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The reality of living aboard a Sailing Catamaran Full Time
THIS IS NOT A HOLIDAY ⛵🌴 Living full-time aboard SeaMoon might look like one long holiday from the outside — sunshine, sailing, new places and the occasional camel ride! 🐪😂 But the reality is a little different. In this episode, we sit down and talk about what everyday life actually looks like wh...
From Production Catamaran to Dream Boat: Refit Projects That Will Change Everything
We’ve been hauled out in New Zealand for a while now, working hard on upgrades that will give us more freedom, comfort, and confidence once we’re back out cruising. In this video, we share the latest progress on several major refit projects: ⚓️ Rigging Issue & Fix: What we discovered and how we...
We’re FINALLY Doing It⛵️Catamaran Workshop Conversion
We’re FINALLY doing it! After years of dreaming and months of planning, we’re starting the process of converting our port forward cabin into a functional onboard workshop so we can tackle all the future projects boat life will throw at us. In this episode, we start the demolition and rebuild proces...
Addressing a Serious Safety Issue During Our Catamaran Refit
We’re back on the hard this week, making major progress on our refit and addressing one of the biggest safety concerns for catamarans: escape hatches. In this video, we dive into what makes them so risky, vent a little (okay, a lot 😅), and show the changes we’re making to keep our boat safe. While ...
BIG CHANGES AHEAD: Refitting our Catamaran in New Zealand
We’ve officially hauled Sabado out of the water at Port Whangarei Marine Center in New Zealand, and the refit has begun! In this video, we take you through a day in our new routine: starting the morning at our rental house, commuting to the boatyard, and diving into our first big boat projects. We ...
DON’T DO WHAT WE DID‼️Sailing Minerva Reef to New Zealand
After waiting out a storm on anchor in Minerva Reef, we set off toward New Zealand — but a drastic shift in the forecast, rough seas, and a vicious counter-current quickly turned this into one of our most challenging passages yet. With another storm closing in, we were pushed to make tough calls und...
Our Sail South Begins: Tonga to Minerva Reef
Join us on our journey South to New Zealand! In this video we prepare to leave Tonga: stocking up on provisions, triple checking the weather and saying farewell to the local wildlife…🐋🪼🦑 From there, we set off on a 3-day passage to Minerva Reef, facing rough seas along the way and adding a few new i...
Sailing 1,300 Nautical Miles to TONGA⛵️
Join us as we complete a 10-day, 1,300 nautical mile voyage from French Polynesia to Tonga! We carefully navigate a reef pass into a peaceful anchorage, where we check into the country with ease—no dodgy docks, just smiles. After a brief rest, we lift anchor for a bumpy overnight sail to Vava’u, eag...
10 DAYS AT SEA⛵️Next Stop: Tonga!
Let’s get the heck out of here‼️ Join us for a 10 day sail from French Polynesia to Tonga— a passage we’ve been looking forward to for quite some time… 😍 The journey begins with a beautiful overnight trip from Tahiti to Bora Bora, where we tackle some chores in preparation for our departure and soak...
Sailing Back to Tahiti: Preparing for Our Next Adventure
We’re on the move! ⛵️ After an overnight sail from Tahuata to Nuku Hiva, we said goodbye to our family and restocked the boat with food and fuel before the World ARC arrived. Then, it was off on a six-day offshore passage back to Tahiti, the first leg of our journey toward New Zealand. Along the way...
Sailing the Marquesas Islands: 1 Year Living Aboard Our Sailboat in French Polynesia
All aboard! ⛵️ Join us for an overnight sail from Nuku Hiva to Hiva Oa, where we welcome family aboard for a memorable visit. We put our new Orca system to the test, cruise alongside a pod of dolphins, and take our guests to Tahuata to enjoy its crystal-clear waters and sandy beaches. Ray tackles a ...
Life on Our Catamaran in the South Pacific😍
After a challenging 7-day sail from Tahiti to the Marquesas, we’re finally settling back into the slow, peaceful island life. Nuku Hiva has been the perfect place to recharge and catch up on boat work. Join us this week as we explore this beautiful island while searching for the tools we need for ou...
ROUGH SAIL💨7 Days at Sea From Tahiti to the Marquesas
After completing our haul-out and sail drive repair in Tahiti, we set off on an easy two-day passage to the Tuamotus, with calm seas and no wind. Partway, we received a weather update: a storm system with lightning and high winds was expected to hit the Tuamotus just as we arrived. So, we decided to...
STUCK in French Polynesia— Now What?
After deciding to leave French Polynesia 6 months earlier than we had initially planned, it seemed like everything was lining up perfectly for us to make a last-minute trip to New Zealand ahead of cyclone season. Unfortunately, our weather window disappeared in a matter of hours, ultimately forcing ...
Change of Plans: We’re Leaving French Polynesia
Join us as we prepare for a last-minute passage to New Zealand before cyclone season begins in the South Pacific. We’ve had a memorable experience in French Polynesia, and we are looking forward to what comes next! ——————————————————————— ⛵️Join the Crew on Patreon: ⚓️Check out our Blog: 📸Foll...
Anchoring with Confidence: Our Top 3 Anchor Alarms
We narrowly avoided several collisions during yet another storm here in the South Pacific, thanks to our tried and true anchor alarms. In this week’s video, we take you to a new anchorage in Taha’a, French Polynesia, and walk you through our top 3 anchor alarm systems that keep us safe while sailing...
The Adventure Continues⛵️
This week, we savored our last day in Bora Bora. 😍 We got some boat work done while we waited for the weather to clear up, then took off in the dinghy with friends to snorkel a beautiful reef at the foot of Mount Otemanu. ⛰️ We ended our underwater excursion swimming with a majestic group of eagle r...
What They Don’t Tell You About Sailing the Society Islands 😩
This week, we continued trying to make the best of our time in the Society Islands: we endured our third termite swarm, encountered more bad weather, left a loud mooring field, and escaped a reckless speed boat. 😤 No one told us sailing the South Pacific would be like this! Luckily, the picturesque ...
DIY Projects are time consuming
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NO ONE SAW THIS COMING… | BOAB 231
What kind of childhood leads a person to sail around the world? No one could have ever predicted the path that Joel and I have taken. Our families are still scratching their heads!! 😆 Hope you enjoy this episode; we're reliving the past while reconnecting with our loved ones. Much love, Mich...
Land Life is DANGEROUS!! How we’re Working to SAIL ACROSS the OCEAN | BOAB 230
The first step to Sail Across the Atlantic Ocean is... farm work? Yep -- for us anyway! This is how we're saving up to get our old boat outfitted for the big ocean crossing. Joel fixes and replaces 5 tin roofs while I drive tractors and make hay. Welcome to the farm: a way of life that's...
BUMS ON A BOAT from Paycheck-to-Paycheck to Cruising on a SAILBOAT! | BOAB 229
How we went from living paycheck to paycheck -- to cruising full time on a sailboat! You wanted to know how we're saving up to make major upgrades and get our sailboat ready to sail across the Atlantic. But first, you need to know how we got here in the first place. This is that crazy, NEVE...
A COMPLETELY NEW DIRECTION | BOAB 228
Minimalist sailing and cruising for 5 years taught us a thing or two, and now we're going in a completely new direction... Introducing Bums on a Boat 2.0 !!! 😉 Much love, Michal and Joel Need more of The Bums? Join our crew on Patreon for regular live streams and daily messaging. Pick up...