When you have a rental, you USE IT!! We went Tomb Raiding and amphitheater exploring in Demre, Turkey. St Nicholas Church is an absolute must see, with loads of photo opportunities. Can you imagine having a meal on top of a waterfall? The most amazing s...
Welcome to one of the most spectacular places on earth! After weeks spent in isolation and craving the company of fellow sailors we decide to sail to an island rumored to have a yacht club built by locals and cruisers on a remote, desolate island. After ...
RISK TAKING why kids need to take risks Sailing Fiji
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The ocean can be a scary place, and sailing into the unknown is always nerve wracking. In this episode we are forced to flee the beautiful country of Vanuatu when a cyclone forms unexpectedly. We sail as fast and far as we can to try and dodge bad weather...
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What do you do stuck onboard for 5 days as your house is beaten by the wind and waves? As sailors we live and die by the weather. Every morning wake up, make some coffee, then check the weather. Sometimes the forecast is nice and we can stay put, but so...
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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 a Leopard 45 Cruising Catamaran...
Are you ready for some spear fishing, catch and cook action from the largest swimming pool on earth?!?
We wake up to find Delos anchored in perfect calm conditions and decide to take our dinghy Maggie around to the normally rough and windy side of the isl...
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Sailing with Sailing Zatara.
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In this episode we sail in the waters of Federated States of Micronesia and drop anchor in the wonderful atoll Woleai. That island turned out to be one of our favorite stops and we have never felt as welcome as we did there! The locals invite us to their t...
Can we make this right???
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We were so privileged to witness, what we later learned, a very RARE MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL feeding on a stingray. There are only about 600 - 700 left in the Med. The whole show took place right in front of SISU's bow, how cool is that!! We were contact...
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SAILING into Musket Cove
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Catch and Cook Lobster from our sailboat! Join us as the days stretch into weeks, and the weeks into months as we document our isolation in paradise. With months of supplies aboard we begin our exploration of the Ragged Islands, an uninhabited island par...
What's like to spend a Rainy Day on a sailboat?
What we do on rainy days? Do we get bored? Does it rain inside the boat? How's to be stuck on a boat in our minimalist lifestyle? In this video we share with you one rainy day aboard Unforgettable.
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We go on a wild chase to find one of Vanuatu's most beautiful sea creatures...THE DUGONG!
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It is Winter, it is Cold, so what do you do when in freezing cold water on your boat??? There is snow on the mountains . . . . YOU GO SKIING ;-) Just a fun video of our time in Finike last year December. Petro's first encounter EVER with snow, was such a...
We are stuck in this paradise island for Lockdown, is this BAD? Not sure if we can complain...
But anyway we had to emergency provisioning the sailboat and harvest food in the nature for the times of isolation to come.
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Boat life is always an adventure with our little baby pig Peanut on board! After abouta month on board, it's finally time for her first piggy swimming lessons!
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We discover more and more awesome places along the Turkish Southern Coastline, and experience winds from all angles in less than a mile. You have to be on the constant watch for these wind changes, especially when entering a bay through little islands. L...
Day 4 at Sea! Brian Is it easier or harder than you though sailing with a 6 month baby? -
“Well we’re still alive and no one is going crazy, so I guess easier” :p
After 3 days averaging 4 hours of sleep a night I was definitely starting to feel l...
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Our first crew member, Molly and her partner Phil are leaving Sylfia. She has to go back to England to spend some quality time with her family. It's been a pleasure to have this genuine girl on board and also give us the chance to meet Phil. We will miss y...
This week we share a mix between our 50, 250, 500 hour service of our two Yanmar 4JH45 diesel engines. We had a Qualified Yanmar Technician onboard for the 50 and 500 hour service, while the 250 hour service was made while at anchored of the coast of Afric...
Day 2 at sea! What's a day in our lives like offshore sailing? In this episode we show you our daily routine, including the dull and exciting things that happen in a single 24 HOUR PERIOD on a small sailboat at sea. We get a call from a boat next to us ...
Day 1 at Sea! It's time to put civilization behind us and some miles under the keel! Our destination is the Ragged Islands, Bahamas some 600NM west of our current position. This passage is the culmination of months of planning and dreaming and we're as n...
Join us as we launch a full on assault on the invasive species that is devastating reefs in Vanuatu known as crown of thorns.
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Zivile returns to Aquarius, and brings all the part required to complete the engine work. We celebrate our 10 year anniversary at a party put on by SevenStar Yacht Transport.
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With a bit of smoke we finally leave...
How do you shop for 3 months of OFF THE GRID living on a sailboat? In this episode we find ourselves in the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico preparing to set sail to some very remote islands. Knowing it will be months before we can get supplies again we de...
It's time to say goodbye! Sylvan gifted us with his presence for the last few weeks and is always a pleasure to have him and learn from him. He gave us such a wonderful time and hilarious moments. We will miss this precious stowaway :)
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This was by far the most expensive and frustrating visa application we have ever done. Over and above the agency and visa fees, it was Car Rentals, Bus Trips and B&B's too. SIX attempts! And when we finally got it, covid happened so our visas are runni...
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