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We've been a little quiet over the past month, but it's been one of those stretches where we've had a dozen different projects happening at once—lots of progress behind the scenes, even if nothing has quite reached the finish line yet.
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The Allures 51.9 is one of the most capable bluewater cruising yachts of 2025 — a French-built aluminium yacht designed for real adventure. In this full review, we explore how the 51.9 combines expedition-grade strength, offshore performance, and genuine liveaboard comfort for sailors who want to go...
The ExploCat 52 isn’t your typical luxury catamaran. Built from aluminium and designed for long-range cruising, this rugged power cat is made to go where the polished marina queens fear to tread.
In this video, we step aboard to see what makes the ExploCat so unique — from its heavy-duty build and ...
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Step aboard the Amel 60, a yacht designed for serious offshore sailing and circumnavigation. In this full review and walkthrough, we cover everything from the protec...
It sounds impossible, but this legendary offshore yacht cost just $12,000 — less than most dinghies, yet capable of crossing oceans.
Yes, you read that right. One of the most legendary offshore cruisers in the world can still be found for the price of a used family car. The Contessa 32, designed by...
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Today's video is another episode we filmed when we were onboard RR2, a tour of the workshop! We wanted to highlight this versatile and handy space, something we felt was important for live...
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In this week's episode we're once again heading north against the prevailing winds, but this time we get to revisit one of our favourite islands: Samos! Unfortunately we run into an issue when our a...
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Welcome to this week's episode, which is a very lowkey sailing vlog! We're hiding from the Meltemi this week- just for something different!- but we brave the elements for long enough to do a couple ...
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00:00 Good morning!
02:50 A wild sail
07:45 A huge mistake
17:45 A fascinating island
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This week we find ourselves in what is possibly the rolliest anchorage in Greece. Good thing the island ashore is full of cozy charm, because we have got to get off this boat!
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Another day in Greece, another issue with our watermaker! However, because we are now so familiar with the inner workings of our watermaker – which we've had many issues with – troubleshooting takes far ...
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In this week's episode we enjoy a lot of drama in our anchorage, culminating in getting hit by a fishing boat in the middle of the night. On the upside, we also explore a charming island and celebrate a ...
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00:00 Leaving Ios
03:22 Exploring underwater plane wreck
07:02 Finding a safe place to anchor
14:11 Our process for choosing a secure anchoring position
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00:00 Sailing to Ios
03:20 Anchoring in Ios
05:33 Setting into our new anchorage
09:03 A very chill day at anchor
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Santorini is supposedly the jewel in the Cyclades crown, so of course we had to visit. We knew it would be touristy, but nothing prepared us for the crazy crowds, queues for photo ops, and pedestrian traffic ...
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Today we're feeling the need for a day off the boat, so we jump in our dinghy and embark on a two-fold mission: to explore the local town and to retrieve a lost bank card- which is a whole other story, a...
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Why do we reef down on a catamaran? Is it to prevent capsizing? Or to reduce the strain on the rig? Turns out, there's another reason that we hadn't fully appreciated whilst sailing a monohull, but ...
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This week we're in Nisiros and while there may not be any natural harbours, there is a big-ass volcano, lots of pretty hilltop villages, a museum, not one but two picturesque and charming ports, and a ro...
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