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What a crazy journey this 346Nm non-stop sail without engine was. The most stressful part being entering the Ponce inlet at night in big swell without an engine. We really wanted to make it as far North as possible up the Florida coast to fix our Yanmar en...
Time to leave the Bahamas for an intense 3 days sail without engine up the Gulf Stream back to the US. Trying to time a weather window was a challenge in itself but eventually one, although not the best, presented itself. Hurricane season was approaching a...
We get a warning of an intense storm coming our way from the wide open. We quickly release more chain and hope for the best. Waves break over the bow as we ride out 60 knots wind without an engine as a backup.
April has been a crazy month bringing terrifyi...
Gotta love those days when sailing is easy! You can read, cook up a storm in the galley or simply take a nap. After waking up in a new location we set sail from the Exumas to Nassau and try fishing in the Tongue of the Ocean.
Unfortunately with the Bahamas...
This is the day everything went wrong; our steering broke and getting water was dangerous. Seeing the waves and the way the sailboat was moving I was thinking: "Can we even pull up anchor?" We were on our way back to the US through the Exumas so that we co...
This video is all about our struggles as almost everything on our sailing catamaran decides to stop working. From our generator to our starboard engine and our inverter, we just can't seem to get everything in the vessel to work so that we can start saili...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After a 2-year online relationship, these two sailing teens FINALLY MET (See Episode 88) and have spent the last five weeks together sailing the ...
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...
Freebie has been at anchor for a few weeks, and in that time period we've lost a lot of sleep worrying about dragging anchor. It seems that our fears were warranted as we drug multiple times in those few weeks. Aside from getting hung up on sunken engine b...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ This is the first time we've experienced such rough conditions on the catamaran; thirty-five knot winds and freak waves knock our boat all around...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After dealing with 30kt winds at anchor, we set off on some really fast sailing through the Bahamas. We explore Rum Cay, Staniel Cay, and Big Maj...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Are we really just ugly Americans? What about babies on boats? Time to take a few minutes and answer some of your burning questions!
If you wish...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Managing a sailboat is a team effort! In this episode, our family joins together to measure sails, check systems and fuel up prior to sailing, an...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ We spent nearly the entire month of December making the great Atlantic Ocean crossing. So how much fuel and food did we consume? Check out our la...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Wow this episode will certainly give you something to munch on! I didn’t realize we were so obsessed with FOOD till after putting this video to...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ OUR ATLANTIC CROSSING ADVENTURE BEGINS! Man, we’ve missed you guys but we made it safely across the Atlantic! Our adventure started with the MO...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Woohoo!!! We made it across the Atlantic! It's so cool that you guys were able to follow along on PredictWind; we are headed to Puerto Rico now, ...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ As we complete our journey through the Mediterranean, we finally catch some fish! Although I'd intended to include the "cook" portion of the even...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ This video is sponsored by Simarine, but we would not endorse it if we didn’t absolutely love it!
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You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After leaving Greece, we head to Italy and sail with dolphins, discuss our oldest daughter’s future, install an AWESOME battery monitoring syst...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Remember, on all our videos you can skip straight to the parts you are interested in:
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You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ What’s it like sailing at night? As we embark on our first night passage in the catamaran, we reminisce to our first passages in the monohull, ...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ It's time to put away the lawn chairs and astroturf and say goodbye to Greece and finally begin sailing west towards the Atlantic! But should we ...
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ What does it cost the six of us to travel around the world by sailboat? Follow along on our Z-Budget series and find out if we are frugal and eco...
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