Maybe the dream was never about escaping real life. Maybe it was about having more say in how we lived it. The grocery runs, broken alternators, school days ...

We inherited our alternator problems when we bought Big Lost in Florida—and somehow, they've traveled with us through the Caribbean, across the Panama Canal, ...

But what if you try… and it changes your entire life? We chose to leave behind a more conventional life and sail the world together as a family. We didn't ...

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We didn’t choose an easier life. We chose the life we wanted. Living aboard and sailing the world as a family isn’t always convenient — but the hard days, ...

Somewhere along the way, this became normal to them. 🥹 Barefoot. Salty. Piled together on the trampoline with nothing but ocean ahead. We traded the “normal” ...

Living on a sailboat makes even the most ordinary things look a little different. This is how we “park” the dinghy at the end of the day. 😂 Family of four ...

After waiting out 30-knot winds in Cook’s Bay, Moorea, we finally get the weather window we need to make the short trip to Tahiti — where we’re hoping to ...

Maybe “someday” is closer than we think. We chose a different kind of life—one with more time together, more adventure, and a lot less waiting. ⛵ Sailing Big ...

Living on a sailboat gives “normal life” a whole new meaning. 😂 We take a boat to get diesel, hoist our transportation out of the water, work out on a moving ...

We actually did it. We sold almost everything we own, said goodbye to our home, our cabin, our cars, our pets, our friends and the life our kids have always ...

No punching bag? No problem. 😂🥊 Tie a pillow to the halyard and apparently you’ve got yourself a full boat-kid boxing gym. Living aboard means getting ...

When you live on a sailboat, the family car looks a little different. 🚤🌴 School runs, grocery trips, beach days, visiting friends… the dinghy takes us ...

Most kids have a swing set… ours have a bosun’s chair and a halyard. 😂⛵ Lily loves getting hoisted up the rigging just for fun, swinging above the boat like ...

When you live at anchor, your neighborhood looks a little different. Tonight, one of our neighbors put on a concert right from his sailboat while the sun went ...

We needed to get Big Lost to Tahiti. After dealing with alternator problems off and on since Saint Martin, there’s an alternator specialist in Tahiti who can ...

We only needed to sail three hours to Tahiti… but 25–30 knot winds had other plans. So instead, we’re waiting it out in Cooks Bay, Moorea—homeschooling, ...

Living on a sailboat has completely changed our definition of normal. Zooming across coral reefs in a dinghy, swimming with stingrays, meeting up with friends ...

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When we left home to sail around the world, we thought the hardest part would be leaving our family behind. What we never expected was finding another family ...

We thought we were just meeting friends for dinner in Moorea... but the night turned into one of our favorite memories in French Polynesia. From traditional ...

Dinner has to get made—even when your home floats. Today, Lily and Krew took over potato duty from the best seat in the house: the back of our boat, ...

The biggest lie about paradise is that it's a place. We came to French Polynesia for the crystal-clear lagoons, coral reefs, and unforgettable scenery. But ...

Most kids grow up with neighborhoods. Ours is the ocean. From school on our sailboat to making friends from around the world, taking the dinghy on their own, ...