailing can talk you through, in their own words.