On our 100th day in isolation Kazza creates a "Honey-Do" list for Capt. Breeyawn! It's time to get our butts in gear and prepare Delos for her escape. We feel blessed to have spent so much time with such amazing people, but the time has come and we need ...
Sumergre with us in WWII history again! In this episode we dive a WW2 Japanese Submarine & American B-17 Flying Fortress.
The Search to find these wrecks is an adventure itself. We were warned that Guadalcanal was a conflictive zone and that we had to ...
Crystal clear water, unexplored beaches, spearfishing, an outdoor movie theater, and even tricky boat projects- this amazing edit by Kazza has it all! Imagine waking up and wandering outside your house to find the most incredibly calm and beautiful view y...
As we head further north up the Turkish Coast, we discover more and more awesome anchorages. We show you how we raise our big CODE D sail, step by step, how to launch and land a Drone whilst under way and discover an anchorage with a sandbank highway. Du...
This is the hardest part about sailing. Choosing to live a nomadic life on the ocean means incredible rewards but it also means saying goodbye...A LOT. In this episode we say farewell to Chief John who had been showing us around his backyard of the Flori...
Have we ever mentioned that we absolutely love our Mantus Anchor ;-) !! Total mayhem followed when a quick storm blew through our anchorage. Boats all around us were dragging anchors like crazy, dinghies flipping and cushions flying everywhere. We had a...
A call on the VHF from a local Bahamian family out fishing springs us into action! We get so much help and kindness from people in the places we visit, when we can help them out it's our way of saying Thank You So Much. The weather is changing and it's ti...
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Sailing the bluewater of New Caledonia
Where th...
We are finally allowed to sail anywhere along the Turkish coast, so we are heading north towards Istanbul and the Black Sea. Join us as we explore 2 new anchorages along the way, and for a bit of fun we got caught up in a race with a Lagoon Catamaran ;-) ...
Boat life isn't always sunshine and rainbows...but if you're gonna break down, at might as well be in a magical jungle paradise! Get marooned with us in the wild Tokyo Bay while we deal with our overheating engine...but don't worry, we manage to squeeze i...
We decide to fill our scuba tanks and take the TTYC members for a scuba dive to check out some local sharks in the area! We return to find the anchorage is being circled by a mysterious plane which we later make contact with... The weather is absolutely...
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Bluewater sailing can change your life.
If you ...
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...
This week we share why you need not only need a Galvanic Isolator, but what happens when you connect to shore power. What is the difference between sacrificial anodes and galvanic isolator? And stray currents? What is a Galvanic Isolator? What is Galvanic ...
Things are starting to get strange... We resort to the old bartering system trading haircuts for laundry and labor for dinners. Some members of the Two Titty Yacht Club are getting creative and organize a full on monster mash challenge for the group! I lo...
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Sailing alone
This week I'm sailing Alone. Rob ...
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...
Finally!!! We are allowed to sail BUT . . . . Only within the district of Antalya, but hey, who's complaining. We're like a bunch of school kids being allowed out on a week night. Join us on our first 2 sails of the season. We were allowed to sail on ...
I can't think of a worse thing to happen right now, just as we got all of this fresh food. And now it's all going bad. 😭 Things were going so well... Then the drama begins when stuff starts to break. Just after getting stocked up with fresh food both...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
We're not just sailing
We're not just sailing. ...
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...
Our food is running low and the Bahamas is on lock down, but we have a plan... We begin our 59th day of isolation with an absolutely amazing sail flying both spinnakers as we move to a new uninhabited island. Running low on food Brian goes spearfishing b...
This week we share what checks we do while we are sailing long passages. We also include a bonus of what we do on a sailing night watch during passage, things one needs to keep a look out for and be aware of.
Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet ...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Sailing back to paradise
In last weeks episode ...
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 ...
Delos, Delos this is the US COAST GUARD on 16 OVER! It’s not every morning you hear the US Coastguard calling you on the radio, then doing a close fly-by when you're anchored in the middle of no where. I definitely felt nervous as Brian answered the V...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Bluewater sailing to Vanuatu
There is nothing l...
This week we share our experience of how we found the Leopard 45 performing under various conditions. I compiled a series of clips and commentary of our last 1.5 years of sailing, but it is a tricky affair because if I have to take 4 wind conditions with 3...
We CAN'T BELIEVE OUR EYES! Join us for a voyage through some of the most jaw droppingly beautiful and remote places in the world, the incomparable Solomon Islands! After welcoming our new crew member John Ruka who crewed with S.V. Delos about a decade ea...
What to do when all the liquor stores in the Bahamas are CLOSED until further notice? Lucky for us we just happen to have 2 stills onboard! Brian gets right on it and starts brewing alcohol for the whole anchorage. We also navigate the rules and regulation...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Sailing the Pacific ocean
Our yacht Javelot is ...
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...
Can we make MOONSHINE and still live off solar power? Join us for a typical day of our self isolation on our 53 foot sailboat home! It just so happens to be our 56th day of being away from civilization in this uninhabited island paradise. We wake up, do...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Bluewater sailing postponed when crew gets sick...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Sailing Zatara Q&A Compilation (Part 1 of 3):
00:00 Why is the Z-Crew so UNSAFE?
6:41 How is SECURITY in marinas and at anchorage?
8:22 What...
This is the music video of #89. The idea started one crazy night around a couple of beers...an Ozzie wanted to wake board behind our Leopard 45 Catamaran...yeah right! But the longer we talked the more a plan was shaping....we are going to wakeboard behind...
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