We've Been SAILING With Our EYES WIDE SHUT
We’ve been sailing the Pacific Ocean with our eyes wide shut, without a radar, for four months. Hit by unexpected squalls at night, not knowing which way they’re headed. Today that all changes, but not without a few bumps along the way.
This CHANGES EVERYTHING!
What you’re about to see changes everything for us. Over the past 8 months we’ve hand steered our catamaran almost 5,000 nm but hopefully that is about to end…
TESTING THE LIMITS of Sailing the Tuamotus
Sailing flat water lagoons, diving with sharks, admiring beautiful coral, wandering pink sand beaches, eating from the land and sea; our time sailing the Tuamotus has been amazing and these islands are quite possibly our favorite cruising destination yet. But it seems we’ve tempted fate and lingered in paradise a bit too long…
NAVIGATING Tuamotu's TRICKY Passes 😱🌊⛵️
The beauty, freedom and sense of discovery in the Tuamotus is addicting but sailing between atolls and navigating the passes to access the lagoons and their underwater world can be quite tricky.
From SAILING PARADISE to Near FATAL DISASTER
Walking on pink sand beaches, snorkeling beautiful reels, diving with sharks + 1,000’s of grouper suddenly turned into disaster. Watch now to see what happened!
Sailing the DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO with DELOS 😬⛵️
We’re sailing 175 miles from Raroia to Fakarava in the Tuamotus, which is a bit tricky as we have to plan to traverse each pass at slack tide and navigate around hard to see bommies once inside the lagoon.
SURVIVING on Coconuts and Crab?! OFF-GRID Boat Life
Could you survive on coconuts and crab? If you were stuck in a remote atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that may be your only option.
NEAR GALE Sailing Conditions! Our ROUGHEST PASSAGE Yet Sailing Marquesas to Tuamotus
We’re sailing 400 miles to the Tuamotus, a group of coral atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but circumnavigators have stated this was the worst passage of their entire world voyage and unfortunately this trip turns out to top our worst journey list as well…
SAILING the South Pacific WITH A DOG - Requirements for French Polynesia
We were hesitant to sail across the Pacific with Yoda because we'd heard it was VERY difficult to import a dog to French Polynesia. But after extensive research and chatting with others we decided it was feasible.
Ten Things WE WISH WE KNEW BEFORE LIVING on a SAILBOAT
If we knew these ten things BEFORE living on a boat we would have been better prepared, saved money, had fewer headaches, and more fun!
We Sailed to the Marquesas Best Anchorage…Finally!
Most of the anchorages we’ve dropped our hook in the Marquesas have been challenging. Very deep, rocky bottom and crowded. But we have finally found what is probably the best anchorage in this archipelago.
Why We REGRETTED SAILING Back to Hiva Oa 😳
This week we are sailing back to Hiva Oa, have a little hiccup along the way and upon arrival we realize there’s a reason for the anchorage’s terrible reputation.
SEAWIND 1600 CATAMARAN 3 Yr Review - Joy or Regret?
We’ve been sailing + living on our Seawind 1600 catamaran for 3 years and wanted to share an honest review of our experience after purchasing a new boat, working through the warranty issues, what we’ve learned, loved, and what we would have done differently.
PARLAY REVIVAL Takes Me to a HIDDEN 200ft WATERFALL!
Parlay Revival and David Shih take me to a HIDDEN 200FT WATERFALL in Fatu Hiva but first we have to sail 50nm there from Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
3 HARSH REALITIES of SAILING in Paradise Ep. 109
Uncomfortable anchorages, difficult shore access, and sometimes BUGS are challenges we have to face living on a boat in the remote Marquesas islands. So we devised a plan to make life easier, or so we thought…
REMOTE ISLAND Boat Life - What You Need to Succeed! Ep. 108
This week we're sharing what you need to know to succeed at boat life in remote islands. It's not necessarily what you think and anyone with the right mindset can do it!
DON'T LIVE ON A BOAT Unless You Can Handle This | Ep. 106
It’s no secret boats require constant maintenance and repairs, but there is one area we dread working on and in this episode it rears its ugly head.
Epic REMOTE ISLAND! Sailors FIRST IMPRESSION After 33 Days at Sea | Ep. 105
After 33 days at sea sailing across the Pacific Ocean we couldn’t wait to go to shore to check out our new backyard, and take care of logistics like checking in, getting money, provisioning and refueling.
We HAND STEERED Our CATAMARAN 3,000 NM to Sail to French Polynesia Ep. 104
Hand steering for 3,000 nm across the Pacific is something no sailor wants to face but here we are.
What is LIFE AT SEA Really Like??- SAILING Across the Pacific Pt. 4 Ep. 103
The reality of sailing across the Pacific is that some days are amazing with fish jumping all around and beautiful sailing. Other days there are squalls on the horizon, lines chafing and parts breaking.