She learns patience. I learn what parts don’t move anymore.

Get ready for next week’s episode sailing in Belize!

The good folks at Lacros sent us this fabulous e-bike a while back for review, and though it took us a while to get to it, the wait was worth it. Enjoy!! And ...

TEAK? Noooo. FAUX TEAK. Noooo. PE EVA FOAM?? Hell yes! This week we're finally upgrading our decking with TopDeck PE EVA Flooring. This is the good ...

GRENADA is FULL of SURPRISES! Even when we've LIVED HERE on and off for nearly 6 YEARS. This is a very SAILBOAT LIFE video, but we pack in a lot of unexpected ...

It's SPLASH TIME! Which means HIGH ANXIETY. With a NEW ENGINE and TWO MONTHS of boat yard work behind us, we're crossing fingers and toes that nothing goes ...

Well, MOSTLY. There were SO MANY STEPS leading up to actually installing our NEW ENGINE. But there's still SO much to do to make it ACTUALLY RUN. Not to ...

A Moment that Felt Like Hozier’s Yell

Living on a sailboat with anxiety

For nearly 3000 MILES we sailed Ophelia WITHOUT a PORT ENGINE. Today, we're finally remedying that issue. We just have to cram a BIG ENGINE through a SMALL ...

Our days are ALL ABOUT BOAT WORK while here in Trinidad. We have limited time and a big list. BUT...we also have a 9-year-old with a BIRTHDAY, which is a ...

We sailed to the beautiful St Lucia as a family of 6.

After 3000 MILES in our CATAMARAN with only ONE WORKING MOTOR, replacing that dead engine is PRIORITY ONE here in the boatyard. And this week, the "new" engine ...

It's a WAITING GAME as our NEW ENGINE is DELAYED yet again. So we make the MOST of our boatyard time and continue to work through our HUGE TO-DO LIST, ...

The ENGINE is COMING OUT! Our SEIZED PORT ENGINE is our largest project for the boat yard. And today we're FINALLY getting started on it. First things first, a ...

NO MORE TRAVEL LIFT! Our CATAMARAN gets a RIDE on a CUSTOM TRAILER designed specifically for HAUL OUT. It's a pretty ingenious device and unlike anything we've ...

We NARROWLY made it to Trinidad IN ONE PIECE. But our FIX-IT LIST won't wait. Our BROKEN STEERING CABLE is top of the list, because our haul-out is fast ...

Our STEERING FAILED and we were MINUTES from being BASHED UPON THE ROCKS. With a HUGE FOLLOWING SEA and STRONG WINDS, we had mere minutes to save EVERYTHING we ...

ACTS of PIRACY have been reported for YEARS near VENEZUELA. We sail for TRINIDAD in a FEW DAYS, only a few miles from the VENEZUELAN COAST. But all we can do ...

Mother-Daughter TikTok Dance at Sea | Sailing & Cooking Fun! While the sun set over the horizon, Malia and I turned dinnertime into dance time aboard our ...

We rented a car on every island possible. If we weren’t sailing we were road trippin

We have some BIG NEWS that has gotten our WHEELS TURNING AGAIN! We've been a bit inactive on YouTube lately as we sit in holding pattern, simply working for a ...

If there's anything the SAILING LIFE has taught us, it's how to PIVOT. We've made a lot of BIG DECISIONS through the years, but likely none AS BIG as THIS ...

A MONTH! By far the longest we've ever left Ophelia AND IN THE WATER to boot. Even with good friends keeping an eye out, there's no telling what issues may ...