Ryan & Sophie Sailing

Ever wondered what life looks like on the other side of quitting your job to sail around the World? We did too. And then, we took the plunge. Welcome to our channel, where we tell the stories of our sailing voyage, from zero experience to full-time cruising!

We are Ryan and Sophie, an American guy and a French girl who met in Sweden, on a cold night of March 2015. Shortly thereafter, we decided to leave our corporate jobs to live a big sailing adventure around the World together.

We had no experience of sailing at all before we started, and had honestly no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Turns out, with a bit of willpower and work, anything goes. The dream came true on June 5th of 2018, when we finally got to set sail from our home port in Stockholm.

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FOR SAIL: Beneteau Oceanis 40 – 2007, 2 cabins version
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FOR SAIL: Beneteau Oceanis 40 – 2007, 2 cabins version
They say that the happiest days of boat ownership are when you buy your boat and when you sell it. Well, let us tell you: this is wrong! ;) Read more about Polar Seal at: https://www.ryanandsophie.com/blog/polar-seal-is-for-sale We are a little sad about...
BLUE ANGELS Annapolis Airshow (and the World’s Most Crowded Anchorage)
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BLUE ANGELS Annapolis Airshow (and the World’s Most Crowded Anchorage)
Join Ryan & Sophie as they experience the annual Blue Angels air show in Annapolis, Maryland. During Commissioning Week, thousands flock to watch the U.S. Navy's precision flight team perform stunning aerial maneuvers above the Chesapeake Bay.
How To Build a Small Wooden Boat From Scratch (with @ChesapeakeLightCraftBoats)
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How To Build a Small Wooden Boat From Scratch (with @ChesapeakeLightCraftBoats)
Experience the rewarding process of constructing your own wooden boat from a DIY kit by Chesapeake Lightcraft. This article discusses the necessary skills, tools, space requirements, and time management required for building your own small wooden boat.
Unexpected changes 😶
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Unexpected changes 😶
Learn about the recent changes in Ryan and Sophie's sailing life, how they're handling new responsibilities and adjusting to their shifting plans.
My friend @storybydanehav just released a documentary about us on his YT channel 🥹 Go check it out!
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What sailing on a budget looks like in 2024  💸
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What sailing on a budget looks like in 2024 💸
Check out our friend's channel: @BeauAndBrandy Thank you Vessi for sponsoring this episode! 👟 Grab your pair now at https://www.vessi.com/RYANSOPHIE for 15% off your first order! And a special thank you to my friend Tim Wolfer for his help with this ...

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Boat naming ceremony! (I let our first video live, because we all start somewhere)  [1]
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Boat naming ceremony! (I let our first video live, because we all start somewhere) [1]
Join us as we pray Poseidon to give our sailboat luck after we changed her name! (Bonus renaming tips at the end of the video...) A year ago, we bought a Beneteau Oceanis 40 from 2007. The boat was named after her late owner, and as we were giving our boa...
Episode 1: Hi, we are Ryan and Sophie, and we quit our startup jobs to go sail the World.
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Episode 1: Hi, we are Ryan and Sophie, and we quit our startup jobs to go sail the World.
Two months to departure! In this episode, I tell about how we went from being full-time employees to quitting our jobs, buying a sailboat and leaving Stockholm, Sweden, to go sail the world. Ryan and I met on Tinder in March 2015, and hit it off immedia...
ANTIFOULING: Who would put hard paint on top of soft paint?!  #3
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ANTIFOULING: Who would put hard paint on top of soft paint?! #3
6 weeks to departure! I knew that becoming a sailboat owner meant that at some point, I would end up with a sanding machine in my hands and a valved safety mask on my face, doing something that I was probably not going to enjoy. In this episode, Ryan an...
Our most painful boat project yet: installing flexible solar panels. #4
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Our most painful boat project yet: installing flexible solar panels. #4
One month until we start our big sailing adventure, and we’re starting to feel the pressure of the schedule! In this episode, we’re tackling our first big sailboat project: installing 400 Watts of Sunbeam Tough+ solar panels on our Beneteau Oceanis 4...
Shine little sailboat, shine!  #5
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Shine little sailboat, shine! #5
This week, Ryan is in Singapore for work and I tried to wax the hull of Polar Seal by myself! Polar Seal hadn’t been waxed in at least 3 years. Her gelcoat started to show some signs of fatigue, in the form of big dark stripes running down the deck. Th...
What launching our sailboat wrecked.   #6   (My nerves. It was my nerves)
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What launching our sailboat wrecked. #6 (My nerves. It was my nerves)
But not our boat, thankfully!  Got a couple of close calls though.... Anyways, after two months spent working non-stop on Polar Seal, it was time to launch her! The problem was… Ryan was very close to forget mentioning that he had removed the anodes be...
My first offshore passage, between Sweden and Scotland.  #7
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My first offshore passage, between Sweden and Scotland. #7
Crossing the North Sea between Marstrand (Sweden) and Orkney (Scotland): Check! Ryan and I had no offshore sailing experience. Now, I do! Last week, I crossed the North Sea with Andy and Mia from 59 North Sailing on Isbjörn... and without Ryan :) And...
We’re moving on our sailboat. This is how it feels.  #8
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We’re moving on our sailboat. This is how it feels. #8
10 days to the move, we are getting the boat ready for us to move onboard! I was secretly hoping that Ryan would have put the boat back in order while I was away, sailing across the North Sea. Nope! It had a lot of work left to do… Coming home, the r...
Saying Goodbye to our lives in Stockholm.  #9
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Saying Goodbye to our lives in Stockholm. #9
Every new beginning come from new beginnings end! One week to departure, we are saying goodbye to the life we built here in Sweden. About 10 years ago, Ryan and I left our home countries to come and settle in a land that offered us professional opportuniti...
Sailing around the World: Day One.   #10
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Sailing around the World: Day One. #10
It took three years. Three years from the day Ryan texted me with that crazy idea: why not quit our jobs, buy a boat and go sail the world, and see where the winds take us! We had no idea how to sail, knew nothing about boats, and had only been dating fo...
How we are adjusting to life onboard our sailboat – Part 1: Space   #11
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How we are adjusting to life onboard our sailboat – Part 1: Space #11
WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS!!! Ask us anything you've ever wondered about deciding to quit our jobs to go on a sailing adventure with no prior experience of boats or sailing, how it is to live as a sailing nomad, or anything related to boat life in genera...
Two (pseudo) Swedish sailors crash the party at the Kieler Week   #12
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Two (pseudo) Swedish sailors crash the party at the Kieler Week #12
It all starts with an Instagram comment we received right before we started sailing towards Kiel, that said “oh, you’ll arrive in Kiel right in time for the Kieler Woche”. We did not know what the Kiel week was, and we were too busy preparing the sa...

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