Not everyday is rainbows and unicorns around here. We were hesitant to share our plans of selling everything and moving onto a boat because most of our friends and family had no idea that people did that. It was difficult to convince some of them that we weren’t headed out to sea to die. Come along as we share our experiences of what it is like to follow your dreams.

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While the dominant theme of most sailing vlogs seems to be sharing the excited first glimpses of freedom experienced by people just beginning a life afloat, we’d like to share with you the feelings and emotions of returning over a decade later to that original choice – the choice of ‘leaving all the BS behind,’ for the day to day serendipity of a life of adventure. Our goal is to show you how we got into this mess, what we learned on the way, and – above and beyond encounters with beaches and palm trees – we hope to share with you what we think it’s all worth.

Our main goal when we tied ourselves to a pier and started pouring the last of our savings into rental payments was to reconstruct our boat for a high-latitude adventure. Midway through our renovations, however, we met a couple that a lot of you may already know from their YouTube sailing channel. This couple had just purchased a fully outfitted boat that we had crossed paths with several years ago in Panama.

This new couple was just getting started on their own sailing adventure, but already had a large following and support group along for the ride. Our encounter with them got us thinking about our own strange path and it only took a nudge for us to think about what it might be like to put together our own YouTube channel: “With all the experience you guys have,” exclaimed J, “you should be making videos!” And so here we are!

For over a decade we’ve collected terabytes of photos and filled countless journals on our adventures. Until now, most of it has remained buried in our lockers. But we’ve decided that it’s time to put our story out there.

Making these videos has been more difficult than we ever could have imagined. We’d like to keep it up, but we need your help. Along with the cost of all of the equipment we’ve been purchasing and piling aboard, the production of these videos is unbelievably time/labor intensive. If you like our videos and you’d like to see more, please consider becoming a bigger part of the adventure.

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Some of our favorite places to visit have been atolls in the middle of the ocean with barely a spec of land available to sit on.

There’s something about an island that makes you relax and feel like everything is going to be okay. But what happens when you spend years exploring islands? Does the magic wear off?

Could you make your home on a deserted island and feel complete? We tested this theory and fortunately, we both came to the same realization.

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After living aboard and traveling for over a decade, we’re making some serious modifications to our floating home to make it more functional, safe and enjoyable. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss what comes next.

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Come along for the ride as we relive a close encounter with our cruising heroes, and explore the intimate details of life on board a 38′ sailboat.

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We had just sold everything in Michigan and were ready to close on our sailboat in Florida when we realized that Wilma, the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, was headed straight for the boat yard.

Come along as we relive what it was like jumping headfirst into the unknown.

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An incredible amount of new sailing vlogs share with us every day the fresh excitement of people making huge changes in their lives. We watch and wonder. Where will their adventures take them? What fortune will they find? Will it be smooth sailing – a glamorous world of beaches and bikinis? Or treachery?

Having made the change and hung on a shoestring for over a decade, we have decided to dive into the world of entertainment headfirst and we’re hoping not to end up hard aground. Come along with us and explore the ups and downs of an unconventional life – find out what might happen when you go stumbling down the path of extreme naiveté.

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