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We signed a boat contract
Ep. 74 ~ After one and a half years, 8+ bids and 3+ signed contracts, we think we may actually get this boat! 🙌 COME SAY HI :) ▶︎ ▶︎ INSTAGRAM: ▶︎ FACEBOOK: ▶︎ TWITTER: ▶︎ YOUTUBE: Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: We recommend the following YouTube channels and web sites which have bee...
Starry Horizons Gets New Sails!
In an upgrade long overdue, Starry Horizons gets a new set of sails custom made for her by Zoom Sails! We've upgraded from dacron to a hydranet mainsail and genoa and got a slightly lighter Code 0 as well. She will never be a true performance catamaran, but we hope that the combo of new sails...
Starry Horizons v2.0: New Boat vs Refit???
It's decision making time! Starry Horizons is approaching 8 years old and has sailed around the world. Is it time for a new boat? Is it time for an almost entire refit? We've got lots to discuss so come join us and see what plans we have for Starry Horizons v2.0! ================ Affi...
5 Things I Wish I’d Known BEFORE Cruising
For the opposing view, here are 5 things that Amy wishes she had known BEFORE we set off on our sail around the world. What do you think of her list vs David's? Let us know! If you haven't already, you can see David's list here: ================ Table Of Contents ================...
How We Track Passages – FREE Spreadsheet!
Download the FREE Passage Tracking Spreadsheet here: There aren't many times where one of my loves of my past life (spreadsheets) combines with sailing. But coming up with a solution for how to track our performance under passage was the perfect opportunity! I created this spreadsheet as a ...
Stand Watch: Passage Life Aboard Starry Horizons
Ever wonder what daily life is like on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean? Stand watch with me over a 24 hour period during our most recent passage from Virginia down to the Bahamas. We'll go through a shift change, what we do at night, complete our daily boat checks, update the log book, ...
How We Prepped for a Medical Emergency at Sea
The question always weighed heavily on our minds: what would we do if we experienced a medical emergency while sailing offshore? Out in the middle of the ocean you're all alone. There is no one to come rescue you. In this video, we talk about all the things we did to prepare for the nightmar...
Build a Cruiser’s Library
Today we're talking about all the books that helped us maintain our boat, helped plan passages, fueled the cruising dream, helped us with medical emergencies and so much more. These are the books that have been important enough to remain on our limited shelf space for the seven years of our sa...
The 9 BEST UPGRADES for a Blue Water Boat
It takes some work to turn a boat into a true blue water cruiser. This week we'll cover our nine favorite upgrades that helped us sail safely and comfortably around the world. ================ Table Of Contents ================ 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Anchor and Ground Tackle 3:46 - AIS 6:08 - W...
Searching For Leopards In Wilpattu National Park – Ep. 130
To wrap up our time in Sri Lanka, we went searching for leopards in the absolutely gorgeous Wilpattu National Park. As the apex predator in Sri Lanka, they're pretty chill about hanging out on the ground, but even still, they're hard to find! Even if you're looking right at them! T...
Riding The Most Beautiful Train In The World – Ep. 129
The iconic blue train ride from Kandy to Ella in Sri Lanka is one of the most scenic train rides in the world. So of course we had to check it out for ourselves and see if it was worth the hype. IT WAS! Taking the train allowed us to tour the mountains of Sri Lanka and their famous tea fields. ...
That’s A LOT Of Stairs At Sigiriya Rock! – Ep. 128
We continue exploring Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle with a hike up the imposing Sigiriya rock (all 1,200 stairs!), take a tuk-tuk tour around the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, visited the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (aka The Golden Temple of Dambulla) and finished with a visit to Kandy and a cu...
Exploring Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle – Ep. 127
Cruising as we're used to isn't really allowed in Sri Lanka as there are very limited ports you can stop at. Instead, we decided to use Trincomalee as a base to explore inland, something we rarely get to do! With our friends Kimi and Trevor from s/v Slow Flight, we set off on an incredib...
Starting Our Indian Ocean Crossing: Sailing To Sri Lanka – Ep 126
The Indian Ocean is big. It's daunting. It can throw wicked storms at you out of nowhere. But in order to sail around the world, we had to sail cross it. The first step in that journey was sailing from Phuket, Thailand over to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Amazingly enough, at just over 1,000nm ...
Hit A Reef? Haul Out AGAIN! – Ep. 122
There's a saying that if a sailor claims to have never run aground, they're either on their first sail or lying. We're certainly not on our first sail, but we've been fortunate that all previous encounters with the sea floor have been with soft mud or sand. That was about to ch...
Our WORST Haul Out Yet – Ep. 120
It had to happen sometime... Thus far, all our haul outs had gone smoothly and easily. But this experience hauling out at PSS Shipyard in Satun, Thailand was our worst one yet. We managed to fix the leaking through-hull that was the reason for the haul out easily enough. But several errors from ...
Sharing the Realities of Cruising Life in Langkawi – Ep. 119
Having guests visit is always a blast, especially when those guests are so interested in the realities of cruising life. Our friends Denitsa and Niki actually VOLUNTEERED (well... one of them volunteered the other) to help out with boat projects. I couldn't pass up an offer like that, so tog...
Motoring Up The Malacca Straits – Ep. 118
Disclaimer... ships in camera are much closer than they appear! In order to continue our Southeast Asia adventures, we had to make our way up the notorious Malacca Straits. This meant we were once again tangling with the big ships, with the added complication of lots of small fishing boats as wel...
Dodging Big Ships into Singapore – Ep. 117
After 100 days in Indonesia, it was time to finally leave the country. But in order to do that, we had to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world... the Singapore Straits! We'd spent days watching a constant stream of ships and knew a good plan was going to be vital for a smooth ...
Turning Pollywogs into Shellbacks! – Ep. 115
Sailing across the equator is special moment. It's even more special when you cross with friends who have never done it before, aka Pollywogs! We had become Shellbacks (sailors who've crossed the equator) on our way to the Galapagos way back in 2016. So it was our honor and duty to prop...
Closing In On The Equator! – Ep. 114
The countdown is on! Our latitude is getting closer and closer to zero as we approach the equator for the second time on our circumnavigation! Of course, to get there, we had to work for it. The winds close to the equator are incredibly light, but somehow I managed to actually come up with an inc...
Waterspouts and Traffic Jams – Ep. 113
Sailing in Indonesia is always an adventure. If we're not dodging fishing boats and FADs, apparently we need to keep an eye out for waterspouts! We had a couple water spouts form way too close for comfort on our sail over to Belitung. Fortunately, we escaped without any incident but it'...
Meeting the People of the Forest in Borneo – Ep. 112
In Malay, orang means "person" and utan is derived from hutan, meaning "forest." So orangutan is literally translated as "person of the forest." Orangutans are the only great apes of Asia and there was no way were were going to pass up seeing them while we were sailin...