Take a tour of our sailboat! Last week we showed you all the work that went into making our 41 foot sailboat a home so now we're gonna show you the finished ...
We are in Vero Beach and we take some time to make some interior upgrades to Tarka. Since we plan on keeping her for a long time, we want to make her a home! ...
Frolic travels from Florida to the Dismal Swamp 2020. We start our summer of 2020 cruising by getting Frolic back in the water. In this video we travel from ...
We have a really great day hanging out at Elliott Key outside of Miami but as we move North storms roll in. We all get his with a 47 knot squall right over ...
We're over at our friend's boat when a storm hits and our dinghy's line snaps. The problem was, all other dinghies weren't functioning. We all had to act fast. ...
It's a rush job, but Spencer and our friend Brad start at 9pm and 7 hours later, at 4am, the rear main seal is replaced in our Perkins 4108. It took a lot! ...
We're sailing Little Chicken today, Baby Beluga's boat! We sail out to a reef in the Florida Keys and dawn our tanks and jump in right from the sailboat! It's ...
Our motor is still not starting but a couple of Fries reach out and offer to help and offer us a stay at their dock in Key Largo! On top of all that, Shelby ...
We wake up early to try and get the motor running before some weather moves in. When we can't get her going, we decide it's smarter to use the dinghy to power ...
We get stateside and after an additional 7 days in quarantine Tarka seems so relived that she lets herself go completely. Everything breaks as we are sailing ...
After years of dreaming, and months of preparation, we finally sail s/v Shonto to the sea on a nine day sailing journey from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Cape ...
Things tighten up in Belize and officials start to approach cruisers and tell them to get off their boats and get a hotel room. We decide this is the time to ...
We're still traveling with our buddy boats; Whipper Snapper and Livin Life. There's a calm day so we decide to mix things up and swap everyone's boats around! ...
We have a lot of drama this week when we get way too close to a reef and then our dripless shaft seal starts to drip....and then full on leak! We scramble to ...
When you are sailing in remote locations the last thing you want is something major to go wrong. We are traveling with a buddy boat that just such a thing ...
We’ve been sailing for 9 years now but there’s always those times that make you feel like you just don’t have a clue what you’re doing. Our sail in Southern ...
With borders closing, we try and make it to Belize. This means we have to check out of Guatemala and hope they don't close both borders while we sail to ...
The Meri Crew finishes up in the Exumas and sails to Florida 2020. We have a last week of adventures in the Exumas including going deep into a cave and ...
We are back at the boat after 5 weeks! We come across a very surprising thing in the yard and we tackle a few cleaning projects before we get put in the water. ...
We take a break from the boat and head inland to Antigua! It's a colonial mountain town that hosts a LOT of nut salesmen! I know, weird! We also let you know ...
We get Tarka out of the water and get her squared away in the boat yard, but boat yard work is hot, tedious and frustrating! We both get a little moody in the ...
We make our way to the boat yard to haul Tarka out, but we find ourselves in some trouble along the way. It's amazing what can happen in such a short distance. ...
This may be one of my favorite videos! I know we aren't sailing, but part of cruising is traveling and living in different places. This means we have to get ...
You all know I have a knack for doing it....running aground. Just because we have a fancy yacht now, doesn't mean I wont try and find the bottom every now and ...