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I'm not the only one to have a dream of sailing off into the sunset. Here you'll meet several others who are preparing their boat for a big voyage. And I'm continuing to do so my myself. It's a big refit job, and seems to never end, but in the end it will ...

THE CHANGES, FEARS, ANXIETY, HIGHS AND LOWS OF BEING A LIVEABOARD. FOR ANYONE THINKING OF TAKING ON THIS ALTERNATIVE LIFE, THIS IS ESSENTIAL VIEWING! --- PLEASE SUPPORT FTB ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/followtheboat OR SAY THANKS THROUGH THE RUM ...

Eaten Alive… or a close call at least! In this episode, join us as we drive back and forth across California for Ty to work, taking in the beautiful mountain views along the way. We stop at Donner Pass, a place with quite the interesting history… It ...

Who needs a forestay anyways?! Well, maybe if you want to do some sailing… but before we do any more of that, it’s time to do a partial de-rigging and remove our forestay so the boatyard can get to work on fixing our bowsprit and anchor pulpit. We’...

Ay, yai, yai…. What have we been up to lately? Oh, you know… just breaking our bowsprit and anchor pulpit right off the front of our beloved Varuna, you? It was a terrible and heartbreaking night for us on Varuna. We were so excited to set sail from...

What happens when you combine some awesome Channel Island anchorages and a string of misadventures in Santa Barbara, you ask? Well Episode 19 happens! Come check out some crazy, beautiful spots on Santa Cruz… We find ourselves with a gorgeous private c...

We are finally settling into cruising life, balancing boat repairs and exploring amazing new places! After landing in Ventura, we are happy to take advantage of the convenience of being at a dock and get some projects done. After we get all of our boat w...

Part 2 of our offshore passage from the Columbia River to the Channel Islands and Southern California! The weather calms down, we get a chance to go for a swim and have a bath 300 miles off the California Coast, see some awesome sea life, check out Santa ...

Why is there always a part of the rigging that does not fit? Why?! Watch as we battle more custom machining woes on the tie rod rigging, finish up the bottom job after a minor Annie meltdown, and reveal how we plan to fix the clogged weep hole in our mas...

Complete rod to wire re-rig documented at https://havewindwilltravel.com. We finally decided: "Okay, let's go with wire rigging. 5/16 stainless steel wire all around." Now what? A thousand necessary modifications and little pieces that must all fit tog...

Not if it's hidden behind the rigging. Lesson learned here: If you're going to re-rig, pull and inspect all of the pieces. You'll be shocked at what we found. Bonus lesson: Lookout for that hammer. He packs a mean punch. Thanks to the boys at Perdido ...

At least that's the decision we made after we broke the torque wrench hammering these guys down. It was a bit of a project all told but we got 'er done and were glad we did because we ended up discovering and righting some hardware wrongs once we'd dug in...