Also prepared for 240v shore power with external connection and internal breaker box. Wiring and cable works started with distribution board in place for 12v system. Ballast added to replace weight of removed equipment. Internal: All hard seating and rails, compressed air bottles, deluge pump and excess deluge pipework have been removed. Also fitted with external fuel filler and vent. The integrated propeller rudder has also been extended with the addition of a Stainless steel extension to improve manoeuvrability. Larger windows fitted to sides of wheelhouse, navigation lights, mooring cleats, ropes and fenders plus anchor. Work carried out so far: External: Surfaces sanded down and painted with a marine chlorinated vinyl after removal of excess deluge pipework and fittings. The boat when new was worth well in excess of £100,000 and was fully kitted with seating for 60 persons, external water curtain and internal pressurized air system plus provisions. The boat is a Schatt Harding MCB28 fully enclosed, self-righting lifeboat and is fitted with a Saab Lister 元.139 LB 3 cylinder engine which has been used for less than 10 hours in total! Dimensions are 8.5 x 3.5 x 4.5m (LxWxH) Recent changes in regulations has forced a lot of oil companies to change their lifeboats for larger capacity vessels. Due to relocation, we are forced to sell this ongoing conversion of an ex oil rig lifeboat. moving to ‘cooling-off period’ to stabilize hot real estate marketĭo you have a story tip? Email: us on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook.Item: 322263896981 Converted Lifeboat. People can follow along with the project at Sundstrom and Tate-Stratton’s YouTube channel, Living on a Lifeboat. “I do encourage people to live their dream and think about what they want to be doing,” Tate-Stratton said.Īll in, the couple estimates they’ll spend $105,000 to complete their custom, island-hopping home. Sundstrom and Tate-Stratton said they realize living on a boat isn’t for everyone, but they hope people will take some time to think about what’s possible if they want it. “It took me years to redefine that definition of success.” “The power of expectation is a lot,” she said. The two have long shared this compact, mobile dream, but Tate-Stratton said it took her a long time to shake off the big house, kids and dog ideal that dominates the successful North American narrative. “If you want some alone time there’s an infinite amount of places you can go,” he said. The boat is their bedroom and the world is their yard, Sundstrom added. “For us, it’s the home base from which to explore,” Tate-Stratton said. And with no kids and no plans to have any, the two simply don’t see the need for a larger space. “We tend to mesh very well together,” Sundstrom said, smiling. The space may sound small, but in their 11 years together the couple said they have yet to have a real fight. On sunny days it should run entirely off solar energy with ease. The interior is a work-in-progress Sundstrom and Tate-Stratton suspect will take until fall 2022 to complete, but once done, the approximately 250-square foot space will feature a queen-sized bed, seating area convertible into a single bed, a kitchen, wood stove and a washroom with shower. READ ALSO: Victoria couple chases freedom, sustainability on 30-foot sailboat “We wanted a name that would hearken back to her lifeboat history,” Tate-Stratton said. A Finnish word, Luja means sturdy and steadfast. Sundstrom and Tate-Stratton gutted, repainted and reinforced Boat Number One, outfitted it with windows and a solar-powered electrical system and, most importantly, renamed it to something fitting of its nearly two decades at sea – Luja. For $5,000, Boat Number One became the couple’s property. It took them three years of scouring North America and Europe for just such a boat, but finally in spring 2020 luck struck close to home – BC Ferries was retiring its fleet of 60-seater 2004 lifeboats from its northern Vancouver Island routes. When a Greater Victoria couple saw the hollow husk of an old lifeboat several years ago they were struck by inspiration.Ī machinist and a graphic designer, Toryn Sundstrom and Dani Tate-Stratton didn’t simply see a fibreglass seat and ration-filled emergency vessel, they saw the potential for a custom-built home and a life on the water. Dani Tate-Stratton (left) and Toryn Sundstrom (right) sit atop their recently acquired BC Ferries lifeboat, a project piece they plan to turn into their home.
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