Things I never expected to learn when we decided to live on a sailboat: how to make our own cushions. 😂🧵 Boat life has a funny way of turning you into a ...
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 ...
One last adventure at Grande Anse, one of the most beautiful beaches we’ve found in Guadeloupe before making the short hop to Deshaies. There we enjoy some ...
The wait is finally over—it’s Splash Day for Noeta! After weeks on the hard at the shipyard in La Cruz, our 57ft Nordhavn is finally floating where she ...
Two things have really changed the way we live at anchor this season. The first is our custom anchor alarm, which means we can both sleep easier at night. The ...
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 ...
When Grandma and Grandpa come to visit, there’s just one small problem… Our house doesn’t exactly have a driveway. 😂🧳 Getting people—and all their ...
Getting a full Condition and Value (C&V) survey done while hauled out is a necessary reality of boat ownership—especially when it comes to keeping your ...
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 ...
In this episode, we arrive in Socotra during the day, but rather unusually, we have to wait until 9pm before we can officially check in. Most immigration ...
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 ...
Anse Leroux, Guadeloupe is perfect, with crystal-clear water, a close by beach and fantastic snorkeling just a short ride from the boat. From there, we take a ...
The finish line is finally in sight! After weeks of hard work on the hard in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, we are tackling the final sprint of shipyard projects to ...
In this episode, we take on a 1,200-nautical-mile crossing of the Indian Ocean, sailing from Uligan in the Maldives towards Socotra. As we cross the Arabian ...
Ever wondered what keeps an offshore expedition trawler running smoothly beneath the ocean surface? Today, we are taking full advantage of being hauled out at ...
What does grocery shopping look like when you live full-time on a sailboat in French Polynesia? For us, every grocery run starts with a dinghy ride to shore, ...
Our sailboat haul-out turned into the biggest nightmare we've ever faced after unexpected damage, an insurance dispute, and a lightning strike. What should ...
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 ...
The hardest part of this lifestyle isn't leaving incredible places like Moorea... It's saying goodbye to the friends who become family along the way. Fair ...
After one of our most uncomfortable sails across French Polynesia, we arrived in Moorea—and every difficult mile was worth it. From rainbows and rough seas to ...
Days 4 through 7 of our shipyard refit hit us with a mix of rewarding upgrades, dirty jobs, and a complete heart-in-throat emergency! While Noeta is still ...
Leaving Saba was one of the hardest departures yet. It quickly became one of our favorite islands in the Caribbean, but the weather had other plans. With ...