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This Couple Living in Sailboat Moving to Micro House on Land is a guest post by Randy and Ramona Garrett
“We Can Do That…”
And thats what we said after looking at a few of the designs of the tiny homes..
For the last few months my wife and I have been exploring the ideas of moving into a micro home, and whenever a challenge comes up about the space involved, we often look at each other an say, “Yeah! We can do that.”
And the Fact is, We have been doing it for the last 12 years aboard our Beneteau First 42. Our 42 has about 10 x 30 feet of actual living space. storage is limited, and all systems need to be monitored weekly if not daily.
We’re off the grid, but have full electric, pressured water, a full kitchen, (galley on a boat) and most all the comforts we had while living in a larger home.
Couple Living in Sailboat Moving to Micro House on Land
Images © Randy & Romana Garrett
Our electric comes from a solar bank of around 300 watts, which charges 4 each lifeline 4d batteries with a “Wagon” inverter to give us the 110 volts we need. Our Freezer/ Refrigerator is a 12 volt system with a cold plate, keeping all our food nice and crisp. There are two sleeping areas… A queen size bead forward and a double in the quarter berth.
Images © Randy & Romana Garrett
About the funniest thing people ask is about our galley, when they ask my wife, “how do you cook on a boat?” My wife’s answer is, “the same way you cook in your home..”
Moving aboard more than 12 years ago was a little change from our home on land but was easy to become very comfortable with.
We are retired, and feel that at our age, we cant handle the boat in the ways we would like to so, moving into a micro home is the next step, and because I have built or re-built all the systems within our boat, my most likely choice is to build our own micro home using many of the ideas that have come from living in small areas, on a boat, on the waters edge.
Randy and Ramona Garrett
Aboard the sailing vessel – R3
and operating our business aboard StitchesAndSnaps.com
Our big thanks to Randy and Ramona for sharing!
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