We meet our 30-YEAR-OLD PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN for the FIRST TIME and immediately MOVE ABOARD. But NOT ALL is AS ADVERTISED. We find ourselves amidst CHAOS with ...
Our NEW CATAMARAN is en route to CARRIACOU and SO ARE WE! Cecilia has been AMAZING to us and alway delivered us SAFE and SOUND, but this will be our LAST ...
Eric ALONE on the BOAT for 2 WEEKS, while Loren and Rivers travel to the STATES...and THAT'S when all the BIG STUFF starts to happen! We all face separate ...
Welcome to Episode 51 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video, part 2 of Basic Plotting I take you through plotting a running fix and then confirm the fix with ...
7 years after the idea first crossed my brain and we finally make that BIG LEFT TURN. We had our challenges, a self steering device that didn't seem to want to ...
If we're looking for SPACE and ACCOMMODATIONS on a BUDGET, this could be THE BOAT! FIXER UPPER Category, boat #2! And she's a BIG GIRL? And yeah, maybe a ...
In this episode we continue working to prep Sitka for her big offshore passage coming up quicker than we think...
The journey finally begins! Tyler and I cruise down through the Gulf Islands with friends before having our crew member aboard to prep in Victoria before ...
Is it THIS BOAT or NOTHING for us? With newfound BUDGET ISSUES, we find ourselves at a CROSSROADS and also a NEW CATEGORY of CATAMARAN...the FIXER-UPPER! But ...
This week we have NEWS! But the MAZE of COMPLICATIONS involved in SELLING our boat and BUYING a new CATAMARAN is just beginning. We've actually been down ...
FOUNTAINE PAJOT has a STAGGERING number of CRUISING CATAMARAN models on the used market. The ORANA 44 is one of their MOST POPULAR cats for liveaboard ...
Join us as we leave the rig shop and head up island to make some money, spend time with family, and explore some of the Salish Sea. We are starting to feel ...
Sailing in FOREIGN COUNTRIES always comes with DIFFICULT SURPRISES, often very UNEXPECTED. When we're blind-sided by a pretty big issue and no solution in ...
BUYING a CATAMARAN while also SELLING a MONOHULL, both in a FOREIGN COUNTRY is a daunting task. Being IN CONTRACT with this particular boat seemed like a ...
Maybe BIGGER ISN'T BETTER? The LITTLE SISTER of the AMAZING Leopard 48 really packs a PUNCH and delivers TONS of features in a AFFORDABLY COMPACT cat. But are ...
Will it SINK?! Will it DISMAST?! Will it CRUMBLE to DUST?! WHO CARES, just look at ALL THIS SPACE!! Okay, so the BULKHEAD issue has been THOROUGHLY covered. ...
Our CATAMARAN SEARCH is in FULL GEAR and we're working hard to prepare OUR BOAT FOR SALE as well. It's a TON of stress just like ANY BIG MOVE or LIFE CHANGE. ...
We start BIG with our USED CATAMARAN REVIEW SERIES with the AMAZING Leopard 48. Is this the PERFECT USED CRUISING CAT in this price category? Step aboard ...
In this slow sailing episode, we turn to a simple sailing vlog-style video to share a full day of slow, beautiful sailing from Eleuthera to New Providence. ...
CECILIA is FOR SALE! And we're on the hunt for a USED CATAMARAN! But how on EARTH do we DO THIS while living aboard in the CARIBBEAN? As we take the first ...
We're SAD to announce...CECILIA is FOR SALE! But even though it will BREAK our HEARTS to watch Cecilia go, CHANGE is GOOD and BIG CHANGES are taking place for ...
Sometimes you can TELL you're being SEDUCED...but when it's by an EXOTIC BEAUTY like this, why would you RESIST?! LOL. We've had our sights on MARTINIQUE ...
It's our LONGEST PASSAGE in a while, and it shapes up to be GRUELING. We've done this enough to know to EXPECT the UNEXPECTED, but we also know there are a ...
In this episode we install our bilge pump and alarm set up for offshore sailing. Jay takes his previous experience sailing offshore and applies it to this boat.