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Visiting the San Juan Island Boaters Love the Most

Our sailboat family of four head to Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands. I've been there as a teenager, but haven't been back since. Most boaters we've talked to admit, while this island is always busy over the summer, it's still their favorite destination to cruise to. It really is incredible. In this video we are stopping by Sucia before we head south for the winter. Well, south as in Port Townsend - still in the Puget Sound. We're still getting comfortable with our new boat while cruising the Salish Sea. Our boys are homeschooled - with some help from a[...]

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Our Family Visits Cypress Island in the San Juan Islands

Our family of four visit Cypress Island, part of the San Juan Islands in the Puget Sound. Our boat is a 41ft motorsailer that we completed the purchase of in mid-August 2021. This is our third outing, jumping off to the islands from Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham. We experience our first story day on the boat, prior to heading out for the weekend. A small craft advisory in the evening kept us at the slip until the next morning. At the time we thought it was pretty windy. Port Townsend would teach us that was nothing. A beautiful, busy day out on the water,[...]

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Casting off for the San Juan Islands as New Boat Owners

San Juan Islands

In this video our family of four heads off for the first time on our new to us 41 ft ketch in the American Pacific Northwest. Find out where we cast off to! The kids started school, doing conferences over Zoom. We were ready to get off the dock as a family for Labor Day weekend, after being approved for insurance. Our plan was to leave for anchorage on Friday night, but ended up pushing it to the next morning. Trip #1 Clark Island Saturday morning we stopped for a diesel top off for the first time. We thought it was pretty expensive. We’re now i[...]

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We Bought a Boat While on Vacation

We closed on our sailboat while on vacation in California. The kids had summer camps and we had plans to be on sandy beaches. This video shares what we did while waiting for paperwork to be completed. We feel very grateful for being able to have had this experience together. Most of the music I place in our videos are songs we were listening to during the time of filming whatever we were doing. Or, I find music that is acceptable for Youtube monetization using stock music that fits the profile of music. I love that the music in this video attaches to their cor[...]

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Day in the Life of our Liveaboard Family Celebrating Christmas

We're a family of four on a sailboat living aboard while doing homeschool and working. While I'm working on a video of how we bought the boat while on vacation, I'm sharing a real time video of getting into the Christmas spirit here onboard.

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Family of Four Sells Everything to Sail the PNW

Our family of four has moved aboard our 1989 Seafinn 411 here in the Pacific Nortwest. In this video you will see us selling our house, finding our boat, and a quick glimpse of what it was like moving through the process of purchasing our first sailing vessel to become a sailing family. I've watched trawler and sailing channels like Sailing Zatara (who I mention in the video), SV Delos, Sailing La Vagabonde, Gone with the Wynns, and The Wandering Knapps. Plus, I have the stories and DVDs of my husband's family travel experience living aboard in the 90s, but n[...]