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We Finally Stopped Rushing… Life Aboard Got Quiet
After nearly two years of always moving toward the next island, the next passage, the next boat project, or the next deadline… life aboard Big Lost finally got quiet. After a week of almost everyone onboard being sick, slowing down was exactly what we needed. Our cruising friends are starting to sc...
Eastern Caribbean Was NOT What We Expected
This was NOT the Caribbean we expected. Sailing south through the Eastern Caribbean brought us to Guadeloupe—and what we found completely surprised us. After leaving St. Kitts and Nevis and making a quick stop in Montserrat, we sailed Isla into Deshaies, Guadeloupe, ready to get off the boat and e...
We Almost Left Tahiti… I’m Glad We Stayed
We were almost ready to leave Tahiti when our friends on SV Palarran pulled into the anchorage—and suddenly, we had a very good reason to stay. Cruising friendships are unpredictable. You never really know when your paths will cross again, so when the kids’ friends showed up, we changed our plans a...
We Wanted a Different Life… This Is Where It Took Us
We left Idaho looking for a different life. We had no idea that decision would eventually take our family across the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific Ocean and all the way to French Polynesia. This week, the weather kept us sitting still in Tahiti—and for once, that gave us a...
Some Problems Follow You Across Oceans
We inherited our alternator problems when we bought Big Lost in Florida—and somehow, they've traveled with us through the Caribbean, across the Panama Canal, over the Pacific, and all the way to French Polynesia. We've fixed things. Broken things. Learned things. Taken steps forward and a...
We Came to Tahiti to Fix One Problem…
After waiting out 30-knot winds in Cook’s Bay, Moorea, we finally get the weather window we need to make the short trip to Tahiti — where we’re hoping to finally get some answers about an electrical problem that has been following us for months. But first, there’s fishing line wrapped around our an...
There’s No Going Back Now Episode 4
We actually did it. We sold almost everything we own, said goodbye to our home, our cabin, our cars, our pets, our friends and the life our kids have always known… and boarded a plane to Florida to begin our new life sailing around the world. This episode is the end of one chapter for our family—an...
We Needed to Leave… But the Weather Had Other Plans
We needed to get Big Lost to Tahiti. After dealing with alternator problems off and on since Saint Martin, there’s an alternator specialist in Tahiti who can finally help us figure out what’s going on. But sometimes the smartest decision you can make while cruising is deciding not to go. With 25–3...
CROSSING OCEAN’S With A PREGNANT CHICK… | Sailing St Helena to Brazil… Ep 452
Use the discount code: SAILINGNANDJI to get 5% off on eSIMs and 10% off on Holafly Plans (for the first 12 months) 👉 Happy Travelling Before any big passage, there's always a long list of jobs to tick off. Once we've cleared out, the countdown begins, and we have 48 hours to leave the i...
We Never Expected to Find Family Here
When we left home to sail around the world, we thought the hardest part would be leaving our family behind. What we never expected was finding another family halfway around the world. After arriving in Moorea, we finally slow down enough to enjoy everything this incredible island has to offer—from...
We Came for the Sailing… We Stayed for the Friendships
We thought sailing around the world would be all about the destinations. The turquoise lagoons. The remote islands. The adventure. But somewhere along the way, we realized the places weren't what changed us the most. It was the people. In this episode, we spend our final days in beautiful T...
Our First Overnight Sail as a Family
Our first overnight sailing passage took us from St. Martin to the U.S. Virgin Islands aboard our Lagoon 450 catamaran—and honestly, it wasn't what we expected. As a family of six living aboard full-time, sailing through the night with our kids was one of the biggest milestones of our journey....
A THOUSAND MILES From LAND & NO WHERE to HIDE! | Sailing South Africa to St Helena Island… Ep 448
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here 👉 🫡 Five days into our passage, our plan was simple, keep pushing north, make miles, and try to outrun this weather. But the ocean doesn’t give you the option to escape... With nowhere to hide and no way ar...
This Is Why We Crossed The Pacific
After crossing the Pacific Ocean and spending weeks in the Marquesas, we finally arrived at one of the places we've dreamed about for years: the Tuamotus. In this episode, we leave Nuku Hiva behind and make the 500 nautical mile passage to Raroia Atoll. After carefully timing our arrival throu...
We Thought the Lagoon Was Safe… We Were Wrong
After months of upgrades, projects, and settling into life aboard our Lagoon 450 catamaran, Isla is finally starting to feel like home. In this episode, we install our Seawater Pro watermaker, spend time enjoying life in the lagoon, navigate unexpected health challenges, make Isla official with her...
We Weren’t Ready to Leave Yet | Life in the Marquesas
After returning to Taiohae Bay on Nuku Hiva, we thought we'd only be staying a few more days before continuing west toward the Tuamotus Islands. The route was planned. The boat was nearly ready. All we needed was the right weather window. What started as an unexpected delay quickly turned into ...
Guess How Much We Spent On Our Catamaran!
After weeks of battling Christmas winds, rough anchorages, and learning how to sail our Lagoon 450, we finally arrived in Saint Martin — the cruiser "Promised Land." And then we spent $12,870.66. 😳 In this episode, we're transforming Isla from a bare-bones boat into a true home for ...
We Didn’t Think We’d Make It
After weeks of rough weather, Christmas winds, storms, and learning how to sail in real time… we finally make it to Saint Martin. But getting there was far from easy. In this episode, we leave Martinique and continue battling our way north through the Caribbean. Along the way we experience incredi...
Crossing the Pacific Changed Our Family
After months of preparation and 24 days at sea since leaving Panama, we finally crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived in Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. This crossing pushed our family physically and mentally in ways difficult to explain. Interrupted sleep, endless sail chang...
Sailing Blind | Season 1, Episode 8
In this episode, we leave Le Marin and continue sailing north toward beautiful Saint-Pierre. What started as one of our most peaceful and enjoyable sails yet quickly changed when we suddenly lost critical electronics onboard Isla. Our charts, depth readings, wind instruments, and navigation system...
Somehow… This Became Normal | Pacific Crossing
Two weeks into our Pacific crossing and something unexpected started happening… Life out here began to feel normal. The watches, the meals, the routines, the exhaustion, the quiet moments in between — somewhere along the way the Pacific stopped feeling so unfamiliar. In this episode we share what da...
We Flew to Florida to Buy Our Dream Boat…Then Everything Went Wrong| Season 2 Episode 1
Welcome back to Banana Pancakes 🍌🥞 Or if you’re new here… welcome to our beautiful little shit show. After waiting THREE years, we finally flew to Florida to survey what could become our future floating home — a 2021 Leopard 50 catamaran. This is the exact boat we first stepped on during spring bre...
We Fixed One Thing… And Broke Another | Boat Life in Martinique
Welcome back to Finding Our Isla. In this episode, we continue settling into life in Le Marin while waiting out strong winds and tackling a long list of boat repairs and projects. From fixing our steering cable and unclogging the toilet… to provisioning the boat, homeschooling, laundry days, and ex...