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Costly first-time buyer mistakes (we made)
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Costly first-time buyer mistakes (we made)

Don't be fooled by the BLING! Also, sellers, if you want top dollar, we have some tips! When we started out 17 years ago, we didn't know what we didn't know, and it cost us! As sailing noobs it's easy to be taken advantage of. Pop some corn, pour a cold drink and step into our t...
How I make good deals on boats
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How I make good deals on boats

This is a follow-up to the catamaran shopping video I made a few months ago. Several people asked how I was able to make such good deals on these boats. It comes down to speed and decisiveness. I will outline my buying tips and tell you how you might be able to pay less for a boat. iTunes Podcast: ...
Gulf Stream Craziness – Abacos to North Carolina
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Gulf Stream Craziness – Abacos to North Carolina

We take our Leopard 46 catamaran from the Abacos Island of the Bahamas to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This trip proves that the Gulf Stream is ready to serve up a challenge no matter what the wind is doing, making what should be a fast, comfortable ride into quite the opposite! Also delve...
Ocean Passage Preps & Our 10,000 Neighbors
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Ocean Passage Preps & Our 10,000 Neighbors

It's our final stop for the season before we head north to the States, and it is from a dream! We enjoy paradise for a while and take you through our passage preparations: the boat, ourselves, and the weather! We also celebrate our birthday girl and have an awesome sail too! #OceanAir #MOB #c...
SUNDAY SPECIAL – Your questions, our plans, and other ramblings.
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SUNDAY SPECIAL – Your questions, our plans, and other ramblings.

The VLOG returns this Thursday. In the meantime: What do we like and what do we hate about our Leopard 46 catamaran? Should you buy a boat and put it into charter? What do we think about aluminum boats? When to buy the boat to sail away on? iTunes Podcast: Private Fb Group: Products we use: ...
Double Breasted – The Skinny Water Route to Paradise
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Double Breasted – The Skinny Water Route to Paradise

Ride along as we take a very shallow route into the inner anchorage at Double Breasted Cays, Abacos, Bahamas. You'll see how seagrass can be deceiving and the way currents grab Clarity and push her toward a sand bank. But all the stress....it is worth it! This is one of the prettiest spots we&#...
Midnight Storms & Chased by Rays (plus our funny infomercial)
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Midnight Storms & Chased by Rays (plus our funny infomercial)

Megan's Ultimate Boat Cushion Tutorial: iTunes Podcast: This week we bounce aimlessly around the Abacos and come to understand why this area is a cruiser favorite. It's a bit of a day-in-the-life sort of vlog this week, but we do deal with a cold front and a mess in the anchor locker...
$1M Charter Catamaran Conversion -PART 1-  Top Secret (electric) Boat Tour
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$1M Charter Catamaran Conversion -PART 1- Top Secret (electric) Boat Tour

Part 2: 0:32 Intro 2:30 Solar Array 6:30 Deck and Sails 10:30 Cockpit/helm 13:00 Electric Winches 15:30 Fiberglass and Gelcoat and Paint 18:30 Electric Motor 23:20 Aft Deck Lounge 25:30 Navigation Station 28:30 Galley / Salon This is not your average charter catamaran conversion. We take our time ...
$1M Charter Catamaran Conversion -PART 2- Top Secret (electric) Boat Tour
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$1M Charter Catamaran Conversion -PART 2- Top Secret (electric) Boat Tour

Part 1: 0:00 Galley and Salon 1:45 Starboard Side Guest Cabins 3:00 Study / Office (Mistake) 5:00 Owners Cabin 7:20 Systems Room, Spectra Watermaker, Inverters and Batteries 10:00 How much this cost, time and investment 14:00 Electric Drives are the Future This is the kind of project I would take ...
Rig Fix and Whale Tale in the Abacos
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Rig Fix and Whale Tale in the Abacos

We backtrack to Marsh Harbor via a questionable shallow short-cut to meet up with our rigger to fix our bent cap shroud. By chance we cross paths with our South African friends aboard Top Secret, the most amazing charter boat to private yacht conversion we've ever seen. Contact info: www.sailcl...
Taking our Dog Cruising on a Sailboat in the Caribbean – what we need to do.
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Taking our Dog Cruising on a Sailboat in the Caribbean – what we need to do.

Rules & Regulations begin at 10:00. Should you bring your dog along to the Caribbean? We talk about life aboard with a dog, regulations, and poop. It can be a pain in the *ss, but for us, we wouldn't do it without our dog Sugar. We do a country by country pet import breakdown on which are ...
Old Sea Dogs, a Rig Problem, and the most famous boat in the (YouTube) world.
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Old Sea Dogs, a Rig Problem, and the most famous boat in the (YouTube) world.

A little bit of everything in this one as we spot the BIGGEST SAILING CHANNEL IN THE WORLD, talk about our changing plans because of our aging dog, and discover a problem up the mast that stops us dead in our tracks. Companion Vid - Rules and Regulations Cruising with Dog in Caribbean: iTunes Po...
How we make money & Monthly Budget. Let’s talk $$.
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How we make money & Monthly Budget. Let’s talk $$.

How much does it cost to cruise? We give the financial details for sailing our Leopard 46 catamaran in the Caribbean and sheltering for hurricane season. First, we go through the monthly budget, then we tell you how we afford to do this. iTunes Podcast: Consulting: Squarespace - 14 day free tr...
Marriage-saving Tip #1: Anchoring a Catamaran without stress
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Marriage-saving Tip #1: Anchoring a Catamaran without stress

Anchoring a catamaran is very different from a monohull and there is NO need to scream and shout or wear NASA mission-control headsets. It took some time, but mastering this BASIC skill saved us a lot of headaches and money. It makes coming and going a lot of fun, which is what sailing is all about....
Weather & Routing for a good passage. Eleuthera to Abacos on a L46
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Weather & Routing for a good passage. Eleuthera to Abacos on a L46

02:00 Intro 03:05 Picking a Weather Window 05:30 Tides, Cuts, and Currents 06:20 Winds and Waves 12:27 Departing Eleuthera 18:53 Sailing Performance Numbers 23:37 Arrival Abacos Weather, weather, weather! It makes all the difference! Nick is a meteorologist, which helps us go fast and stay safe abo...
Leopard 46 Catamaran Boat Tour – This is where all the $$ went.
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Leopard 46 Catamaran Boat Tour – This is where all the $$ went.

Previous - searching for this boat: Previous - converting charter to cruiser: This is a tour of our 2009 Leopard 46 catamaran. We bought her from Moorings and spent well over a $110K fixing her up and outfitting her for full time cruising. That's a lot of money. Worth it? You be the judge. i...
Converting a Bareboat Charter Catamaran to Full-time cruiser
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Converting a Bareboat Charter Catamaran to Full-time cruiser

Part 2 of the conversion: Boat Search: Boat Tour: We spent $110,500* converting a Leopard 46 bareboat chartercat into a tricked out cruiser with all the bells and whistles. We break down the costs and show where we saved money on the outfitting. *Oops, forgot about the new anchor and chain. Tha...
Ever been in a storm? Yep, we have. Story Time!
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Ever been in a storm? Yep, we have. Story Time!

Back to the boat upgrades and weather stuff next time, but while we hide out from crazy winds in Pipe Creek in the Exumas, it got me thinking about a question we get from just about every non-sailor when they find out we cruise full time on a little boat: have you ever been in a storm? Yes we have....
It’s not always paradise in paradise!
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It’s not always paradise in paradise!

Quick little montage of the blustery weather we've been seeing aboard Clarity. We make the best of it with sewing and boat projects. Plus, strong winds mean fast sailing! Made the tune with Logic Pro. Recognize the sample? My GenX'er friends just might! Hey, I wrote a couple books and na...
I’m a meteorologist and full time cruiser. These are my forecasting tools.
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I’m a meteorologist and full time cruiser. These are my forecasting tools.

This is the short list of sites I use when we have cell or wifi: This is what we use offshore through Iridium Go: **Secret Podcast** I wrote a couple books and narrated some audiobooks in case you are interested. Buy them and I will be rich! Get Her on Board is about getting that signif...
Clarity in Pipe Creek
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Puerto Rico to Bahamas
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Puerto Rico to Bahamas

We go a little stir crazy waiting for parts in Puerto Rico and have an alien invasion in the Bermuda Triangle...strangest thing we've ever seen at sea! Nick produced the tunes for this video with my Linnstrument and Logic Pro X iTunes Podcast: Private Fb Group: Products we use: Websi...
Getting Started
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Getting Started

We take delivery of Clarity in Sint Maarten and begin the refit before heading north to start our adventures in the British Virgin and US Virgin Islands. Music is of course the one and only Cranberries with Dolores O'Riordan's (RIP) ghostly vocals. I slowed the whole piece down to 1/3 spe...
Buying a cat was harder than we thought…
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Buying a cat was harder than we thought…

Conversion for cruising: Boat tour: 5 deals, 4 surveys, almost a year of shopping to find our current boat. We learned a lot! iTunes Podcast: Consulting: Squarespace - 14 day free trial: Private Fb Group: Products we use: Website: www.sailclarity.com ___ Nick's Books and Audio...
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