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We get challenged to a race by our friend on a Nautitech 46, as well as an Outremer 51, Lagoon 380, Leopard 44, and a Halberg Rassey also comes along for the race against our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450! Well, it is actually a Jamie 465 now, as we extende...

It’s an emotional rollercoaster as we arrive into Brisbane for the second time, we find our old sailboat and bring the boys aboard memory lane. Enjoy! We are posting live updates on our social channels: https://www.the-sailing-family.com/ https://www.in...

We finally meet the broker who actually listens to what we're looking for. Ian Edmonson takes on us a tour of some local yachts to show us the goods. Lisa really likes a boat we can't have. Dave is too tall. Lisa is too short. 2005 Lagoon 380 3 cabin ver...

Over 3 years in the planning. Redesigning our entire business model. Crewing. Learning. Searching. It's GO time Everything is sold! We've flown to the US. We are SHOPPING! Follow us on our search for an alternative lifestyle. We meet a new broker. We tou...

In this episode we make a discovery which shows the real extent of the damage to our bulkheads. We receive some extremely helpful assistance from the manufacturer, on how to repair our Lagoon 450 catamaran. She has had catastrophic failures to both sides o...

We took a guided tour of the Excess 12m Catamaran at this year's Annapolis Sailboat Show. It is built by Beneteau that also owns Lagoon. It allegedly sails faster than a Lagoon but I would want to test sail it to say for sure because it is not a lot ligh...

On our quest for the "best cruising cat" we looked at several models that fell squarely in the Bluewater Cruising category. In this video we share why we ended up with the Outremer and take an in depth look at the other boats we considered. We include com...

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our series where we are checking out the Catamarans at the Annapolis Sailboat Show to see what we think would suit us as a for a live-aboard catamaran for when we sail full-time as we circumnavigate the glo...

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our series where we are checking out the Catamaran at the Annapolis Sailboat Show to see what we think would suit us as a for a live-aboard catamaran for when we sail full-time as we circumnavigate the glob...

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we are at the Annapolis Sailboat Show checking out the Catamarans to see what we think would suit us as a for a full-time live-aboard catamaran for when we sail full-time as we circumnavigate the globe. This episode w...

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we are at the Annapolis Sailboat Show checking out the Catamarans to see what we think would suit us as a for a full-time live-aboard catamaran for when we sail full-time as we circumnavigate the globe. This episode w...

Ep95. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour 2 more boats. The Antares 44i is known as a comfortable liveaboard sailboat and Outremer is known more for its blazing fast...