Hold on for our fastest sail ever! Sylfia stretches her legs and we fly into Tonga at WARP SPEED (For us haha 😂 ) We arrive to some less than ideal conditions, get checked in, and start enjoying the amazing kingdom of tonga!
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We throw ourselves overboard at night over 30,000 feet of pitch black water in hopes of a close encounter with sea monsters! Just your typical night sail on Sylfia! STRANGER THINGS: What We Do On Our Sailboat At Night!
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Bad weather is on it's way and it's time to GET OUTTA HERE! After sailing 1500 miles from New Zealand to Niue, we finally make landfall only to find out that there's huge westerly swells coming in that will force us to head west to Tonga. We make the mos...
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...
After some unexpected engine problems, we're forced to interrupt our 1500 mile passage to the south pacific from New Zealand To Niue. We pull into the Kermadecs, about 600 Miles off the coast of New Zealand and meet their official welcoming committee, A ...
Our journey of 1500 nautical miles begins from Opua in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand to the south pacific island of Niue. Conditions are less than favorable as we leave, but we need to ride on the tail of the low pressure storm so we can get the winds...
Have you ever wondered what it's like to wake up on a sailboat on the ocean? Find out in today's episode! We dive a ghost ship, play with some dolphins, and have a belated celebration of our purchase of Sylfia!
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Will our boat ever be the same after this?? Join us for an epic fueling fail that will make any sailor cringe. An unexpected wrong hole situation couldn’t stop us from going on adventure! Learning more about Sylfia, & getting our waterbabies into scu...
WE SAW ORCAS FROM OUR SAILBOAT!!!! This was a bucket list day for us for sure. We even saw the tiniest baby orca! With our weather window in place we are tackling the last precautions with full enthusiasm and of course with the necessary side missions on ...
After 2 weeks of boat projects in the marina, it's finally time for us to SET SAIL! Join us as we cast off the lines and start making our way north up the New Zealand coast and start getting in the swing of life on anchor.
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After weeks of projects and chaos, we start to wonder if we will EVER be ready to set sail to the South Pacific...But day by day and step by step we're getting closer. Join us on our final push before we leave the dock!
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Welcome aboard as we haul out Syflia, settle into our new home, tackle a few engine dilemmas, and then take off into the bay of islands for our first ever scuba dive on Sylfia! We dive a shipwreck called the Canterbury, and we loved it so much we dove it ...
In this episode, we finally arrive at the Mediterranean Sea! The final stretch of the Rhone river didn't present too many exciting scenes, however our first night on the coast of France was definitely something to remember.
Now that we're in the Mediterr...
In perhaps the most exciting episode to date we:
• Get woken up by a hot air balloon
• Cruise under a castle
• Cruise through a love tunnel
• Weather a storm
• Avoid a dangerous collision
• Celebrate France's world cup win in a tiny village in...
| Season 2 | Episode 24 |
On this episode Meital arrives from the mainland by way of the Catalina Express. We explore Two Harbors and ring in the New Year in old person fashion and push off to sail home on New Years day.
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It's shark madness! Join us on a baited shark dive in Jupiter Florida and get up close and personal with some toothy new friends!
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We rally the island by scooter, go sailing in the rain on La Vagabonde, do some insane cave diving, check out a beautiful spanish cove, and have a jam session with Elayna. Yep, this pretty much sums up what it was really like to sail La Vagabonde.
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Come daydreaming with us! We go on a perfect sail with Riley, Elayna, and the rest of the Patreon crew. Then we dive the craziest most beautiful cave/dive site/dracula lair.
I'm a dummy and I said for you to watch episode 26, but I really meant 31 lol...
Find out what it was like to meet Riley and Elayna of Sailing La Vagabonde! We explore the coastal waters of the Balearic Island of Menorca, and do our deepest scuba dive ever. Not to brag but this was probably one of the best days of our lives :)
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We're back! After almost a year on the dry, we head to California where the ocean tests our limits. We puke, we freeze, but damn if we didn't love it anyway :)
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Join us as we sail from Statia to St. Kitts, where we check out the local scene, enjoy fiesta friday, ride the most beautiful train in the world, then cruise over to Nevis for some diving at Booby Island. Life is good onboard Sophisticated Lady!
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The first day of life at sea! We had done some shorter day sails and weekend trips, but now we were on the big blue road FOR GOOD! Our first stop along the way did not disappoint. The island of St. Eustatius treated us to some amazing hiking, crazy shipw...
It's finally time to cast the lines and set sail on our biggest mission yet! Join us as we welcome our beautiful African Grey parrot Tiki, stock up on an ungodly amount of beer, and say goodbye to St. Martin for good! We have a gorgeous sail to the neighbo...
Bat caves, epic scuba diving, and standing on top of the Dutch Kingdom. Life doesn't get much better. Join us for our second episode on the stellar island of Saba! If you would like to be entered to win two days of Saba diving for 2 people, then visit o...
Ever wonder how we pay the bills while living on a sailboat? Come along with us on some work days as we film some commercials for a huge watersports company! Spoiler alert: It's a lot more play than work :)
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