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MEGA YACHTS DRIVING US CRAZY!
The sailing has been fantastic, but when we head for a hint of civilization to get some internet, we get swarmed by mega yachts and giga yachts. The crowd sends us running for isolated coves and beaches in the Central Exumas and the Exumas Land and Sea Par...
Captain Down! Injury Underway – SEASON FINALE
Right before we wrap things up this season and ready Clarity for haul out and storage, Nick hurts his back handling the mainsail. Megan takes over running our catamaran while we both sweat through the Chesapeake summer heat and thunderstorms. Clouds T-Sh...
How We Budget and Spend – Maintenance Costs for a Leopard 46 Catamaran
Boats cost a lot to maintain. We divide those costs into categories so we can budget our expenses. That usually comes out to 6-8% of the value of the boat per year. Our annual cruising budget video: https://youtu.be/JJ_xvHmvB0E iTunes Podcast: https://po...
New Careers? You gotta laugh! And we finally fixed the Code 0 light air sail!
We are locked down in the Bahamas aboard Clarity, and if we didn't laugh, we'd probably go nuts. So we have some fun. Plus, we finally get our light air headsail, the Code 0 to work properly. Hope you are well! iTunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/u...
Electrical gremlins just before we depart the US
After a lot of hard work, we are anxious to get this party started! Our Leopard 46 catamaran Clarity just needs a couple more things attended to, and Miami is the place for that. Also an excellent jumping off point for the islands! Zucchini bread recipe: ...
Final push – We’re FREE – Let the Cruising Begin
One of our most productive haulouts ever, but wow was that a lot of work. Plus we show you our new dinghy! #mildew #sailing #cruising #leopard46 O’Kelly Tech Channel: https://youtu.be/8TBYKO2mjgc iTunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast......
Marriage-Saving Tip #2 – Staying Ahead of Stresses while Cruising
This is cruise #3 on boat #4, and it's not always sunshine and rainbows over our 17 years of on-and-off adventuring. A question we get a lot is: HOW DO YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER? Today we talk about some of the unique challenges and stresses this lif...
Gulf Stream Craziness – Abacos to North Carolina
We take our Leopard 46 catamaran from the Abacos Island of the Bahamas to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This trip proves that the Gulf Stream is ready to serve up a challenge no matter what the wind is doing, making what should be a fast, comforta...
Ocean Passage Preps & Our 10,000 Neighbors
It's our final stop for the season before we head north to the States, and it is from a dream! We enjoy paradise for a while and take you through our passage preparations: the boat, ourselves, and the weather! We also celebrate our birthday girl and have a...
SUNDAY SPECIAL – Your questions, our plans, and other ramblings.
The VLOG returns this Thursday. In the meantime: What do we like and what do we hate about our Leopard 46 catamaran? Should you buy a boat and put it into charter? What do we think about aluminum boats? When to buy the boat to sail away on? iTunes Podcas...
Rig Fix and Whale Tale in the Abacos
We backtrack to Marsh Harbor via a questionable shallow short-cut to meet up with our rigger to fix our bent cap shroud. By chance we cross paths with our South African friends aboard Top Secret, the most amazing charter boat to private yacht conversion we...