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The Best Van Heaters for Staying Warm This Winter

Whether you want a diesel heater or a propane heater, there are plenty of options to staying warm and toasty in your van in winter. Here are our top picks.

I’ve Lived on a Sailboat Since 2016. These Are the 25 Gifts Sailors Actually Use (and the Ones That Just Take Up Space).

Twenty-five gifts sailors actually use, from a liveaboard since 2016: the galley, sleep and dryness, light and safety, the long hours, and the short list of things never to give a sailor.

I’ve Cooked on a Sailboat Stove Since 2016. These Are the Lazy Galley Meals Sailors Actually Make When Nobody Wants to Cook.

Twenty-six lazy galley meals from 48 sailors, sorted from no-cook to one-pot, with the two tricks that make lazy possible on a boat: the pressure cooker and the solar oven.

I’ve Wintered in the Desert for Years. Here’s Where Van Lifers Actually Go When It Gets Cold.

The six places the van world goes when it gets cold, from Quartzsite and the Slabs to Baja and the Texas coast, with what each costs, who ends up where, and why the migration exists.

Van Lifers Swear by Sleeping in Casino Parking Lots. Here’s Why, and How to Do It Without Getting the Knock.

Many casinos let vans and RVs sleep free in a lit, patrolled lot for a night or three. How the check-in works, the players club catch, what it costs, the Las Vegas exception, and the casinos on the winter route.

I’ve Lived at Anchor on and off Since 2016. These Are the Unwritten Rules of Cruising Life Nobody Tells You

Sixteen unwritten rules of cruising life, from the anchorage to the marina to two people on forty feet, with the red flags more than 150 readers of That Sailing Life named.

Would You Give Up a House to Live in a Van? Here’s What Stops the People Who Say No.

I asked my van life Facebook page whether they would give up a house for a van. Nearly 300 answered.

I’ve Lived on the Same 1972 Sailboat Since 2016. Here Is What It Actually Looks Like Inside.

A room-by-room tour of Kristin’s 1972 CT-41 after years aboard: the saloon, the galley and its Force 10 stove, the nav station, the stateroom, the head and the cockpit, with three other cruisers’ boats for contrast.

I’ve Lived in Vehicles Since 2015. These Are the 14 Mistakes That End Van Life Early, and the One Nobody Budgets For.

Fourteen mistakes new van lifers make, from the emergency fund nobody sets aside to the roof vent people skip, with what we do instead after years of living in vehicles.

The Best Small Campers a Car Can Pull: 12 Lightweight Trailers With Every Weight Listed

Twelve small campers a car can pull, sorted by real weight band, with which ones have a bathroom, what each costs to start, and the three that have quietly left the market.

I Lived in a Chevy Astro for Years. Here Is Exactly How to Turn a Minivan Into a Camper, and What Minivan Kits Really Cost

The minivans that convert best (and the two no longer sold new), six minivan camper conversion kits with the prices they list, a six-step DIY build, and five real minivan campers people live in.

Cozy Van Interior Ideas: 18 Real Van Interiors That Feel Like Home, and Why They Work

Eighteen real campervan interiors that feel like home, from a made bed in a forty-year-old VW to a wood-slat ceiling, with one line on why each one works and how to copy it in your own van.