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We left California January 2017 for a journey around the world...
It was September 2015 over our random Tuesday Sushi Dinner we fantasized about backpacking together around the world for a year. To do this we planned to quit our jobs, and rent our home in Encinitas, a small beach town 25 miles North of San Diego. Over the next two years the plans evolved, and changed, a sailboat was added, and to afford this, we would have to sell our home.
It took us just 2 years since the initial idea. We sold our home, minimized our belongings, bought Aquarius, and finally moved aboard her on January 28, 2017. Since then we’ve been living a completely different lifestyle than previously accustomed. A life on the sea where weather and waves dictate our every move. That random idea over dinner had become reality.
Current Location:
France, Mediterranean Sea
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Our Milestones:
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January 2017 - Moved aboard Aquarius in Martinique.
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February 2017 - Added solar, wind generator, replaced the batteries and standing rigging. OMG, so much to learn!
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March 2017 to June 2017 - Sailed Aquarius North to BVI’s then South Trinidad & Tobago to end of Season 1. We left Aquarius on the hard at Powerboats, in Trinidad to visit family and friends.
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June 2017 to September 2017 - At Powerboats we got a new bimini top, covers, bottom paint, and a ton of other work was completed on Aquarius. We also received our new sails September 2017!!
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September 2017 to November 2017 - Sailed to Granada, ABC’s, Columbia and down to Panama. And destroyed our ballooner sail in the process!
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December 31, 2018 - Transited Panama Canal into the Pacific Ocean.
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January 2018 - Got our new Ballooner sail.
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February 2018 was hit by an MPMA Shipping boat while on a mooring at Balboa Yacht Club in Panama. The damage was repaired in Flamenco Marina Panama.
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March 2018 sailed to Salinas Ecuador, then started the Pacific crossing to French Polynesia.
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March 2018 finished our 21 day Pacific Ocean crossing
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March 2018 to October 2018 sailed through the Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Islands, Cooks, Tonga, then down under to New Zealand. Finished Season 2 with over 10,000 NM sailed!
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October 2018 - Arrived in New Zealand.
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October 2018 to January 2019 - Sailed around the Bay of Islands, and then South to Port Whangarei, where put Aquarius on the hard
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February 2019 to March 2019 - Repaired Aquarius, rebuilt the bow thruster, fiberglassed the front lazaretes, and new bottom paint.
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March 2019 - Sailed Aquarius South to Auckland, and cruised through the Islands in the Hauraki Golf. Then sailed North to Opua to wait for a weather window to cross to Fiji. Then Sailed to Fiji.
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April 2019 Reached 10,000 YouTube channel subscribers
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April 2019 to July 2019 - Sailed through Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and then through the Torres Strait and on to Indonesia.
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June 2019 - Created PATREON account - Support us!
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July 2019 to September 2019 - Sailed the islands of Indonesia.
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August 2019 HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD!
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October 2019 - Visited Singapore, and visited family and friends in Las Vegas and San Diego. Finished Season 3 with over 20,000 NM sailed!
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November 2019 to January 2020- Sailed North through Malaysia, and checked out of Malaysia in Langkawi.
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January 2020 - Sailed North to Phuket, and found our Volvo Penta engine needed a lot of repair!!
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January 2020 - Reached 20K subscribers on YouTube.
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March 2020 - COVID :( Lockdown in Thailand, Phuket. July 2020 Aquarius hauled out in Thailand, Krabi Boat Lagoon.
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July 2020 upgraded to Lithium (LiFePO4) Batteries - GAME CHANGER!
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December 2021 we come back to Aquarius and splashed it Dec. 24th
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Left Thailand for Maldives on January18th, 2022
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February 2022 arrived to Maldives and joined First Maldives Yacht Rally
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March 2022 we sailed to Seychelles!
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April 2022 we finished Indian Ocean crossing arriving to Tanga, Tanzania. AFRICA MAN!
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Arriving to Africa we are 3/4 around the world. WOOHOO!
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Started Season 6 and left Africa, sailed to Socotra - Yemen, later Djibouti. After that via The Red Sea - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.
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Eve of New 2023 we transited Suez Canal - exactly 4 years later after transiting Panama canal!
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Since then sailing in The Mediterranean: Greece, Turkey, back to Greece, Croatia, Italy, Monaco and now in France about to take off to Spain!
