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What kind of childhood leads a person to sail around the world? No one could have ever predicted the path that Joel and I have taken. Our families are still scratching their heads!! 😆 Hope you enjoy this episode; we're reliving the past while reconnec...

The first step to Sail Across the Atlantic Ocean is... farm work? Yep -- for us anyway! This is how we're saving up to get our old boat outfitted for the big ocean crossing. Joel fixes and replaces 5 tin roofs while I drive tractors and make hay. Welcome...

How we went from living paycheck to paycheck -- to cruising full time on a sailboat! You wanted to know how we're saving up to make major upgrades and get our sailboat ready to sail across the Atlantic. But first, you need to know how we got here in th...

Minimalist sailing and cruising for 5 years taught us a thing or two, and now we're going in a completely new direction... Introducing Bums on a Boat 2.0 !!! 😉 Much love, Michal and Joel Need more of The Bums? Join our crew on Patreon for regular l...

Spending 24/7 with the love of your life is pretty great 💗 but there's a dark side that ALL sailing couples will understand! When you get so accustomed to being together, working together, doing everything together... you lose some of your independenc...

Love and loss... The plan for this episode really changed. We were going to share with you exactly what you need to have authentic travel experiences -- but we all know what happens while you're busy making plans... Life is beautiful and tragically shor...

For the first time in years, we are sailing with purpose. We have a long route ahead to a brand new destination and it feels GREAT! And just to make life even better, we are sailing (not motoring), reaching some of our fastest times and Liz is catching fi...

There have been kidnappings and piracy for decades along the north and eastern coast of Sabah, so equipment failure in these dangerous pirate waters is the last thing we need. 🤙 Support us: PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub...

Goodbye Sutera Harbour Marina, hello open seas! This is so exciting! We're off on a new sailing adventure for the first time in two years... 🤙 Support us: PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 👌 00:00 Casting off the lines ...

While ticking off a few small jobs as we prepared for departure, our additional lithium batteries arrived. Hooray! This extra power boost will be useful over the next six months or so while at anchor and for running the new freezer. 🤙 Support us: PATRE...

If you have been following our channel in the last year, you know how big a deal moving back onboard and sailing to Bonaire was for us. When this video is released, it has only been a few weeks since we arrived and we have enjoyed every second of our time ...

This video brings you on our journey though acquiring and moving onto a Catalina 30 sailboat. We now live-aboard our tiny home on the ocean full time.