We asked if you had any questions and we got 75 responses! And since we have guests visiting us this week, we thought we would edit a quick video instead. So ...

Ep. 39 We have decided to buy everything we will need on our future live aboard catamaran now before the purchase of the actual catamaran bankrupts us. We are ...

Ogea didn't cause this crisis, but they're feeling it. In this episode we talk to the village leaders about their efforts to raise the earth by hand and the ...

We help couples and families find FREEDOM, ADVENTURE & FULFILLMENT by helping them transition into the sailing cruising lifestyle. Please like, ...

Ep. 38 Sailing Lessons! We passed ASA 101 and now gearing up for ASA 103 while sailing all over Biscayne Bay ~ Miami Florida for 7 days on a 37 ft catamaran ...

It's time to move anchorage and set sail. Most things in life have only one first time and this will be baby Isla first sail ever. Will she enjoy it? Do you ...

This is the dream: You're sailing around the world and visit a stunningly beautiful island where you are welcomed by the village Chief. You become friends with ...

Ep. 37 We left home with some high winds, but little did we know the boats in our marina, 20 minutes away would be getting pounded. #catalina22 Dono tried ...

Ep. 36 ~ Sailing Lessons ~ We left home and headed down to Ft Lauderdale for a 7 day ASA class on a catamaran to complete 101, 103, 104 and 114. #catalina22 ...

WARNING!! It has been brought to my attention that there have been reported instances of death by electrocution in some marinas in the US while swimming in a ...

We're the ONLY ones. A collection of perhaps 20 boats and, thankfully, 6 with kids. In this episode we gather at the famous Blue Lagoon (the G-Rated version!) ...

Ep. 35 ~ Sailing Lessons ~ We left home for our ASA sailing classes and headed down to Ft Lauderdale for a 7 day ASA class on a catamaran to complete 101, 103, ...

Ep. 34 ~ Sailing Lessons ~ If you are thinking of taking any ASA classes, the next few episodes will hopefully give you an idea of what to expect. This ...

Imagine watching the movie "Castaway" for the first time anchored comfortably off the beach where it was filmed. How cool would that be?! We finally leave ...

Welcome to Episode 37 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video, part 1 of Basic Plotting I take you through plotting a fix or known position, then plotting a Dead ...

Ep. 33 ~ We spent a great Easter weekend at Donovan's old home state of Louisiana and his cousin, a pilot for Delta, took us out for a really fun ride in his ...

We finish our quarantine and enter Fiji, but are surprised at what we find. As one of just a few tourists in the island group, we find the resorts are closed, ...

More things break on our trip from NZ to Fiji. Why does this keep happening to us!? And why does it happen so often at night!? We finally get approval to ...

Ep. 32 ~ Preparing for our ASA classes and reading the required books. #catalina22 This is PART TWO.... Just in case you haven't watched part one, which is ...

Welcome to Episode 36 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I talk about the magnetic compass and how to convert bearings from true to magnetic and vice versa. ...

Ep. 31 ~ Donovan and I took our sailboat, Ourper Diem, out to practice exercises from our ASA Sailing Association study books. Our one week long class is in a ...

NZ is Covid Free, but we're trapped. We can't go anywhere else, and winter has arrived. Some of our friends throw in the towel, and we hunker down for winter ...

We get pulled over AGAIN as we make our way into our Marina for lockdown. We're pretty sure having a red boat didn't help us any. And we had quite a far ...