Living on a boat is basically maintenance in exotic locations.... ever heard that one before? Well this week we get to not only explore the beautiful French island of Ile d'Oleron, but also do yet more boat maintenance. But that's boat life for you! And we...
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We make our escape from the marina once we hear lockdown is lifted! We rush to get the boat ready to leave, finishing off critical projects for living autonomously off-grid. After a massive provision shop we set sail and start living on anchor full time in...
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(🇫🇷 en dessous) This week we take you for a visit inside and outside our Ferrocement Ketch 52. We'll show you around, our storages, our electricity, our engine's room, etc.
This one was built in 1984 in Australia. All is concrete, except the coc...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ In this episode of Teen Yacht Tuesday, myself, Finn and Kate move from quarantine to a dock to Musket Cove! Check in on Thursday to see what we d...
Welcome to the infamous Iron Bottom Sound, home to one of the largest concentration of World War II Shipwrecks in the world. Learn about the history of the battle of Guadalcanal and dive two stunning wrecked sea planes with us in the beautiful waters of t...
We're in quarantine! Yep. Seven Days of not being able to get off the boat because of COVID. So we decided to do a live stream for y'all. All your questions answered, as well as Ruby Rose 2 news .
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We're finally SAAAILING!!!
After a season in the french canals, then a winter onboard in La Rochelle, then that whole pandemic thing, it's fair to say we're itching to get those beautiful sails up and actually start cruising again. This episode we finally ...
This week we have a mechanic come and do some tests on the old Perkins motor we have. This is a big deal as what he says will determine if we are going to repower. That would mean lots of money and weeks in a yard, so we are nervous to see what he has to s...
We buy an old sailboat and spend months working hard to fix it up during lockdown in the South of France. We live in the marina for 4 months working on refitting the boat to get our tiny home ready to sail full time. We take on the project of renovating ou...
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We've GONE MAD on Sylfia! We let our freak flag fly in this episode and give you a real glimpse into the silliness and strangeness that is our daily lives, complete with Nate’s beauty sessions, Peanut’s training sessions, and a NEW CREW!…PLUS some se...
The time has come.
We sailed into La Rochelle last July and if anyone had told us that Ruby Rose would still be in the marina a year later we wouldn't have believed them. But finally we're ready to say goodbye. Our list of jobs hasn't quite been completed...
We are making our way North and as we do we run into something we've never seen before, a submarine!!! We narrowly miss one as they call them "warships" and we were looking for some big thing on the horizon. Ten years out and we still learn something new e...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Our journey to Fiji included a stopover at the beautiful Minerva Reef, but once we arrived, there was a bit of drama on the high seas!
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You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ What's it like to be alone on night shift while sailing across the South Pacific Ocean? Check it our here in our latest installment of Teen Yacht...
Boat Life doesn't get much better than this. Welcome to Water Point Village in the remote Mboli Pass of the Solomon Islands. With the help of John we're able to visit some off the map places that almost noone goes to. This is why we do what we do on our...
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Yes, I fell off the boat....
But other stuff happens too! In our continued quest to get Ruby Rose ready for a new sailing season, we finally turn her into a sailing boat by putting the mainsail and headsail on- although, as always, things do not go smoothl...
We take off from Vero Beach with some old friends you all know and head to South Carolina. This means a 2 night, 3 day passage which are the worst as it doesn't give your body time to adjust to the sleep schedule. With squalls coming in around us we are ex...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After months and months and MONTHS in New Zealand, we finally get approval to SET SAIL!!
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We take our sail boat through the wild and uncharted Mboli pass in the Solomon Islands. It's one of the most exotic and beautiful places we have ever visited, and almost no one goes there. The crack is a narrow passage through two islands that creates a ...
We attempt to leave Vero Beach but as we approach the fuel dock a horrible sound comes out of the engine room. When we take a look we find the prop shaft has disconnected from the motor and the bolts are trying to rip apart the transmission. It's a bad dea...
Living on a boat is all about boat work and maintenance and in this week's episode we do exactly that. Climbing the mast, replacing the anemometer, doing a rig check, repairing the sprayhood.... it's all part of boat life! Oh, and we have some *major* firs...
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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 product! Tarka is our 7th sailboat and the first that we know we will keep for many years so we wor...
This is what sailing is all about! We go off the map and off the grid in the Solomon Islands in one of our most beautiful backyards ever, Roderick Bay. We have an out of this world encounter with a mantis shrimp, get creative in the kitchen with the beau...
Finally, after months of waiting, Ruby Rose 2 is here and she’s a Seawind 1370. We are so excited to be able to bring you this amazing catamaran, and even more excited that we have been able to play such a role in making her the perfect liveaboard catama...
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! We also have a giveaway!!!
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