Every summer as Kirk was growing up, his family would visit Charlevoix, a quaint vacation town located on a skinny isthmus between Round Lake and Lake Michigan.
Round Lake was a boating mecca; all sorts of craft paraded across its waters, waiting for the...
Our shakedown cruise is officially underway! After crossing Lake Michigan with Kirk’s dad, we arrive in Pentwater, MI where we meet up with the rest of Kirk’s family. It’s our first of many ports of call along Michigan’s west coast we visit over th...
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When designing our boat’s new battery and solar sy...
After a surf... We visit Kennedy island & Bonita explains the fascinating story of JFK's survival in WW2. https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we leave Gizo town on our way to visit the famous Kennedy island. After a quic...
It’s our FIRST OVERNIGHT PASSAGE! We set sail across Lake Michigan, leaving in the middle of the night to ride the fading winds of a storm. Kirk’s dad arrives just before midnight to join us for the trip.
The sail starts out with 15+ knts on the nose,...
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Tarka is a 1973 Albin Vega 27 (8.2m) tha...
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We bought the boat, daysailed the boat, and hav...
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With a feast of seafood collected from Marchinbar Island, we sail south to a protected anchorage on Raragala Island for Christmas via the Cumberland Strait where ...
Proceeds from this video will go to the Coral Reef Alliance, but you can also support me directly (and specifically the production of these videos) by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/theadventuresoftarka
Tarka is a 1973 Albin Vega 27 (8.2m) tha...
Until now, family and friends have always sailed with us on our Tartan 37, but this time we sail her by ourselves, up to Milwaukee and back.
Leaving the dock at our marina in Racine is tricky. The dock is on the Root River (which frequently floods and dra...
The Tartan 37 is ours, and it’s time to celebrate! With the 4th of July arriving just days after we close on the boat, we decide it’s rather fitting to pop some bubbly and celebrate our own new-found freedom… from land!
The hardest part of moving ab...
WE FINALLY BUY A SAILBOAT. It feels like we’ve been searching for a boat forever! In this episode we finally buy a boat, a beautiful Tartan 37.
Before we find the Tartan, we look at two other options in the Milwaukee area: a Pearson 38 and a Southerly 3...
Our offer was accepted on a Morgan 382! The boat is in fabulous condition, but still needs a bit of work. Fortunately she doesn’t need repairs, just finishing. Kirk and I do kind of like the idea of finishing out the systems ourselves. The woodworking, o...
Proceeds from this video will go to the Coral Reef Alliance, but you can also support me directly (and specifically the production of these videos) by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/theadventuresoftarka
Tarka is a 1973 Albin Vega 27 (8.2m) tha...
There are literally thousands upon thousands of boats on the west coast, and we can’t find one to fit the bill? Up until this point, we had limited our boat search to catamarans, with a price tag of $50,000 or less. Yes, we admit, we probably could find ...
We’re off again to see another catamaran — this time to Seattle. We fly from San Diego, hop a few trains, ride a couple ferries and even inflate a paddle board to get to the boat, which is moored on Orcas Island, in the San Juan Islands.
Kirk knows ab...
The sailboat hunt is on! We drive from San Diego, California to Guaymas, Mexico to see a catamaran named Imi Loa. We’ve had our eye on this boat for a little while, and have been in contact with the sellers — they assure us this cat is ready to go crui...
Settling into island life, we explore the beautiful island of Tanna, Vanuatu. Take a step back in time... https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we check ourselves into Vanuatu at a small village on the west coast of Tanna islan...
We embark on a 250 nautical mile sail from New Caledonia across the deep Hebrides trench to Vanuatu. Hand steering for 3 days & 2 nights, just the two of us... https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we check out of New Caled...
We show you a slice of our San Diego lives, and talk about why we decided to leave our beach cottage in California — for life aboard a sailboat.
Our search for the right sailboat took years: We researched thousands of sailboats online, saw hundreds in ...
Our next episodes contain much more actual sailing stuff but for now it's game time! We anchor our boat, drink way too much, and tell way too many personal stories about Love, Sex, and Sailing... But it's funny so we decided to share it with you.
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