We visit UNESCO-listed old Melaka town before preparing SY Esper for the Malacca Strait. There are still traces of its earlier grandeur to be found in the ...
Today I bring you on a day in the life of an ocean lifeguard. This job can vary greatly depending on where you work and we certainly have a unique setup on ...
The Coconuts are a family of 6 that have voyaged over 20,000 nautical miles in an engineless sailboat. We met them in the Faroe Islands and were thrilled and ...
Join us on board our sailboat in Mexico as we walk through the steps of preserving fresh meat. We start with some local chorizo, and in just a few hours we ...
After the engine died in the middle of the Malacca Straits in the middle of the night, we managed to get it fixed. But how? What happened, exactly? Was it an ...
What is the perfect dinghy? We're going to be basing this discussion around the following topics listed below. 1) INFLATABLE OR HARD 2) PORTABILITY 3) ...
We're excited to announce our second ive-stream! Please come and join in, and leave a question on our theme in the comments below. Monday 28th August KL: 6am ...
How to communicate at sea is a question we get asked a lot. After spending two and a half years sailing offshore, around Europe, Across the Atlantic and the ...
Stuck in the busiest shipping lane in the world with a broken engine and no wind. At night. The bad news? The northerly wind which had been forecast never ...
What are the ups and downs of living on a boat? Is it all bikinis and beaches or does the boat maintenance dominate life afloat? This broadcast is ...
What is it like living on a boat? What about the day to day tasks and chores like shopping, boat maintenance, filling with water and diesel. With Liz now ...
We made it all the way from Jupiter, FL (the Bahamas, really) all the way to Long Island, NY. It took us 33 days for a number of reasons including breaking ...
DO NOT FOLLOW THE MAGENTA LINE! I've told this to Sierra before and I found myself loose focus and misinterpret the local markers as they switched from red, ...
We've had a survey done on a great boat - an Amel Super Maramu - but it's far from perfect and there's a lot of work to do on it. Nevertheless, we've put a ...
After brief stop in St. Martin we get back to our route. Hurricane season starts soon and we need to be out and still so much to see and do. So we do - we sail ...
We had a long day waking at 3am to time the currents correctly in the C&D Canal. We transited the canal quickly with a favorable tide and began our decent ...
*Volume fixed* Another Coast Guard encounter! Lucky for us we don't do anything wrong and have all our safety gear in line. Even luckier for us, they just ...
Norfolk, VA is an commercial area packed with big barges and large ships. A lot of them are commercial and a bunch are military as well. We just tucked off to ...
As we keep moving on our long journey to Trinidad to escape hurricane season in Caribbean we sail to the British Virgin Islands and make a 24 hr sail from ...
Yup, that's our big secret. We are actually back on Long Island and have already started our summer jobs. In the youtube world we are passing Beaufort, NC. We ...
It was a peaceful cruise through the rest of camp Lejune and on the way we saw some cool Marine vehicles crossing the ICW. We passed Morehead City and crossed ...
I bought a boat for a dollar and have started a full and complete refit on this 1976 CAL 2-29 Sail boat. So roll up your sleeves and get ready to get down and ...
After 6 weeks of chilling in USVI St. Thomas between Charlotte Amelie and Christmas Bay we say our farewell to USVI with grandiose Carnival parade and amazing ...
We make it through Winyah Bay, passed Georgetown and into the Waccamaw River in SC. It is amazing how much all the scenery changes throughout parts of the ICW! ...