Sailing Jibsea Archive – Page 2

We strike gold! And diamonds! We’ll sort of lol. We also have a starter issue with the engine so we’re changing the solenoid. Then we explore St. John, USVI where we get our hike on! We explore an old guesthouse, sugar plantation and hike up to a popu...

We find the best snorkelling so far in the USVIs and snorkel the Frederiksted Pier. We see scorpionfish, trumpetfish, sea turtles and even seahorses! We then head over to Christiansted to explore the boardwalk, the town and dive on a sunken shipwreck befor...

We explore the little Dutch Island called Saba. Steep climbs, the friendliest of people as soon as we set foot on shore. It's absolutely stunning and we're excited to explore this quaint and beautiful island in the Caribbean Netherlands. WHERE WE MOORED ...

We hiked the Mount Scenery Summit and reached the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands! This is the most popular hike in Saba and the views are 100% worth it. We also take a tour around the various villages in Saba. Started from the Bottom, up ...

Covid-19 and Travel Restrictions are impacting sailing through the Caribbean. PCR tests, quarantining, island closures and denied anchoring for rest is what we encountered while sailing down to Grenada. See how we sailed 400nm from Saba, Netherlands down...

We've arrived in Grenada where we will be spending most of hurricane season. We initiate the check in and quarantine process in Grenada They lost our PCR test samples so we're stuck on our boat for much longer than we're supposed to be! We should have o...

Special thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/sailingjibsea08211 We're excited to explore downtown Grenada, learn some of its history and try som...

Pumped to pump!....some weights, that is! We're in search for a gym to keep fit and exercise while living on a sailboat. Plus, we show you our DIY all weather wind scoop / hatch canopy for our sailboat. A sleek design, easy to make and sew, easily storabl...

Let's talk money. The number one thing we get asked about sailing and living aboard is how much it costs. After spending 3 months in the Bahamas, we break down our total sailing expenses. We show the route we sailed throughout the Bahamas and break down t...

We haven't had much luck hooking any tuna, so what do we eat as liveaboards? We show you some of our simple go to boat recipes, visit a fish market and prepare some yellowfin tuna poke bowls! Another boat project is in order as we also need to repair a bro...

Special thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/sailingjibsea09211 Join us as we scooter around Grenada, check out a boat yard where we plan to hau...

This week Is all about adventuring and exploring this beautiful Caribbean Island. We scooter around to check out some of the best places to visit in Grenada. We head from downtown Saint George to Annandale Waterfalls, Grand Etang National Park to see monke...

Anchor's up and we have a beautiful sail around the island to southern Grenada where we will be hauling out our sailboat and living aboard in the boatyard (living on the hard) while we complete boat projects. We also find success when trying our hand at ...

It's day one on the hard and we're starting all the boat maintenance and repairs we have planned while in the boat yard. We start off by prioritizing all our boat projects and start with fixing the notorious Hunter Smile or Keel Smile that is common on pr...

This week features part 2 of our keel smile repair. We start fiberglassing the keel and we also start prepping our monohull sailboat hull for an application of new ablative bottom paint. We remove the old boot stripe and Travis is removing the old anti-f...

We’re continuing with our sailboat haul out projects in the boatyard and this week, we’re re-painting our boot stripe, and painting our engine and engine parts without removing the engine. OUR WATERMAKER - a purchase made through the link below helps...

Special thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/sailingjibsea10211 We'll never forget the first time we painted the bottom of our boat! We paint t...

It's finally Splash Day! We're getting launched into the water and have a beauty of a sail before making our way to a new anchorage. We continue the boat projects with a makeshift table saw enjoy being on the water once again! OUR WATERMAKER - a purchas...

Join us for a beauty of a sail this week in our Hunter Passage 42 Monohull sailboat as we island hop north up the Grenadian chain of islands in search of a more remote anchorage. We start off with a little bit of a mix up in anchorages, but end up anchori...

Join us this week as we island hop in our Hunter 42 Passage monohull sailboat through the Grenadian Grenadines during hurricane season. We find a strip of perfectly white sand on tiny remote island with an abundance of beautiful underwater life and take a...

We continue exploring the Grenadian Grenadines and sail our monohull sailboat up to the northern end of Carriacou in Grenada to anchor in front of a beautiful remote beach with its own beach bar and restaurant. We indulge in delicious local fare after snor...

We sail to our favourite place in Grenada so far to wait out hurricane season! Join us in taking in the beauty of Saline Island and White Island in the Grenadian Grenadines. We also finally get our solar power working up to snuff for living off the grid in...

We're in a lockdown in Grenada due to a rise in Covid-19 cases and we're not allowed off our boat. Travis is keeping busy with boat projects. He makes a custom homemade dinghy chaps to protect our inflatable dinghy from the hot Caribbean sun. Who doesn't ...

Dropping in midweek to show how our favourite Easy Rich Bread Recipe can be used FOUR WAYS to make simple bagels, a cheese loaf and vanilla glazed donuts! Be sure to check out Episode 20 to see the step by step on how to make the easy bread recipe. We'll b...

That's a wrap! We complete our final boat project in Year 1 as full time liveaboards sailing the big blue! We're applying non-skid deck paint for the first time in a trickier climate. See how our KiwiGrip application goes in the Caribbean heat during hurr...

Dropping in mid-week from our regularly scheduled Friday episodes for a little bonus "Travis Finds". We reached winds of 50 kts in the anchorage while in Grenada and things went flying off our boat, but leave it to Travis with his sharp eye to go hunting! ...

It's the beginning of our second year sailing as full time liveaboards and we are FINALLY leaving Grenada after hurricane season. We take you along for our preparations and provisioning before leaving Grenada and show what the process behind clearing out ...

This episode in the Jibsea Galley, we're cooking up our go to chicken for dinner as full time cruisers and liveaboards on a sailboat. Simple, quick, and with easy to find ingredients as we sail through the Caribbean. Steph shows how she makes dinner quickl...

We're free from quarantining on our monohull sailboat after sailing to Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a boat injury occurs! After a recovery is made, we hike the island, get a beautiful view of the anchorage, head into town to run some ...

Join us this week as we sail our monohull throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We visit the smallest and most remote island in the Grenadines and then sail to a busier anchorage where it gets a bit more "touristy", popular among charter catamarans N...

We sail our monohull to the beautiful Tobago Cays in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, snorkel in what feels like an aquarium! We see a lot of neat marine life and then do a night snorkel. We also visit the island where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. ...

We sail to Bequia in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, hook a fish on the line, (well sort of!) and enjoy some fresh tuna. We're all excited to go ashore, but experience a little hiccup. We also enjoy a great night with our buddy boats, doing what cruiser's...

We sail our monohull from Bequia in St. Vincent and the Grenadines up the north west coast of St. Vincent where we stern tie to a mooring right in front of a wicked cave with a couple of friends sailing on their catamarans. We dive on our mooring ball and...

This week we sail our monohull in the Caribbean from the pitons in St. Lucia to Sainte Anne, Martinique, a French Caribbean Island where we celebrate Steph's birthday and indulge in all the croissants and baguettes! NEW VIDEOS EVERY FRIDAY! Please subscri...

This week we encounter another anchor drag! Fortunately, it's not Jibsea's anchor but and a fellow cruiser's. We rush to the sailboat's rescue as it drifts out of the anchorage in Martinique. We also explore Fort de France and spill the tea. We address ...

We're sailing to the north west of Martinique with our friends on a Lagoon 450S Catamaran and it's a sailboat race! We experience strong gusts, big waves and rolly seas in our monohull. NEW VIDEOS EVERY FRIDAY! Please subscribe and share our video - ever...