YouTube Videos
Shipyard Time! WET SANDING, Propeller Painting, and More!
It’s haul out time for Sea Dream of Clyde! In this one, we head to Newcastle Marine in Nanaimo to have the boat lifted out of the water and moved into the shipyard for our by-annual painting and general maintenance. I show the wet sanding technique we us...
Finally Able to Leave | Living Off Grid on a Sailboat
After a great summer off-grid and a few hiccups with our initial departure (thanks to several hundred pounds of muscles slowing us down!), we were finally able to cast-off our mooring and head to a layover anchorage on our way home to the docks for the win...
Hitting Logs & Swimming in a Diesel Spill | Sailing The Gulf Islands in Canada
It is not always sunshine and rainbows in the Gulf Islands, though most the time it is! In this one, we leave the San Juans behind and head up to Nanaimo, but not before running into a frustrating customs agent, a log, and diesel spill! We stop by Prevost ...
This didn’t go as planned… | Problems Aboard While Living Off Grid
Sometimes when you go out sailing...not everything goes as planned! And this was one of those days. We thought we were all set to take Blue Moon on an early morning start for our annual voyage back to the docks, but the muscle-filled coastal pacific waters...
Off Grid Boat Life | Days in the Life… Diving and Preparing to Sail
Welcome to another couple days living off grid on our sailboat! In this video we go for a swim on a cold and rainy fall day to scrape the summer growth off of our hull! It ended up being a pretty big job, but we managed to scrape most of the hull clean wit...
Quiet Day in the Life Off-Grid | Boat Life Engine Maintenance | Signs of Fall
Welcome to another off grid segment of Blue Moon Life! In this video, we bring you along on a quiet day-in-the-life living on our sailboat, puttering around at our off-grid mooring location. In preparation for a sailing trip later this fall, we did a bit o...
We’re back! | Off Grid Boat Life with New Crew
And just like that, we’re back on Blue Moon! Welcome to another video aboard - today we bring you with us through a quiet, relaxing morning on the boat! We spent the weekend off grid, and enjoyed having some close friends join us for a visit. We also pro...
Our First Ever Catch and Cook! | Off Grid Boat Life
Welcome back to Blue Moon Life! In this video, we take you on an afternoon sail in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of Canada. It was a sunny, breezy day, which gave us the perfect opportunity for a day off on the water. In the evening, we tried our first-e...
A Gem In The City | Ep. 35 | Sailing With Friends Around Victoria, Canada
Ahoy sailors and sailing enthusiasts! It has been a little while since my last video, and may be a little while before the next, but here is a quick one from late this spring when my friends Taryn and Logan from @WaywardLifeSailing joined me aboard Sea Dre...
Day in the Life Living Off Grid on a Sailboat
A simple day in the life, living off grid on our sailboat. The transition from the docks to going off grid is a welcome change.
Solo Sailing to Finish The Inside Passage | Ep. 32 | Raging Into The Night
This is it! The final installment of my series on Sailing The Inside Passage to Alaska! In this one, having just dropped Alex off, I head off solo from Hornby Island to finish up the trip. Warm weather and awesome (though close-hauled) sailing greet me as...
