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Not How We Thought this Would End!
Moving is never easy and much tougher with one good leg! We sell our beloved catamaran Clarity without ever meeting the new owners, and things don't go smoothly for us as Megan takes a tumble and breaks her foot. ⛵️ SUPPORT OUR PRODUCTIONS - JOIN OUR...
Spinnaker Tips & Are Electric Motors Practical?
Getting around the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” Cape Hatteras, was a non-event. The wind filled in and we had an awesome run into the Chesapeake. We talk about whether or not electric motors like Sailing Uma and Top Secret use(d) are really practical f...
Surfing Our Home at 15 knots
This week we make the trip from Georgetown, SC to Cape Lookout, NC. We get more wind and bigger waves than we were expecting, and have to make a decision about the safest route to take. In the end, it was worth the wild ride! Our Leopard 46, Clarity handle...
Safety & Comfort Hacks for Life Aboard a Cruising Boat
Sometimes it’s the little things that make a BIG difference for life on board a cruising boat like Clarity. This week give you nineteen easy ideas that won’t cost much either. Most of these solved major issues we’ve had in the past. Ultimate Boat Cu...
Under attack!! Thunderstorms and flies oh my!
We tuck up into alligator territory to escape Tropical Storm Bertha and the dolphins follow us. The Admiral has a birthday and we go full on dirty keto carbfest, but it is worth it. Setting sail northbound, weather stops us up once again where we CHILL out...
Time for Plan B…trying to push north
The weather pattern this spring has been odd. Too much wind and then nothing, and mostly from the wrong direction. Sailing our catamaran Clarity has been tough...we have been motoring far too much. Squarespace 14 day free trial: https://squarespace.syuh.n...
How to manage electrical power on a sailboat using NO fossil fuels!
We now have so much solar that we can run our air conditioners off of the batteries! This video was originally going to be about the new solar power setup on our Leopard 46 catamaran, Clarity. But the more we dig into it, the more we realized we really nee...
We get Personal & A Big (for us) Announcement
It’s been a tough week in lockdown but a dolphin came by to brighten our moods. We play dating games and dip into the archives to talk about other times animal friends have lifted us up. We are on Patreon!!!! https://www.patreon.com/theokellys The Sto...
Real-time micro-update!
All your positive vibes worked! Clarity made it through hurricane Dorian unscathed. Wanted to give you a little real-time update to catch you up before we get back to regular vids next week. iTunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the...
Weather & Routing for a good passage. Eleuthera to Abacos on a L46
02:00 Intro 03:05 Picking a Weather Window 05:30 Tides, Cuts, and Currents 06:20 Winds and Waves 12:27 Departing Eleuthera 18:53 Sailing Performance Numbers 23:37 Arrival Abacos Weather, weather, weather! It makes all the difference! Nick is a meteorologi...
I’m a meteorologist and full time cruiser. These are my forecasting tools.
This is the short list of sites I use when we have cell or wifi: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php https://www.windy.com/ https://www.weatheronline.co.uk https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/index.html https://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidanc...