A life at sea can be hard, but when it's good...IT'S GOOD! Experience the magic of crossing an ocean with us! Join us for part three of our 1500 nautical mile sail from New Zealand to Niue, and get a glimpse of our little family drifting at sea.
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Time to clean the exterior of our sailboat and to start taking things off the deck to prepare the boat to be painted.
If you are new here... we are a Brazilian couple that have just bought a 44ft hot galvanized steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) and is...
Okay... we all know that seals come on board when you visit the Galapagos islands.
But.. did you ever hear from Sloths on a sailboat?!
A life sign from Mario and me!
This video was produced a day before we got boarded and robbed in Panama and already up...
We continue our refit and share something we think every boat should have on board!
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This week on sailing GBU we finally get out of tacking our life away! We sail south from Grand Turk to the Dominican Republic. A lot of people have warned us not to go. There has been a lot of news of american dying in the D.R.
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Sailing the Greek island of Kephalonia. We welcome Rach onto Hot Chocolate, our Kadey Krogen 38 and take her for a little sail before enjoying the beautiful anchorage of Spartia on the Greek island of Kephalonia. We have our first swim from the boat, wat...
We are still at Iguana Island and explore the lagoon out front. I come face to face with 2 large dog snappers and an oyster cruncher (Pompano) but I leave them alone since they are too big for the 2 of us to eat and look for something smaller. Meanwhile Ma...
Life on a small boat is always interesting. There's always something to work on and you constantly have to move things around. But you know what I wouldn't change it! We're back in the water but without a mast so we end up tackling our radar DIY mast insta...
We pick up anchor, raise the sails and set off to Bimini where we check into the Bahamas. Kicking off our first moments in Bimini, it was very magical to be in this water again and cruising. Enjoy the good vibes and scenery.
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LIVING ABOARD: Sailboat Projects & Marina Life I Sailing on a Whim Ep.9
On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we start to tackle our never-ending list of sailboat projects and get a taste of what marina life is like in Florida.
This crazy adventure s...
After some unexpected engine problems, we're forced to interrupt our 1500 mile passage to the south pacific from New Zealand To Niue. We pull into the Kermadecs, about 600 Miles off the coast of New Zealand and meet their official welcoming committee, A ...
We exit Conch Cut and point our little ship towards Eleuthera. In this video, I haven't added any music for the first half of it. I just enjoy hearing the natural sounds of the boat sailing across the water.
It was a GREAT sail. We were making close to 6 ...
Our viewers asked for more sailing footage. They asked us to leave the cameras running and give an honest look at our everyday life aboard Temptress. So we did.
In this episode, we start our 16-day adventure back to Florida with a full day of blue water ...
In this episode of Sailing Zephyr we have arrived in the Azores after crossing the Atlantic! We cannot believe it ourselves! We are very eager to get off Zephyr and step onto dry land. Our legs feel like jelly as we take our first few steps exploring the i...
Sailing the Bahamas is better with friends! We left NYC in the fall of 2017 with our friends Chris and Michele of S/V Andromeda, making the trip down to the Bahamas as buddy boats. We weren't sure if paths would cross again. Fast forward 18 months and two ...
It’s finally starting to feel like we’re cruising! In this episode, we prep for our longest sail yet: 190 miles from St. Joseph Point to Clearwater. We give you a peak inside our ditch kit, install a MOB (man overboard) device in each of our lifejacket...
We started offering liveaboard cruiser sailing experiences, taking paying guests, on Britican three months ago and so far it's going great. We're not offering a 'charter' operation where we take people around on vacation. Instead, we are offering an experi...
Our journey of 1500 nautical miles begins from Opua in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand to the south pacific island of Niue. Conditions are less than favorable as we leave, but we need to ride on the tail of the low pressure storm so we can get the winds...
How much did our abandoned boat cost? Well, that is the most asked question everyone have been asking since we posted a tour video of our "new" sailboat. So, we decided to answer that on this week's episode. But we won't talk only about that. We also answe...
"Slow TV" is like looking out of a window. It 'takes you somewhere'. Grab a cup of coffee and sit on the deck of an anchored boat while you watch the sun rise over Italy. Spoiler alert: Nothing 'happens'!
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Hi guys this episode we leave Malaysia and finally get back into some clear waters and sunshine but don't think it goes smoothly yep something else breaks...love you guys
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This week on Sailing GBU we arrive in Turks and Caicos greeted by a pod of dolphins! Then it gets more exciting when a dolphin stayed at our boat for a whole day! This was one of the most amazing days of our lives!!
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This week we share what do we do while on passage. There is a whole lot of hours making up a whole lot of days and we only have a 13m x 7m boat to keep ourselves busy.... So, what do we do with all that free time?
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Albert and his wife haven't bought insurance for 20 years. Last year, while living on his sailboat in the Dominican Republic, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
This is his remarkable story.
Thank you Albert, and congratulations on winning your battl...
We leave Hollandaise lagoon and head to a very rolly anchorage at Iguana Island. Its our very own island where we muck around and Margarida goes native and climbs a coconut palm too high and then has trouble get back down again. Coconuts, racquetball and g...
Hey guys this episode we finally get put back in the water ready for new adventures and our engine fails.
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Lightning strike.
Hitting submerged objects.
Dogs on a boat!
We meet up with sailing Chelsea and go to some fantastic beaches.
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This is a typical day living on a cruising catamaran. We might move to a different anchorage, take out the trash, go grocery shopping, go out or make some dinner. Same household chores someone might have at home but a little different ;-)
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With the weather once again taking a turn for the worse, we detour into Yellow Patch; an anchorage described as 'a Jewel of Scenery and Recreation' in Noel Patrick's Cruising Guide, "Cruising the Curtis Coast".
Pascale tries her hand at sand sledding and...
Have you ever wondered what it's like to wake up on a sailboat on the ocean? Find out in today's episode! We dive a ghost ship, play with some dolphins, and have a belated celebration of our purchase of Sylfia!
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After months in the Bahamas, Emily & Clark return to Florida and splurge on 50+ things to help equip the sailboat for the next 3-5 years of cruising. Our next destination? Central and South America. Here's what we bought, how much we've spent so far, w...
In this episode of Sailing Zephyr our we are on the home stretch of our Atlantic crossing to Horta in the Azores. We continue to get great sailing conditions all the way to Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores.
We enjoy some more delicious Mahi Mah...
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