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Crossing the World's Most Dangerous Columbia River Bar. Sailing towards north.

While Sierra is away Billy has been living in the truck camper in all different spots on the Columbia River but mostly on the Hood River area. We hope you enjoy going with him as he takes advantage of the wind sports capital of the United States and shows ...

Billy is flying solo in this video... Well not completely solo Jetty to the rescue! He brings you with him as he finds free camping and wing foils in the wind sports capital of the United States. Can you tell he is in absolute heaven?! Thank you to @Dami...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we spend an adventurous week in Ilwaco on our 435 catamaran SV basik. We get some projects done before taking a few day hikes to explore the surrounding area. Cape Disappointment surely did not disappoint! Come b...

Ahoy, The stories around the Columbia River Bar are well know to cruisers of the Westcoast. We had the chance to make our own experience and had to wait until the coastguard gave permission to cross it. So enjoy the new and very wet episode.. Aloha please...

Ahoy, in this Episode I'm outing myself as stupid. Unbelievable that I didn't find the problem immediately, but I guess that's life.. What problem?? you got to watch it to find out. But then we take ZERO upstream and enjoy the beauty ofthe Columbia River...

The time has come... before we get to enjoy warm, sunny sailing and sunsets in the tropics, we have to get there! The journey South from Oregon to warmer weather calls for braving one of the most treacherous bar crossings in the world, the Columbia River ...

Well, once this post goes live, we will be off sailing in the Pacific, somewhere off of Southern California, getting close to the Channel Islands! That’s right, we’ve officially untied the lines from the Pacific Northwest and set off on our journey so...

It’s a long one, but we promise a really good one! Join us as we scramble around to finish up last minute projects and errands on Varuna before officially untying the lines and saying goodbye to Portland. We set sail for a 3-day trip down the beautiful...

We’re getting sooo close!! Our final weeks in Portland getting Varuna all ready to go cruise include sailing, getting a spinnaker, checking out our temporary new home, and some boat projects… sewing, cleaning and we start provisioning! Few, that’s ...

In this episode, we finally start to wrap up some projects, finishing up the windvane install, then tackling a few other projects and scoring a great deal on some supplies for Varuna. Our families also come to town for a visit and we take them out for som...

Oh my gosh! What a project installing this windvane has been.... I guess that’s the tradeoff for a really good deal. Join us as we start to drill holes in our boat, and realize that they’re in the wrong spot… (whoops) And then drill some more holes...