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Coronavirus: Stuck on a Boat with Nowhere To Go | S04E23
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Coronavirus: Stuck on a Boat with Nowhere To Go | S04E23

Panama cracks down even further on it’s lock down measures, making it illegal to move any recreational boat on the caribbean coast. After inquiring further, we realize that we are able to move from the marina to an anchorage not more than 100 yards away so we cast the lines and head out to anchor, o...
Coronavirus: Things are Getting Crazy in Panama | S04E22
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Coronavirus: Things are Getting Crazy in Panama | S04E22

Regulations are changing daily in the fight against Coronavirus in Panama. We receive word that our shipping agent will be shut down indefinitely, so we can’t get our air filter. The Panamanian government cracks the whip with the lock-down, limiting shopping hours to 6 hours maximum per week per per...
Coronavirus: Preparing to Sail Away from Civilization | S04E21
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Coronavirus: Preparing to Sail Away from Civilization | S04E21

Panama is starting to lock down and close non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the Panama Canal has been closed to recreational yachts, leaving us with no option but to postpone our Pacific Crossing until 2021. So, we decide to wait out the lockdowns and closures b...
CORONAVIRUS: Our Plans Have Changed A LOT | Atticus Live | Panama
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CORONAVIRUS: Our Plans Have Changed A LOT | Atticus Live | Panama

Donate link: We will be donating 100% of our donations today to the nonprofit Direct Relief to help provide Personal Protective Equipment to health care providers around the world. Learn how to make a Face Shield here: Our plans have changed A LOT! We'll dive into why and what's h...
Just When We Thought Things Were Going Well… | S04E20
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Just When We Thought Things Were Going Well… | S04E20

After a fourteen day sprint in the boatyard, our energy reserve is dwindling and our patience is tested over and over again after facing multiple setbacks. In this episode we install our new mast bases, the bobstay chainplate, and the mast head with some modifications. We put our masts back on Att...
Fixing Up Our 57 Year Old Sailboat | S04E19
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Fixing Up Our 57 Year Old Sailboat | S04E19

We’re neck deep in boat projects this week as we strengthen Atticus for the Pacific crossing. We tackle removing and reinstalling the stuffing box and cutlass bearing, cleaning up our spreader tips, reinstalling the shaft and propeller, re-aligning the engine, beefing up our engine exhaust thru-hull...
Sailing Life: Work Hard, Play Hard | S04E18
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Sailing Life: Work Hard, Play Hard | S04E18

This week we haul out Atticus in a remote boatyard to get started on some of our largest Pacific Refit boat projects including installing our new mast bases. Before getting stuck in the boatyard for who knows how long, we hop on our friend Collin’s boat from Parlay Revival for a sailboat race and an...
Tough Decisions Refitting Our Sailboat In Panama | S04E17
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Tough Decisions Refitting Our Sailboat In Panama | S04E17

In this episode we start to have some doubts about our mast crack DIY solutions and spend a lot of time second guessing ourselves. Jordan goes on a wild goose chase in town looking for a high quality paint system to prime and paint our aluminum mast heels. We wrestle with our options for sealing and...
Bullet Proofing Our Rig to Sail Across The Pacific Ocean⛵ | S04E16
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Bullet Proofing Our Rig to Sail Across The Pacific Ocean⛵ | S04E16

We’re diving deep into all of those rigging projects that have been nagging us in the back of our minds during heavy weather passages to ensure that our 57 year old, 30 foot sailboat is ready to sail across the Pacific Ocean. This week, we install dyneema cheeky tangs from Colligo Marine , inspect ...
Our Sailboat’s Mast is CRACKED! 😲 | S04E15
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Our Sailboat’s Mast is CRACKED! 😲 | S04E15

Crossing the pacific is going to be a massive challenge that involves a lot of risk… Risk that we’re working hard to mitigate. In this episode we talk about our concerns with three cracks that we’ve identified on our main and mizzen masts, we cut off the mast bases, and we get started on a solution...
Our Biggest Sailboat Project Begins | S04E14
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Our Biggest Sailboat Project Begins | S04E14

The day has finally come to pull our masts, and we’ve got a LOT of work to do to get Atticus ready. We remove the main and mizzen sails and booms and loosen up our standing rigging. With each cotter pin that we remove we get a little more anxious about making a mistake. Once we make it to the boaty...
‘Tis the Season to be Winning | S04E13
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‘Tis the Season to be Winning | S04E13

Bocas Marina is hosting a Christmas Boat Light Parade and competition in Bocas Del Toro, Panama and we’re in it to win it! We have two days to design and implement a light scheme, but we start to think maybe we bit off more than we could chew when with less than an hour from the start time, our 500 ...
Sailors on a Holiday Mission | S04E12
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Sailors on a Holiday Mission | S04E12

Sailing around the world has it's drawbacks, like being far away from home during the holidays, but it also opens doors to unique experiences that we couldn't have even imagined before leaving home 5 years ago. In this episode we celebrate thanksgiving by hunting down thousands of bats in ...
Sailboat DIY Can’t We Do Anything Right? | S04E11
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Sailboat DIY Can’t We Do Anything Right? | S04E11

Holiday Wish LIst: Sometimes refitting a boat can take waaaay more time and energy than we ever could have planned for. In our minds we might think we're going to accomplish a lot in a week, but in reality, we might get set back by bad weather, stupid mistakes, running into unforeseen problem...
Sailboat Life | Discovering an EPIC Island | S04E10
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Sailboat Life | Discovering an EPIC Island | S04E10

PROJECT ATTICUS HOLIDAY WISH LIST: Sailing around the world can be tedious, exhausting, and downright scary. We do it all in search of rare and brief moments of absolute perfection. In this episode, we take a break from boat projects, cast the lines, and sail to a gorgeous anchorage where we ha...
Man…this is Hard Work…  | S04E09
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Man…this is Hard Work… | S04E09

You don’t need a lot of money to sail around the world. All it really takes is a lot of hard work. But does that mean working long hours with no days off? Or is there another way? In this episode we take you with us through our daily routine while working on the boat and getting Atticus ready for th...
This Boat Project Might Save Our Lives  | S04E08
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This Boat Project Might Save Our Lives | S04E08

You definitely don’t need an engine to sail around the world. We made the decision early on to have a reliable, bullet proof engine because we believe it opens up doors to experiences that we couldn’t have otherwise. It can be hard spending time and money on boat improvements for which we don’t exp...
Maintaining our Sailing Lifestyle | Our Outboard Engine | S04E07
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Maintaining our Sailing Lifestyle | Our Outboard Engine | S04E07

We absolutely love getting off the beaten path, exploring remote islands, and living off the sea. It’s our favorite aspect of the sailing lifestyle. But in order to do this, we need to have an extremely reliable outboard engine. If it breaks down in the middle of nowhere, not only does it mean not h...
Living on a Small Sailboat Sucks… Sometimes | S04E06
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Living on a Small Sailboat Sucks… Sometimes | S04E06

Having lived on a 30 foot sailboat for 5 years without hot water, an indoor shower, air conditioning or even headroom for Jordan, we normally aren’t aware of what we’re missing. But after living in the United States for a month, with all of the luxuries of middle America, we wondered if Atticus wou...
Annapolis Sailboat Show 2019 | Meeting our Sailing Heroes | S04E05
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Annapolis Sailboat Show 2019 | Meeting our Sailing Heroes | S04E05

We're at the Annapolis Sailboat Show this year!! Living a life on the water with minimal comforts and extreme challenges might sound unappealing to the average person. But at the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, the cruising mindset is the norm and we found ourselves surrounded by tho...
Sailing Around the World isn’t Always About Sailing | S04E04
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Sailing Around the World isn’t Always About Sailing | S04E04

We used to think our biggest challenges while sailing around the world would be storms, big waves, and strong winds. But sailing is only half the battle; the other half is maintaining our sanity while doing boat work in less than ideal circumstances and on a tight budget. In this episode we narrow d...
The Realities of Sailing Offshore | S04E03
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The Realities of Sailing Offshore | S04E03

Since we bought Atticus, we've dreamed of sailing to Panama to transit the Panama Canal and cross the Pacific. We've come a long way since our first fiberglass fix, our first passage, our first storm and our first argument as captain and mate. In this episode, we finally sail to Panama and...
Sailboat Life: Scratching Below the Surface | S04E02
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Sailboat Life: Scratching Below the Surface | S04E02

How does the sailing lifestyle force us to get to know the places we visit? From visa runs, to finding fresh water, to figuring out how to fill up our diesel tanks, as sailors we inevitably end up far off the beaten path of the places we visit. In this episode, we get to know one of the most beautif...
Are we about to be Attacked by PIRATES? | S04E01
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Are we about to be Attacked by PIRATES? | S04E01

We’ve known for a long time that the most dangerous waters for piracy in the Caribbean are through the Nicaraguan banks. Every year we hear accounts of yachts being attacked and boarded by pirates in this area. How can we know that piracy is a real threat in this region but still make the decision...
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