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Sailing Soulianis

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We're a couple of born and raised Midwesterners with hearts belonging to the ocean. After a decade of dreaming + planning to buy a sailboat, we found a beautiful Tartan 37 in Wisconsin, sailed for a season in the fresh water of Lake Michigan, and are migrating south via the inland river system to saltwater and warmer climates. Join us on our journey! Lauren & Kirk

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We’re a couple of born and raised Midwesterners with hearts belonging to the ocean. After a decade of dreaming + planning to buy a sailboat, we found a beautiful Tartan 37 in Wisconsin, sailed for a season in the fresh water of Lake Michigan, and are migrating south via the inland river system to saltwater and warmer climates. Join us on our journey!

Lauren & Kirk

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Going Big with ZERO Experience | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 131

We decided to build a HUGE barn for our sailboat with absolutely zero construction experience. Is it… Crazy? Maybe. Educational? Better than school. Cost-effective? Jury’s out. Exciting? Never a dull moment ;D Come watch us prepare the foundation of ...

Published: Dec 01, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:49

Is this Stupid to Do with Two People? | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 130

Thanks to our sponsor BetterHelp for making this episode possible! Go to https://betterhelp.com/sailingsoulianis for 10% your first month of therapy with BetterHelp. The beauty of our trimaran is in its foldability — it unfolds to be sailed and folds to...

Published: Oct 29, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:54

We Almost Lost a Foot! while Building our Barn | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 129

After nearly a year of planning, we’ve arrived at DAY ONE of our barn build: excavation! Seeing the earth being moved — the first real visual progress — is pretty thrilling. Prior to breaking ground, our discussions of the barn’s size and locatio...

Published: Oct 01, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:54

We have a SERIOUS QUESTION for You | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 128

** Huge thanks to our partner BoatUS for making this episode possible! Need a domestic MMSI number for your VHF radio? Go to www.boatus.com/mmsi ** Does your boat have a LIFE-SAVING button? Ours does! Well, let’s be honest, pressing it in a maritime eme...

Published: Aug 27, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:20:16

YEAR ONE of our PERMACULTURE Food Forest | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 127

Interested in AG1? Get a 1-year supply of vitamin D3K2 & 5 travel packs FREE with your first purchase: http://drinkag1.com/SailingSoulianis ~~~ What have we sailors been up to on land this last year? We've got quite the start to our permaculture food ...

Published: Jul 31, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:25:22

Bringing Our Baby Home! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 126

After a long winter, in a barn far away all by herself, we’re bringing our boat home! It was a tricky job to fit her tall beams through the garage door, can we get her out without incident? And… We’ve got a surprise to share with you! Hope you enjo...

Published: Jul 16, 2023

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:19:20

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We escaped the traditional 9-to-5 life, sold our belongings, and left an idyllic Southern California lifestyle in search of what lies beyond the horizon. We’ve spent the last 10 years preparing our lives to set sail. Join us on our journey! Website: ht...

Published: Sep 14, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:00:59

Leaving the Beach for a Boat | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 1

We show you a slice of our San Diego lives, and talk about why we decided to leave our beach cottage in California — for life aboard a sailboat. Our search for the right sailboat took years: We researched thousands of sailboats online, saw hundreds in ...

Published: Sep 29, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:08:04

Searching for a Catamaran in Mexico | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 2

The sailboat hunt is on! We drive from San Diego, California to Guaymas, Mexico to see a catamaran named Imi Loa. We’ve had our eye on this boat for a little while, and have been in contact with the sellers — they assure us this cat is ready to go crui...

Published: Nov 07, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:10:56

Racing Catamaran as a Minimalist Liveaboard? | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 3

We’re off again to see another catamaran — this time to Seattle. We fly from San Diego, hop a few trains, ride a couple ferries and even inflate a paddle board to get to the boat, which is moored on Orcas Island, in the San Juan Islands. Kirk knows ab...

Published: Nov 30, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:21

From California to the Midwest & Catamarans to Monohulls | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 4

There are literally thousands upon thousands of boats on the west coast, and we can’t find one to fit the bill? Up until this point, we had limited our boat search to catamarans, with a price tag of $50,000 or less. Yes, we admit, we probably could find ...

Published: Dec 21, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:12

Our Sailboat Purchase Fell Apart | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 5

Our offer was accepted on a Morgan 382! The boat is in fabulous condition, but still needs a bit of work. Fortunately she doesn’t need repairs, just finishing. Kirk and I do kind of like the idea of finishing out the systems ourselves. The woodworking, o...

Published: Jan 16, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:01

WE BUY A TARTAN 37 SAILBOAT | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 6

WE FINALLY BUY A SAILBOAT. It feels like we’ve been searching for a boat forever! In this episode we finally buy a boat, a beautiful Tartan 37. Before we find the Tartan, we look at two other options in the Milwaukee area: a Pearson 38 and a Southerly 3...

Published: Jan 31, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:35

Moving Aboard our Sailboat & Freedom Party | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 7

The Tartan 37 is ours, and it’s time to celebrate! With the 4th of July arriving just days after we close on the boat, we decide it’s rather fitting to pop some bubbly and celebrate our own new-found freedom… from land! The hardest part of moving ab...

Published: Feb 14, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:43

First Sail on our Tartan 37 | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 8

Until now, family and friends have always sailed with us on our Tartan 37, but this time we sail her by ourselves, up to Milwaukee and back. Leaving the dock at our marina in Racine is tricky. The dock is on the Root River (which frequently floods and dra...

Published: Feb 28, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:25

Preparing for our Shakedown Sail | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 9

Products in this video: Tea Kettle - https://sailingsoulianis.com/products-we-love/bodum-electric-tea-kettle Manual Food Processor - https://sailingsoulianis.com/products-we-love/zyliss-manual-food-processor We bought the boat, daysailed the boat, and hav...

Published: Mar 22, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:12:23

The LAKE MICHIGAN Crossing | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 10

It’s our FIRST OVERNIGHT PASSAGE! We set sail across Lake Michigan, leaving in the middle of the night to ride the fading winds of a storm. Kirk’s dad arrives just before midnight to join us for the trip. The sail starts out with 15+ knts on the nose,...

Published: Apr 06, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:11

Solar to the Rescue! | Review of Suaoki Solar Panel + Power Station

Products in this Review Suaoki 150Wh Portable Power Station https://amzn.to/2K0XANF Suaoki 100W Solar Panel Charger https://amzn.to/2qLAS3m -- Just when we thought we didn’t need any more solar… When designing our boat’s new battery and solar sy...

Published: Apr 19, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:02:29

Cruising the West Coast of Michigan | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 11

Our shakedown cruise is officially underway! After crossing Lake Michigan with Kirk’s dad, we arrive in Pentwater, MI where we meet up with the rest of Kirk’s family. It’s our first of many ports of call along Michigan’s west coast we visit over th...

Published: Apr 27, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:12:53

Sailing to Charlevoix: A Childhood Dream ACHIEVED! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 12

Every summer as Kirk was growing up, his family would visit Charlevoix, a quaint vacation town located on a skinny isthmus between Round Lake and Lake Michigan. Round Lake was a boating mecca; all sorts of craft paraded across its waters, waiting for the...

Published: May 10, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:01

Summer in Michigan is Downright Lovely | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 13

Summer in Michigan is magic, because it’s so fleeting. It usually arrives sometime in June, and by the time you’ve attended a family get together and a wedding or two, it’s already August, and you’re wondering where the heck the time went… If yo...

Published: May 31, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:03

Freshwater Surfing on Lake Michigan | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 14

Freshwater surfing! Kirk’s beyond stoked to get a chance to surf Lake Michigan. After leaving Charlevoix, we snuck into Leland just before a cold front moved in. The front brought strong winds that ended up sticking around for three days, which prevent...

Published: Jun 16, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:45

Results of our Shakedown Sail | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 15

That’s a wrap on our shakedown sail! In this episode, after sailing back across Lake Michigan to our home port of Racine, Wisconsin, and getting a little weird during the crossing (being alone on a boat definitely makes you go a little batty), we talk th...

Published: Jul 14, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:37

Dinghy Outboards are Tricky Little Beasts | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 16

Back in our homeport of Racine, we start tackling the long list of projects we want to finish before leaving for our journey down “The Ditch.” Kirk researches the heck out of LED bulbs. He determines the warm Kakanuo bulb https://amzn.to/2JX40fS to be...

Published: Jul 31, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:16

GOODBYE Marine Head & Holding Tank, HELLO Composting Toilet | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 17

A leaky marine head can be a very shitty situation. At one point during our shakedown cruise around Lake Michigan, (thanks to a combination of rollicking seas, a leaky hand pump, and plain ignorance) we ended up with toilet water where it SHOULDN’T be �...

Published: Aug 16, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:58

Drilling Holes & Laying Fiberglass: Installing a Windlass | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 18

Settle in… we’ve got our first 20+ min episode for you! The river trip is right around the corner, and our preparations start getting serious. The list of boat projects we want to complete (as discussed in Ep 15) before leaving Lake Michigan is LONG. I...

Published: Sep 04, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:21:30

Liveaboards to Cruisers: Final Preparations | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 19

Just one week is left before we depart our home port of Racine, Wisconsin — for good!?! — and take off south down the river. The list of projects, errands, and to-dos is still a mile long. We need to buy anchor chain, install an anchor swivel, hook up...

Published: Sep 19, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:19:17

We Can Sail Anywhere in the World from Here | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 20

This is it! After years of preparation, we’re finally untying the dock lines, leaving our homeport, and pointing our bow south. Our first stop is Chicago, Illinois. It’s 50 nautical miles from Racine, Wisconsin, to Belmont Harbor, where our friends Ka...

Published: Oct 09, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:35

Last Sail in the Great Lakes: Chicago to the Calumet River | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 21

Sailing into Chicago was pretty surreal for us. We first began hatching cruising plans while living in the city ten years ago. Now, looking back at the shoreline we used to walk along, a sailboat floating only in our imaginations, it feels like we’ve com...

Published: Oct 20, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:12:42

How Much does a Bluewater Sailboat Cost? | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 22

Do you dream of sailing over the horizon in your own sailboat? If so, one of the biggest questions you probably have is, How much is the boat? In this episode, we break down the cost of our Tartan 37, going into the buying process, closing expenses and tr...

Published: Nov 01, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:06

The Mast Comes Down | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 23

What lies between us and saltwater sailing? 1300 miles of rivers! Before we can get underway, we need to unstep our mast. For this leg of our journey south, we turning our sailboat into a motorboat. There’s a fixed 19’ 1” bridge in Chicago that force...

Published: Nov 17, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:32

How to Run Aground in 8’ of Water When You Only Draw 4’ | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 24

At the end of our last episode, we left you thinking we ran aground. Yeah, we did. Though in all fairness, it was more of a “nudge the bottom” situation. The question was, how did we manage to run aground in 8 feet of water, when we only draft 4? Turn...

Published: Nov 25, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:18:35

Bad Things Come in Threes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 25

Oh dear…This one’s for you dreamers out there who will one day become newbie boat owners, just like us. Take notes! Hopefully you won’t have to make these same mistakes. Last episode, we had issues with our centerboard, which were — surprise! — ...

Published: Dec 06, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:47

Racing the Cold to Lower Latitudes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 26

Welp, it’s about time we get moving south, eh? With all the boat dramas from the last few episodes now behind us, we’re finally making miles south down the Illinois River. And good thing, too, ‘cause winter is hot on our keel. We encounter all sort...

Published: Dec 16, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:11

All Alone… Illinois River to the Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 27

As far as we know, we’re the last sailboat on the river. The only other watercraft are tows with barges, a couple motorboats being delivered for winter storage, and bunch of duck hunters. It’s a bit desolate, but beautiful. It feels like we have the ri...

Published: Dec 28, 2018

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:16

Tackling the Mighty Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 28

Motoring a sailboat down the Mississippi River — a bit paradoxical, isn’t it? Back when buying a sailboat was still a distant dream, we can most definitely assert that motoring down a bunch of rivers was not on the to do list. But, sometimes you find y...

Published: Jan 16, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:23:45

Against the Current: Ohio & Tennessee Rivers | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 29

After flying down the Mississippi River at 10 knots, turning upriver onto the Ohio is a shock. It’s frothy with breaking waves, it’s running fast, and we struggle against its current. At one point, Soulianis slows all the way down to 1.5 knots, and we ...

Published: Jan 31, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:37

Locks, Locks & More Locks on the Tenn-Tom Waterway | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 30

At this point, we’re about halfway into our river journey from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. We’ve transited several locks thus far, but no other part of the route has as many locks as Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It’s one lock right after a...

Published: Feb 14, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:42

Life on the River | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 31

We’ve become pretty comfortable with our life on the river. Each morning, once we’re underway, Kirk takes the helm and I make breakfast in the galley. Then we switch back and forth with steering, giving each other a chance to get something done. One af...

Published: Mar 09, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:21

It’s the Gulf of Mexico! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 32

Ooo this has been a long time coming… We make it to SALTWATER! After leaving the freshwater of Lake Michigan and traveling 1300 miles down the rivers (Mississippi and all the rest!), we’ve made it to the Gulf of Mexico! Finally it’s time to turn our...

Published: Mar 28, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:23

We’re a Sailboat Again! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 33

We put the mast back up and we’re pretty dang stoked about it. The electrical is reconnected, the boom goes back on, and Kirk takes a stab at tensioning our standing rigging himself. Soulianis is finally feeling more like a sailboat again. Hope you enjo...

Published: Apr 18, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:30

ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY BECOME A SAILBOAT AND IMMEDIATELY SAIL THE WORLD | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 34

Even though the mast is back up and we’re officially a sailboat again(!), we’ve got a scary long list of boat projects to complete before we can leave the dock in Mobile, Alabama. In this video we bend the sails back on, replace the kitchen plumbing, ...

Published: Apr 30, 2019

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:14:39

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