Why We Measure Our Mast + Meet Our New Neighbors in Uruguay --BOAT TOUR-- [Ep. 95]

Find out why we are measuring the carbon fiber mast on our sailboat, and take a close look inside our new neighbors ship, what we found was really interesting!

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Exploring Piriapolis Uruguay: Hiking to the top of Cerro del Toro where we get some great drone shots from our DJI Mini 2
2:45 Removing our mainsail from our sailboat
4:43 Measuring our carbon fiber mast to size and design a new mainsail
5:30 Boat Tour: Take a look inside a Uruguay Armada (Navy) Search and Rescue Ship Isla De Flores
10:06 A Special Thank You to Our Patrons

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It was never part of the plan to make videos on YouTube or become influencers, but we are so excited that we decided to create content. We love to share our knowledge and experiences with you! We have all types of videos from fixing repairs, to sail trim, to relaxing videos to asmr long form sailing content. Come sail away with us every Sunday Morning.

Kate and Curtis both learn how to sail when they were young. Kate was a junior sailor in Opti’s and 420’s while Curtis went cruising in the Great Lakes with his family. We met while sailing in a Melges 24 regatta and have been sailing together ever since. The first time we went cruising together as a couple was on a friends borrowed J Boats J 105 in the North Channel of Lake Huron and Canada (part of the Great Loop). Those few weeks, and watching other channels like Gone With the Wynns, Sailing Uma, Project Atticus, Delos, Nahoa, and Sailing La Vagabonde, convinced us that the sailing life was for us.

We bought our boat, a J Boats J/46, in 2019 after spending years searching for the perfect bluewater sailboat to sail around the world. We were interested in a catamaran and monohulls, but loved the performance cruising design of the J(it is faster than most cruising catamarans). We spent six months refitting her in Rhode Island, before selling our house and cars, quitting our jobs, and leaving land life for good to become digital nomads, with the goal of sailing around the world via Cape Horn.

We have since navigated over 12,000 miles together, through storms, big waves, pandemics, and lockdowns. We sailed to Maine, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Grenada, Sint Maarten, the Azores, Canary Islands, and Brazil, on our way south to Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile to sail around Cape Horn and into the Patagonia fjords.

We never intended to become influencers or start a new YouTube sailing channel, but now it is what we do. We love sharing our experience and adventures with you. We have learned to fly the drone and edit videos, trying to produce relaxing and listenable videos for you to sail away and watch at home while having coffee on Sunday mornings. We hope we can inspire you to achieve your life goals and cross off those bucket list items also!