Our sailing adventure begins after new crew gets deported and we travel to St. Kitts to rescue her! Mechanical problems, evil tarpon fish, and some of the most beautiful conditions we've ever seen make this rescue mission one to remember.
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In this episode we learn first hand what hobbyhorsing means with regard to catamarans but we do get some good winds and good sailing in in spite of the waves. This is the third part of the footage of our week sailing with Mike & Lauren (& London) o...
On the morning of October 9th, 2016 as we sailed within Fiji, we crossed over 178° 50.275E. That officially marked our arrival halfway around the world from La Rochelle, France! We were pretty proud of that accomplishment and still can't believe how luc...
Believe it or not this was our first time both sleeping at anchor and getting around on a dinghy! This is the second part of the footage of our week sailing with Mike & Lauren (& London) of SV Unspoken. If you've not seen it already they have their...
We go out with a bang in our last days in Hawaii. First we go to one of Maui's funnest traditions, the Sunday drum circle at Little Beach where we watch some fire dancing, do some body painting, and enjoy a stellar sunset. Then we dive the famous Cathedr...
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In Tonga, we got to experience one of the most amazing things we've ever done in our lives: swim with humpback whales. We'd organized a tour with a local dive company (it's illegal to swim with them on your own) and got incredibly lucky as we found a moth...
We've been really busy with non-sailing related stuff, but Jordan found some time to do something he's always wanted to do - take the boat out for a solo sail.
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We traveled the entire Atlantic ICW from Norfolk to Miami aboard our trusty Endeavour 32 sailboat the S/V Sandflea!
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Turns out that these winter "Northers" are no joke. Persistent, strong winds for days and days on end ...
After enjoying a great beach bonfire with other cruisers in Port Maurelle, Tonga, it was time to go explore more of the Vava'u group. We started out with a bit of on the water exploration via kayak and an amazing snorkel. But what really impressed us was...
Our good friend comes out to take some moisture reading on our bulkheads, since we determined that the boat had flooded in the past. We also install a conduit, clean up some electrical, and do some testing with some foam-backed vinyl headliner from Sailrit...
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Where did we meet? Where are we from? What do we do for jobs? Why are we buying a boat? We answer these and some other common questions we get. We give an update ...
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It's not all sunshine and roses when you own a sailboat. This week we do some sanding, fail at trying to remove some adhesive, and that's about it!
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This week we sew a new bimini cover with sunbrella fabric from Sailrite, then go for a sail down to Pine Key (Beer Can Island) to get some kiteboarding in! It's been a long time since Jordan's been able to kiteboard so he's really happy to get back out on ...
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Sailing Vlog - This Jan 1st of 2017 we sailed with new friends Jason & Kim. Check out their boat, SV Mimzy at: https://www.facebook.com/svmimzy/
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Happy New Year! This week we squeeze four people overnight into a 27 foot boat as we sail out to the mouth of the manatee river during a cold front. We catch and cook our dinner that night and sail back upwind to Tampa in 20 knots.
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We sail from Bimini to the Berry Islands and do a little island hoping and exploring before we set off to Nassau.
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This week we finish up our Sailrite mainsail kit and get it on the boat. We then rip out some more carpet headliner. Finally we get back on the water and motor down to Beer Can Island to clean the bottom of our boat while a pod of dolphins follow us. On th...
This episode we continue with ongoing boat projects, including installing the CDI mainsail reefing system, ripping out our carpet headliner, and sewing our new main sail. We also get a brand new Mast Mate to help us climb the mast in the future.
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We get back our rudder pintles and reinstall our rudder with new tiller. We also go check out the St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show to get some ideas for our future boat.
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This week we work on installing our new CDI mainsail reefing system and get invited to go sailing on a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40! We want to thank Mike and Lauren of S/V Unspoken for the awesome day sail!
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We sew a brand new genoa for our boat from a Sailrite kit.
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As we continue with the carpet headliner removal, our rudder from Rudder Craft arrives in the mail!
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I rip out some of the old carpet headliner in our O'day 272 while waiting for our rudder to arrive in the mail.
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Can't believe we're already on episode 10! Although our mast is up, we're still rudderless, so I decided to do some club racing while Somnium is out of temporarily out of commission.
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This is the final episode of the four part series of our standing rigging replacement.
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We prepare our boat for Hurricane Matthew, and watch the chaos around the marina as others prepare as well.
After the storm has left and we can get back to boat work, we go to work on adding maple to our cabin sole. Then we finish up with a Q&A of som...
This week we remove our chain plates and tour SECO South while picking up our new standing rigging.
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We finally properly name Somnium, just in time for the mast to come down. This is part 1 of a series of episodes where we will be replacing Somnium’s standing rigging.
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