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It's time to launch into the Pacific Ocean! We battle strong currents and choppy waves as we leave the coast of Chile behind us, sailing towards French Polynesia and around the world. #sailing #thatfeeling #oceanblue Website & Blog: www.sweetruca.co...

It’s been 19 days since we left Panama to sail to French Polynesia. 🌎 Join us for week 3 of our pacific crossing as we go from flat calm conditions to 9ft seas! Featuring sourdough bread, fishing, incredible sunsets, and lots of headsail changes… �...

Owning a boat is a constant cycle of work and reward… this video includes some shots of haul outs and projects we’ve complete on our sailing catamaran, and some rewarding moments of smooth sailing, dolphins, and sunsets.

Welcome aboard! Join us for our second week at sea. ⛵️ In this video, we show you the good, the bad, and the mundane moments of life underway- what it’s REALLY like to sail across the Pacific Ocean- from Panama to French Polynesia. We navigate throu...

Join us for the adventure of a lifetime as we sail our catamaran from Panama to French Polynesia, crossing the largest ocean on earth: the Pacific!

Join us for the adventure of a lifetime as we sail our catamaran from Panama to French Polynesia, crossing the largest ocean on earth: the Pacific!

Here we go!⛵️ This week, we left the dock in Panama and began our ~3,800 nautical mile sail to French Polynesia. In this video, we show you the last of our projects and our final provisioning haul before we cast off on our biggest adventure yet! 🌊 J...

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This week, we began provisioning for our Pacific crossing and cruising in French Polynesia! 🌎 In this video, Holly takes you along while she researches our destination, makes her list, shops, and stores our dried, canned, and paper goods. 🛒 ———...

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Here is part 1 of our pacific crossing series below! https://youtu.be/DgcYmH9s7Lg In this episode we finally make it over the 1000 nautical mile mark as we head almost straight south towards the middle of the equator. We take a moment to go through some ...

This is the final 72 hours before we set sail across the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia! Watch as we provision the boat, and also explain a bunch of the safety items that we feel are necessary for a crossing of this magnitude! SV Parlay is a hurricane ...