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Comparing Catamarans for Liveaboard. FP – Saona 47′ vs Saba 50′. Ep87
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home. In this episode we continue with two more boats from Fountaine Pajot. The Saona 47' (New in ...
Annapolis Sailboat Show 2017. Comparing Catamarans. Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40′ vs Helia 44′
Ep86, In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we visit the Annapolis Sailboat Show, which has a lot of Catamarans on display. We are doing a multi-episode series comparing various sailing Catamarans on the basis of how comfortable it would be live on full time. In this first episode we cover one of...
61 – Sailing S/V Julia Part 4: Our Second Pacific Crossing is Complete!
S/V Julia sailed into Hilo, Hawaii on June 5th after 15 days at sea to mark the end of our second Pacific Crossing! And fortunately, this part of the passage didn't require me to jump in the ocean! Instead, we got to focus on fishing, sailing (after finding the tradewinds) and even doing a fe...
60 – Sailing S/V Julia: Part 3 – We Got Stuck in the Pacific Garbage Patch!
Our second passage across the Pacific Ocean finally begins! San Francisco Bay gifted us a lovely fog to get started and off we went back out under the Golden Gate Bridge. The first few days at sea were a bit rough as we sailed upwind to avoid some nasty weather to the south of us. When we were fi...
58 – Sailing S/V Julia Across the Pacific: Part 1
Apparently, we liked sailing crossing the Pacific Ocean so much, we just had to do it again! This time we hopped on board s/v Julia, a Helia Evolution, to help her owners Tom and Susan learn all about offshore sailing. After tucking Starry Horizons in safe and sound in Tonga, we set off on an epic...
57 – Mainsail Rips Are No Fun
It's always the last day of a passage when things go wrong! We set sail from New Zealand to head back up to Tonga for another South Pacific cruising season. The passage was a bit of a tricky one with strong winds, then light winds and then shifting strong winds. We managed to take it all in...
56 – Our Last Adventures in New Zealand!
Our time in New Zealand was rapidly drawing to a close. But before we could sail north for another cruising season in the South Pacific, there were a couple of things left on our New Zealand to-do list. Little Dipper (our tender) needed some TLC, there were more hikes to do and we were finally abl...
55 – Cruising the Bay of Islands with 3 Lovely Ladies
It's always awesome whenever we have guests come visit. And when those guests happen to be two lovely ladies, it's doubly awesome! Our friends Liz and Breena were on a New Zealand tour and joined us for an incredible week in the Bay of Islands. The first stop was Motuarohia Island, wher...
Out Chasing Stars – Sailing Around The World
What’s this?! An Out Chasing Stars channel trailer?? Well, we figured after almost three years of making videos, it was about time! Meet Amy and David. We’re a couple of modern day adventurers who sold everything, bought a boat and are sailing around the world. Since Starry Horizons, our Helia ...
54 – Ahh… The Boat Yard Life
Back to the boat meant back to work and there was a lot to get done in order to prep Starry Horizons for another season of cruising. Our goal was to tackle as many projects by ourselves as we could. So we did big projects like new bottom paint and lots of smaller ones like replacing an outboard pr...
47 – Heading to Whangarei for a Haul Out
After arriving in New Zealand, we spent a few days working on projects before setting out for Whangarei. We had a bit of time before our scheduled haul out so we elected to make a few stops along the way. The best of which was in Tutukaka harbour where we were entertained by some outrigger racing ...
46 – Sailing to New Zealand: Our Roughest Passage Yet
The time had finally come to leave Fiji and set sail down to New Zealand. This passage is notorious for being rough and it certainly didn't disappoint. For the first three days we bashed through big seas and strong winds which took a toll on both boat and crew. It wasn't all bad though ...
Sailing the Dangerous Archipelago! Chase the Story 47
Story 47 -- Tahuata to Fakarava: Sailing the Dangerous Archipelago Hey everyone! First of all, here's a link to the Cruiser's Handbook of Fishing I mentioned: And if you buy it using this link, we get a little kickback - so go add it to your cart if you don't already have it and y...
45 – Rogue Goats and Leaving Fiji
Now that we were sans guests, we had a little bit more exploring of Fiji to do. We found the beautiful Navadra island, complete with the only inhabitants: rogue goats. We were completely mystified as to how they ended up there, and the goats themselves weren't in a mood to answer our question...
44 – David’s Brother Joins Us in the Yasawas
We always love it when friends and family come to visit, and Fiji was a (relatively) easy spot for them to get to. This episode is when David's brother Thomas came for a stay aboard! The Yasawa Group of Fiji was beckoning and we were glad to answer the call. We all had a blast exploring Malo...
43 – Sailing Down to Fiji’s Astrolabe Reef
With our friend Kyle still aboard, we set sail down to an area of Fiji known as the Astrolab Reef. It wasn't a long sail, but Kyle proved to be just the good luck charm we needed to end our fishing drought as he reeled in a delicious mahi-mahi. The Astrolab Reef area is one of the more remote...
42 – That Time We Climbed the Highest Peak in Fiji
Our friend Kyle flew out from the US to come visit, and he came with quite an itinerary. The first part of his trip saw us exploring the largest island of Fiji: Viti Levu. We visited museums, learned the proper “Fijian Style” technique for diving off a rope swig and ran all over the Sigatoka Sand ...
41 – We Made it Halfway Around the World!
On the morning of October 9th, 2016 as we sailed within Fiji, we crossed over 178° 50.275E. That officially marked our arrival halfway around the world from La Rochelle, France! We were pretty proud of that accomplishment and still can't believe how lucky we are to be out on this crazy advent...
40 – Marlin Tag and Release Program
On our passage from Tonga to Fiji we hooked a lot of marlin. Notice I didn't say we CAUGHT a lot of marlin. Over 3 days, we had 5 hook ups and lost all of them, along with 3 lures. Professional deep sea fishermen we are not. Watch, learn from our mistakes and perhaps offer a bit of advice! ...
39 – OMG Those Are Humpback Whales!
In Tonga, we got to experience one of the most amazing things we've ever done in our lives: swim with humpback whales. We'd organized a tour with a local dive company (it's illegal to swim with them on your own) and got incredibly lucky as we found a mother, her calf and an accompany...
38 – Hiking with Mischievous Spirits in Vava’u
After enjoying a great beach bonfire with other cruisers in Port Maurelle, Tonga, it was time to go explore more of the Vava'u group. We started out with a bit of on the water exploration via kayak and an amazing snorkel. But what really impressed us was the hiking. We did two main hikes. O...
37 – How Many Cruisers Does it Take to Light a Bonfire?
It was a fairly short sail over to Tonga and after clearing into the country and taking care of the important essentials (like internet and ingredients for favorite drinks) we wasted no time in heading over to an anchorage called Port Maurelle. We had several friends waiting for us and plans for a ...
36 – We Became Whale Researchers! (for a day)
While we sailed across the Pacific, we heard about the Niue Whale Research Project. They were looking for volunteer boats to assist in their observations of humpback whales off the coast of Niue and we immediately knew we wanted to volunteer. Unfortunately for us (but fortunately for them!) the wo...