Hawaii couple who are living on a cruise ship for 15 years reveal what life is like on the boat after being warned they'd be 'bored within three days'

This Hawaiian couple traded in their life on-land to live on a cruise ship for 15 years, despite people telling them they’d be ‘bored within three days’.

Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin had been enjoying their life in Hawaii, but started feeling the call to go traveling.

That turned into them buying a cabin on a cruise ship and sailing around the world.

In an interview with Supercar Blondie, the couple shared their favorite thing about their seafaring lifestyle.

Why this Hawaii couple decided a life at sea was the one for them

We don’t know what it is, but it does seem like more people are packing up their lives on land and moving out to sea.

Admittedly, we can see the appeal – it’d be like being on vacation permanently, right?

There’s a whole host of YouTubers who have been open about their experiences cruising the open seas.

One American woman made this choice and has since been sharing candid views about her expenses.

For another woman in Tennessee, selling everything she owned to live the high life on a cruise ship was a dream come true.

Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin are no different, and have set up a YouTube channel called Living Life on a Cruise to document their experiences.

Back in 2022, the couple headed on their first cruise.

Johan told Supercar Blondie: “People said ’16 days on a cruise ship for your first time? After 3 to 4 days, you’d be bored out of your mind’. Oh, we loved every second.”

To help fund their 15 year stay on a cruise ship, they sold off the 31 cars in their auto rental business and set sail.

So far they have spent around $200,000 to pursue this lifestyle.

The perks of a cruise ship lifestyle

Obviously, a cruise ship doesn’t stay out at sea all the time – it docks, and this gives the couple the opportunity to see tons of new countries.

All in all, they’ve seen around 57 countries and nearly 200 ports.

Japan has been a particular highlight for them, as has the Galapagos Islands and Bora Bora.

But the best thing about the whole experience in their estimation has been the community onboard the ship and the friends they’ve made along the way.

“Of course we did this to see as much of the world as possible, eat food in every country and see the sites and go snorkeling,” Johan told us.

“But now we feel like we’re traveling with a bunch of our best friends. Some of them almost feel like close family.

“We can be miles away in a small village in the mountains and we’ll see someone that we recognize from the boat.”

Not everybody is such a fan of cruising

Despite living what many would consider a dream life, the couple have attracted some criticism online.

In particular, some people are keen to call their lifestyle a ‘bad investment’ or mock the fact their cabin has a lifeboat outside the window.

“I’m like it’s not an investment. It’s an investment in us. It’s an investment in experiences,” Johan said.

“Because at the end of the day, this asset will be no more and the ship is going to be scrapped at some point.

“Don’t do this as an investment. Do this if you want to see the world and make a lot of friends.”

Those sound like good reasons in our book.