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Seven years aboard our Tiny Home on Water sailing 45,000+ nautical miles, in five minutes, It was Sold!!! That’s how long it took for a subscriber to buy our floating home after we advertised "Sunday" For Sale! BUT, Today it’s official! the survey, sea...
Non-stop boat projects!
This week was a whirlwind! As a family of seven living full-time aboard our Lagoon 410, we are deep in project mode as we gear up to leave this fall on our long-awaited circumnavigation of the globe. From early mornings to late nig...
We explored Auckland's GIANT Costco and Hobbiton! Our LAST video exploring the fantastic country of New Zealand. This week we return to the North Island, provision at Costco and head off to Hobbiton. Rob fulfills a bucket list item visiting the Hobbiton Mo...
Follow along as we sail through the Bahamas and anchor out at Egg Island. We find some of the most beautiful, clear, blue water we have ever seen. It's truly paradise. We find swings over looking a beautiful sand bar and STINGRAYS abound!
All music pro...
The place we are sailing to is special because it's where cinnamon buns grow. It's a place called "The Island Farm", located in Palmetto Point, Eleuthera. We sail in, drop anchor, launch the dinghy, and work up our appetites with a long hike that has a swe...
What's your opinion on towing a dinghy behind a sailboat? Is there a definitive answer or does it depend on circumstances? Either way, we nearly paid for towing our dinghy through Current Cut. It was a VERY bumpy ride because we timed the tide wrong and en...
A day of fun in the beautiful Bahamas. Often times, some of the best days we have while cruising are the simple ones. This is one of those days. Nothing particular to do. No plan. No obligations. Just doing whatever feels right in the moment.
~ Ben, Tambi...
It's always a bad feeling when you turn the key to start the engine and nothing happens, but this kind of things occurs when you buy a boat that was built in 1978. The starter battery, which served its purpose to get us well out of range of a convenient re...
We'll soon be installing solar panels on our sailboat. To get ready, we run the wires and install Blue Sea Cable Clams. We also mount long sections of stainless tubing between the pushpit and stanchions to provide a mounting location for the forward pair o...
We found her. We like her. We put a deposit down to buy her.
This video is a basic walkthrough tour of a Westsail 42.
We haven't completed the purchase just yet, but things are headed in that direction.
In a few days Tambi and I will go back down to Wes...
On a cruising boat the helm seat is an important one to be comfortable. Ours was terrible. So the helm seat was the first thing on our list to actually improve upon now that we have a Sailrite sewing machine. We're still new to this type of sewing, so this...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ In addition to a peek into the domestic side of our live aboard lifestyle, this episode also features some sweet tunes by Finn, an appearance by ...
In this episode we get a brilliant sunset, visit the iconic Amédée Lighthouse, find a problem with the boat and see sea snakes up close.
Come along and discover what the hole in the hull is and see the spectacular view from the top of the lighthouse. E...
SHARK! Under our boat at a popular anchorage in New Caledonia we spotted what we believe to be a Grey Nurse shark… we’re not entirely sure though so if you know, leave a comment.
We head out for a fun wave at Passe Dumbea with plenty of party waves. ...
In this video we explore the historic town of Caernarfon with it's magnificent castle. We look at sailing in the Menai Straits. We look at a selection of bluewater cruising yachts and we meet Pixie Tom, an incredible local musician.
Please note, becaus...
Welcome to Episode 1 of Sailing Melody.
In this first episode we introduce you to our family, our plans to sail around the world and do some sailing in our Snapdragon 24 around the coastline of North Wales. We explore the wildlife to be found and look at s...
We have a great sail from Baie Maa to Baie de Moustiques up the West Coast of New Caledonia. Along the way we do all our usual daily tasks like boat school, washing, fishing etc… but we make a rookie mistake and try to slow the boat down and heave to whe...
This episode is jam packed full of birthday goodness!
We depart from the most Northern Loyalty Island, Ouvéa and head South towards mainland New Caledonia where we explore abandoned and uninhabited islands; forage for some fresh food and catch one and h...
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This episode our new sails arrive! We install our new sails from ZOOM Sails and finally leave the marina.
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In this episode we have a great sail North to the Loyalty Islands, buy a big knife and teach the kids how to hitchhike…
…this was our first Loyalty island experience and the anchorage didn’t disappoint with crystal clear waters, friendly locals and...
In this video we're about to cross an ocean, our first ocean... we stock up with provisions for a family of six, practice patience as we wait for the right weather window... and also end up in hospital with a few stitches just days before we depart!
Follo...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ We begin our Mediterranean adventure in Turkey; and start installing 1400watts of solar power! Keith practices running the drone and I must admit...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After finally receiving our brand new spinnaker, we experiment sailing with it on our 2-day sail from the Tuamotus to Tahiti. In this episode we ...
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