This is our review of the new Seawind 1600 catamaran!
For more: http://yachtrubyrose.com/seawind-1600-a-comprehensive-review/
We are starting our search for Ruby Rose 2 and are going to compare and rate every catamaran we see over 5 separate criteria. ...
We still haven't been able to find the correct gas pipe for the stove to replace the old one with, so we take the ferry into Valletta for a little expedition.
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 in to oarsome Bluewater v stillwater
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This week we head back out to Hook Island for some rest and relaxation after having entertained the family and our friend, AB, over the previous 2 weeks. We enjoy an incredible sunset, have a sensational return to Airlie Beach under fully reefed sails and ...
With all major boat works finished, we finally start cruising around the Caribbean Islands.Whilst still on the Island of Saint John (U.S. Virgin Islands) we head into Cruz Bay and do a beautiful hike around the headland.
We sail around to a beautiful bay...
What does a live-aboard blue water cruiser look like? We have had lots of requests to see more of our yacht 'Florence', so come aboard and have a look around. We have lived aboard her for 3 years now, sailing double handed across 2 Oceans on our around the...
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
Bluewater sailing boat for sale + facial tatoo ...
Join us this week as we explore the Whitsundays back in our wee sailboat with our friend Annabel aboard! Expect spectacular scenery, fantastic sailing, wildlife encounters, beautiful sunsets, a little bit of free range foraging, oyster tequila slammers and...
Zephyr is back in the water and we sail the Anegada Passage from Sint Maarten to Norman Island in the BVI's.
Hope you enjoy the video!
https://www.sailingzephyr.com
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Sailing secret remote and off grid New Zealand
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Join us as Pascale introduces you to her family whilst we charter a catamaran in the Whitsundays. We go sailing, catch a black tip shark for dinner and dive the fringing corals of Windy Bay. We also have an amazing encounter: swimming with, and feeding, Gi...
In this weeks episode, we take a short break to explore Sint Maarten, Nats has a crack at splicing line, we join a Venezuelan family for a Sunday meal and we finish off some much needed upgrades to our power systems.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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Even though the mast is back up and we’re officially a sailboat again(!), we’ve got a scary long list of boat projects to complete before we can leave the dock in Mobile, Alabama.
In this video we bend the sails back on, replace the kitchen plumbing, ...
SAILING amazing REMOTE New Zealand ISLANDS
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
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After weeks of boat works, the main event arrives. We take you through the journey of our mast build and install, as well as some other much needed upgrades.
This episode marks the end of the major boat works and takes Natalie and I from owning a 43' moto...
Well, the refit of Freebie has taken way longer and cost way more money that we originally figured, who would've thought? We decided that for the next year we're going to finish Freebie for cruising while living in a small apartment 500 feet from the boat ...
How much does it cost to cruise? We give the financial details for sailing our Leopard 46 catamaran in the Caribbean and sheltering for hurricane season. First, we go through the monthly budget, then we tell you how we afford to do this.
iTunes Podcast: h...
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 with Bear Grylls
This week we say goodb...
Join us this week as we challenge the boat and ourselves with a 19hr motor from Tortola to Sint Maarten, check out the Heineken Regatta, make a much needed upgrade to our tender and the first of our big boat works projects gets underway.
Hope you enjoy t...
We put the mast back up and we’re pretty dang stoked about it. The electrical is reconnected, the boom goes back on, and Kirk takes a stab at tensioning our standing rigging himself. Soulianis is finally feeling more like a sailboat again.
Hope you enjo...
This video is a little different. We show you how it's possible to stay healthy even on a small sailboat. We did a 4 day Detox / Juice cleanse. You can remain healthy even while living in a tiny home. We share with you our ups and downs as the withdrawal f...
Previous - searching for this boat: https://youtu.be/LC8Q4oN2kjs
Previous - converting charter to cruiser: https://youtu.be/izMqIfbj3_A
This is a tour of our 2009 Leopard 46 catamaran. We bought her from Moorings and spent well over a $110K fixing her up a...
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
Bluewater terrorism.
This week, curtesy of Bruc...
This week we take some time off from the boat works and head down to Trellis Bay in Tortola to enjoy the full moon party and catch up with some friends. We fly over to Virgin Gorda and take in the amazing scenery and go for a snorkel in The Baths.
We dec...
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 superman.
Being back in NZ is a win win...
Join us this week as we untie the lines at Townsville Marina after a 2 month refit of Mirrool. We sail away not knowing exactly where we will end up but using the gift of favourable northerly winds we sail to the beautiful Whitsundays. It's good to finally...
Awhile back we decided we wanted to use the v-berth solely as storage, however that soon proved to be a mistake. Although sleeping on the main salon pull-out settee worked for a while, It was very inconvenient to not have a dedicated sleeping area on the b...
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 Bay of IslandsHello there Cruising Kiwi...
We fly to the BVI's and move aboard our sailboat Zephyr.
https://www.sailingzephyr.com
We take the leap and buy a boat in the BVI's. We sell everything we own, pack up our lives and fly to the BVI's where we move aboard our sailboat Zephyr!
We begin get...
Ooo this has been a long time coming… We make it to SALTWATER! After leaving the freshwater of Lake Michigan and traveling 1300 miles down the rivers (Mississippi and all the rest!), we’ve made it to the Gulf of Mexico!
Finally it’s time to turn our...
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER - Sailing catch clean cook
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
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For today's Casual Friday video we're taking you along with us on a quick little trip to Key West.
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Not-A-Broke...
Right now we're living in clutter. The goal of these next couple months is to fix that, and that starts with adding useful storage areas in our boat.
Having a place to store things isn't enough on a cruising boat. Those storage places have to also be sec...
Sailing FREE with Orca in the BAY OF ISLANDS
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
W...
We’ve become pretty comfortable with our life on the river. Each morning, once we’re underway, Kirk takes the helm and I make breakfast in the galley. Then we switch back and forth with steering, giving each other a chance to get something done. One af...
Ylva and I sail north, cross the equator into the northern hemisphere and spend an incredible week anchored nearly alone at Wayag Island. Wayag is very remote, almost impossibly beautiful, the water is very clear and the beaches are empty.
We get to know ...
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