We Bought a Boat off Alibaba

Onboard Tangaroa - The Never-Ending Sea Trial

We bought a boat off Alibaba—and at first, it looked like the deal of a lifetime. Two custom 15-foot inflatables with 25-horsepower Hidea outboards for twelve thousand U.S. dollars sounded perfect for life aboard Tangaroa. When you live on a boat, your dinghy is your car—it hauls groceries, fuel, an