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The best part of living on a sailboat if life at anchor. The days just seem to fade on by and you lose all track of time. We spend our days exploring caves on our Highfield dinghy. We go for hikes and happily waste the days away fishing and eating. Boat...

The rocks are way to close. We had no choice except to deploy our stern anchor to limit our swing radius. We usually don't anchor in this tight of a spot, but we just could not resist the beauty and seclusion of this tiny anchorage. After setting our ste...

What do you need to do before leaving the dock? We go over a few things that we do before we set sail. Engine checks, battery checks, sanity checks, oh my. Why are the weather predictions never accurate. We set sail early in the morning for our 90 mile...

This video was going to be a how to install a air filter on a marine diesel. As we were installing the filter we noticed that we had some melted fiberglass on our engine cover. Upon further investigation we discovered why! We are lucky that we did not c...

We have been forced to learn how to sail onto and off of our anchor. Our engine broke last summer and we decided to continue sailing on anyways. It was a blessing in disguise. I forced us to learn how to be better sailors. Its a great feeling to be able ...

We spent a few days motoring around in the uncharted areas of Bahia Concepcion. We motored down to the far southeast corner of the bay into uncharted territory. The charts called for 3 feet of water depth , our depth sounder was reading 80! It is alwa...

We sail down into Bahia conception, where we find a beautiful calm anchorage for some must needed rest. I finally get off my lazy butt and install our spinnaker ring onto our mast. 20 minutes and four holes later the boat project that I have been putting...

As sailors we are always trying to learn new things. We finally flew our spinnaker!! It is amazing how little wind it took to get our sailboat moving. It will become our favorite downwind light air sail. We fly our symmetrical spinnaker without a pole....

Sailing is a great way to get out on the water and enjoy the fresh air. But its not all fun and games. Anchors don't hold and boats drag through the anchorage. Hulls need scrubbed and stainless needs polished. There is a lot of work involved in keeping a...

We set sail north towards the anchorage of San Juanico. First we sail with a super pod of dolphins and pass a school of rays. We drop off our friend Rob and set our sights north. We try our luck st fishing, trolling while we sail. The sea was kind and ...

We bash north sailing upwind in 28 knots. The sea state becomes uncomfortable as we remember why "gentleman don't sail to weather." Most cruisers heed that advice, and we quickly remember why! Sailing upwind in a strong breeze while also fighting a curre...

Living in a small sailboat while sailing around the world has an ironic side to it. Just like we adjust our sails to the wind we adjust our lives for the small space. What becomes non essential is replaced by functional and purposeful. hopefully multi- use...