WARNING!! It has been brought to my attention that there have been reported instances of death by electrocution in some marinas in the US while swimming in a ...

What's our PROCESS for LEAVING ONE COUNTRY and SAILING to the next one? After several months in Antigua, it's finally time to be moving on to St. Martin. But ...

Every BEAUTIFUL island, every PRISTINE beach, the AMAZING friends we've made, all the INS and OUTS of every country we visit....sooner rather than later we ...

Welcome to Episode 37 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video, part 1 of Basic Plotting I take you through plotting a fix or known position, then plotting a Dead ...

We Spend LOTS OF MONEY and EFFORT to keep the MOST BASIC THINGS operable on our boat. It's easy to forget that FUN and ATHLETIC things are every bit worth the ...

TRAVELING the WORLD on our SAILBOAT, we're also RAISING our 4 YEAR OLD while constantly on the move. WHAT"S IT LIKE to be raised at SEA and what's it like to ...

Welcome to Episode 36 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I talk about the magnetic compass and how to convert bearings from true to magnetic and vice versa. ...

We've sailed extended OCEAN PASSAGES and have OCEAN CROSSINGS in the works. But we've been told our boat isn't "BLUEWATER"...really?! This week we finally ...

#inspiring #blogging In this programme we look at the island of Bequia in the Grenadines . This is a favourite spot to drop the hook in the south of the ...

We've CRUISED the CARIBBEAN for 2 YEARS!! We show you a complete DAY IN THE LIFE while we tell you the 10 BIGGEST LESSONS we've learned along the way. ...

Welcome to Episode 35 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I talk about a few items of personal sailing gear that I never leave the dock without. Hand ...

The COST of cruising ESCALATES. We're faced with a BIG repair and an associated big price. Our generator gave out a few months ago...while it still ran, ever ...

Sailboat life is all BALANCE. It's a lot of WORK, but the rewards come in many forms. It's often exhausting just getting to our destinations, then even more ...

Welcome to Episode 34 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I discuss 16 internationally recognized distress signals. I start with purposely designed items ...

From the base of a VOLCANO on the verge of ERUPTION, we embark on a very windy and rough 2 DAY and 2 NIGHT PASSAGE to Antigua. If we've learned one thing, ...

Welcome to Episode 33 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I discuss pre-sail checks and preparation. I focus on readiness as a method for avoiding an ...

We found ISLAND PARADISE. But we CAN'T stay here FOREVER. In the midst of CHALLENGING travel restrictions, BEQUIA has been a LITERAL OASIS for us. But we ...

The SailAway VIDEO RELEASE DAY is now on SUNDAY...at least for a trial period! After releasing our video last Sunday due to simply being a bit behind, we ...

Nearly TWO YEARS AGO we SOLD EVERYTHING...then things got CRAZY. Since then we've been navigating a whole new cruising world much like everyone has had to ...

Welcome to Episode 32 of Carpe Diem Sailing and Part 16 of our Learn to Sail Series. In this video I cover the steps for safely and effectively Coming About ...

LIVING on a SAILBOAT FAR AWAY from large centers of civilization gives us the option of taking ourselves "out of the equation". With case counts rising in the ...

Is this TOO GOOD to be true?! For the first time in the last YEAR we find ourselves actually sailing...DOWN WIND! And what's that?! The waves are BEHIND ...

Welcome to Episode 31 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this episode I go over dressing appropriately for sailing, in fair weather and foul. I cover sun protection as ...

What's next for SailAway?! Where do we go from here?! We catch you up on our most recent passage, life in Antigua, and our cruising plans for the future. ...