It took three years. Three years from the day Ryan texted me with that crazy idea: why not quit our jobs, buy a boat and go sail the world, and see where the ...
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) spent a month in Martinique, which is a delightful slice of France, with a culture of its own, no mass tourism, and many ...
Every new beginning come from new beginnings end! One week to departure, we are saying goodbye to the life we built here in Sweden. About 10 years ago, Ryan ...
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) had another very exciting sailing between islands, going from Les Sains to Martinique. We started very early, at 5am, and we ...
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) spent 2 days on the small pretty island Terre-de-Haut in Les Saints, Guadeloupe. Fun day on the scooter, exploring all the ...
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) spent 10 days in Dominica, discovering an amazing destination for the ones looking for active vacations, and meaningful ...
10 days to the move, we are getting the boat ready for us to move onboard! I was secretly hoping that Ryan would have put the boat back in order while I was ...
Crossing the North Sea between Marstrand (Sweden) and Orkney (Scotland): Check! Ryan and I had no offshore sailing experience. Now, I do! Last week, I ...
We complete our road trip through Canada. We visit some interesting towns and the beautiful Jasper National Park. We also eat Canada's official food; poutine. ...
“Never cross with a north wind!” Can you hear it? Pam Wall’s little energetic voice? She repeated this warning many times when we first saw, heard and met ...
But not our boat, thankfully! Got a couple of close calls though.... Anyways, after two months spent working non-stop on Polar Seal, it was time to launch ...
This week, Ryan is in Singapore for work and I tried to wax the hull of Polar Seal by myself! Polar Seal hadn’t been waxed in at least 3 years. Her gelcoat ...
Refitting the boat is a major undertaking. We knew it would be, but knowing it and living it are two very different things. It seemed like we always had 4 ...
6 weeks to departure! I knew that becoming a sailboat owner meant that at some point, I would end up with a sanding machine in my hands and a valved safety ...
Spencer shows off his winter project. Him and his friend, Walter have been building a stitch and glue sailboat - a Small Craft Advisory Build. #SCAMPBuild ...
We get ourselves out of the house and take a walk about, but have a little fun on the drive there. #FAQ #LivingInAlaska #AlaskanWinters
We're testing out our $200 camper because we quit our jobs and we're headed out of Alaska in April!!! Find out what camping in -17 degrees looks like. ...
Our anchor chain was getting WELL past its due date - jamming when we needed to pay it out and slowly disintegrating in the anchor locker. We needed to ...
In this episode we take our Life jackets in for testing - with some very surprising results! We talk AIS MOB units and show you the contents of our Grab Bag. ...
Finally we prepare Nandji to depart Port Villa and sail north to Santo island. We try to check out of the country with Customs, but they won't let us go! ...
Meet our neighbors on anchor living aboard an Irwin 52. They left full time Paramedic/Firefighting/teaching jobs to cruise. We are now days away from leaving ...
We take a ride on outrigger canoes through the wondeful paradise of Baei De Oro... http://www.patreon.com/Nandji In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we ...
With our Wind Generator faulting through the night we stashed our plans for the day and set to servicing the little dear. 'Breezy' is one of our main power ...
Join us as we pray Poseidon to give our sailboat luck after we changed her name! (Bonus renaming tips at the end of the video...) A year ago, we bought a ...