With the main mast step finished, it's time to make the mizzen mast step. This one is significantly smaller as it will hold a significantly smaller mast and take less of a load. It feels like we're installing a sculpture as integral part of the boat! It's...
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So we made it to the Exumas!! Staniel Cay, one of our most favorite places in the Exumas, where we have the pigs, the grotto, and so many fish for food! Follow along and see what we have in store on The Far Side for this weeks episode:) We ...
This was one of those months where nothing came together.
The Christmas winds were in full swing in the Caribbean and we were stuck in the somewhat unsheltered outer anchorages of (not so) sunny St Martin.
After a month of relentless 30 knot winds, the...
Yes, that day threw a lot at me. 27 hours non-stop.
It's my birthday this week and I make another important incremental step forward in training for my Pacific Crossing. I learned a lot including what changes I need to make on the boat before I proceed...
Today we wave our last goodbye to the Solomon islands, as we set off into the open ocean, towards Papua New Guinea. From the warm, friendly people, to the unique diving, to the wild and forgotten landscapes, the solomons has been a dream. We couldn’t hav...
LIVE Q&A about Full Sailing Yacht Refit for living & sailing OFF GRID: should you buy a newer and better condition boat or save money and refit yourself?
📺 THIS IS DAWN HUNTERS SEASON #1 LIVE ➡️ S1LIVE
⛵ENJOYING OUR ADVENTURES? SUPPORT ...
The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch.
Steve keeps on with fitting the main's mast step, and Alix gets to work on figuring out the reuse of Victoria's spars. Yo...
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We finally take off from Nassau and head to the Exumas!! So excited to be doing more diving in our favorite part of The Bahamas. Watch while we swim with dozens of reef sharks and hang out 35 ft down with some nurse sharks:) After that the ...
Bluewater & OFF GRID Steel Sailing Yacht Refit! Not everything goes well on boat restoration. This is our Steel Sailboat Restoration Project 'Dawn Hunter'
📺 THIS IS DAWN HUNTERS SEASON #1 EPISODE #54 ➡️ S1E54
⛵WANT TO KEEP VIDEOS COMING? SU...
Our apologizes for the delay on this video.....we're in The Bahamas and connectivity is sparse! Uploading this video took over 12 hours! Stay tuned....more to come 😁
Recently we were asked by Leopard Catamarans to partake in their new series named "A...
Hi .. . this is not a normal episode. Just wanted to update on my whereabouts. I have made it to Havu Port on the southern tip of Oshima. It was a bit of a miserable day yesterday sailing from Misaki here but I learned a lot facing mild adversity. Have ...
This week an exciting package arrived that we’d been waiting for for a while.
We enthusiastically rented a car and headed to the shipping centre to pick it up... only to be told it was still on a boat heading to St Martin and would arrive in the next fe...
Welcome on board Matt! First of all, thank you for bringing such a desired items on board! hahaThis is the start of the journey for a fresh new crew member. We haven't had a new person coming in since Emilie.... long time ago! We think you will love this a...
With wrapping up the bronze floors comes working on the mast step. This wild looking piece is built up out of live oak and black locust and looks more like a sculpture than a structural element in the boat!
We also check alignment on Arabella to see if ev...
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So this week we fix the leak in our transmission which was huge!! We had to do a huge bilge clean up because of it, quite the messy leak. We also FINALLY finished our Stack Bag and set up our Lazy Jacks. It was a big project that we are exc...
Q&A Time! We answer some of your best questions for us…
1:00 - How did we break the Hydrovane?
3:20 - How much of a head start do you need for a sailing YouTube channel?
4:56 - What are our top 3 locations in the Caribbean?
7:59 - What are our passa...
It's March 1st! I am still at the Marina but now as a visitor. It looks like my departure will be on the 4th of March. I am waiting on the Life Raft on Board.
Wahine now has a permit to sail offshore for 30 days and the permit starts on March 6th and en...
This episode is about what we love the most, diving and the ocean. But takes us back to a recent history and the demise of Ships during WWII in the Solomon Islands. Today we present the Toa Maru, a cargo/ passenger vessel that was called to war and found i...
Solar Array installation was a big feature in the last few days. Thanks to Merlin Solar for making this happen. Still lots to do and a tad bit of self doubt occasionally creeps in.
Just a couple more days.
Thanks to all those making this voyage possi...
We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets all needed bronze floors made up for them as we couldn't make those on our first go around. That m...
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This week we sail into Nassau and have a very productive few days. We did so much in a few days that we had to make TWO videos!! So stay tuned next week for all the fun things we did while we were there. Per usual we had more boat projects ...
We’ve been gone for a few weeks but are back to update on our progress and location! We also have some other Q&A questions for you too…
1. Where have we been this past few weeks?
2. Do we have a live radar for our location? Check out sailingmillen...
Why was JFK a war hero? We’ve been chasing Kennedy for a while, accidentally following his path during the war in the Solomon’s, from his army base to the island he famously carved into the coconut for his rescuers.
Edited by: Molly https://www.instagr...
Building a boat can seem like an incredibly daunting task. One thing that has gotten us through these years is seeing it a lot of little things that need to be done and pieces that need to go together. This episode is very much dedicated to that ideology...
As artists we often try and show you the extraordinary, the other worldly experiences and beauty of unique cultures and history around the globe. We too often tell these stories with rose colored sunglasses on, but sadly history isn’t always so sarindipi...
It's the beginning of 2021, I was working hard to prep my boat for departure from the marina in February for a test sail south to Okinawa. In answering the question I had 12 things to check
Thanks to all those making this voyage possible:
Keel Club Foun...
There are a lot of exciting things coming together at the moment. Steve installed the rest of the tie rods, Alix finished the sill for the deckhouse to sit on and we made a mockup of the cockpit! One task completely finished, one setting us up for the de...
In today's weekly vlog we give you a plant tour of our plant nursery / plant haul and then we go on to explore crystal clear waters in the beautiful and remote exuma islands. We show you what it's like to live a minimalist and simple life at sea while we ...
Bye bye Emilieee! The Soloman islands hosts a diverse variety of dives, some historical, some colourful, some mesmerising, and all of them adventurous. Today we’re accompanied with Brian from Dive Munda, a local to this beautiful place, and someone who h...
We have found several moments during the build of Arabella that are just incredibly satisfying. Getting the lead keel poured, getting the backbone assembled, standing up the molds, steaming in frames, getting the first planks on... etc. And now there is ...
Adobo ON THE DOCKS. Really easy meal that actually feels like you are eating something carefully prepared in an exotic land. My fiance is from Cebu in the Philippines and taught me how to make this. it is really easy and really good and reminds me of some ...
Pasta! Easy enough, right? WRONG! Imagine pasta, but easier.... now you’re on my level.
10 minute meal. Ingredients below:
Pasta
Sauce
Sausage (optional)
Salt
Olive oil
English Muffins
Garlic paste
Spreadable butter
Raisins (optional)
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Let us bring you up to speed with our life, living on a sailing boat, during the winter, in the UK, in the middle of our third national lockdown due to the Corona Virus pandemic.
The up shot is that we're all good and slowly getting used to the difference...
It's the middle of winter, blowing 40knots, our engine is in pieces, Ryan is making a watermaker and we have 2 dogs and 2 cats onboard... Meanwhile our Visas are expiring and we have to leave to Tunisia in Africa, just as Sicily goes into a 2 week lockdown...
WE HAVE A COOKBOOK! - grab it on Kindle here. Please let us know if there's any issues in purchasing :) Thanks all x
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We are on the last steps of putting together the sill for the house top and the blocking for the mizzen mast. Alix needs to cut the half laps in the corners of the sill to get them to fit just right. Once that is done, we can paint them and screw them in...
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