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WE’RE TAKING ON WATER!  Replacing Thru Hull at Sea [Adventure #176]
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WE’RE TAKING ON WATER! Replacing Thru Hull at Sea [Adventure #176]
In the middle of the night, one of the scariest things that can happen at sea happens to us - a hole in the boat with water pouring in! Find out how we stop the water pouring in and replace a thru hole in the middle of the ocean. ________________ We ho...
Dodging Traffic in the Open Ocean [Adventure #175]
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Dodging Traffic in the Open Ocean [Adventure #175]
Sailing in the North Pacific we cross the main shipping lanes, encountering lots of cargo ship traffic in low visibility. See what it’s like to sail in the fog, and be at sea in cold, damp conditions. As we cross the 2000 nm sailed mark, we finally bre...
Full Boat Tour – Pearson 367
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Full Boat Tour – Pearson 367
A detailed walk-through above and below decks of Varuna, our 1982 Pearson 367. ***UPDATE: Boat has been sold ________________ We hope you enjoy our videos and adventures. To help us continue making these videos and sailing with a purpose, you can Join...
Selling our Home – Boat for Sale!
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Selling our Home – Boat for Sale!
***UPDATE: Boat has been sold That’s right, Varuna is FOR SALE! After cruising for 3.5 years and sailing over 15,000 nm in her, it’s time we put her up for sale. She is 1982 Pearson 367, a proven bluewater cruising boat, and she is looking for a ne...
Sailing to the North Pacific [Adventure #174]
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Sailing to the North Pacific [Adventure #174]
Sailing from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest, we experience a big change in the weather at sea. Crossing into colder waters we experience heavy fog and very low visibility, we discuss our sail plan setup and give a detailed look at how we get weather data...
Ocean Sailing, Variable Weather [Adventure #173]
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Ocean Sailing, Variable Weather [Adventure #173]
From totally becalmed to reefing and dropping sails, several hundred miles North of Hawaii we experience varied conditions as we make our way through the edge of a high pressure ridge. Learn how we deal with the varying conditions, what sail plans we use ...
Hand Steering Across the Pacific [Adventure #172]
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Hand Steering Across the Pacific [Adventure #172]
What do you do when you have no autopilot for a 3000 NM journey? Get a big crew and hand steer! Join us as we begin to make our way north from Hawaii bound for the Pacific Northwest. We encounter good weather, north winds, albatross and catch our first ...
New Trans-Pacific Crew! [Adventure #171]
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New Trans-Pacific Crew! [Adventure #171]
It’s time to say goodbye to Hawaii and aloha to our crew for the passage! Come join us as we set out from Honolulu on a 3000 mile journey to the Pacific Northwest on our new boat Makara, a Celestial 48. ________________ We hope you enjoy our videos and...
NOT For Sale in Hawaii  [Adventure #170]
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NOT For Sale in Hawaii [Adventure #170]
With all of our crew here, we are finally getting ready to leave Hawaii with our new-to-us sailboat, Makara, a Celestial 48! It’s all hands on deck and we scramble to get the boat ready - we send our crew up the mast, do a huge provisioning shop for 6 p...
Projects and Screw Ups [Adventure #169]
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Projects and Screw Ups [Adventure #169]
Everyone makes mistakes, and that includes us! Join us as we go all-in, working hard to prepare our new sailboat to set sail across the Pacific. We are hard at work, revamping the V-berth, cushions, oven, and cleaning everything from the water tanks to t...
Exploring Our New Boat [Adventure #168]
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Exploring Our New Boat [Adventure #168]
It’s time to get to work on our new-to-us Celestial 48 in Hawaii! We buckle down, beginning to prepare her for the upcoming passage to the Pacific Northwest. We sort through our sail inventory, go up the mast, organize and catalog parts and spares. ___...
Women Do the Hard Work [Adventure #167]
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Women Do the Hard Work [Adventure #167]
With Ty’s injured back, it’s time for Hillary to take over as the engine mechanic onboard! We get our heat exchanger back up and running, send Ty’s daughter, Siena, up the mast to do some work and get Varuna back in ship shape after the long passage...
TOWED After 4400 Miles [Adventure #166]
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TOWED After 4400 Miles [Adventure #166]
We’re finally at the end of our 36-day passage from Costa Rica to Hawaii… and searching for wind! Becalmed off Maui, Hillary swims with pilot whales, then with some wind finally blowing we sail right by a drifting shipping container - eek! Then, a mi...
INJURED at Sea [Adventure #165]
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INJURED at Sea [Adventure #165]
What happens when you get injured days away from help? Near the end of our ocean crossing from Costa Rica to Hawaii Ty’s back problems flair up, and then are aggravated by nearly falling off the boat! We deal with fixing a broken topping lift and Hilla...
BROKEN, 1000 Miles From Land! [Adventure #164]
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BROKEN, 1000 Miles From Land! [Adventure #164]
What happens when things break on passage when we’re well over 1,000 miles from anything?! Halfway through our 4,000+ mile passage from Costa Rica to Hawaii, we have several failures - a broken whisker pole and then a broken engine. Come see how we tro...