Welcome to this week's episode! Today we are sailing in France once again, enjoying our time onboard our boat while we can. We leave La Roche Bernard to return to the coast and our journey takes us through the lock and then downstream. We have to punch tid...
This week Nick jumps ship and leaves me free to do whatever I want- and what I choose to get up to may surprise you! 🤣 Time apart for liveaboard couples is absolutely essential and in today's episode we show why. We have a wet and windy week aboard Ruby...
This week on Sailing Ruby Rose we drop our lines and head back to the French mainland, only to be caught out by the challenging tides in this part of the world. We're forced to change our plans not only once but twice as we learned (for the billionth time....
Welcome to part 4 of our catamaran design series, where we discuss righting moment and structural strength.
Righting Moment and structural strength of Catamarans is important to understand the possibility of a catamaran capsizing and whether it is suitab...
This week we have a summer gale approaching, so we do what everyone does and make sure we're in a well protected anchorage where we can hide from the worst of the wind. However- this protection throws up its own problems, as as soon discover....
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This week we are sailing to Belle Ile, and even if your french is pretty basic, you'll work out that this island is probably going to be quite beautiful 😉 Some days living on a boat is hard work- days like this make it so easy. Perfect sailing, a gorgeo...
The Seawind 1370 Catamaran launched in July 2020, and there has been an INSANE amount of interest in this amazing performance catamaran. A collaboration between us, Ruby Rose and Seawind Catamarans, we are busy working through the final details of our new ...
Living on a tiny boat and sailing the world means we can visit remote islands and communities that we'd never otherwise come across. This week we're sailing in France and we discover the magical island of Höedic in the Bay of Biscay- is this the perfect s...
In the third part of our series, we talk again to Antoine Richer, the Naval Architect at Seawind about how bow shape, hull volume and freeboard affect the performance, stability and even safety of your catamaran.
For anyone thinking of buying a catamaran,...
Today we're sailing the French Atlantic coast, one of our favourite cruising grounds! We sail from the sweet town of Pornic to the magical island of Hoedic, in South Brittany. On arrival we discover that we have to tie up in a circle, something we've never...
Living on a boat is all about making mistakes and, hopefully, learning from them. The learning experience, however, never ends and even after sailing and being full time liveaboard cruisers for 6 years, we still make silly mistakes. This week is full of up...
Living on a boat allows us as liveaboard cruisers to discover places we never would have heard about if we were travelling in a traditional way. In fact, that's why we love sailing and boat life! This week, we discover another hidden gem along the French c...
And this, boys and girls, is why it's important for everyone onboard to be competent sailors.
Despite all of Nick's experience and knowledge, there's one thing that he cannot control and that's seasickness- something that can be absolutely debilitating, as...
Firstly, as it’s Terysa’s birthday, leave her a birthday message in the comments if you would!
Sailing and living on a boat isn't always fun, and when the weather isn't cooperating it can be downright miserable. However, we're lucky that we have a lov...
Living on a boat is basically maintenance in exotic locations.... ever heard that one before? Well this week we get to not only explore the beautiful French island of Ile d'Oleron, but also do yet more boat maintenance. But that's boat life for you! And we...
We're in quarantine! Yep. Seven Days of not being able to get off the boat because of COVID. So we decided to do a live stream for y'all. All your questions answered, as well as Ruby Rose 2 news .
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We're finally SAAAILING!!!
After a season in the french canals, then a winter onboard in La Rochelle, then that whole pandemic thing, it's fair to say we're itching to get those beautiful sails up and actually start cruising again. This episode we finally ...
The time has come.
We sailed into La Rochelle last July and if anyone had told us that Ruby Rose would still be in the marina a year later we wouldn't have believed them. But finally we're ready to say goodbye. Our list of jobs hasn't quite been completed...
Daggerboards. Do you really need them on a cruising cat? Or is just for all the racers? In the second of our Technical Tuesday series on Catamaran design we continue our interview with the naval architect and discuss whether they are actually worth the cos...
Yes, I fell off the boat....
But other stuff happens too! In our continued quest to get Ruby Rose ready for a new sailing season, we finally turn her into a sailing boat by putting the mainsail and headsail on- although, as always, things do not go smoothl...
Living on a boat is all about boat work and maintenance and in this week's episode we do exactly that. Climbing the mast, replacing the anemometer, doing a rig check, repairing the sprayhood.... it's all part of boat life! Oh, and we have some *major* firs...
Have you ever wondered the processes that go into Catamaran design and building a Catamaran? Maybe. Maybe not.
However for those of you who are contemplating buying a new or used catamaran to sail the world, you possibly want to know how it's made, how saf...
Boat life really is all about boat work and boat maintenance in exotic (and sometimes not-so-exotic) locations. Living on a boat requires hours and hours of boat jobs and that list never gets fully completed. However, it's all part of the liveaboard experi...
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