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PNW To The GOLDEN GATES | Sailing OFFSHORE to San Francisco: Part 3
In this one, we complete our journey from the PNW to the San Francisco Bay by sailing under one of the most iconic landmarks, the Golden Gate Bridge! After a solid nights rest, we depart from Drakes Bay under delightfully mellow conditions. Right as the su...
WINTER STORM Living on a Sailboat
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3 Day GALE in the OPEN PACIFIC- Offshore Sailing to San Francisco: Part 2
We’ve been really excited to at long last release this one! In this video, a gale hits us that was not forecast to occur on our route when we left. Very often there is a gale blowing off of Cape Mendocino to about 100 nautical mile out to sea. It is for ...
Winter on the West Coast
We’re doing things a little differently this week. We’ve been playing around with our new drone and wanted to showcase this beautiful land we live on. After a crazy week of winter storm warnings and snow fall warnings on the West Coast, we hope this ca...
OFFSHORE to SAN FRANCISCO: Part 1
At last, we shove off the dock from Neah Bay and do the “big left turn!” We experience varied winds that keep is busy through the first four days of our seven day trip to Drakes Bay, as the crew all settle into their first offshore experience. Unfortun...
Sailing to Mexico – Leaving The Salish Sea
Ahoy Folks! Sorry it has been a little while since the last video: Wifi and time to edit were hard to come by as we sailed down the wild west coast of the Baja Peninsula! In this one, we awake at the beautiful Dungeness Spit, which we arrived at the prev...
Departing The PNW for Mexico | The Journey Begins!
We've been looking forward to releasing this one for awhile! In this one, we finally leave our home ports behind for Mexico! We set sail from Bellingham Harbor, sail through the fog to Lopez Island, then to Port Townsend. In Port Townsend, we check out the...
Lightening Strikes! | Sailing To Sucia Island!
Ahoy! In this one, we sail from Point Roberts, Washington to the beautiful Sucia Island. As we approach Sucia Island, an aggressive cold front moves in, changing the weather from sunny and warm to stormy and cool. We anchor in Echo Bay, then go ashore just...
A Bittersweet Farewell | Sailing Away From Canada For Years
In this one, we set sail from Nanaimo for our last couple of stops in the Gulf Islands before leaving them behind for what will be at least a few years. Once at anchored on Gabriola, we are swarmed by thousands of little flies, so we abandond ship and head...
Peak GALE FORCE off the California Coast.
Here is a quick preview of what you'll see in an upcoming video that will be up in 2-3 weeks. This footage is from the morning of September 20th when the winds and seas were peaking during the three days of gale force we experienced off the California Coas...
Sailing Home | Final Days of Living Off Grid on our Sailboat
It’s a bitter sweet day when we make our final sail home to the docks… but we’re so excited to start this new season of winter boat life! We hope you enjoy a montage of our sail through the Pacific Northwest, making our way back to our slip at the do...
Shipyard Time! WET SANDING, Propeller Painting, and More!
It’s haul out time for Sea Dream of Clyde! In this one, we head to Newcastle Marine in Nanaimo to have the boat lifted out of the water and moved into the shipyard for our by-annual painting and general maintenance. I show the wet sanding technique we us...
Finally Able to Leave | Living Off Grid on a Sailboat
After a great summer off-grid and a few hiccups with our initial departure (thanks to several hundred pounds of muscles slowing us down!), we were finally able to cast-off our mooring and head to a layover anchorage on our way home to the docks for the win...
Hitting Logs & Swimming in a Diesel Spill | Sailing The Gulf Islands in Canada
It is not always sunshine and rainbows in the Gulf Islands, though most the time it is! In this one, we leave the San Juans behind and head up to Nanaimo, but not before running into a frustrating customs agent, a log, and diesel spill! We stop by Prevost ...