Why Lauren Landers Sailing films even on bad days aboard
Lauren Landers Sailing made a promise to show the honest day-to-day reality of living on a boat, not just the highlights. On this particular day she did not want to pick up the camera at all, but she stopped herself because she recognized it was exactly the kind of day she should be filming. As she puts it, some days on a boat are just not the most pleasant, and pretending otherwise would break that promise to her audience.
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Taking one day off per week as a solo liveaboard content creator
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
Sometimes replacing the whole toilet assembly is faster than chasing seal failures
Lauren's aft head had seals replaced a couple of times and still was not working properly. Rather than continuing to chase individual seal failures, she decided to replace the entire assembly. The result: two out of three heads on the boat
Heavy calcium buildup in hoses can defeat even a new toilet pump
On the master head, Lauren replaced the pump assembly but the toilet still was not working correctly. Her suspicion is that the hose itself has too much calcium buildup inside it, meaning the new pump is fighting against a restricted line.