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Chasing an endless summer: Join us as we embark on an adventure of a lifetime chasing the sun to our new home in the Kingdom of Tonga. In this episode we show you our new island home and backyard dive site. We go out spearfishing and cook one of our favour...

Can't believe we're already on episode 10! Although our mast is up, we're still rudderless, so I decided to do some club racing while Somnium is out of temporarily out of commission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Episode 3 We sail from Hervey Bay Queensland Australia to Lady Elliot island before we head to Lady Musgrave Island. Along the way we get our first fish since we left home, and Lee catches a massive... we swim with turtles and snorkel with whales singing. ...

For the record: Millie's had a ladder of one sort or another for the last 8 years, since she was a kitten, and we even have footage of her using it, have a look here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLOLWY9RDxE She hadn't fallen in for more than 5 years bef...

Sailing Across the Pacific: This is the moment we have all been excited about - but it turns out we're also a little afraid of also!! In our sail around the world, this voyage is probably going to be our furthest distance covered and longest time at sea. A...

We took a break from the standing rigging replacement this week. We started off removing our rudder, but ended up having to replace a busted thru-hull. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This is part 2 of a series of episodes where we will be replacing Somnium’s standing rigging. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not-A-Broker C...

We finally properly name Somnium, just in time for the mast to come down. This is part 1 of a series of episodes where we will be replacing Somnium’s standing rigging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

With our amazing sailing trip to the Galapagos Islands coming to an end, we go in search of the elusive penguins (yes - apparently there are penguins at the Equator - who knew??) Along the way, we come across swimming iguanas, a No Swimming Sign (which we ...

We make our final preparations to finally set sail for the Galapagos Islands after spending 6-weeks in Panama prepping for the big Pacific Ocean Crossing. Before slipping lines we took a day to explore the beautiful Casco Viejo (The Old City) with Habla Ya...

BEHIND THE STORY: Chase the Story on Patreon Since we bought our first boat, a 1986 Catalina 34 called Hideaway, in 2007 with the intent to learn how to sail, we've been dreaming of sailing away from familiar shores and finding out just how far we can go....

Check out our new website: http://www.chasethestory.com (ok, it's still a work-in-progress, but it's still awesome :) And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chasethestory St. Martin is famous in the Caribbean for getting your boat spruced up a...