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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:
Ayla Marina, Jordan
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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 and also pick up supplies in the USA to help us cross the Pacific Ocean.
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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 QSails 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 and entered the Pacific Ocean.
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January 2018 - Got our new Ballooner from QSails.
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February 2018 was hit by an MPMA Shipping boat while on a mooring at Balboa Yacht Club in Panama. We sailed to Las Perlas Island while waiting for MPMA Shipping to make arrangements to haul out Aquarius to complete the required repairs at 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 Island, 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 lazarets, 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!! Currently making required repairs to get ready for the Indian Ocean Crossing!
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January 2020 - Reached 20K subscribers on YouTube.
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March 2020 due to COVID we did not embark on our Indian Ocean passage and first COVID lockdown spent in Thailand, Phuket.
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July 2020 due to COVID Aquarius hauled out in Thailand, Krabi Boat Lagoon
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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!
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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, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia.
