Here's 'Part 2' from our passage from Gold Coast to New Caledonia. We experience some unpleasant squalls night after night and the boat is a mess but spirits ...
We set sail on our first ocean passage from Gold Coast to New Caledonia with our family of six plus our crew (and grandparents) Minnie & Pa. In this ...
In this video we're about to cross an ocean, our first ocean... we stock up with provisions for a family of six, practice patience as we wait for the right ...
In this video we prepare our yacht Torea VI and our crew of four little people (and grandparents) to cross an ocean. A first hand look at some of the hustle ...
We anchored in Annapolis for the boat show and decided to rent a car to visit Washington DC. The kids had never been and we had an amazing but also emotional ...
Crossing from Long Island to Manhattan is a stressful transit - no wonder they call it HELL'S GATE! You have to time your crossing to coincide with slack tide ...
We awoke to a perfect autumn day in Martha's Vineyard. We broke out all the toys, met a cruising boat with kids and just soaked in the reality of our new life ...
It's a really odd feeling when you leave your dock knowing your boat will not return unless you sail all the way around the world to get there. It's a ...
Gunboat vs Outremer - who will win!?!? It's not a fair fight. The Gunboat is 66 feet, has 12 foot daggerboards, a much higher mast, larger sail area and ...
Finally the boys meet Archer! We didn't take them to the initial inspection or the survey, so it wasn't until after we'd moved out of our old house that they ...
Welcome aboard our family-friendly adventure! We are a family of five sailing around the world on our "dream boat," a performance cruising catamaran named ...
Today we share our first voyage on Archer. After a winter "on the hard," we launch the boat and sailed her off-shore from Maryland to Rhode Island. Joined by ...