We finally receive our parts for the engine rebuild. We manage to remove our Yanmar 2GM which despite its small size is quite heavy and in the most awkward ...

Find out how to remove Yanmar 2GM valve springs without a compressor. In our complete engine overhaul we figured out a few tricks and what not to do and we ...

Living at anchor in the middle of the ICW while the engine is in pieces can be really interesting and challenging. And this is the start of a long journey in ...

What a majestic beast this 12-14ft tiger shark showed us the way to the reef. It is safe to say I would have gotten out of the water pretty fast after seeing ...

What a stressful time on the ICW we had. After just sailing over 346Nm non-stop from the Bahamas without engine this was the dreaded moment. The wind did not ...

What a crazy journey this 346Nm non-stop sail without engine was. The most stressful part being entering the Ponce inlet at night in big swell without an ...

Time to leave the Bahamas for an intense 3 days sail without engine up the Gulf Stream back to the US. Trying to time a weather window was a challenge in ...

We get a warning of an intense storm coming our way from the wide open. We quickly release more chain and hope for the best. Waves break over the bow as we ...

Gotta love those days when sailing is easy! You can read, cook up a storm in the galley or simply take a nap. After waking up in a new location we set sail ...

A hard separation follows yet another weekend lockdown in the Bahamas. It's time to say farewell to our good friends Cody and Therese from Sailing Vinyasa. ...

This is the day everything went wrong; our steering broke and getting water was dangerous. Seeing the waves and the way the sailboat was moving I was thinking: ...

Are we gonna make it to Black Point? We left our home at Black Cay in the Exumas and started making our way up the Exumas to head back to the US. But there ...

When your Yanmar 2GM hasn't been working for several months and there's a pandemic going on you dig in and start troubleshooting what's wrong with it. If you ...

This was a bit of a rough time in our sailing journey amidst the pandemic in April 2020. When the country you're in is urging all cruisers to go home, you're ...

This is the start of the Yanmar 2GM diesel engine troubleshooting. In this video we go in detail on how to remove the injectors and look at the spray pattern. ...

The key to staying happy during a 5 Day Lockdown on our small 33ft sailboat is to stay busy. Thus tearing apart the Yanmar 2GM diesel engine to try to see ...

I've never been that relieved to leave a place and sail back to our Bahamian home at Black Cay in the Exumas. With stricter rules by the day, visits by police ...

This is our biggest lobster catch ever. The last day of the spiny lobster fishing season in the Bahamas was excellent. Plus now we had some provisions of ...

Our little island is plentiful and we are living off grid on our small sailboat. Spearfishing fish, catching spiny lobster or conch and even gathering ...

Sailing out of Farmers Cut without engine during a rage was stressful. The waves were rolling in and the wind was howling at 28 knots. This turned into an ...

It really feels like a movie. We were living through a pandemic while sailing to Black Point and Oven Rock. This did not prevent us from sailing the Exumas and ...

Sailing life in Staniel Cay was so exciting with special activities for our two birthday celebrations. First things first, we needed some beer and fresh food ...

1 Year of Sailing in 1 minute, No motor no problem the sailing dream must go on. 3183 Nm , 3 countries, 1 dead motor, 37 Fish, 19 Lobster, 7 Crabs and a ...

The amazing underwater caves of Rocky Dundas were a fun stop. But we did miss out on low tide so it was a very wavy exploration which was still worth it. Next ...