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Starry Horizons v2.0: New Boat vs Refit???
It's decision making time! Starry Horizons is approaching 8 years old and has sailed around the world. Is it time for a new boat? Is it time for an almost entire refit? We've got lots to discuss so come join us and see what plans we have for Starry Hor...
5 Things I Wish I’d Known BEFORE Cruising
For the opposing view, here are 5 things that Amy wishes she had known BEFORE we set off on our sail around the world. What do you think of her list vs David's? Let us know! If you haven't already, you can see David's list here: https://youtu.be/DeVzZ6A...
Build a Cruiser’s Library
Today we're talking about all the books that helped us maintain our boat, helped plan passages, fueled the cruising dream, helped us with medical emergencies and so much more. These are the books that have been important enough to remain on our limited sh...
The 9 BEST UPGRADES for a Blue Water Boat
It takes some work to turn a boat into a true blue water cruiser. This week we'll cover our nine favorite upgrades that helped us sail safely and comfortably around the world. ================ Table Of Contents ================ 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Ancho...
SAIL ACROSS AN OCEAN EP4 + Tech tips about autopilots on a performance cruising catamaran.
Join us whilst we sail Jupiter2, a performance cruising catamaran, from Indonesia towards Africa, as we sail across the Indian ocean. We discuss the lessons we learned, dealing with the big waves of the Indian ocean, including vital gear failures. Don't mi...
Searching For Leopards In Wilpattu National Park – Ep. 130
To wrap up our time in Sri Lanka, we went searching for leopards in the absolutely gorgeous Wilpattu National Park. As the apex predator in Sri Lanka, they're pretty chill about hanging out on the ground, but even still, they're hard to find! Even if you...
Riding The Most Beautiful Train In The World – Ep. 129
The iconic blue train ride from Kandy to Ella in Sri Lanka is one of the most scenic train rides in the world. So of course we had to check it out for ourselves and see if it was worth the hype. IT WAS! Taking the train allowed us to tour the mountain...
That’s A LOT Of Stairs At Sigiriya Rock! – Ep. 128
We continue exploring Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle with a hike up the imposing Sigiriya rock (all 1,200 stairs!), take a tuk-tuk tour around the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, visited the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (aka The Golden Temple of Dambulla) and ...
Exploring Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle – Ep. 127
Cruising as we're used to isn't really allowed in Sri Lanka as there are very limited ports you can stop at. Instead, we decided to use Trincomalee as a base to explore inland, something we rarely get to do! With our friends Kimi and Trevor from s/v Slow...
Starting Our Indian Ocean Crossing: Sailing To Sri Lanka – Ep 126
The Indian Ocean is big. It's daunting. It can throw wicked storms at you out of nowhere. But in order to sail around the world, we had to sail cross it. The first step in that journey was sailing from Phuket, Thailand over to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. ...
Let’s Explore Phi Phi Island – Ep. 124
Up to this point, most of our time in Thailand had been spent in boatyards. And that's not exactly how we pictured spending our time in SE Asia. So with the boatwork (finally!) finished, we set out to do a more thorough exploration of Phi Phi Island. Th...
We Need To Get Out Of The Boatyard – Ep. 123
We'd been having a pretty rough time lately, with a bad haul-out, followed by hitting a reef which necessitated another haul-out only a few weeks later. So when my sister wanted to plan a trip to Thailand, we were absolutely thrilled to have a good excuse...
Finally Time To Have Some Fun In Thailand! – Ep. 121
Our arrival into Thailand didn't go so well but with the holidays coming up and a visit from my brother on the horizon, we knew that Thailand would turn itself around! To celebrate Christmas, we managed to once again meet up with Carlos from 22 South, thi...
Our WORST Haul Out Yet – Ep. 120
It had to happen sometime... Thus far, all our haul outs had gone smoothly and easily. But this experience hauling out at PSS Shipyard in Satun, Thailand was our worst one yet. We managed to fix the leaking through-hull that was the reason for the haul ...
Sharing the Realities of Cruising Life in Langkawi – Ep. 119
Having guests visit is always a blast, especially when those guests are so interested in the realities of cruising life. Our friends Denitsa and Niki actually VOLUNTEERED (well... one of them volunteered the other) to help out with boat projects. I coul...
Motoring Up The Malacca Straits – Ep. 118
Disclaimer... ships in camera are much closer than they appear! In order to continue our Southeast Asia adventures, we had to make our way up the notorious Malacca Straits. This meant we were once again tangling with the big ships, with the added compli...
Dodging Big Ships into Singapore – Ep. 117
After 100 days in Indonesia, it was time to finally leave the country. But in order to do that, we had to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world... the Singapore Straits! We'd spent days watching a constant stream of ships and knew a good p...
Turning Pollywogs into Shellbacks! – Ep. 115
Sailing across the equator is special moment. It's even more special when you cross with friends who have never done it before, aka Pollywogs! We had become Shellbacks (sailors who've crossed the equator) on our way to the Galapagos way back in 2016. So...
Closing In On The Equator! – Ep. 114
The countdown is on! Our latitude is getting closer and closer to zero as we approach the equator for the second time on our circumnavigation! Of course, to get there, we had to work for it. The winds close to the equator are incredibly light, but someh...
Waterspouts and Traffic Jams – Ep. 113
Sailing in Indonesia is always an adventure. If we're not dodging fishing boats and FADs, apparently we need to keep an eye out for waterspouts! We had a couple water spouts form way too close for comfort on our sail over to Belitung. Fortunately, we es...
Meeting the People of the Forest in Borneo – Ep. 112
In Malay, orang means "person" and utan is derived from hutan, meaning "forest." So orangutan is literally translated as "person of the forest." Orangutans are the only great apes of Asia and there was no way were were going to pass up seeing them while ...
The Hazards of Sailing in Indonesia – Ep. 111
It's time for some real talk. Sailing in Indonesia is not very fun or very easy. And here's why: There are fish attraction devices (FADs) everywhere, including in extremely deep water, they don't have lights and you can't see them on radar. And if you'...
Let’s Get Wet in Bali! – Ep 110
What's not to love about Bali? It really does have it all. We had some good sailing, went and dove a WWII wreck, hiked some secret waterfalls, visited a Balinese temple on a lake, flew a drone over some gorgeous rice fields and celebrated Amy's birthday....
Gentlemen Really Shouldn’t Sail to Weather – Ep 109
A word of advice. It's perhaps not the best idea to take two ladies on a sailing passage that turns into a tough upwind bash. Especially when it's the first time one of them has ever sailed overnight! Our friend Sara had a flight to catch on the island ...
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