A NEW CHAPTER is about to begin for SAILAWAY. As we enjoy a few favorite St. Martin spots, we have to GET MOVING toward ST. THOMAS and some BIG CHANGES in our ...
SailAway World Sailing
ONCE AGAIN we find ourselves next to a SINKING CATAMARAN. As the FIGHT to SAVE THE BOAT we can't help but wonder COULD OUR CATAMARAN SINK? Considering boat ...
In this episode you’ll see the result of the non-skid before spraying the top coat. Have a look at our beautiful Wilda! We think it turned out great! The ...
Building Wilda
We've found the CROWN JEWEL of GUADELOUPE - Deshaies. Not only is this a GREAT PLACE to get STUCK, but it's also the SET of an INCREDIBLY POPULAR TV SHOW! We ...
Our TIME is SHORT, so only PERFECT ANCHORAGES will do. We take an UNTESTED ROUTE north to GUADELOUPE for the FIRST TIME, narrowly skirting east of DOMINICA. ...
A BOULDER on the ocean floor WRAPS our CHAIN in a CRAZY KNOT. We're only 100m from shore with GUSTING and VARIABLE WIND and CURRENTS. Time for Eric to GO ...
We GAVE UP EVERYTHING to SAIL THE WORLD FULL TIME. Then we traded our MONOHULL for a 30 year old CATAMARAN. We've sailed several passes of the WEST INDIES, ...
CONCERN about PIRACY on an OPEN OCEAN PASSAGE is unavoidable, even though we all know it's uncommon. We've been seemingly closely followed several times while ...
7 MONTHS and we STILL haven't FIXED OUR MOTOR. That's because we're considering an UNUSUAL SOLUTION. It'll be a lot of work, much of it custom, but we think ...
A STERN CONCERT for a GREAT CAUSE and...are our GENERATOR ISSUES OVER?? Plus, waterfalls, a chocolate museum, and a fish market...with Chris and Mary ...
LIVING on a 30-year-old CATAMARAN can be EXHAUSTING. We finally hit a point where we NEEDED a change of pace, somewhere on LAND. And since we're in the LAND ...
Hi there! Last week Axel started cleaning the boat in preparation for spraying the last coat of HB white primer. This episode is a one man show! I’ll let Axel ...
LIFE on a 48-foot, 30-year-old CATAMARAN in the CARIBBEAN is a complex thing. We have to WORK EXTRA HARD for some things that most take for granted, BUT the ...
WHY did we SAIL THIS FAR? We FINALLY got to GRENADA after 2000 miles and MANY difficulties. Now that we're here, we're still struggling with the generator ...
Have we FIXED the DEAD MOTOR? Does our GENERATOR RUN YET? We show you WHERE WE ARE in our PROJECT LIST and explain why a CATAMARAN RESTORATION LIST while ...
We JUST completed a TOUGH UPWIND SAIL to MARTINIQUE from ST. CROIX. We're now a ONE DAY HOP from completing a 4000-MILE ROUND TRIP to GRENADA. We LOVE ...
We discover HIGH WATER in our ENGINE ROOM on a ROUGH and WINDY OCEAN PASSAGE. We pump out BUCKETS and continue on, unsure of where the leak is. But this is ...
SHIFTY WEATHER FORECASTS leave us APPREHENSIVE about out 3-DAY PASSAGE to MARTINIQUE. We could end up in NO MAN'S LAND trying to beat our way back to the ...
Not just ONE, but BOTH our GENERATORS STOP WORKING as we're ABOUT TO LEAVE for ST. MARTIN less than 2 WEEKS after ERIC's HOSPITAL STAY. With limited CHARGING ...
EMERGENCY ROOM then 5 DAYS in the HOSPITAL. In the CARIBBEAN, with NO INSURANCE for the area, it's a NIGHTMARE for SAILORS. WHAT HAPPENED and WHAT WILL WE DO ...
1700 MILES UPWIND from the US to the VIRGIN ISLANDS in JUNE with only ONE FUNCTIONING MOTOR and the other JUST FIXED? It's a plan we NEVER STRAYED FROM for ...
There have been FIXES, FAILURES, UPGRADES, and FUN since we SAILED 2000 MILES to Charleston over 6 months ago. 1500 ADDITIONAL MILES later, we're in SAN JUAN ...
It feels like a MIRACLE that we're BACK in the CARIBBEAN, but already we have ANOTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE - one that we HAVE TO FIX before we leave here. But ...
It's 500 MILES UPWIND and AGAINST CURRENT from Mayaguana to the VIRGIN ISLANDS, with an EVER CHANGING WEATHER FORECAST at the WRONG TIME OF YEAR. It's our ...