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Keeping your boat from floating away can be as simple as throwing out an anchor. But if you plan to leave the boat in the same spot for long periods of time, you might want to consider building a mooring. In this episode we walk through every part of our m...

Where do you keep a boat that’s TWENTY-THREE feet wide?? After returning to Michigan with our new trimaran, this quickly became the biggest hurdle before getting her in the water. A doublewide slip would still be a tight fit, not to mention it would cost...

Five years ago we bought a sailboat and left home to go cruising. Now, after buying a trailerable boat, we’re SO EXCITED to be returning home to go cruising! Kirk flew down to Florida to scoop up a Farrier F9AX trimaran that we’d been eyeing for month...

WE FOUND OUR TRIMARAN! After 3 years of searching, we knew just what we were looking for. How did we know this was THE one? Join us on our whirlwind trip to get our new boat! Hope you enjoy! Lauren, Kirk & Renata FILMED: July 2020 SOCIALS + BLOG...

We’re on the hunt for our next boat! We’re looking for a trimaran that’s big enough to live on for several weeks to a month+ at a time, but still small enough to trailer. It’s been tough — if not impossible! — to find. So far most of the boats ...

We downsize over the last two years to. get small enough to move onto the boat. This is an important step towards leaving the dock for good. We still have upcoming projects to make us off the grid ready before we can leave.

For the past 3+ years we’ve been secretly on the hunt for our next boat. Last episode we talked about what kind of boat we’re looking for — a trailerable trimaran! — and why we think it’s the best next boat for us. (Want to see it? https://youtu....

What kind of boat we’ve been secretly dreaming about for the last 3+ years? Living, traveling and working on our monohull gave us a lot of insight into what we did and did not like about our first boat and our cruising lifestyle. Because we value spendi...

Once we decided it was time, it happened SO FAST. One day we were in Michigan writing the ‘for sale’ ad for our Tartan 37, and a few weeks later we were in Florida getting the rest of our belongings off a boat — that was no longer ours. We knew thi...

*** Want to try the hydration drink from TruWild? Get 20% here! https://truwild.com/discount/SOULIANIS *** We didn’t know it then — sailing into the sunset across the Gulf of Mexico — but this would be our last journey aboard our beloved Tartan 37....

The jury’s still out after taking this catamaran for a sail with our friends, Jordan & Randi from @LearningtheLines. After Kirk gets a long-awaited kiteboarding lesson from Jordan, we all hop aboard a Nautitech 40 Open for a weekend cruise out of K...

When Lou pitched me the idea of living in a wall tent for the summer, I have to admit I was a little skeptical. We have experienced a lot of different off grid living situations (van life, boat life, and a cottage in the jungle), but a tent seemed a little...