Ep. ~ 81 We have almost completed the sea trial and then we can close on this boat purchase. All we need to do is raise the mainsail and check out the ...

Ep. 80 ~ The boat survey is done and now we are doing the sea trial.... except, there's a terrifying storm, so we don't get to finish checking everything, most ...

Catalina yachts are uniquely American with a strong focus on performance, safety at sea and enduring value. They are overbuilt and underpriced and that's why ...

Ep. ~ 79 We are flying from Paris to Istanbul, then on to Dalaman, where we will be picked up by a shuttle service to then drive 2 hours to Kas Turkey. Our ...

Ep. 78 ~ Our last few days running around Paris visiting family and getting our dog's veterinary documents so we can travel to Turkey to buy our catamaran. ...

Ep. 77 ~. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris France. So many famous people buried there, like Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Georges ...

Ep. 76 ~ We moved away from the USA to go live on a catamaran in Turkey; this is the first leg of our travel by way of Paris! 🙌 COME SAY HI :) ▶︎ ...

Ep. 75 ~ Packed and ready to go. We are moving away from the USA to go live on a sailing catamaran we bought in Turkey. Shop the SV Ourper Diem / Sailing ...

Ep. 74 ~ After one and a half years, 8+ bids and 3+ signed contracts, we think we may actually get this boat! 🙌 COME SAY HI :) ▶︎ ...

We decided to do some detailing on Isabella, a little wet paint and some improvements to the flooring. The cockpit floor was sanded, painted and then covered ...

Ep. 72 ~ We were towed in from 12 miles off shore into the Abacos, after which the tow boat captain tied his boat on to ours at the hip to lead us to our ...

Ep. 71 ~ Last day in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle! We have no engine and only one sail and no wind..... oh and no fridge.... so we are getting towed to ...

Ep. 70 After losing our engine to a fire and the use of our main sail, we decided to contact the Coast Guard to give them our coordinates just in case. The ...

Welcome to Sailing Okaliptüs, formerly known as SV "Ourper Diem"! 🌊⛵ Embark on a journey of adventure and discovery with Donovan and I as we navigate through ...

We took too long hunkering for the hurricane and fixing our loss of RPM problem. So Isabella headed back to port instead of continuing to Annapolis. We said ...

Ep. 68 Reflecting on the last 24 hours of chaotic engine fire, attempts to repair the engine, giving up on repair of engine and allowing myself to wallow in ...

Shop the SV Ourper Diem store : https://www.zazzle.com/store/sv_ourper_diem 🙌 COME SAY HI :) ▶︎ http://catamaranpassage.com/ ▶︎ INSTAGRAM: ...

Ep. 67 ~ Still crossing the Bermuda Triangle with a burned engine on a 52' Beneteau for a delivery from Charleston to Puerto. Luckily, we have wind right now, ...

Ep. 66 500 miles off shore in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle sailing when our engine caught on fire. Thank God, we are on a sailboat... and there is ...

Ep. 65 Crossing the Bermuda Triangle on a 52' Beneteau for a delivery from Charleston to Puerto Rico. Shop the SV Ourper Diem store : ...

Ep. 64 Crewing on a 52' Beneteau for a delivery from Charleston to Puerto Rico when we suddenly got to witness Falcon 9 launch into space. This episode is ...

Ep. 63 Crewing on a sailboat from Charleston to Puerto Rico, Day 1. The owner hired the crew to sail the boat down to Puerto Rico, at which time, he'd be ...

In this episode I take you along for a week of my life while unemployed and living on a sailboat!

Ep. 62 When we decided to sell our home and move on to a sailboat, we had to figure out what to do with everything we owned... all of our possessions... Garage ...