After 5 months of hard graf in the boat yard, Zephyr is now ready to continue exploring the world. We have conquered every task we set our minds too. She is looking even better than new and we couldn't be more happy with how everything turned out.
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What do you think this could be? Can you really believe we went 4 years without one! Other sailors we met said we were crazy 😜 yet now our lives have changed forever!
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Sailing with dogs around the world is the best experience ever! We have been loving life with these two little troubles and we have realized it's made us stop and do something we never had time for...we also start moving south fast to escape the freezing c...
With new puppies onboard our sail boat Zephyr, we need to take steps to Dog Proof everything for safety. We show some great ways that we do just that all whilst sailing South down the ICW.
We also stop in at some more interesting places along the ICW in o...
We continue our sail down the ICW from Charleston to Vero Beach. Along the way we get to experience our first space shuttle launch. Truly a memorable experience and one that has us both excited beyond words. We also forget to do one of the most basic thing...
2300nm of motoring almost the entire loop of the ICW has brought us back to where it all started in Fort Lauderdale. We are shocked at the amount of motoring we have done and quickly start getting Zephyr ready for the sailing season ahead.
We also make so...
This is a blockbuster episode as we finally bring you the completed and working fold down transom we have made that converts our 43´Beneteau Oceanis into a 46´Beneteau Oceanis. We then bring you some important security upgrades and other incredible thing...
We finish off the last remaining boat works jobs of our 8 month journey to make our sailboat Zephyr even better to carry us the next 25000nm around the world.
We finally resolve our cracked water tank issue, inspect the mast and rigging and make our final...
Grab a beer and sit back as this episode of Sailing Zephyr has it all. We finally leave the USA and sail to The Bahamas. We arrive into Bimini and are immediately blown away by the clear water and white sand beaches.
After what has to be the easiest clear...
With boat works officially over and the sailing season now started, Mother Nature wastes no time reminding us that she's the boss and we are visitors amongst the oceans and seas.
We set sail to the Exumas and before we can spend even one day we are force...
After 4 years and over 25,000nm of sailing, sometimes sailing can start to feel repetitive. But in this episode we have one of the most thrilling and emotional sails since we started. All whilst exploring the incredible islands of the Northern Exumas in th...
Are we missing out? Is a sailboat what we really want? Are Motor Yachts just plain better? We take you on a deep dive into the question that comes up again and again...Sailboat Vs Motor Yacht, which is better for cruising?
Crack a beer, sit back and enjoy...
Zephyr is tired and has been sailing hard for over 25,000nm. We take you on a BOAT TOUR of all the changes we made over the 5 month refit we did in Annapolis, MD.
We change almost every key system onboard Zephyr. We whiff the old clothes and dress her up ...
We nearly break our new spinnaker, boats almost collide with us in Nassau and we explore some incredible sights in the Exumas, Bahamas, all whilst showing Natalie´s family around some beautiful islands.
If you have ever been curious just how stressful it...
Sailing in the Exumas, Bahamas provides endless opportunities and this episode is packed full of highs and lows. We check out the famous swimming pigs, explore some cool caves and catch a sailing regatta.
Now that's all the good stuff. We actually also e...
After 4 years of sailing, we dig through all the questions and comments in YouTube that you have written and bring you the information you've been wanting to know.
No question is skipped from basic sailing information to the dirty nitty gritty business of...
Should we sell our beloved sailboat Zephyr? We investigate the REAL Costs of living on our sailboat vs living back on land.
We bare all as we expose our expenses for our past life and current sailing life to determine whether we should sell our sailboat a...
When Sailing the world you tend to have your next destination in organized....at least in your mind before you depart. We find ourselves trying to point Zephyr´s bow somewhere, anywhere. But we are struggling to make our minds up.
In the mean time we pr...
How we use the sun, solar panels, batteries and water maker to produce freshly grown water on our sailboat
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We are FORCED into an UNKNOWN Anchorage at NIGHT in an ELECTRICAL STORM and it's possibly the scariest and most dangerous thing we have had to do. We have never been to the anchorage, we have no moonlight and there are hazards everywhere. But we work throu...
Bigger is better right? ⛵️This is how we turned our 43 foot monohull into a 46 footer! On a sailboat you always want more space no matter how big…for us this was one of the most important upgrades and james totally nailed it! Check out the full video...
Sailing is often a mixed bag of calculated decisions, planning, unforeseen circumstances and blind luck. And sometimes, no matter how much you prepare, your gut is what you rely on the most.
We make perhaps one of the hardest decisions in our 4.5 years o...
No matter how much preventative maintenance you do, sometimes things just break. In this weeks episode, it's our engine that seems to be giving us problems. A string of issues force us to anchor after only a few minutes.
Also, we unveil some huge news tha...
We continue to try and work our way north through The Bahamas, but the weather continues to challenge us at every step.
Cleaning your hull, inspecting damage or simply exploring underwater just got a lot easier as we test out the worlds best tankless dive...
Sailing, weather forecasts, passage planning and Extreme Currents...we are frustrated by them all in this weeks episode. Planning a multi-day passage with unpredictable weather forecasts and extreme currents is proving to be one of our most challenging yet...
Check the weather, prepare the boat and pull up the anchor...We depart Grand Bahama with an incredible weather window to sail the 500nm to Wrightsville, NC. All appears to be going great until it doesn't!
No matter how well you prepare, sometimes mother ...
The sailing in the Gulf Stream continues to deliver all the weather you can imagine, except what we need to sail! The boat and our moral continues to take a beating at the endless uncomfortable motion of the sailboat.
Against all the odds we manage to sti...
Swimming With Whales - Atlantic Crossing to Europe #shorts
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After 500nm of sailing we have finally made it to Wrightsville Beach, NC. After only a brief stop we manage to start sailing up the ICW towards Beaufort, NC before we are forced to make a last minute decision.
Sailing often requires you to think and act q...
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