The Galapagos can be expensive for cruisers to visit, and many of our normal freedoms are taken away. But on Isabella those rules are more relaxed, the town less developed, and the anchorage was more protected. We left thinking this was our favorite of all...
If you thought the Galapagos was a barren wasteland with nothing but wild animals, you cannot be blamed. That's what the BBC and countless other nature channels have led you to believe. But the reality is very different indeed...
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We have over an hour of edited footage from the Galapagos Islands headed your way shortly. We'll start here today in San Cristobal and Santa Cruz islands. We hope you like our summary!
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This is Part 2 of our passage from Panama to the Galapagos. Along the way we got the chance to haze our kids since they're not Shellbacks yet, like we are. Every ceremony is different, but we tried to make it fun and memorable. Not too many people get the ...
On our sail from Panama City to the Galapagos we had flat seas and calm winds. With our Reacher up we wanted to get a nice drone shot of the boat sailing along in light winds. What a mistake! This mishap and more in this week's episode. Enjoy!
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We tried to leave Panama, but disaster struck. Come join us as we kill time in Panama City and the Las Perlas islands. And eventually repair our boat...
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The Sailing Family crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific in this 8 minute video, showing exactly how it's done. [Shot pre-covid].
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We arrive in Colon and quickly leave for a "vacation from our vacation" while our bottom gets repainted. It doesn't go smoothly. [This video was shot pre-covid.]
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We finally make the big (scary) passage to Panama. 10 years ago we nearly lost our boat off the coast of Colombia - so was it worth sailing all the way to Jamaica to avoid that route this go around? Click the video above to find out!
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This is Part 2 of our Windward Passage video - Happy Earth Day all! After seeing up to 44 knots in our previous video, the wind all but died as we sailed behind Haiti. Another change was the significant amount of trash we started seeing in the water, which...
The Windward Passage is a notoriously bad place to go sailing, especially when the winds are up. We had a mild forecast but the winds were double what we expected. And of course, it happened on a moonless night where it got really, really dark.
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According to Trip Advisor, the #1 thing to do in the Dominican Republic is trekking the 27 Waterfalls of Rio Damajagua in Puerto Plata. Ironically, Hale had told us the #1 thing he wanted to do on our voyage was just that - "to jump off a waterfall." Well,...
Is this the DR or Thailand? That's what we kept asking ourselves as we cruised the north coast to Ocean Wall. We also got to race a TS42 Marsdon Composites catamaran. Who will win? Watch to find out!
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We stumble upon a place called the Scape Park. Was this the site of Jurassic Park? Where are all the tourists? Were they eaten? What's going to happen?! Hit play to find out...
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If we wanted to cross through the Panama Canal this season, we needed to make tracks West. We were loving the USVI's but also had fun making small hops to new places: The Spanish VI, Puerto Rico, Rincon and then the Dominican Republic. Every place ends up ...
Despite all the sailing we've done in the past year, this is really our first day sailing around the world. Day 1 will be in Guadaloupe, which will mark the furthest East we sail. From now on we'll be heading West, and the next time we arrive in Guadaloupe...
Living on a boat has its ups and downs (but mostly ups!). Seasickness, homesickness, where to shop, where to recycle, where to put your trash? But then you see the fabled "green flash(er)," or you go on a scramble up a mountain river into a rainforest and ...
We spent two more nights in paradise with our friends aboard before sailing back to Antigua's Carlisle Bay. We just can't get enough of Barbuda. Kite surfing, bon fires, tubing, beaches, and that water... It's just a beautiful and peaceful place.
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There are not too many places in the Caribbean where you can anchor alone on beautiful beach that stretches for more than 11 miles. But in Barbuda, it's pretty easy to find yourself all alone - perfect for spending New Years Eve from about as far away from...
Warning: This video features poor parenting decisions. :)
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ABOUT US: Welcome aboard. We are a family of five sail...
Antigua! Yep. It's a bold call but we can claim it. We've been to pretty much every part of the Caribbean, and Antigua and Barbuda take the claim for us. Today we visit Antigua (Barbuda's next week!), and while they could not be more different, that's what...
This is a personal video for us, but we thought we'd still post it. This is what Christmas is like on a boat! It was great to have Seth's parents visiting so they could see the boys excitement (and we kinda needed their help schlepping presents to Antigua!...
Sailing East in the Caribbean has always been called the "Thorny Path" because it's not all that easy to do. Ideally you wait for an unusual break in the highly consistent trade winds, or pray for the angle to shift just enough to the north that you can ee...
We were told by many people to avoid the BVIs after two Category 5 Hurricanes leveled the BVIs just a year before - but we had so many lasting memories from our previous cruise that we had to share this special place with our boys. Despite visible signs of...
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