In today’s episode we talk about the highs and lows of sailing, and of life in general. My guests are Dev and Spandana from a Youtube channel called For Sun and Stars, and they tell me how they went from planning a two year backpacking trip to owning a sailboat. We also dive into insurance as new boat owners and what it’s like to leave successful careers behind to pursue an unknown adventure. As Dev and Spandana settled in for their cruising life in the Bahamas, they were dealt another change of plans in the shape of a serious health scare. This episode packs a lot in about 50 minutes or so and makes you reflect what’s important in life.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

📸 For Sun and Stars on Instagram

🎥 For Sun and Stars Youtube

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This week we are going all in on boat projects! 🛠 My guests are Chris and Kelly from Youtube channel Sailing Adrift and they have just recently completed a multi-year refit of their sailboat from the early 1970s. In fact, at the time of recording, they were just one week away from splashing and it was really great to chat with Chris and Kelly at this point in their journey. They had been working really, really hard, completely rebuilding the boat – and they filmed the whole thing for Youtube – and they actually didn’t have any sailing experience, so all this work was built on the idea that the sailing life will be as amazing as they think it is. So join us as we chat about how they survived the multi-year refit, what it entailed and what’s next.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

🎥 Sailing Adrift on Youtube

🖥 Sailing Adrift website

📸 Sailing Adrift on Instagram

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This week we are talking about crewing on sailboats and super yachts ⛵️🛥 My guest is author Regina Meyer, whose book Change of Course is a tale of international adventures, sailing across oceans and a bit of a memoir of Regina’s time spent living in Antigua. In this interview I ask Regina about tips for anyone interested in being crew on other people’s boats, how to avoid nasty surprises when choosing a boat to crew on, and Regina also reflects on the two sides of Antigua she experienced: living in a rural village with no electricity, and working on a $50million super yacht – all within a few miles from each other.

Check out Regina's book ⬇️ 

🖥 Regina's website reginapetrameyer.com

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Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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This week we are diving into family cruising as I chat with Kris from Sailing With Six. Kris and his wife Shona are pursuing a life less ordinary with their four kids, while sailing the world. We talk about how they collectively learned to sail, and what it was like buying a boat in Mexico - and spoiler alert, it was not as easy as you might think! Kris also has some reassuring words for anyone thinking about sailing with kids. 

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

🖥 Sailing With Six website

📸 Sailing With Six on Instagram

🎥 Sailing With Six on Youtube

⛵️ Check out Outer Passage for liveaboard sailing adventures on a trimaran ➡️ Mention the podcast for 10% off!

🟡 Let's be social!

Come check out extra content on Patreon!

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This week we are talking about big, ambitious goals. My guest is McKayla Bower, who’s preparing for a circumnavigation and she talks us through how she got to have this goal of circumnavigating, and not just that but doing it solo. In addition to this, there is a little something extra: McKayla plans to be the first transgender person to circumnavigate. We talk about what this means, and how she is preparing for this upcoming adventure.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

🖥 whoismckaylabower.com

📸 SV Swirl Instagram

🎥 Sailing SV Swirl on Youtube

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Come check out extra content on Patreon!

Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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Today we are talking about a new topic that we haven’t talked about yet, and that’s buying a brand new boat. My guests are Aron and Janet who decided to upgrade their existing Jeanneau to a brand new one. We talk about what the process for purchasing a new boat is like, what kinds of things the prospective owners can have input on, when does money exchange hands and more.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

📸 Aron and Janet Sailing on Instagram

🎥 Aron and Janet on Youtube

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Come check out extra content on Patreon!

Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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Sailing to Alaska sounds cold, exciting, scary and magical - in this episode we find out what it really is like to sail to Alaska! My guests are Sharon and Mark from Sailing Nyad, who sailed to Alaska with their young kids, two dogs and cat. This was Mark's second trip to Alaska and this episode is full of tips and advice on how to prepare for a trip like this.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

📸 Sailing Nyad on Facebook

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Come check out extra content on Patreon!

Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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We will start this season with an inspirational story of a couple who wanted to explore the world, and who went out and did just that. My guests are Warren and Erica behind the Youtube channel WE Sail. They walk us through their story of how they went from having margaritas on a beach in Mexico and getting the idea of sailing in their heads, to owning a sailboat in TWO years. So far, they’ve sailed from the Caribbean to French Polynesia and we talk about the whole boat buying process, the mistakes they made in their first year as new sailors and their trip across the Pacific.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

🎥 WE Sail on Youtube

🖥 WE Sail website

📸 WE Sail on Instagram

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Come check out extra content on Patreon!

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This week we are talking about something we haven’t talked much about yet, which is solo sailing. My guest is Cally Duncan, who also used to be a landlocked Canadian but she is currently sailing the Caribbean by herself on her Ericson 38. We talk about her journey to becoming a solo sailor, what kind of experience she had before this, and generally what has life been like in the first year of her solo sailing journey. 

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

🖥 Follow Cally and get her Captain's Log on Patreon

📸 She's the Skipper on Instagram

🟡 Let's be social!

Come check out extra content on Patreon!

Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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This week’s episode is part cautionary tale and part inspiring story about truly working hard to make the sailing dream happen and not giving up. I’m sure there are many people out there who are planning to buy a boat that requires just a little work but that’s it… and that is what my guest, David Shih thought as well.

He planned to be away from his family for maybe 4-6 weeks doing a little bit of repair work on his catamaran’s bulkheads before the family could join him. 

However, 6 weeks turned into 6 months and then almost another 6 months… This is quite the entry into sailing life and David tells how it all went down.

Links mentioned in this episode ⬇️ 

📸 David Shih on Instagram

🎥 David Shih and epic boat work videos on Youtube

🟡 Let's be social!

Come check out extra content on Patreon!

Come find me and fellow listeners on Instagram or Facebook, and let's keep the conversation going. You'll find me there as Liveaboard Sailing Podcast.

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