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SAILING, REPAIRS, and FAMILY ON THE WAY | Boat Life Chaos in NEW ZEALAND (78)
This week our family is moving up the coast of New Zealand trying to make it back to the Opua/Pahia area. The countdown is on for Daniel's parents to arrive and our generator is not working! We get the boat prepped and take off to the airport only to have...
Sailing the ISLANDS of New Zealand | An EPIC Kiwi CHRISTMAS (77)
This week our family is getting ready for Christmas! We hang out a bit more at Great Barrier Island then move on to Auckland. We see the Sky Tower, provision and make it to a passport appointment for John and Juju. When leaving Auckland, we have some t...
Sailing the Wild Coast of New Zealand | Hole in the Rock & Great Barrier Island (76)
This week our family is getting ready for Thanksgiving and sailing down the coast of New Zealand. We check out the hole in the rock, hop our way down to Whangarei and make our way to Great Barrier Island. Thank you for watching and subscribing. You don'...
The DINGHY DILEMMA – Our NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE is off to a ROCKY START (75)
This week our family is sailing in the bay of islands of New Zealand. There is everything we could ever need here, including so many boat friends! Our dinghy has a major leak and it is in need of replacing. We won't get very far without that important ...
Our WORST PASSAGE Yet – 1100NM to NEW ZEALAND (74)
This week our family is sailing from Tonga to New Zealand. This passage is known to be a difficult one and it's living up to its reputation. We are starting out the passage worrying about boat damage from the whale collision and we are low on food AND fu...
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Ep. 1 Family of SIX selling their DREAM HOME to move onto a sailboat?! Or into CAMPER??
Follow along as our family of 6 sells everything and moves into a camper while we look for a sailboat! Thanks for watching! Music by Epidemic Sound
Ep. 2 Annapolis Sailboat Show To Check Out Catamarans! (And a small trip to Washington, D.C.)
We made a trip up to the Annapolis Sailboat Show to try to get on as many catamarans (and monohulls!) as we could. We thought this would be a good starting point to try and narrow down our wants and needs in a new-to-us sailboat, but it left us even more ...
Ep. 3 Family of 6 Chartering a Lagoon 450 in St. Croix
We took an unexpected trip to St. Croix, and we were able to charter a Lagoon 450. Before this trip, we were really focused on Leopard catamarans. After spending time on the Lagoon 450, we felt like this was a better fit for our family of six! Timesta...
Ep. 4 Catamaran Shopping – Looking for a Catamaran With 4 Kids in Tow
We made it to Charleston and St. Augustine to check out a Lagoon 440 and a Lagoon 400 S2. See what it's really like to be on the search for a catamaran with 4 kids in tow! Thanks for watching! 00:00 Start 0:44 Intro 1:39 Intro Ends 2:54 Beginning of Cha...
Ep. 5 We Put An Offer On A Catamaran: The Ups and Downs of insurance and financing a boat!
We finally put an offer in on a catamaran and it was accepted. Find out how we fare with trying to secure insurance and financing on a 2015 Lagoon 400s2! Thanks for watching! 00:00 Start 0:51 Intro 1:47 Talking about ASA Sailing Courses 2:47 We get an a...
Ep. 6 Survey and Sea Trial on a Lagoon Catamaran
Follow along as we travel to Florida to see the boat we are under contract on for the first time. We also have the survey and sea trial completed the very same weekend. Thanks for watching! 00:00 Start 0:34 Intro 1:29 Packing for Florida 2:17 Leaving fo...
Ep. 7 Catamaran Closing And We Have to Move The Boat
Follow along as we finally close on our catamaran and our family gets ready to move the boat for the first time. Thanks for watching! All music is provided by Epidemic Sound. https://www.epidemicsound.com All music featured in this video: Theme song is W...
Ep. 8 We Just Bought a Catamaran, Now What Do We Do?
Follow along as we buy a catamaran and the very next day, fly out to figure the boat out. It's our first time being alone on the boat, our first time provisioning, our first time trying out all the systems. We are getting ready to move the boat from Ft. ...
🎥 Ep. 9 Buying a Catamaran May Have Been A Huge Mistake
Follow along as we move the boat up the Florida coast. We hit some highest of the highs and lowest of the lows as we navigate adjusting to this new to us boat. We are needing our boat hauled out and refitted for our family. All music provided by Epidemi...
🎥 Ep. 10 Converting Our Bareboat Catamaran into a Full Time Cruiser for our Family of 6
Follow along as we try to make our charter boat more liveaboard friendly for our family of 6. We switch out our propane appliances for electric, install a washing machine, water maker, full size refrigerator, build a solar arch, install 4 solar panels, ch...
🎥 Ep. 11 We FINALLY move onto the catamaran and EVERYONE is dealing with the CHANGES!
While Daniel is still in Florida refitting our boat, Jenna and the kids say some hard goodbyes back home. Jenna has her last day of work and the kids are taken out of public school. We finally get to move onto the boat as a family of 6, and Jenna is a l...
🎥Ep. 12 Boatyard BURNOUT 🔥- Will this charter catamaran ever be liveaboard cruiser ready?
Our family of 6 is now living in the boatyard full time. Follow along as we try to juggle all of our boat projects at once - along with 4 kids - while trying to keep our sanity. Or what's left of it anyway.
My Long Hair Doesn’t Cover Up My Redneck…. Episode 13
Follow along as we head back to our hometown one last time before finally getting to sail off into the sunset (or something like that.). We've got to make a quick trip to South Carolina to move our camper, take a car to the junkyard, leave our Chevy suburb...
🎥Ep.14. SPLASH DAY! And our RIGGING is left in a DISASTER state on our charter CATAMARAN!
Follow along as we make to splash day! Everything is smooth sailing.... until it isn't. All music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Ep. 15 DROWNING in PROVISIONS For Our Family of SIX! I don’t think our CATAMARAN has enough SPACE!
Follow along as we provision for our family of 6 and then try to find a spot for everything in our Lagoon catamaran. We have to leave Florida by April 15th... and may have to strap our provisions to the roof Beverly Hillbilly style. All music provided b...
🎥Ep. 16 – OUR SAILING ADVENTURE BEGINS – Heading SOUTH down the Florida Coast
Follow along as we leave Port Canaveral in our rear view mirror. We head down the coast of Florida and anchor in Fort Pierce and Lake Worth Inlet before we head to The Bahamas. We get to know our dinghy and Daniel finally gets to do some fishing. All m...
Our family of 6 goes across the GULF STREAM for the first time 🎥 Ep. 17
Follow along as our family of 6 leaves Lake Worth Inlet and crosses the Gulf Stream to West End Bahamas on our catamaran. All music provided by Epidemic Sound
Adjusting to Our New Life as a Bluewater Liveaboard Cruising Family on Our Catamaran 🎥 Ep 18
Follow along as our family of 6 learns the ropes and adjusts to the sailing life. We are making our way through the Bahamas, as quickly as we can, in hopes to make it to Grenada for hurricane season. Are we biting off more than we can chew as brand new l...
Q&A Talking Boat Insurance, ASA Classes, and Sailing
Quick video on some answers to some questions about insurance, ASA classes and sailing. Hopefully it helps someone out who is trying to get started on buying a boat.
🎥 Ep. 19 Trying to LIVE off the SEA (& it’s HARDER than it LOOKS!) Spearfishing, Conch, & Mermaids
Follow along as our family of 6 starts getting use to life on the water. We finally bust out our spearfishing gear and spear some fish. We also learn how to (or maybe how NOT to) open a conch. They're maybe a mermaid sighting and we get lost on a trail. ...
🎥 Facing Our FEARS and Things Breaking UNFILTERED Sailing FAMILY of 6 in the ABACO ISLANDS (Ep. 20)
Follow along as our family of 6 cruises through the Abaco Islands. Things are already starting to break on the boat and we've only been on cruising for a few weeks. We cruise through Green Turtle Cay, No Name Cay, and Elbow Cay trying to move quickly bec...
Beautiful Beaches, Even Better FISHING Family of 6 SAILING South to Eleuthera on a Catamaran EP. 21
Follow along as we move on from the Abaco Islands and head south to Eleuthera. We see some beautiful beaches, water, and catch some beautiful FISH! We've been living on our boat now for a few weeks - tune in to see how it's going! All music provided by ...
Ep. 22 We found PARADISE and HINT – it’s in ELEUTHERA! CLEAR, BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WATER!
Follow along as we sail through the Bahamas and anchor out at Egg Island. We find some of the most beautiful, clear, blue water we have ever seen. It's truly paradise. We find swings over looking a beautiful sand bar and STINGRAYS abound! All music pro...
🎥 Episode 23 Gone Missing: We Lost Our Cat at Atlantis
Follow along as we make our way to Nassau and stay in the marina at Atlantis. We hit the water park and manage to lose our cat along the way. Find out if we ever found him or had to hit the high seas without him! All music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Ep. 24 IGUANAS, STINGRAYS, ROUGH SEAS…. OH MY! We have made it to the EXUMAS!!!
Follow along as our family of six makes our way to the Exuma chain of islands in The Bahamas. We are starting our voyage in Allen Cay, where ROCK IGUANAS are found! Then we make our way to a beautiful sand bar where we find STINGRAYS! All music provi...![The [Alleged] Drug Plane at Norman Cay and Sailing With Kids Isn’t Always Easy (🎥 EP. 25)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SRRM33_a3ck/maxresdefault.jpg)
The [Alleged] Drug Plane at Norman Cay and Sailing With Kids Isn’t Always Easy (🎥 EP. 25)
In this weeks episode we make our way to Norman Cay in the beautiful Exuma chain of The Bahamas. Norman Cay has a bit of a past and we look into it and the plane crash beside the island. All music provided by Epidemic Sound. All pictures that are not m...
🎥 Ep. 26 Watch Out For That Poisonwood – Sailors’ Traditions and Buried Treasure
Follow along as we leave Norman Cay behind and make our way to Shroud Cay to see the mangroves and to Warderick Wells to follow the old tradition of Boo Boo Hill. Then we search for treasure, and we may have found the bounty! All music provided by Epidem...
Ep. 27 Goonies NEVER say DIE and other TALES of a SAILING TREASURE HUNTER
Follow along as we visit Pirates Lair, find treasure on Hog Cay, swim with some pigs, and discover Thunderball Grotto. Not everything is 'all's well that end's well' when traveling around with 4 kids in tow. Many mishaps, tears, and frustrations happen al...
Scared and Sailing into the STORM (🎥Ep. 28)
Follow along as we make our way through the Bahamas dodging storms and waterspouts all while catching fish along the way. All music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Check out Episode 28 and follow along! #sailingwithkids #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #lagoon400s2
Follow along as we run into some crazy weather as we make our way down south through The Bahamas.
Thinking about BUYING a CATAMARAN and SAILING With Your KIDS… Watch THIS First
Sometimes living on a sailboat with your family is HARD. Other times, the stars align, and it's beautiful memories.... fishing, beach days, hikes, and good times. And you tend to remember the GOOD times and, just sometimes, it makes all the hard work, s...
Everything you should NOT do. (Episode 30)
Follow along as travel to Dean's Blue Hole. We do EVERYTHING that a family should NOT do as they make their way. Everything from poor weather planning, getting cut, getting lost, breaking phones, falling down, losing watches and cliff jumping.... we mess...
Water Should Stay on The Outside of Your Boat: Last Days in the Bahamas (🎥Ep. 31)
Follow along as we make it to our final stops in The Bahamas! We've been living on the boat full time for a couple months now and are realizing what other projects we need to get done. We deal with a faulty bilge pump, leaky hatches, a broken toilet, lig...
Family of Six Starts the Thorny Path & Makes it to the Dominican Republic! First Overnight Sail (32)
Follow along as we start on the thorny path, beating into the wind and waves. We make it to Luperon, Dominican Republic and show what it's really like to pull into the harbor and check in with customs and immigration. We see the sights and everything the ...
CHAOS At SEA and the COAST GUARD is CALLED 🎥 Ep. 33
This week we leave Luperon set sail towards St. Thomas. It was beautiful skies, calm seas, and smooth sailing.... until it wasn't. All music provided by Epidemic Sound.
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