1 Year Living Aboard in Alaska | Our 10 Defining Stories

One year ago, we started living aboard Alaskan Gypsy full time in Alaska. At almost exactly the same time, we started sharing that life here on YouTube. We had no idea what either one would become. In our first year aboard our 80-foot steel schooner, we've worked to bring Gypsy back to life, spent an Alaska winter living aboard, found work in remote communities, tackled unusual rescue and repair projects, crossed the Gulf of Alaska, explored forgotten places and met some incredible people along the way. And somehow, we made 155 videos while doing it. For our one-year anniversary, we're looking back at 10 videos that defined our first year. These aren't necessarily our 10 biggest videos. They're the ones that changed something for us, surprised us, opened a new door or helped us understand what we want The Alaskan Gypsy Life to become. We go back to our first time aboard Gypsy and the months spent working on her in the Wrangell shipyard. Then Port Protection changed everything. We began figuring out how living and working from the boat could actually become a sustainable life, and some of the projects we stumbled into became stories we never could have planned. From a remote cabin rescue and a broken excavator to Alaska treasure hunting, crossing the Gulf of Alaska and meeting Nikki, who has lived aboard alone in Alaska for more than four decades, each of these videos represents a piece of what this life has become. Looking back, maybe that's the biggest thing we've discovered: we're not living our lives for YouTube. We're living this strange, beautiful Alaskan life and sharing the stories we find along the way. Now we're heading into Year Two with more remote Alaska, more work and problem solving, more exploring, more life aboard Gypsy and more stories about the interesting people we meet along the way. If you've been with us this year, what was your favorite video? And what would you like to see more of in Year Two? Thanks for being part of our first year. Scott & Audrey S/V Alaskan Gypsy Chapters: 00:00 One Year Living Aboard in Alaska 01:41 Our First Time Aboard Alaskan Gypsy 08:35 The Wrangell Shipyard 15:59 Finding Work in Port Protection 21:36 Life in Port Protection, Alaska 23:10 Remote Rescue in Port Protection 28:17 A Day in Our Life in Port Protection 29:23 Can This Excavator Be Saved? 34:34 Alaska Treasure Hunting & Boat Graveyard 38:41 Crossing the Gulf of Alaska 44:59 Nikki: 44 Years Living Aboard 49:20 What This First Year Has Meant 53:13 Where the Alaskan Gypsy Life Goes Next 1:00:14 More Stories From the People We Meet 1:01:30 What Do You Want to See in Year Two?