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Whale Cay Cut & The Cold Front (MJ Sailing – EP 44)
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Whale Cay Cut & The Cold Front (MJ Sailing – EP 44)
Our first cold front approaches us in the Bahamas, and we get hit with it HARD! Leaving No Name Cay, we want to get ourselves further south in the Abacos, but this means taking the Whale Cay Cut. To avoid shoals in front of Treasure Cay, we need to make...
Hanging Around the Abacos (MJ Sailing – EP 43)
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Hanging Around the Abacos (MJ Sailing – EP 43)
Only a few days into the Abacos, we realize there is still so much more to see there! We spend one more great afternoon in Powell Cay where we take the dinghy to check out the beaches on the south side, and then head over to our new friends Brian and Sha...
CRYSTAL CLEAR Bahamian Waters (MJ Sailing – EP 42)
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CRYSTAL CLEAR Bahamian Waters (MJ Sailing – EP 42)
Our first days in the Bahamas led us to the clearest water in the world, where it is like looking at an aquarium from our deck. After entering the Little Bahama Bank, we spend a full day motoring through light winds only to get half way through. Dropping...
Bahamas Bound (MJ Sailing – EP 41)
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Bahamas Bound (MJ Sailing – EP 41)
We didn't know how long we'd be stuck on the coast of Florida, but it turns out we were given a window to get to the Bahamas! Getting to the Palm Beach Inlet took a full day of motoring from Stuart, full of the bascule bridges we would love to try and a...
Shoving Off the Dock FOR GOOD!!!  (MJ Sailing – EP 40)
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Shoving Off the Dock FOR GOOD!!! (MJ Sailing – EP 40)
WE'VE LEFT THE DOCK!, Which means, we are full time cruisers again!! To get here we did have to do a full provisioning of the boat as we do plan to spend a month or two in the Bahamas and we know how hard it can be to get your favorite things there someti...
A Tour Of The Boat Graveyard (MJ Sailing – EP 39)
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A Tour Of The Boat Graveyard (MJ Sailing – EP 39)
It's almost time to get out of Indiantown! We're within our last week or so here, and we have a lot to accomplish in a little bit of time! Between projects such as clearing out our storage unit of all our belongings and *finally* trashing all my dirty wo...
Fun With Sacrificial Sail Covers (MJ Sailing – EP 38)
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Fun With Sacrificial Sail Covers (MJ Sailing – EP 38)
We should know by now that some jobs are easier and cheaper in the long run, just to hire out. I wish I knew that about our sacrificial sail cover. The area of Sunbrella which runs along the foot and leach of our head sails are getting switched out from P...
Letting Air In & Keeping Thieves Out – Hopefully (MJ Sailing – EP 37)
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Letting Air In & Keeping Thieves Out – Hopefully (MJ Sailing – EP 37)
Good airflow in a boat is very important. But then again, so is keeping people out while you're away, and in some areas, while you're sleeping at night. Almost from day one our rebuild, we knew the current companionway door situation was not ideal, and w...
Our Bank Account After 5 Years of Cruising & a Refit (MJ Sailing – EP 36)
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Our Bank Account After 5 Years of Cruising & a Refit (MJ Sailing – EP 36)
A big question for cruisers out on the water is 'How do you afford to do this'. We've gone over in previous videos on how we saved up our money to get out of the rat race, but now that we've been out for 5 years, the next question is, 'Where has that mo...
Everybody Poops – An Update on Our Composting Head (MJ Sailing – EP 35)
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Everybody Poops – An Update on Our Composting Head (MJ Sailing – EP 35)
We've been getting lots of questions over the past few months on how our composting head is working out for us, so after a lot of use and a few modifications, we share how it has been working out for us. WARNING: If you do not like a lot of talking or pr...
Reflecting on the Storm (MJ Sailing – EP 34)
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Reflecting on the Storm (MJ Sailing – EP 34)
As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, we watch the marina become a ghost town and prepare ourselves for the worst while hoping for the best. With not much to do the day before the storm, we hang around the patio and take in all the news reports we can ...
Batten the Hatches, Irma Is On Her Way (MJ Sailing – EP 33)
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Batten the Hatches, Irma Is On Her Way (MJ Sailing – EP 33)
We get back from our shakedown cruise, ready to bury ourselves in boat work...only to find there's a hurricane headed our way! Every day we'd watch the news in anticipation to see how Irma would impact us. From just a blip on the radar to threatening to ...
Death by Bridges & Making Our Way Home (MJ Sailing – EP 32)
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Death by Bridges & Making Our Way Home (MJ Sailing – EP 32)
As all good things must come to an end, so must our shakedown cruise. It was hard to tear ourselves away from one of our new favorite spots on the east side of Peanut Island, but we knew there was still a lot of boat work to be completed before hurricane ...
Testing Our Sea Breathe Hookah and Snorkeling Peanut Island (MJ Sailinig – EP 31)
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Testing Our Sea Breathe Hookah and Snorkeling Peanut Island (MJ Sailinig – EP 31)
Continuing our stay next to Peanut Island in the Palm Beach area, we decide to spend as much time as we can in the water. Having received a snorkeling hookah from one of our viewers, we've finally found a place to test it out as Matt goes in the water to ...
Update: Aftermath of Irma in Indiantown, Florida
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Update: Aftermath of Irma in Indiantown, Florida
We have made it through Hurricane Irma, and so has Elements of Life! Indiantown fared quite well through the storm, as far as we can tell there is no damage to any of the boats in the water or in the work yard and storage (except one shredded head sail). ...
Update: Prepping our Boat for Hurricane Irma in South Florida
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Update: Prepping our Boat for Hurricane Irma in South Florida
Don't be too worried, we are not out cruising right now, we are safe and tucked away back home at Indiantown Marina. Having been back one week now from our shakedown, we've been given plenty of notice that Irma is headed our way, and we are doing everythi...
From the Boat Graveyard to Sailing Once Again (MJ Sailing – EP 30)
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From the Boat Graveyard to Sailing Once Again (MJ Sailing – EP 30)
We're sailing!!!! At long last!!! Who would have guess that once again our original plans did not work out as intended, and our sailing was pushed back one more day. No problem though, as we found a perfect spot to anchor next to Peanut Island and the P...
SAIL FAIL, SWIM FAIL (MJ Sailing – EP 29)
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SAIL FAIL, SWIM FAIL (MJ Sailing – EP 29)
We're off and running on our little shakedown cruise, but as we should have known, things don't always go according to plan. After running around Stuart to make sure we have all the necessary oil and discharge stickers, we begin to make our way south on t...
Casting Off Our Dock Lines After a 2 Year Refit (MJ Sailing – EP 28)
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Casting Off Our Dock Lines After a 2 Year Refit (MJ Sailing – EP 28)
After two long years in the work yard and additional two months in the water, and we're ready to toss off our dock lines! We aren't headed out for good, but we are more than ready for a shakedown cruise to see how systems are working, what still needs to ...
Our New (Almost) Pocket Size Drone! (MJ Sailing – EP 27)
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Our New (Almost) Pocket Size Drone! (MJ Sailing – EP 27)
We have now joined the ranks of sailors with the ability to shoot beautiful aerial views! Deviating from the usual course once again, the drone we chose to purchase is the DJI Mavic Pro instead of the very popular Phantom 4. The Mavic Pro, when it is fol...
Building Our Own Custom Stack Pack (MJ Sailing – EP 26)
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Building Our Own Custom Stack Pack (MJ Sailing – EP 26)
There's nothing for me to sand or paint right now, so it must be time to sew! Two big items we need done before leaving the marina are making a new mainsail cover and an awning for the cockpit. Tackling the hardest one first, I went with the sail cover. ...
Our Composting Head & Swag Giveaway (MJ Sailing – EP 25)
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Our Composting Head & Swag Giveaway (MJ Sailing – EP 25)
Just to be a little bit different *again* we've set up our new boat so the head has a composting toilet. There are a few reasons for this decision that you'll hear Matt discuss in the video. I take on a job of adding scuff resistant tape to the slider of...
Our Thoughts on Going Bare (MJ Sailing – EP 24)
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Our Thoughts on Going Bare (MJ Sailing – EP 24)
'Why aren't you going to paint your hull?' 'If you're going to leave it bare, you should at least shine it up'. 'You're in for a ton of corrosion if you leave your hull bare'. These are just a sample of the questions and comments we've been getting thro...
Our Great Escape From the Work Yard to the Water (MJ Sailing – EP 23)
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Our Great Escape From the Work Yard to the Water (MJ Sailing – EP 23)
The day has finally arrived. After taking a junk boat sitting in the graveyard to do a complete overhaul on it, we're now ready to move it to the water! With rain like we've never seen before in south Florida, our launch was pushed back an extra few days ...

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