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Embark on a thrilling journey with us as we navigate through the treacherous waters of the infamous Whale Cay Cut aboard our sailboat. Witness the breathtaking beauty of one of the world's top 10 most stunning beaches as we finally reach our destination. E...

As we reached 300k on YouTube, we celebrate by letting Louis Anderson, former New Zealand rugby league international, to send me flying off our dive board! SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has sta...

Embark on an unforgettable sailboat voyage with us as we set sail for the Bahamas, meticulously planning our route around weather windows to ensure a smooth journey. Despite our meticulous preparations, we were taken by surprise upon our arrival – the Ba...

We sail to Aitutaki in the Cook Islands when disaster strikes. Our buddy boat which is a 54ft Bavaria gets stuck on a reef after we were told that the channel entering the harbour had a depth of 3 meters... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 cata...

In this episode we sail from the Tuamotu islands to Makatea island, which only has 3 mooring balls outside of it. All of them were taken but the local guide says that we can tie up to the dinghy dock. I calculate that we will have 1 foot of clearance betwe...

Join us in this nail-biter of a sailing episode where tensions rise for us on the island of Zakynthos, where Murphy's law "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." hits us in full swing!! Thanks for watching, please be sure to like, subscribe, share thi...

Here is the link to Part 1 if you want to start from the beginning! https://youtu.be/DgcYmH9s7Lg This week we enter the dreaded doldrums, where it is just one squall after another for days on end. But we get serious about what it would mean to have to ab...

Welcome to part 1 of our Pacific crossing series! We finally set sail across the largest ocean in the world from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and sail 3000 miles to the Marquesas islands, in French Poynesia. But we get off to a very rough start for one of the ...

In this video I show my strategy while sailing into East coast of the USA ports on the North Atlantic. Then at 3am disaster strikes..

It never rains but it pours! We have one little disaster after another onboard Hot Chocolate, but we've learnt to weather the storms that living this life inevitably brings, and everything comes out rainbows in the end! Find out more.... How To Run Away...

We decided to leave St Lucia on Sunday and that required getting PCR tests, booking out, filling up with duty-free fuel, and heading north. The weather wasn't great but for us to meet the deadline for PCR test results we had to go. The trip was supposed to...

A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis Sailing disaster - sailboat struck by lightning...