Welcome back to another episode of WE|Sail. EPISODE 349 Three weeks in Fulaga. We came here with plans to explore as much of the Lau group as possible. Fulaga ...
We CRASHED our SAILBOAT....NOW WHAT? What do you do after crashing your sailboat into rocks? With holes in our catamaran and only temporary repairs ...
We knew the first few months after leaving the boatyard would be a shakedown cruise. After rebuilding nearly every major system aboard ROAM over the last two ...
Welcome back to another episode of WE|Sail. EPISODE 348 Two weeks in Fulaga. And somehow it still doesn't feel like enough. This episode is a little ...
Can We Repair our Sailboat After Crashing into Rocks? Welcome back aboard, you join us this week in Antigua where we are assessing the damage to our sailboat, ...
Welcome back to another episode of WE|Sail. EPISODE 347 Still in Fulaga. Still pinching ourselves. But this week paradise had a few surprises up its sleeve. ...
Four miles out, Bermuda radio called us back. Bracing for a paperwork problem, we instead found a kid trying to cross the Atlantic with no ride. So we made ...
Captain Checked his Phone then We Crashed into Rocks What should have been a short, routine sail between two anchorages in Antigua turned into one of our most ...
Ted Irwin could fit more living space into a hull than almost anyone, and that is why his boats shine in the Caribbean and fall short heading around the world. ...
The Rookie Mistake That Nearly Cost Us an Engine Every sailor likes to think they're beyond rookie mistakes...until they make one. Join us this week, on the ...
The Tuamotus earned the name "dangerous archipelago" honestly. Nearly 3,000 miles of ocean fetch slams into a chain of low worn down atolls, funneling through ...
Every insurer has an age where they stop writing full coverage, often 25 to 40 years, and after that most owners self insure the hull. Liability is usually ...
A limited budget does not lock you out of a real offshore boat. Bristol, Gulfstar, Tayana, Pacific Seacraft, and Valiant all built boats that still hold up. ...
This Pacific island closed itself off in the 1930s and decided outsiders only come by invitation. We got there by bringing a local man home to his family, and ...
We’re not the drama channel. But this time was real … and not good. I tell the story in the video, but the short version is that last summer I was diagnosed ...
Welcome back to another episode of WE|Sail. EPISODE 346 We endured five months of Fiji's cyclone season. We sailed 300 miles of open ocean to get here. ...
A boat can have lines you fall in love with and still drain you dry. Cheoy Lees are the example - beautiful overhangs wrapped around leaky teak decks that ...
Black iron tanks were standard on a lot of early Asian built boats, and pulling them means cutting metal out in pieces. Swapping to PEX and plastic tanks is ...
No cruising boat sails like its published polar. The PredictWind data hub records your instruments over time so the algorithm learns how your boat actually ...
Everything Has Changed For the first time in more than two months, our family is about to be reunited aboard our sailing catamaran Javelot. While I've been ...
An engine that starts clean, runs steady, and doesn't smoke is in good shape. Check the belts, hoses, and pumps, but most importantly...actually run it. One ...
When the engine's acting up, knowing how to sail onto anchor keeps a small problem from becoming a big one. Come in conservatively at the back of the ...
Weather is about structure, not numbers, so what matters is where pressure sits and where wind gets accelerated or blocked. PredictWind ranks models by recent ...
A loose motor mount looks like an easy tighten, but snug the wrong nut and you'll pull the engine out of line with the shaft. Figure out which nut actually ...