M/V Noeta
Are you dreaming of leaving the 9-to-5 behind for a life of ocean crossings, remote anchorages, and the ultimate liveaboard adventure? Welcome to our home! We are Pat and Alexa, and together with our famous "fat boat cat" Gilligan, we live, work, and travel full-time aboard Noeta, our 57-foot Nordhavn expedition trawler. We've lived aboard for 9 years, most of that in Mexico, both Pacific coast and the Sea of Cortez. Our channel is a deep dive into the "unfiltered" reality of long-range cruising and trawler life. We don't just show the beautiful sunsets; we show you the grit, things like: 🛠️Trawler Maintenance & DIY Boat Repair 🌊Offshore Passage Making 🛥️Liveaboard Lifestyle 🇲🇽Baja Exploration Whether you are an experienced captain, an aspiring liveaboard cruiser, or someone who just loves marine wildlife and adventure travel, our goal is to inspire you to find your own "Noeta"—your own path to freedom. We upload new episodes every week documenting our journey.⚓ Subscribe Today!
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Are you dreaming of leaving the 9-to-5 behind for a life of ocean crossings, remote anchorages, and the ultimate liveaboard adventure? Welcome to our home! We are Pat and Alexa, and together with our famous "fat boat cat" Gilligan, we live, work, and travel full-time aboard Noeta, our 57-foot Nordhavn expedition trawler.
We've lived aboard for 9 years, most of that in Mexico, both Pacific coast and the Sea of Cortez. Our channel is a deep dive into the "unfiltered" reality of long-range cruising and trawler life. We don't just show the beautiful sunsets; we show you the grit, things like:
🛠️Trawler Maintenance & DIY Boat Repair
🌊Offshore Passage Making
🛥️Liveaboard Lifestyle
🇲🇽Baja Exploration
Whether you are an experienced captain, an aspiring liveaboard cruiser, or someone who just loves marine wildlife and adventure travel, our goal is to inspire you to find your own "Noeta"—your own path to freedom.
We upload new episodes every week documenting our journey.⚓ Subscribe Today!
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SPLASH DAY ALARM! 🚨 Overheat Warning on the Hydraulic System & a Costumed Check-In!
The wait is finally over—it’s Splash Day for Noeta! After weeks on the hard at the shipyard in La Cruz, our 57ft Nordhavn is finally floating where she belongs. But as every boat owner knows, as soon as you put a boat back in the water, she likes to test your nerves! As we hoist our newly re-galva...
INSIDE A MARINE SURVEY! 📋 What Inspectors Look For on a 60-Ton Nordhavn
Getting a full Condition and Value (C&V) survey done while hauled out is a necessary reality of boat ownership—especially when it comes to keeping your marine insurance adjuster happy! This week, we are taking you behind the scenes of the inspection process right here in the shipyard. We introd...
READY TO SPLASH our NORDHAVN AFTER 15 DAYS! 🎨 Bottom Paint, PropSpeed & The Bulbous Bow Smiley Face!
The finish line is finally in sight! After weeks of hard work on the hard in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, we are tackling the final sprint of shipyard projects to get Noeta completely prepped and ready for the water. In this episode, we take you through the ultimate transformation as our 57ft Nordhavn g...
BELOW THE WATERLINE! 🛠️ Nordhavn 57 Hull, Stabilizers & Thru-Hull Tour
Ever wondered what keeps an offshore expedition trawler running smoothly beneath the ocean surface? Today, we are taking full advantage of being hauled out at the shipyard to give you an all-access, underwater tour of Noeta! Join Pat as he walks you step-by-step under the hull of our 57ft Nordhavn ...
7 Days on the Hard With a Nordhavn: Underwater Lights, Anchor Chain & Locker Overhaul & a Lost Cat!
Days 4 through 7 of our shipyard refit hit us with a mix of rewarding upgrades, dirty jobs, and a complete heart-in-throat emergency! While Noeta is still high and dry on the jack stands, we are making massive progress on our project list: Underwater Lights: Installing brand-new underwater lights ...
7 Seas Yacht Management ⚓️ Chuy Zavala
Meet Chuy Zavala! A Nordhavn management expert! He has spent thousands of hours on a variety of Nordhavns and is an excellent resource. He can relocate boats, crew on them, work on them, and even show you how to navigate one. He speaks excellent English and is an overall great guy. Chuy Zavala +52 ...
60 TONS OF NORDHAVN ON JACK STANDS: The First 72 Hours in the Shipyard!🛠️ Thru-hulls, Paint, & Chain
After surviving one of the most intense haul-outs of our lives, Noeta is officially on the hard! We are hitting the ground running in the shipyard with a packed schedule for the first three days of our major refit. First up, we are tackling a job we've wanted to do for a long time: relocating ...
INCHES FROM DISASTER! 🚨 Losing an Engine & Thrusters Heading into the Concrete Haul-Out Well
This is, without a doubt, the most hectic moment we have ever experienced on Noeta. As we prepared to guide our 57ft Nordhavn into the shipyard's narrow concrete well to be hauled out, the unimaginable happened: we lost an engine and all thruster control. With 60 tons of fiberglass moving for...
LIVE! Saturday, July 18th @ 5 pm Mountain Time/23:00 GMT-Join us! Unless we lose wifi to a storm!⛈️😅
Live! Open to everyone - come say hi! Ask questions, hear how the haul out went, check on our air conditioning, and say hello to Gilligan! When: Saturday, July 18th @ 5 pm Mountain Time (23:00 GMT) Unless: there's a tropical thunderstorm...that tends to make us lose wifi. Leave us a comment,...
Shifting Gears in La Cruz: Cruising Data, Haul-Out Plans & Cockpit Dance Battles! 💃
We have officially arrived on the Mexican Mainland! After dropping our lines in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, this week is all about settling into our new home port, handling the official logistics, and looking ahead to the future of Noeta. First up, we take you along as we check in with the local Port C...
CRUISING 37 HRS ACROSS THE SEA OF CORTEZ 🕒 (& the 15 unexpected guests that took over our boat!)
The moment has finally arrived. At 4:00 AM, under a pitch-black sky, we pull up the anchor at Bahía de los Muertos and wave goodbye to the Baja Peninsula. Ahead of us lies a 312 nautical mile, 37-hour open ocean crossing across the infamous Sea of Cortez to La Cruz de Huanacaxtle in Banderas Bay. T...
CAN WE FIX IT AT ANCHOR? 🛠️ Will We Cross to the Mainland? 🇲🇽 (Plus Pat Attempts the Backflip! 🫣)
The pressure was quite literally on this week. Following the chaos of our last episode, we were stuck at anchor in Bahía de los Muertos with a critical dilemma: our main engine's fuel pressure was dangerously low, and we couldn't safely attempt our major crossing over the Sea of Cortez wit...
Pop-Up LIVE from the Bulb of Noeta!
We got the smiley face done - join us for the finishing touches!!! Leave us a comment, hype, like and subscribe! 🌴 Follow our journey! 🌴 📱TikTok: nordhavn.mv.noeta 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mvnoeta 😉 Facebook: facebook.com/mvnoeta 🖥️ Website: www.mvnoeta.com 🎽 Merch Store: Pro...
ENGINE ALARMS AT SEA! 🚨 Engine Failure? Hydraulics Lost? Chaotic Anchoring? STRESS OVERLOAD!
We set out for a routine, 6.5-hour journey south to Bahía de los Muertos, expecting a completely uneventful day of cruising down the Baja Peninsula. Instead, we were handed one of the most stressful, high-stakes days we’ve ever experienced on Noeta. It started underway when a series of helm alarms ...
Pop-Up LIVE from the SHIPYARD! 9 Days on the Hard…So Far!
Hey guys - Thanks for joining us - it's always great to chat with you! Leave us a comment, hype, like and subscribe! 🌴 Follow our journey! 🌴 📱TikTok: nordhavn.mv.noeta 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mvnoeta 😉 Facebook: facebook.com/mvnoeta 🖥️ Website: www.mvnoeta.com 🎽 Merch Sto...
LIVE with MV Noeta! Friday, June 12th, 5 pm Pacific Time (00:00 GMT)
Join us Friday, June 12th at 5 pm Pacific Time (00:00 GMT) at the end of our first week of being hauled out! We'll get you all the details on how it's been going and where we're at in the project list. Leave us a comment, hype, like and subscribe! 🌴 Follow our journey...
2 AM GENERATOR FAILURE! 🚨 (Total AC Shutdown in Mexico)…and a BACKFLIP?!
Welcome back aboard Noeta! This week, we drop the hook in the stunning, emerald-green waters of Isla Partida at the famous Ensenada Grande anchorage. The days out here are pure paradise. We spend our time snorkeling through crystal-clear water, and Alexa takes on a personal challenge: mastering the...
M/V Noeta Pop-Up LIVE from the Shipyard!
An update on how the haul out is going for Noeta on day 3 in the shipyard! Leave us a comment, hype, like and subscribe! 🌴 Follow our journey! 🌴 📱TikTok: nordhavn.mv.noeta 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mvnoeta 😉 Facebook: facebook.com/mvnoeta 🖥️ Website: www.mvnoeta.com 🎽 Merch Sto...
KATABATIC WINDS & OVERHEATING HYDRAULICS! 💨 (Plus a huge Boating FIRST!)
Welcome back aboard Noeta! We are Pat, Alexa, and Gilligan (our catnip-loving boat cat), living and traveling full-time on our 57 ft Nordhavn. We are currently making our way down Mexico’s stunning Baja Peninsula, tracking south toward the mainland and Puerto Vallarta. This week, the journey threw ...
THE VOYAGE DOWN MEXICO’S BAJA BEGINS! 🇲🇽 (and a puffer fish incident! 🐡)
The big journey has officially begun! This week, we leave the dock near Loreto and finally start our two-week passage down the stunning Baja Peninsula, making our way toward the Mexican mainland and Puerto Vallarta. The Sea of Cortez decided to give us an unforgettable send-off. We found ourselves ...
You Might be a Boater IF…#1
You Might be a Boater Series…here’s number 1!
2,000 LITERS OF DIESEL⛽ (How this tip saved us $600 at the fuel dock) & A Filter Change Tutorial
How much does it actually cost to fuel up a 60-ton ocean trawler for a major crossing? This week, we are taking Noeta to the fuel dock to take on 2,000 liters of diesel before we make our big jump across the Sea of Cortez. Fueling a boat this size can be a stressful (and expensive) process, but we ...
MV Noeta at Sunset on Mexico’s Baja
Just a short clip of our anchorage at sunset last week. Leave us a comment, hype, like and subscribe! 🌴 Follow our journey! 🌴 📱TikTok: nordhavn.mv.noeta 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mvnoeta 😉 Facebook: facebook.com/mvnoeta 🖥️ Website: www.mvnoeta.com 🎽 Merch Store: Products used...