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Is This The End Of Our Journey?
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Is This The End Of Our Journey?
Is this the end of our journey? What a change in scenery we had this week. Going from the tranquil grasses and trees to a full-on industrial landscape, what a shock to the senses. We had to deal with major shipping lanes, movable bridges on schedules,...
We Got Infested 🦟 Cruising the ICW
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We Got Infested 🦟 Cruising the ICW
We Got Infested 🦟 Who knew that the ICW would be a go to vacay? The more we travel it the more we wonder how many beautiful things we have not seen in the world… not even that far. How many beautiful things we have not seen in North America. Wheneve...
Chasing the Sunshine | Cruising the ICW
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Chasing the Sunshine | Cruising the ICW
Chasing the Sunshine! 😎🏝 Sometimes you need to slow down and smell the roses. We have been on a mission to get north as quick as possible and have forgotten to stop and to explore all the really cool places along the way. Enter Beaufort, NC … no...
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life | Traversing down the ICW
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Boat Life: Living Our Best Life | Traversing down the ICW
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life Wow! Does it get any better than this?! Some days are just fantastic from the moment you open your eyes. These were those days. The sun was shining the current was flowing in our direction and the scenery was fantastic o...
WE HIT! Top & Bottom | Traversing the ICW
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WE HIT! Top & Bottom | Traversing the ICW
WE HIT! Top & Bottom Well, I guess it was inevitable. We knew the party wasn’t going to last forever. There is something truly special about taking the time to traverse this water way. We have had the opportunity to explore some absolutely amazing...
Squat Down & Hold Your Breath  |  Bowing Down to the Bridges of the ICW
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Squat Down & Hold Your Breath | Bowing Down to the Bridges of the ICW
Squat down and hold your breath! I don’t know if we have mentioned it before but Honu is a big girl for the ICW. We hit the max in both directions. Our mast is 63.5Ft and our keel is 6.5Ft. The majority of the fixed bridge heights are 65ft at high tide,...
Show me your Monkey 🐒 | Cruising The ICW
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Show me your Monkey 🐒 | Cruising The ICW
Show me your Monkey! What a day of firsts. There is no dipping your toe in the pool for us we dive all in and figure it out as we go. This is the first time we have driven the boat. The first time we have charted and dealt with tides, currents, and sho...
Bahamas or Bust | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
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Bahamas or Bust | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
Bahamas or Bust! 🏝 What a wild ride! We learned so much on this trip and we solidified our confidence in the knowledge we have acquired so far. Like anything you study for, it’s super cool when you can put it into practice. I think that is the bigg...
Marooned On A Lagoon | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
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Marooned On A Lagoon | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
Marooned On A Lagoon 📅 You can’t sail on a schedule… We have been told this tag line over and over again and boy did it hold true on this trip. Before we started out on this adventure, we have many stops planned. There was provisioning to do, st...
Checking Off and Checking Out | Hunter Sailboat Refit
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Checking Off and Checking Out | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Checking Off and Checking Out You know that feeling when you have worked so hard on something and I really mean worked harder than you ever have, and you finally get to see the fruits of you labor? We experienced that feeling this week. It has been 9 w...
New toys, it’s all about the circles 🔆 Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
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New toys, it’s all about the circles 🔆 Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
It's all about the circles! This week felt a bit like Christmas. We have been impatiently waiting for some very special “wants” to arrive and they have finally made it. Supply issues this past year have made parts orders very trying and we are doing...
A Little Bit of Lube and A LOT of Tugging and Pulling | Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
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A Little Bit of Lube and A LOT of Tugging and Pulling | Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
We have a new saying on our boat… This will only take about an hour, which means this is a 1 day to 2 day project. The jobs are slowing coming to an end and we can see the North a calling. However, the last couple of jobs seem to be the ones that are ...
Stuffed, Fried & Rippin | Hunter Sailboat Refit
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Stuffed, Fried & Rippin | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Stuffed, Fried & Rippin Grab your favorite bevy and get ready, cause it’s going to be AWESOME – now take a drink!🧃 You know that moment when you put on an old coat and find $5 in the pocket? Well that how this week kinda went. We had a pretty ...
Hot ‘N’ Horn-e | Hunter Sailboat Refit
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Hot ‘N’ Horn-e | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Hot ‘N’ Horn-e! 📢 We’ve gone unprotected long enough and we’re getting loud people! The summer heat has finally set in and it’s time to give some reprieve to ourselves and Honu. As you remember from a couple of weeks ago, we finally waxed th...
⚡ A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER! 🌪 | Hunter Sailboat Refit
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⚡ A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER! 🌪 | Hunter Sailboat Refit
A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER! At what point is it too much or not enough? 🤔 We hit some major ups and downs this week. The energy and adrenaline were all over the map and Mother Nature sure gave us a glimpse of what can happen out there. Honu got a subst...
Grip It and Rip It! | Refitting a Hunter Sailboat
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Grip It and Rip It! | Refitting a Hunter Sailboat
Grip It and Rip It! How slippery is your deck? 🥴 Ours was in rough shape 🙈 Just like everything else on the boat the sun had taken its toll and it was time to spring ourselves from the under belly of our home and start to get the top side up to sn...
Morning Wood | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat ⛵
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Morning Wood | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat ⛵
Like all jobs on the boat, they seem so over whelming when you look at them as a whole. We are slowing learning that you need to just eat the elephant one bite at a time. 😳 As most boats, our Hunter 460 has beautiful teak inside. Well at least it was. ...
Fill’n Holes | Hunter Sailboat Refit
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Fill’n Holes | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Here we go! Living on a sailboat. The getting to know you stage of our hunter sailboat is in full swing. We are discovering all the little noises, creeks and leaks. And with that comes the work list that never seems to end. Someone once said, “Every...
Becoming a liveaboard | Refitting a Hunter 460
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Becoming a liveaboard | Refitting a Hunter 460
Do you remember that first time you moved into your own place? The excitement to get all your stuff in, unpack, and start making it your own. That moment when you finally get the keys…priceless We have been through this process many times in our lives a...
We got bit by the bug….
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We got bit by the bug….
No not Covid, the SAILING bug! We have joined the cliché. We sold everything and bought a Sail Boat!!! This new adventure took root last August when we went sailing in Howe Sound, British Columbia on a 42 foot Catalina for Josh's birthday. We had an orig...
Welcome to Honu Time
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Welcome to Honu Time
Hi, we're Josh and Tamara. In March 2021 we decided that we wanted to learn a new skill. So, we purchased a 2000 MacGregor 26X and thought... well let’s try out sailing! We outfitted and refurbished it for 2.5 months while we very impatiently waited for...
What a Ride | Okanagan Lake Season Finally
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What a Ride | Okanagan Lake Season Finally
Who doesn't love leaving on a high note. This was one of the most epics summers! We totally jumped all in on a new adventure and rocked it. For those of you who have been following our journey you all ready know. But if your new here Josh and I decided thi...
Birthday Beyond the Sea!
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Birthday Beyond the Sea!
Sometimes you need to have a little get away to recharge the mind and open your eyes to new ideas. The Captain celebrated his birthday this weekend 🥳 and I thought what a better birthday adventure then sailing a 40’ Catalina in the ocean. So off to V...
25 Knots on Lake Okanagan
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25 Knots on Lake Okanagan
Welcome to the bipolar rodeo on Lake Okanagan. We hit so many weather systems it would make your head spin. Gusts that hit up to 25 knots and then died right down to 3. It made sailing almost impossible, but we did it! I guess with the season change so do...

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