What We Learned as a Couple Living Full Time on a Boat; The Good & The Bad | Harbors Unknown Ep. 25
7 months. We’ve been living aboard our catamaran Wanderlust for 7 months. If you'd like to see more of our life on board check out this playlist. htt...
Join us as we make our 630nm run to the Canaries. We finally leave Gibraltar and the crew could not be happier. This week is our 5 day cross filled with fish, dolphins, great food, sailing (of course), a few mishaps with planning, mishaps with sails, shift...
From idea to execution, building a log cabin in the woods by hand!
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This week it's all hands on deck to get our boat ready to set sail. We install our galley hatch in its new raised mount, apply Kiwi Grip to the decks, fit our new boom and stanchions. For a bit of fun we also strength test the makeshift fiberglass repair w...
Sometimes sanding drives you crazy and you just have to smash something up to make you feel like you've achieved something.
This week, in our customary battle with ever changing weather conditions, we tackle the inside of the forepeak, the sugar scoop an...
Guys, we are STARTING to see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of our massive winter to-do list!!! Our beautiful boat Penelope is looking better by the week, and we are preparing emotionally and physically for the voyage ahead as much as possible...
In this video, we're on the beautiful island of Menorca enjoying one of the coolest anchorages we've been in yet: Cala Coves. We have our friends visiting (who by the way own a beautiful Vindo 22 in Sweden). We have a rain day, so we go to this cool bar, b...
The JOY of SAILING barring incident - Doh!! Ep
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis...
Boat tour: the galley episode. Emily gives you a detailed look at all the tools, systems, and appliances we use in our tiny floating kitchen here aboard Temptress—a 1967 Creekmore 45 sailboat. Filmed in March 2021.
MY FAVORITE KITCHEN HACKS (Includes s...
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Sailboat compulsory fun - Ep 95
We have arrive...
Preparation mode activated on Zephyr, we have to get her ready for an Atlantic Crossing and what better place to do it than in Gibraltar! Cheap marina, cheap fuel and best of all you can walk back and forth between UK border and Spanish border! Fish and Ch...
From idea to execution, building a log cabin in the woods by hand!
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In episode 99, we spent the weekend up at Snug Harbor Resort & Marina on San Juan Island. We went on a whale watching tour with Maya's Legacy, an inflatable boat built by Armstrong. On our tour we cruised around Henry Island, Speiden Island and Stuart ...
Revealing our plans for resorting our yacht.
This week we detail how we see the next 12 to 18 months going and how we plan to tackle the restoration project. We're governed by various factors including the weather, work commitments, money of course and fa...
This week we get back to the boat build and install some critical equipment for the tropics--while in the middle of a freezing New England winter ; ) We are at least learning from our mistakes during two years of van life by prioritizing air flow and cooli...
EP 166: Sailing to BRAZIL! (1200nm later)
It was time to bid farewell to Ascension Island and make our way over to Brazil. Fernando de Naronha to be exact. A little island off the coast of Brazil. Although we were aware that Brazil is closed and we could ...
The truth about what its like to sell off nearly everything you own (including your home) and moving onto a 40 ft sailboat. Join us as we say goodbye to lots of memories as we begin our newest adventure on the sea.
LIVING on a SAILBOAT FAR AWAY from large centers of civilization gives us the option of taking ourselves "out of the equation". With case counts rising in the more populated areas of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we take advantage of our life style and ...
New Crew Joins Zephyr! This is an exciting episode with two Spanish brothers joining us aboard Zephyr. Hopefully they stay with us and cross the Atlantic with us! We love having crew that is as excited as us to sail...and these brothers fit the bill all to...
The Vision 444 is a brand new to the market performance cruising catamaran in the mid-40 foot range that I believe is a strong competitor to what's currently out there. Built in South Africa, she's not only pretty, practical, livable, and sailable, but she...
Welcome to Episode 19 of our series about resorting our abandoned steel sailing yacht.
This week Melissa is working hard with a little help from Jack to remove all the hatches on the coach roof, we also decide that they really do need replacing!
We are A...
It’s work work work aboard zephyr lately. We worked hard and also made some big improvements for Zeph! My family came down for a quick visit and they also brought down our brand new tender! Wow 🤩 it is beyond spectacular! It’s also our first stay in...
In this episode of Towards the Adventure, our crew spends 20 hours putting shrink wrap on our boat, as we await a winter storm. The winds pick up earlier than expected, and we end up putting a hole in the boat's shrink-wrap. Our tiny home on the water will...
This is the first non-sailboat we've ever featured. If you like this video, we can always do more boats like this. We're also going to quickly get back to sailboats if this one just doesn't do it for you because there aren't any sails. I thought this vesse...
Welcome to Episode 18 of our series about resorting our abandoned sailing yacht.
This week we pickup our amazing new welder from Lincoln Electric, also finally buy some steel to start cutting and welding and fabricating and Melissa works like an absolute m...
EP 164: fishin' in my pyjamas on remote islands
After our 700nm journey from St Helena.. we had arrived in Ascension. Luckily for us the island hasn't been closed.. but it required a lot of paperwork to get on. Covid Medical Insurance.. that covered for ...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we make a lot of progress. Davy gets the peeler back out and reveals two large damages. One is 11ft long on the starboard side. We have been hesitate to do these repairs until now due to having too much weight on t...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
SAILING LIFE BOAT WORK WATER AND GAS
Sailing l...
We get skunked on wind 💨 and to make matters worse our auto pilot decides to pack it in leaving Sicily so it’s a hand steering kind of job the rest of the way. The night time shifts are hard work 😓 . We arrive into Cagliari, Sardinia and meet a coo...
From idea to execution, building a log cabin in the woods by hand!
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BOAT LIFE: A Day in the Life. Today we show you a day in the life onboard our sailboat Unforgettable. We love the simple life aboard and it was fun to shoot a whole day for you guys, there's a bit of boat work as cleaning the hull, swimming in clear waters...
Welcome to the 17th episode of Season 2
Is the whole front end of our boat rusted beyond repair? In this episode we tear our the forepeak to examine the state of the steel behind the forward collision bulkhead to see how far back the rust in the anchor l...
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