REAL LIFE Aboard Our 46ft SAILBOAT [Ep.40] Off-Grid & Living on the Ocean - Sailing SV CUBA

Wonder how real life on our 46ft sailboat feels like? Here is how we live Off-Grid on the Ocean and travel - An insight into our daily life aboard our sailboat. This week we are in Malta and after check in and a quick visit by the maritime police we take our tiny home for a sail. But before that we almost collide with another boat at anchor. this scary moment we lift anchor and go out for a coastal sail with our new crew. Our sailing excursion turns into a sail into the sunset and we drop anchor on the north side of the island. Just as we settle into the calm anchorage, it becomes apparent that we had to learn more about provisioning as we only realize we had no oils to cook, when we were anchored in an area without any places to buy any provisions around. Luckily Malta has a massive sailing community and in almost every protected bay you will find charter boats, tour boats and cruisers that will help a fellow sailor in distress 😉 After a quick dinghy ride, dinner on the boat was saved and we were ready for an early nights sleep at anchor. We very next day we swapped sailing life for land life for a day and got spoiled for an epic BBQ by one of our patreons. But when you life full-time on a boat there is never much time to rest and just after our visit to land we had to tackle another boat project. Our anchor chain had become rusty during the time we were in the marina in Tunisia. It had become so bad, the anchor chain almost did not roll through the windlass anymore. It frequently got stuck in the anchor roller. Initially we planned to galvanize the chain but this would leave us no choice but to visit a marina for a few days or to use our stern anchor as emergency anchor. However, we did not feel comfortable with only a small fortress anchor and no main anchor. Luckily we found someone in Malta who sold us 80 Meters of anchor chain and while we swapped the heavy load off on our bow, we secured our boat to a mooring ball. The endeavour took over 4 hours and we must have burnt off all the calories we consumed on the BBQ the previous day. Best of all, we were able to load our old anchor chain into a wooden dinghy belonging to one of the Maltese fishermen, and he happily took our old chain in exchange for borrowing his rugged little boat. Once again, we experienced a challenging but rewarding day aboard our floating home. And with the help from the wonderful people of Malta, this sailing destination will stay in our memories for ever. For us, this is what life at sea is all about!