We’re finally setting sail on our new floating home—and our very first fish aboard is a beautiful mahi-mahi! 🎣⛵️ After six exhausting days of moving aboard, ...
Sailing Banana Pancakes
We’re anchored off Koh Phangan, Thailand, but before we can continue our trip we have a problem—we’re getting pretty low on diesel. There are no traditional ...
Sailing Doodles
I've never used an underwater bow (sea archer) before and today the stakes are real... Catch a fish, or Nellie and I eat canned vegetables for dinner. One day, ...
Sailing Zola
The phrase of the day is "cautiously optimistic." A few years and another country later, we're back at the Desperado project and committed to at least getting ...
Learning the Lines
After more than a week stuck waiting on repairs, our boat is finally back in action! We move back aboard, leave Koh Samui behind, and set sail for Koh Phangan ...
A few years and another country later, we're back at the Desperado project and committed to at least getting her in the water in 2027. Follow along for the DIY ...
PLANS CHANGE. THINGS GO WRONG Sometimes you put a hole in your boat, races don't go your way, and whole course of life changes.This isn't an episode about a ...
The Cruising Kiwis
We bought a Leopard 50 catamaran, moved our family of six aboard—and immediately discovered our new home wouldn’t even fit at the dock. This is the chaotic ...
Our boat problems continue in Thailand! After replacing the generator control unit, we were hoping our problems were finally solved… unfortunately, that wasn’t ...
We actually did it. We sold almost everything we own, said goodbye to our home, our cabin, our cars, our pets, our friends and the life our kids have always ...
Sailing Our Damaged Catamaran to Trinidad We're sailing our damaged catamaran south through the Caribbean, island hoping from Guadeloupe towards Trinidad, ...
In this episode we get an in depth explanation of how lightning actually forms, and why we are installing a new Sertec CMCE device at the top of the mast. ...
Sailing Parlay Revival
Our boat is broken… again. So while we wait for repairs, we grab an Airbnb on Koh Samui, rent a motorbike, and set out to explore the island. That’s when we ...
Only one morning of diving for 10 days, the pressure to get enough meat is on!! Stick around for a ceviche meal on the beach and a quick review on the new ...
Boat problems have changed our plans once again! With the boat needing repairs, we move into an Airbnb on Koh Samui for a few days and decide that if we're ...
Have We Made a Huge Mistake? Last week we wept as Declan and Ivan sailed off to Mexico to join a sailing cargo ship bound for the northern Atlantic and ...
Our time cruising Thailand takes another unexpected turn. Before leaving the boat, Nika decides to enjoy one last swim off the back — and apparently swimsuits ...
After spending a few nights anchored off the beautiful island of Koh Tao, it was time to continue south toward Koh Samui. We had a great sail down, found a ...
After 8 Years...It's Time to Say Goodbye And just like that...a chapter comes to a close. After eight years of live aboard sailing around the world, where ...
After sailing more than 200 miles down the Gulf of Thailand, we finally arrived at one of the most beautiful anchorages we've ever visited. Before we could ...
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After a great couple of nights in Hua Hin, we continued sailing south through the Gulf of Thailand. The first day couldn’t have gone much better—we found a ...
Family Sailing Adventure Wasn't Supposed To End Like This After safely sailing our damaged catamaran south from Antigua to Guadeloupe, we make one final stop ...
In this episode we continue with our diesel tank dilemma, as we pull out our starboard fuel tank seeing the condition of our port tank. We had a severe case of ...