We say goodbye to the country of Grenada and it's sister islands and we officially sail to and check in to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Our first stop is Frigate island a small island just off Union island. Here you will find some of the BEST kiteboardi...
We can smell the Pacific Ocean!
Part 2 of our Panama Canal crossing starts with a swim in the Gatun Lake, where a lot of crocodiles are home and we manage the last 3 locks down again into a new Ocean!
Welcome in the Pacific Seatramp!
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This week we share our 100 Point Check Annually and One Month Before Passage. This is part of boat life, but one can also use this list when buying a second hand or old boat. You will still need a surveyor off course, but it will for sure give you a good e...
What a week!! We decided to take a week off the boat yard and fly to the United States to visit the Miami Boat Show. We didn't know exact what to expect from the trip. What we knew was that somehow we needed to come back with 13 rope clutches so we could p...
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Brittni leaves for Canada while Ryan stays on the boat looking after the boys!
Lots of excitement meeting Brittnis family and Ryan taking Care of business back on the boat and Finn goes for a...
Everyone (that doesn't live on a boat) thinks living on a boat is just tanning on the deck and jumping in the water in a bikini but that couldn't be further from the truth! We can't remember the last time we did 'nothing' on the boat. When being a live a...
Hi Guys!! Ep 3 is all about family life on anchor - life bobbing on the sea - set against the beautiful GREEK ISLAND scenery of IOS. Enjoy the chilled vibes which reflect our slowly emerging everyday lifestyle.....as we finally start to really enjoy life...
On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we venture to the other side of the barrier reef for some offshore fishing in a sailboat! We spend the day learning the basics of offshore fishing from experienced fishermen and enjoy a beautiful day in the Bahamian su...
Aaaaand we are BACK ON THE WATER! Byebye Catania, hello wind and water. It is good to be out again, sailing. Dinghy or no dinghy, f*ck it we are out of here. Let's have a beautiful day of relaxed sailing, after a week of land life, we simply enjoy the sile...
We get hit by a HUGE thunder storm in the middle of the night and catch it on camera. In pitch black darkness and torrential rain we have to dodge through a fleet of fishing boats and avoid collisions with cargo ships. In this episode we show you what it i...
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We continue outfitting our boat for the season and focus on the electrical system. We replace our hatch, repair our water tank and drive to Phoenix to pickup our new rudder. While in San Carlos working hard at the boatyard, we give ourselves a break and ta...
Finding these amazing hidden novelty waves in this small Caribbean harbor was such a surprise and probably pretty lucky. First, we wave goodbye to Catherine as she heads back to New York! Then much to our surprise, we find amazing waves in our anchorage ju...
( 🇫🇷dessous) ''Don't do any foolishness'', he said.
I say: when it's rolling too much that I can't sleep, I need to sail somewhere else!
That's what happen when the captain is out of the island! Girl at the Helm, Captain Claire ready to go!
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We are celebrating 1 year at sea aboard our sailboat Zephyr. We take a look back at all the adventures from the last 12 months, the good, the bad and the amazing moments we had.
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Our sailing off-season — driving around in Chip, hanging out in the Great Lakes, sailing, surfing & swimming — has been a fun diversion from the boat. Now it’s time to get back to Florida. We finish our last big van project (building a bed), and ...
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What is the reality of boat life? Is it mainly about sailing the blue seas or is there way more to it? Here I’ve listed the top ten areas that make up the reality of boat life. Make sure you understand each area so that your expectations are realistic. R...
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Sailing tips and tricks (more) OTB053 We catch up from our last video. We look at some of the things we have learned, made or found we need to make living aboard easy. We catch up since our last video on what's been going on around us.
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Unforgettable is ready to be splashed, in this episode we gave her a new look, we applied the antifouling, installed the new shaft seal and finished other small yard jobs. Watch all the steps of this maintenance.
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A tour of our dirt cheap bluewater sailboat, Hot Chocolate. This Kadey Krogen 38 is a beautiful, classic sailboat with some really unique features, but without a big budget we picked up this dirt cheap sailboat for a steal and have been investing money wh...
Yey!!! We have a new mast for our sailboat!!! Are you curious to know a little bit more about it? Check today's video out!
If you are new here... we are a Brazilian couple that have just bought a 44ft hot galvanized steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) a...
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Imagine you could go to a place on earth that sort of looks like Mars. But then black. And with foggy clouds. And air that you can breath. Oh and it’s cold. But still, it kinda looks like Mars! Mount Aetna is a very very awesome place, one of the most ac...
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Ryans in Australia visiting Family and Friends while Brittnis living the dream...
Everyone has questions about our dogs living on our sailboat with us, specially since Echo is blind..We get all sorts of questions, everything from how they manage to get their daily exercise to how they even ho to the bathroom, and whatever question you h...
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After a hectic cruise since before Gibraltar and to just before Tunisia, we finally hit calm seas with some DOWNWIND sailing for a change!!! What bliss. We take you on a very brief visit to Hammamet, a whole 36 hours spent there. The check in procedure w...
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We finally get our sails up! We did run into a bit of a nuisance but they are up!! One step closer baby! 😄🎉
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In this episode it's naked sailing to Planitis, Greece. A little bit different this episode where we are just at sea and take you with us on our sail.
We start off with some good wind which suddenly drops off before coming back to give some great sailing c...
We get a strange visit in the middle of the night in our lonely lagoon that freaks me out a bit.
I also have a close encounter with a hammerhead shark and I tell a story about my first hammerhead encounter .
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