There are some amazing, world class hikes in Seychelles... just as long as you don't go on any of the ones our friend Kyle suggests! Kyle and Lauren flew out to spend time sailing around Seychelles with us and our first stop was the island of Praslin. K...
With the world shut down, we didn’t get to have a party with friends and family to help celebrate our circumnavigation. So you can help us celebrate instead! Join us as we talk about the highlights from sailing around the world and have a Q&A with yo...
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Just a quick video to announce we're going to do our first ever YouTube Live Stream! We never did get to have a party to celebrate in St. Lucia to officially completing our circumnavigation so co...
Sailing across the Indian Ocean is hard. There's just no other way to say it. The waves are big, the swell comes from seemingly random directions and the weather is completely unpredictable. All that adds up to a lot of stress for sailors and wear and t...
Chagos is a remote speck of an atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean and the only way to get there is by boat. We've got 10 thoughts on cruising Chagos that will help all you adventurers who are thinking of visiting!
If you're interested in a specific ...
There's no better way to describe Chagos than as a remote, exotic paradise smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean! The only people who get to visit these gorgeous atolls are cruisers who arrive on their own boats. The islands are deserted (not entirely ...
Way in the middle of the Indian Ocean, there's a tiny group of islands known as Chagos. The only way to get there is by boat but fortunately, we've got Starry Horizons!
This was a fairly quick passage down from the Maldives, but it required us to sail t...
Cruisers who actually have sailed through the Maldives are pretty rare. So since we spent 8 weeks there, we figured we'd share 10 thoughts about what it's like to sail in the Maldives. We'll talk about everything from Formalities to Sailing Conditions an...
Crossing the equator is always a special occasion and on our last passage in the Maldives, we crossed for the 3rd time on our circumnavigation. Unfortunately, this time didn't go quite as smoothy as the first two. We just may have accidentally spilled ch...
The luxury resorts in the Maldives may be famous around the world for their hospitality, but Starry Horizons is a pretty good holiday destination herself. To prove it, we had two sets of friends come join us for some fun in the sun in the Maldives.
Resor...
The Maldives are famous around the world for their luxury resorts. But what is like to explore one that's abandoned?
We sailed to the island of Dholhiyadhoo where a 5-star resort was under construction when the project went bankrupt. Now the island sits...
Our Maldivian adventures continue with a bit of a look into the darker side of cruising the Maldives: the bureaucracy. After waiting a week for our cruising permit to come back, we were now faced with the task of getting diesel. Should be simple enough, ...
We knew the Maldives would have beautiful clear water and stunning islands. What we didn't know was how incredibly friendly the people would be!
We arrived into Uligan to complete our clearances and the people on the island welcomed us like long lost fam...
The weather forecast for our next Indian Ocean passage to the Maldives called for very light winds. But that was better than westerly winds which were soon to be coming so we made the decision to set sail to Uligan.
Knowing we'd be in for light winds d...
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To wrap up our time in Sri Lanka, we went searching for leopards in the absolutely gorgeous Wilpattu National Park. As the apex predator in Sri Lanka, they're pretty chill about hanging out on the ground, but even still, they're hard to find! Even if you...
The iconic blue train ride from Kandy to Ella in Sri Lanka is one of the most scenic train rides in the world. So of course we had to check it out for ourselves and see if it was worth the hype. IT WAS!
Taking the train allowed us to tour the mountain...
We continue exploring Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle with a hike up the imposing Sigiriya rock (all 1,200 stairs!), take a tuk-tuk tour around the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, visited the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (aka The Golden Temple of Dambulla) and ...
Cruising as we're used to isn't really allowed in Sri Lanka as there are very limited ports you can stop at. Instead, we decided to use Trincomalee as a base to explore inland, something we rarely get to do!
With our friends Kimi and Trevor from s/v Slow...
The Indian Ocean is big. It's daunting. It can throw wicked storms at you out of nowhere. But in order to sail around the world, we had to sail cross it.
The first step in that journey was sailing from Phuket, Thailand over to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. ...
Let's talk cruising Thailand! We've got 10 thoughts to share with you from our time sailing there, covering everything from clearing in & formalities, to our favorite anchorages and even talking about boat work and haul outs. Curious about what Thail...
Up to this point, most of our time in Thailand had been spent in boatyards. And that's not exactly how we pictured spending our time in SE Asia. So with the boatwork (finally!) finished, we set out to do a more thorough exploration of Phi Phi Island.
Th...
We'd been having a pretty rough time lately, with a bad haul-out, followed by hitting a reef which necessitated another haul-out only a few weeks later. So when my sister wanted to plan a trip to Thailand, we were absolutely thrilled to have a good excuse...
There's a saying that if a sailor claims to have never run aground, they're either on their first sail or lying. We're certainly not on our first sail, but we've been fortunate that all previous encounters with the sea floor have been with soft mud or san...
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