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On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the Captain saves $500 by checking into Costa Rica without a marina agent before we jump across the bay to get a bit closer to the action. The ladies pop into town to provision basik properly before leaving the ...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle the crew makes it to the iconic Costa Rica anchorage of Santa Elena. We settle in to life at anchor before pushing further south to officially check in to the country. Along the way, the captain lands a trophy fi...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew takes care of some last minute tasks before heading south to Costa Rica. We gamble by waiting for a fair weather window to cross the notorious Papagayo jet and definitely got a good taste of this unique...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, Linh goes beast mode on our new dodger. The lumpy passage from Mexico to Nicaragua probably had something to do with it. The crew takes a day-long tour to see some amazing sites in the region with the hopes of r...

After a lumpy passage from Chiapas, Mexico to Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua, basik stirred up something in our port diesel tank. On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew diagnosis, forms a game plan, and resolves the issue. Our weather window look...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew leaves Marina Chiapas and sets sail south past Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras before a certain substance hits the fan on our approach to Nicaragua. Our mundane sail got sporty real quick as basik ...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew buttons up a few last details before making decision on our future travel plans. Basik and crew are ready to leave, pending the detailed check out procedure in this border town. Come back next time to j...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, Linh treats the Marina Chiapas crew to a homemade Vietnamese lunch to show our appreciation for all of their hard work making this stop safe and comfortable. Our time here is almost over so we must take advanta...

With just three days until we depart Marina Chiapas, a routine inspection uncovers a potential catastrophic failure. Our starboard rudder's nylon bearing had failed and needed to be replaced ASAP! The crew teams up to MacGyver a replacement part to get ba...

With our time winding down in Marina Chiapas, the crew is focused on life and safety projects. That means once again, tying to bring our tired dinghy back to life then rebuilding our injured anchor platform. Basik will be leaving Mexico soon and has to sta...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew tackles phase one of our synthetic rigging upgrade by replacing our tired stainless running back stays with Dyneema. Basik is close to leaving Marina Chiapas and is trying to knock out a few more projec...

On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we review the last two years of medical expenses while we were in Mexico as Linh creates another memorable meal, pork belly sliders on homemade Japanese milk bread. With our body maintenance covered it's time to...