⛵️ Half of You Will Hate This Decision!! Let's talk Propulsion!! Ep.373

• March 08, 2026 by Odd Life Crafting |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:19:34
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This week we finally make one of the biggest decisions in the entire build of our 43 ft aluminum exploration sailboat: the propulsion system.

When you're building a sailboat in 2026, choosing how the boat will move is not as simple as it used to be. There are more options than ever before — diesel, fully electric, parallel hybrid, series hybrid — and every choice comes with compromises.

In this episode we walk you through our thinking process, the challenges we faced while trying to source an engine, and the reasons behind the direction we decided to take for this boat.

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We are Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that during a sabbatical trip in 2016 decided to follow our dream. So, we created "Odd Life Crafting", a project composed of many smaller projects that we call seasons.
The first one was the creation of Odd Life Crafting. The idea was to build a metal boat to be able to travel the world taking our house with us, but we didn't have money for that. So, we started the next season: we built a tiny shipping container house with no prior experience in building to gain some skills to build a boat. When we were almost finished we found a boat 700km away from our hometown that was neglected for over 22 years and we spent 2 years refitting her (Season 3). On the season 4 we sailed for 2 years (exploring the Brazilian coast and part of the Caribbean), we sold our boat and we moved to Europe. The last season we are starting to build a new aluminum 43ft sailboat and a new life, with our son Oli.

We hope to inspire others to follow their dreams.
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Odd Life Crafting

We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was neglected for 22 years. After spending 2 years refitting her we named her Odd and it's FINALLY time to start exploring. We hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. Are you curious to know more about it? Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and join us every SUNDAY for a new episode of our journey!!

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