Van Life is Harder Than it Looks...Our First 24 Hours

• February 28, 2026 by Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:25:47
• SAILING YOUTUBERS

Typically we live aboard our small sailboat. But, for the next 24 hours, we’re trying van life...Tour Kangaroo Island with Whisper the Camper 🚐 https://www.camplify.com.au/rv/40521?hireType=4&excessReductionId=168 🚐

Merch re-stock! Check out our classic tees here 😊 https://slimandsophsailingnakama.com/

We’re currently on Kangaroo Island, Australia’s third largest island, known for its prolific native wildlife and dramatic coastal scenes that meet our wild Southern Ocean. Our boat is currently secured on a mooring and we’ve got the keys to access our temporary backyard and get to corners that we can’t access by boat!

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Chapters:
00:00 Hitting the road
02:00 Finding perk #1
04:34 Hour 4...
08:08 Finding camp & koalas!
11:38 Perk #2
12:08 Day 2 on the road
19:26 Van or boat life?
21:02 So many roos!
24:09 G'day from Soph

Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama

Welcome aboard SV Nakama, We are Slim & Soph a young Aussie couple tryna get by living aboard our tiny retro sailboat with our cat Chilli. We sail the Australian coastline whilst attending university online and take you with us. After putting study on the back burner for years as we didn’t want to sacrifice adventure, we thought why not have both? Fed up with the outrageous rental prices in our hometown, the idea of doing it afloat came to mind. We figured we could scrape by on our tight student budget if we stopped paying way too much rent and lived minimally on the ocean, whilst continuing our passion for adventure. The plan for now, is to keep sailing onwards, keeping Australia to our left and once we're done doing that...Who knows. Our mission is to prove that anyone can do it, you don’t need the fanciest boat or a squillion bucks, just a whole lot of ambition and a willingness to make mistakes and learn. So join us on this whacky adventure! Slim & Soph xoxo

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