What if your neighborhood was a tropical island? Where friends arrive by dinghy, the beach is your playground, and every afternoon turns into an adventure. ...
The biggest lie about paradise is that it's a place. We came to French Polynesia for the crystal-clear lagoons, coral reefs, and unforgettable scenery. But ...
We crossed an ocean chasing paradise. What we found was something even more valuable. For months, our family had been working toward this moment. Crossing ...
Most kids grow up with neighborhoods. Ours is the ocean. From school on our sailboat to making friends from around the world, taking the dinghy on their own, ...
Crystal-clear lagoons. Living coral reefs. Blacktip reef sharks. Manta rays. Every day in French Polynesia feels like stepping into a dream. These are the ...
Everyone assumes sailing around the world is about the places. For us, it's about something much simpler. More time together. More ordinary moments. More life. ...
Kids don't remember what things cost. They remember adventures, friendships, quiet moments, and the people they shared them with. This is the childhood we're ...
Some mornings, if I'm lucky, I wake up before the rest of the crew and take my paddleboard out for a little peace and quiet. On this morning, I wasn't the only ...
We thought sailing around the world would be all about the destinations. The turquoise lagoons. The remote islands. The adventure. But somewhere along the ...
Some places don't seem real... until you're standing in them. We didn't choose this life just to cross oceans. We chose it to explore our world together as a ...
One day they're looking to you for everything... and before you know it, they're growing into capable, independent people. Living aboard our sailboat has ...
Welcome to the Tuamotus, French Polynesia—a chain of coral atolls unlike anywhere we've ever explored. From crystal-clear lagoons and vibrant coral gardens to ...
We quit our jobs, sold our house, and sailed across the Pacific so our kids could experience places most people only dream about. And somehow... Wi-Fi is still ...
We crossed an ocean dreaming about places like Fakarava. World-famous dives, crystal-clear lagoons, black pearls, and remote islands were everything we had ...
Most people travel to collect souvenirs. We're collecting something different—moments that become memories and memories that become the stories we'll tell for ...
Hundreds of blacktip reef sharks. Crystal-clear water. A dream we'd talked about for years. No documentary could prepare us for what it actually felt like to ...
Most people dream about a life like this. Very few choose it. Living aboard our catamaran has meant giving up comfort, certainty, and the life we once knew. ...
Most people dream of visiting Fakarava for its crystal-clear water, but very few know what's hiding beneath the surface. Hundreds of black tip reef sharks call ...
We crossed the Pacific dreaming about one incredible experience: Fakarava's legendary Wall of Sharks. Every year around the June full moon, thousands of ...
Two years ago, we knew almost nothing about sailing. Since then we've crossed oceans, transited the Panama Canal, crossed the Pacific, and found ourselves ...
People often ask what our kids are missing by growing up on a sailboat. But they rarely ask what they're gaining. Confidence. Independence. Real-world problem ...
Most people think crossing the Pacific was the hard part. But building a life out here is the real challenge. The planning, problem-solving, homeschooling, ...
The Tuamotus are some of the most beautiful islands we've ever visited—but living this far from everything comes with challenges most people never see. In this ...
Everyone sees the turquoise water and remote islands. Few people see the planning that makes this lifestyle possible. Life in the Tuamotus isn't always as easy ...