S/V Viā is a 2004 Caliber 40 Long Range Cruiser (LRC). She has a cutter rig with a removable inner forestay (so she can sail like a sloop), has a long fin keel with a 5'2" draft, and a rudder protected by a full skeg.
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We take a break from cruising and go back to land life for a few weeks, and it all takes a turn with one freak accident. Join us as we travel the country, take in a variety of beautiful landscapes, do boat work (!), and finally head back to Mexico to begin...
We're back! But before we get to crack a cold one on a beautiful beach somewhere, we must pay our cruiser dues: the boatyard. Join us as we tackle a few projects, the biggest of which is new bottom paint, and finally get to put Viā back in her natural hab...
We have Via out of the boatyard and back in her natural marine habitat! Buuuut the work has just begun. Join us for a whirlwind week filled with food poisoning, broken systems, moving, unpacking, fixing, installing Starlink, and getting ourselves ready to ...
We cross the Sea of Cortez under beautiful conditions, make a new friend along the way, and finally drop anchor over in beautiful Baja again -- and this time, we have an entire island all to ourselves. Join us for sailing, swimming, fishing, sun, and relax...
Ancient petroglyphs, electric surfboarding, lazy days spent in the ocean, hikes to mountaintops, and a sunrise sail to an epic anchorage all awaits you in this week's episode. Join us!
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We revisit an anchorage that was NOT fun the last time through - and not only is this visit better, but it might have won our hearts over entirely, and crowned as our favorite spot in the sea of Cortez. Join us for our best snorkeling ever and breathtaking...
These are the days that we were only once just dreaming about from our home in the suburbs of Seattle. Join us for the best of the best: beach bonfires, epic diving, incredible wildlife, and perfect days on anchor, away from it all.
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Sand dunes, giant cactus, turquoise water, and white sand beaches: Baja is like the Grand Canyon meets the Bahamas. Join us for a beautiful but tiny anchorage that puts on a real show with all the magic of Baja.
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Join us for this special episode where we share incredible encounter after incredible encounter with dolphins, whales, and more. We celebrate Taylor's birthday, hike around our own private island, and of course: fix things in beautiful places.
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Our last few weeks in the Sea of Cortez are here, and we are soaking them aaaallll up. Join us as we cruise through some of the most striking anchorages and landscapes in all of Baja.
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We enjoy a beautiful sail to one of our favorite spots in Mexico and get to call it home for a while. Join us for crystal clear turquoise water, tons of sea life, hikes, spearfishing, baking, and all the beauty of the sea of Cortez.
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Winter has arrived and it's keeping us all sorts of stuck & frustrated. But not before we have our most brutal night in an anchorage ever. Then it's time to begin getting our home ship shape to tackle the longest passage we've taken on since arriving i...
We wave goodbye to the Sea of Cortez for good and set sail south toward mainland Mexico. But it's not long until things get a little weird, frustrating, and scary. Come join us for 4 days and 3 nights at sea!
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After an eventful 4 days at sea (including almost hitting a whale and ripped sails), we finally arrive on mainland Mexico -- but it's not exactly the sweet satisfaction that we were hoping for. Join us for sailing, the adventures of going ashore, and TAMAL...
In this episode we explore the city of La Cruz and then set sail south -- and on Mike's nighttime watch he encounters the scariest moment he's had at sea this far. Thennnn, we encounter a new frustrating challenge that totally stumps us.
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Join us for 20 minutes of the Struggle Bus Express! In this episode we spend some quality time in the less-fun side of cruising. But we finally break free and set sail to a cruiser's paradise. Come watch!
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After an incredible reset and reminder why we chose this lifestyle, we're off to a new spot. The good news: it's our new favorite town in Mexico. The bad news: the sketchy anchorage is notorious for groundings. Join us for whale sightings, charming seaside...
This week we have a couple experiences that might make us officially Real Sailors 😂. Mike does some single-handing and witnesses a special surprise, we attend an awesome cruiser fundraiser filled with fun events, we pretend we're on vacation, and our ho...
We discover a secret beach hidden away in the rocky cliffs of Mexico's Pacific coast, and then we set set sail to continue our journey south - where we have a perfect day on anchor, including some amazing surprises.
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We catch SO many incredible shows from countless humpback whales and dolphins, and then have a slightly stressful sail filled with failing equipment, a navigation hazard, and a waterspout (!) forming on the horizon. Join us for anchorages, cities, wildlife...
We sail into Zihuatanejo and are immediately swept away by the colors, flavors, culture, and sights. We eat great food, attend the famous Zihuat Guitar Fest, see the most insane bioluminescence we've ever seen, and enjoy the perks of having our home parked...
Our time in the colorful city of Zihuatanejo comes to an end, but not before a few final amazing moments. The hubbub of city life fades into the background as we point out bow towards Acapulco, where we try to rest between the party boats and addressing an...
Join us for two days and two nights at sea! We leave Acapulco and before long we realize we have some very peculiar followers and enjoy some top-notch champagne sailing. We try to keep cool in the heat, dodge scary fishing boats, and pull into an extremely...
After several long passages jumping down the coast of Pacific Mexico, we have finally dropped anchor in some gorgeous cruising grounds. Join us for the best that cruising life has to offer: cooking fresh caught fish on the beach with friends, beautiful sno...
After an *incredible* week (did you catch our last episode?!), it's time to switch things up and do something a little different. We rent some wheels and head into the mountains in search of magical hot springs. But first, we need to get Viā safely into a...
This week we're off to do something a little different. We drive high up into the Sierra Madre mountains in Oaxaca and move into our new home for a little while: the cabin in the clouds. Join us for rainforests, coffee, epic views, crackling fires, monster...
After some truly spectacular weeks in Oaxaca, it is time to prepare Via for crossing the most notorious stretch of water in all of Pacific Mexico: the Bay of Tehuantepec. With winds that regularly reach gale and hurricane force, timing is everything on thi...
We are halfway through our passage across the notoriously dangerous and unpredictable Bay of Tehuantepec in southern Pacific Mexico. Day one brought equipment failure and hitting hidden fishing lines, and day two forces us into an expensive decision. Ah, b...
The bad news is our plans got remixed and we're stuck on a dock in Chiapas, but the good news is we find plenty of ways to kill the time. Join us for a little of everything: boat work, waterfalls, forests, and taste of the local history in southern Mexico....
Our new autopilot has arrived! And every single piece of it presents a problem to address, parts to modify, and pieces to customize, making this our most complex, involved, biggest boat project we've taken on in 3 years living aboard.
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With our new autopilot installed and Via ready to go, it is time to push off the dock and into a new chapter: leaving Mexico and sailing to a new country with new weather patterns. Come join us for five days at sea where we get a mix of everything: squalls...
We are sailing from Mexico to Costa Rica, and after a rough start, things start to look up. Join us as we get the best type of entertainment a sailor can hope for, and then we make landfall in the most stunning anchorage we have EVER seen.
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We sailed to Costa Rica! It is the most beautiful place we've ever been, but it is also the scariest: intense lightning storms throw down bolts all around us with a fury. Join us for epic scenery, crazy storms, birthday fun, and lots more.
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They say in cruising that the highs are high and the lows are low, and this week, we get our most extreme taste of this intense duality when we hit a storm. Join us as we get caught in the worst conditions we'd ever experienced, and then dive with a leopar...
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