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Anchor Chain FOULED 100m from SHORE | SailAway 255
A BOULDER on the ocean floor WRAPS our CHAIN in a CRAZY KNOT. We're only 100m from shore with GUSTING and VARIABLE WIND and CURRENTS. Time for Eric to GO DIVING! We also happen to be at the foot of a MASSIVE VOLCANO in the captivating town of Sainte Pie...
We LEFT THE RAT RACE for a LIFE AT SEA! – Classic Catamaran Restoration | SailAway 254
We GAVE UP EVERYTHING to SAIL THE WORLD FULL TIME. Then we traded our MONOHULL for a 30 year old CATAMARAN. We've sailed several passes of the WEST INDIES, PUERTO RICO, and the BAHAMAS, including a round trip of over 3500 miles from GRENADA to the US and...
PIRATE ANXIETY – Mystery Boat AT SEA | SailAway 253
CONCERN about PIRACY on an OPEN OCEAN PASSAGE is unavoidable, even though we all know it's uncommon. We've been seemingly closely followed several times while at sea. When a non-descript power vessel follows your track for hours with no land in sight, how...
A RADICAL Solution For Our DEAD MOTOR | SailAway 252
7 MONTHS and we STILL haven't FIXED OUR MOTOR. That's because we're considering an UNUSUAL SOLUTION. It'll be a lot of work, much of it custom, but we think ELECTRIC may be the answer. We'll explain why, PLUS it's finally time for us to set sail again. ...
Giving BACK To GRENADA – LIFE on a CLASSIC CAT | SailAway 251
A STERN CONCERT for a GREAT CAUSE and...are our GENERATOR ISSUES OVER?? Plus, waterfalls, a chocolate museum, and a fish market...with Chris and Mary arriving, Loren's birthday upon us, and our departure imminent, we're squeezing in as much of the good st...
LEAVING Our CATAMARAN For A TINY HOUSE | SailAway 250
LIVING on a 30-year-old CATAMARAN can be EXHAUSTING. We finally hit a point where we NEEDED a change of pace, somewhere on LAND. And since we're in the LAND of CHOCOLATE here in Grenada, what better spot than a CHOCOLATE PLANTATION?! We spend 3 days (an...
CATAMARAN LIFE on the ISLAND of SPICE | SailAway 249
LIFE on a 48-foot, 30-year-old CATAMARAN in the CARIBBEAN is a complex thing. We have to WORK EXTRA HARD for some things that most take for granted, BUT the rewards we receive BALANCE it out. GRENADA is a wonderful place to be for a sailing cruiser, even...
Was It Worth Sailing ALL THIS WAY? – Classic Cat Renovation | SailAway 248
WHY did we SAIL THIS FAR? We FINALLY got to GRENADA after 2000 miles and MANY difficulties. Now that we're here, we're still struggling with the generator among many other things. But we're also enjoying the community and a multitude of other benefits o...
RESTORING Our 30-Year-Old 48′ CATAMARAN – Are We IGNORING PROBLEMS? | SailAway 247
Have we FIXED the DEAD MOTOR? Does our GENERATOR RUN YET? We show you WHERE WE ARE in our PROJECT LIST and explain why a CATAMARAN RESTORATION LIST while LIVING ABOARD isn't a linear thing. We also show you exactly WHY we were so HELL BENT on sailing 2000...
FORGET the JOURNEY – IT IS About The DESTINATION! | SailAway 246
We JUST completed a TOUGH UPWIND SAIL to MARTINIQUE from ST. CROIX. We're now a ONE DAY HOP from completing a 4000-MILE ROUND TRIP to GRENADA. We LOVE Martinique, but when a DOWNWIND weather window appears almost as soon as we arrive, we know we've gotta...
SAILING and BAILING in the CARIBBEAN SEA | SailAway 245
We discover HIGH WATER in our ENGINE ROOM on a ROUGH and WINDY OCEAN PASSAGE. We pump out BUCKETS and continue on, unsure of where the leak is. But this is just one of many challenges passage making presents. We talk about the multiple layers of TRUST t...
TRUSTING Our GUT – Passage To Martinique | SailAway 244
SHIFTY WEATHER FORECASTS leave us APPREHENSIVE about out 3-DAY PASSAGE to MARTINIQUE. We could end up in NO MAN'S LAND trying to beat our way back to the WINDWARD ISLANDS. A half day into our voyage, we start getting an UNEASY feeling and find ourselves ...
TWO DEAD GENERATORS and our LITHIUM are DYING | SailAway 243
Not just ONE, but BOTH our GENERATORS STOP WORKING as we're ABOUT TO LEAVE for ST. MARTIN less than 2 WEEKS after ERIC's HOSPITAL STAY. With limited CHARGING our LITHIUM BATTERIES start to DIE. It's a scramble to get ANY GENERATOR working well enough to ...
He’s HOSPITALIZED – She’s ALONE | SailAway 242
EMERGENCY ROOM then 5 DAYS in the HOSPITAL. In the CARIBBEAN, with NO INSURANCE for the area, it's a NIGHTMARE for SAILORS. WHAT HAPPENED and WHAT WILL WE DO NOW. Enjoy!! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE for WEEKLY CONTENT EVERY SUNDAY! Cheers!! Thanks for wa...