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I Bought A Boat! (Goes ANYWHERE)
June 28, 2026 · 13 min · 148K views
Daniel steps onto his MiJoy sailboat at a tree-lined lake.
What this video covers
Daniel sells a previous liveaboard sailboat after seven years and 10,000 nautical miles, then buys a 2001 Macgregor 26X as a trailerable adventure platform with a $35,000 budget.0:20 The Macgregor 26X draws nine inches with the centerboard up and ballast tanks empty, planes at over 18 mph on a 50-horsepower Honda BF50A four-stroke outboard, and sleeps seven across a V-berth, dinette, and aft cabin.0:10 A 28-foot mast gives 33 feet of air draft; the water-filled ballast system replaces a fixed keel for righting moment under sail.3:33 Daniel chose the 26X over the 26M for its larger V-berth, dedicated enclosed head with shower, and daggerboard design that survives grounding — a broken propeller from a reverse-gear rock strike cost $70 and ten minutes to fix.4:48 The boat sits on a new Venture Trailer VTB6425 dual-axle aluminum trailer towed by a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee.2:18 Planned upgrades include a permanent bimini with 500 watts of solar, a 300–500 amp-hour lithium battery bank, composting toilet, and a higher-capacity tow vehicle.9:43 The travel plan runs from the Adirondacks south along the East Coast to Florida, across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas and the Ragged Islands, then overland to Washington state, Southeast Alaska, and down the Pacific coast to Baja.10:47
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