Sylfia's one dirty girl, so it's time to get her all cleaned up after our big sail to Samoa!
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A Humpback whale surfaces RIGHT NEXT TO OUR BOAT! You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it!
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Ho-Hey! This episode is a special one to us. We enjoy ourselves to the fullest in a place that couldn’t be described differently than absolute paradise. It’s places like these that we had dreamed of when we started counting our first nautical miles and...
It’s hard to believe that after 3.5 years, this will be our final passage in our beloved Pearson 367, Varuna! After sailing 2600 miles from Hawaii, we close in on our final destination in Washington State, reflecting on the passage before making landfal...
We seem to have more months where people have birthdays than the opposite! You don’t hear us complain though, more reasons to celebrate! In this episode we celebrate Chloé’s birthday on a deserted island! We build bonfires, cruise around and of course...
Ever wonder what life is like aboard a small sailboat? What it’s like to be on a long passage, crossing an ocean? Come join us as we sail from Hawaii to Washington aboard Varuna. We encounter doldrums, headwinds, out-of-this world sunrises, fog, cargo...
Our sailboat just got spicy! We warmly welcome our new crew Nerea and Aitor, a lovely couple from the Basque Country. Then we don't waste any time before we take them for our first sail, and explore a magical kingdom of approximately 11,542 jellyfish!
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We begin with a rather large, uncomfortable storm in the Gulf Stream. Cooking is not an option, so we turn to our trusty Herby Jerky!
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to come face to face with a 40 ton sea creature? Well, so did we! So our crew sailed to a group of 170 islands in the south pacific that form the kingdom of tonga to try and swim with these gentle giants...and the res...
We've never seen anything like this on the charts before, so we have to find out what it is! Join us for another installment of our journey as we sail through Tonga!
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Be happy with less: Surviving on a Tiny Tropical Island
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It's time to enjoy the island paradise we worked so hard to get to! Explore the kingdom of Tonga with us as we spot whales, scuba dive swallows cave, mow down some watermelon, and welcome our new crew member Brett from Australia.
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Hold on for our fastest sail ever! Sylfia stretches her legs and we fly into Tonga at WARP SPEED (For us haha 😂 ) We arrive to some less than ideal conditions, get checked in, and start enjoying the amazing kingdom of tonga!
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Our scariest day at sea...Experience the reality of sailing...It can be humbling, frustating, scary, dangerous...but ultimately one of the most rewarding and satisfying endeavors that we have ever undertaken. Join us for our final installment of our 12 da...
A life at sea can be hard, but when it's good...IT'S GOOD! Experience the magic of crossing an ocean with us! Join us for part three of our 1500 nautical mile sail from New Zealand to Niue, and get a glimpse of our little family drifting at sea.
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Our journey of 1500 nautical miles begins from Opua in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand to the south pacific island of Niue. Conditions are less than favorable as we leave, but we need to ride on the tail of the low pressure storm so we can get the winds...
It might just have been another exercise, but it was a surprise to all but our sneaky captain. Good to know we can rescue a fender buoy pretty easily.
Once that chore was done, we settled into a nice four hour sail from Antigua to Barbuda. Arriving later...
Doesn’t look like Starship does it? That’s because it is not. While David returns to his office to work, Kellie has set off on a special sailing adventure. For the next few weeks Kellie and a wonderful group of humans are sailing from Antigua to Newpor...
Life at sea can be pretty good! Despite blowing out our favorite sail, we have some pretty sweet tradewind sailing conditions, making great time as we sail towards Hawaii, bathing on deck and even setting up a haircut salon. And we’re not alone! We’...
We just set out on our longest passage to date, over 4000 miles across the ocean from Costa Rica to Hawaii. A few days in, we’re getting into the swing of things, with our headsail poled out, windvane steering and fishing lines busy with hits! The deck...
After sailing from France along the Euro-Atlantic coast to Gibraltar, then to Tangier, Madeira, Savage, Canaries, and Cape Verde, across the Atlantic Ocean to Saint Lucia, now we are in the Caribbean, ready to explore paradise.
Our first mission is to Ma...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - We have left Tavarua forever - we flew from Nassau to Miami where we spend some awesome days and the most important - we met Vita. She had spring brake and came with her guest family down to Miami. It was amazing to be all...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - After having seen some sharks at Highbourne Cay we left the Exuma Cays and crossed the Exuma Bank to Nassau. There we had to do a haulaout to replace the cutlass bearing because we have already sold tavarua to a Canadian c...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - We are really happy to announce that Alina is back. Some days later the parents of Klaus arrived and we started sailing. Klaus´s mum got seasick - so we decided to stay at Great Exuma one more week…
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http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - Great Exuma, Georgetown, Stocking Island and Chat ´n´ Chill - that are the places where we spend our time in the last weeks. Sigi and Doris went home to Austria and we are waiting till Alina will arrive here in Georgetow...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - Long Island is really an amazing place. White sand beaches and cristal blue water. After exploring the northern part of this island we sailed to Georgetown Exuma because Sigi and Doris had to fly home to Austria.
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http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - After a nice new year run on the uninhabited islands of Plana Cays we sailed downwind to Acklins Island, Crooked Island and then to Long Island - an amazing and very wavy trip with a lot of adventures.
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http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - From Turks & Caicos Islands we sailed to Mayaguana and the to the Plana Cays - some uninhabited islands, where we celebrated our New Year party.
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http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - The first Christmas without our kids - a hard time. But Sigi and Doris came from Austria to spend Christmas with us in Turks and Caicos and we had a great time kitesurfing together before we left to the Bahamas.
Alina is ...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - The Turks and Caicos Islands are really special - the colors of the beaches look unreal. We had some awesome kite days at different spots - flatwater and wave - so we spend a great time there.
Alina has been in Sydney and...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - From Great Inagua we sailed to Little Inagua, West Caicos and finally to Provicendiales (also called Provo). After visiting the Spadoilla Bay we sailed to Blue Haven Bay where you can find some of the most beautiful beache...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - Great Inagua was just amazing for us - first because it was our first Bahamas Island that we have visited and second we love non touristic islands. Great Inagua has only one town and really lovely and helpful people, nice ...
http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - After we had visited the Blue Mountains in Jamaica where the most expensive coffee is coming from and had lunch in a Rasta community we sailed on with the positive vibes of Jamaica in the direction of Cuba and then to an i...
Ever wondered what living on the water is like? Sustaining yourself off catching fish, preserving food, sailing through storms, finding sea creatures, swimming in the deep blue sea, living the simple life… Come join us on an offshore sailing passage to ...
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