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We bought a boat!
We finally did it!! We bought a 2000 Lagoon 410. 41ft long, and 23ft beam (she's got some wide hips.) It took a long time (longer than normal) but we did it!! We've got a number of videos coming up about the survey, loans, and the process in general. But l...
61 – Sailing S/V Julia Part 4: Our Second Pacific Crossing is Complete!
S/V Julia sailed into Hilo, Hawaii on June 5th after 15 days at sea to mark the end of our second Pacific Crossing! And fortunately, this part of the passage didn't require me to jump in the ocean! Instead, we got to focus on fishing, sailing (after find...
60 – Sailing S/V Julia: Part 3 – We Got Stuck in the Pacific Garbage Patch!
Our second passage across the Pacific Ocean finally begins! San Francisco Bay gifted us a lovely fog to get started and off we went back out under the Golden Gate Bridge. The first few days at sea were a bit rough as we sailed upwind to avoid some nasty ...
Hurricane Irma’s impact on the yacht market.. with Gary Fretz
This year's hurricane season has been particularly rough in many aspects. One of which being the yacht market. A large percentage of boat in the Caribbean have been damaged and this will have an affect of the market for years for both new and used boats. I...
59 – Julia Delivery Part 2: Exploring San Francisco
After prepping s/v Julia for the crossing to Hawaii, we got one day to explore San Francisco. And explore we did! Amy set up an itinerary that included riding ferries, cable cars and trolley cars, and took us to Coit Tower, Pier 39, Chinatown for Dim Sum...
58 – Sailing S/V Julia Across the Pacific: Part 1
Apparently, we liked sailing crossing the Pacific Ocean so much, we just had to do it again! This time we hopped on board s/v Julia, a Helia Evolution, to help her owners Tom and Susan learn all about offshore sailing. After tucking Starry Horizons in sa...
57 – Mainsail Rips Are No Fun
It's always the last day of a passage when things go wrong! We set sail from New Zealand to head back up to Tonga for another South Pacific cruising season. The passage was a bit of a tricky one with strong winds, then light winds and then shifting stron...
56 – Our Last Adventures in New Zealand!
Our time in New Zealand was rapidly drawing to a close. But before we could sail north for another cruising season in the South Pacific, there were a couple of things left on our New Zealand to-do list. Little Dipper (our tender) needed some TLC, there w...
55 – Cruising the Bay of Islands with 3 Lovely Ladies
It's always awesome whenever we have guests come visit. And when those guests happen to be two lovely ladies, it's doubly awesome! Our friends Liz and Breena were on a New Zealand tour and joined us for an incredible week in the Bay of Islands. The firs...
We Sail to Spicy Island! Sailing Ocean Around Ep. 38
We head in to explore the magical island of Carriacou, Gustav gets the worst food poisoning, we set sail further south to the spicy island, and then Evelina leave us... Support us by becoming a member of our Patreon Crew! Just click the link https://www.p...
Out Chasing Stars – Sailing Around The World
What’s this?! An Out Chasing Stars channel trailer?? Well, we figured after almost three years of making videos, it was about time! Meet Amy and David. We’re a couple of modern day adventurers who sold everything, bought a boat and are sailing arou...
