Welcome back to Sailing Joy today we're opening the doors of our home to show you the sailing
catamaran we chose to be our home for the years to come and travel the world
meet joy our home on the water she's a lagoon 46 produced in france and is 14 meters long
by 8 meters wide and if compared to a home i would say she does have four floors
the top floor is a fly bridge then the back area the main floor and the cabins area
the mast is 23 meters high and we have four types of sail our main sail of 90 square meters
a genoa 51 square meter a generator of 140 and a code zero of 110 square meters
the first time we entered the lagoon 46 we were immediately impressed by its volume
as we had a lagoon 42 in the past and we're very much used to it what a difference of
four feet can make on a catamaran's volume at the forward area the trampoline size
are the same for each side you even have a lounge area for gathering out on warm days
we really like the smooth design and looks of this catamaran as it combines design
functionality space and most important being very safe navigating out there
at the forward hole we keep items we use every day and extra lines
we chose to have 100 meters of chain to be on the safe side
and upgraded our original delta 25 kilos to around 40 kilos for added safety at anchorage
so our original delta anchor became our spare anchor that for the winter time stored here
and the fresh water tanks are located right here and we have 300 liters also use here
to store some um some cleaning stuff in our chain and our gen stats is located right here
we believe that although we have chosen to live aboard and travel the world
we don't have to give up on things we liked from living in land we have been criticized
before for having amenities like this good cup of coffee that you see here multiple freezers
good sized refrigerator electric cooktop microwave good side stuff and oven beside
other things honestly we believe there is not one size fits all when it comes to boating and to us
trying to accommodate little things that makes our lives comfortable is a good move after all
so here we are on a boat traveling the world and having access to all of the nice things that you
have when you live at land even when preparing a meal of the boat it doesn't have to seem like
you went back in time one item here at the kitchen that we currently cannot live without is the huusk
knife, that is also the sponsor of this video when we got our boat in france we bought several
types of knives a couple of weeks later they were already rusted and dull, that's when we found the
huusk knives making our lives seem much easier and safer as they are made from higher quality
japanese stainless steel a 38 degrees blade edge that ensures extreme sharpness and they come out
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and handling making chopping and cutting actions so easy this japanese knives are 28 centimeters in
length and weight only 252 grams especially sharp blades make sure that the knife won't slip from
applying unnecessary force and won't hurt your hand and i can tell you that a great knife can
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they do not though and if they do dull it's gonna be so slowly that you're not even gonna
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special link on the description below and on the pinned comments we have a secondary nav station
inside of joy mostly used for long passages but equipped with all electronics needed to sail
the boat from the inside on boats like this one everything seems to be a factory optional and an
add-on this window is another favorite option of ours that is very functional and we use it a lot
the dining area especially during the winter months is used
all the time for breakfast lunch and dinner and comfortable enough to spend long hours editing
videos during the evenings we turn this table on an area where we can lay down and watch videos
one homemade solution that we did was to use the cushions from the forward
lounge area on top of each other in combination with this mini storage containers
to create this area it did fit perfectly saving us the hassle to store additional
cushions when not in use and saved us a couple of thousand dollars with this factory optional
time to show you all our gas cabins starting with our ford port cabin
this one is the smallest of our three cabins but still it does have a 1.5 by 2 meter long bed
and you're able to get into the bed from the sides if needed
a closet and storage underneath the bed and a private bathroom with a closed shower
moving down the hall i will show you the aft port side guest cabin this cabin is more spacious
lots of closet space a 1.6 by a little bit over 2 meter long
queen size bed we really like the indirect led lights that you find on the floors and ceilings
the bathroom area is also a little bit bigger here and does have an enclosed shower
now having the ability to store items underneath the floor on our village area is great and they're
all over the boat as you can see and so far we have not run out of space for storage
joy has a owner's version layout meaning we have three cabins in total and use an entire hole to
have the master cabin head and shower area on our cabin we also have a small office area with a sofa
that honestly we never use it underneath the bed on the left side we have drawers to store clothes
and on top of it bookshelves for books and documents remember when i mentioned you about
the optionals yes the sliding blackout shades are also optional and we love the look of it
on the other side a closet to hank loads
right beside our closet door you can have a pick of our inverter and many of joy circuit breakers
and just a little down the hallway another area for the fuse breakers
we feel this cabin is super spacious and have great volume to it this layout separate the
hand and the shower area i personally have mixed feelings about it because i like it having all
together for patricia she likes this way better every two to three days we have to empty our black
water tanks by pressing this button here as the system uses a bump instead of gravity to release
it moving on to the owner's reach our area we went for the light collar corian sink and floors
now for the item i know for a fact is Patricia's favorite
and yes you may have guessed it right the washing machine
jokes aside it really comes in handy as we don't have to go ashore to wash and dry our clothes
the electric panel on this boat is very simple and gather pretty much
all the main switches here besides the ones you see here for the electronics
nav steaming dac anchor lights bilge water pumps and fridge we also added these two buttons
one for the inverter and the other one for the spreader blue lights this is our fly bridge during
the winter time we use this weird looking shades to protect the interior of it from uv rays now one
factory option we are very glad we got is this fiberglass structure on top of the command area
with the full weatherproof enclosure the fiberglass top for the flybridge is very helpful
when you need to reach and work on your main sail but it does take some getting used to it
to climb it as it can be slippery at times during the night passages it makes it very
comfortable to take your turn up here while others of course work on their beauty sleep
the visibility from up here on the way is awesome we chose to select the 16 inch chart water making
it very simple and a pleasure to say or motor sail at times with not much wind around while up
here at the flybridge i wanted to show you guys our solar panel setup we have chosen to install
four panels of 390 watts each and design a support that in our opinion looks so much better than the
proposed one that would have poles going down to our sugar scoops this support has proven also to
be very stable and hold very well at high winds and bad sea days the irs camera system installed
are integrated in our chart plotter and serves our needs when arriving to our new slot in the marina
or to have a look at outside this is the aerial joy we use the most especially during the warmer
months we opted to also have it fully enclosed so it can be used year-round or whenever it gets
colder a few additional factory options we took up here were the teak floors and the sink on the
start board site at the port side we really liked this large area where we used it frequently when
preparing muse the trash bin is pretty big as well as some of the storage we have underneath this
area that can also be used as fridge and to store our propane butane tanks we also have additional
storage underneath the satee and the sliding bench comes in handy to create a larger dining area
I hope you guys have enjoyed a tour of our home and if you have not done so husky is running a 70%
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