We are now 40 months away from cutting ties with our work life and beginning a new phase of our adventure aboard our boat. Our plan is still mostly intact; thankfully, it survived the 2020 chaos by...

We are now 40 months away from cutting ties with our work life and beginning a new phase of our adventure aboard our boat. Our plan is still mostly intact; thankfully, it survived the 2020 chaos by...
What is weather helm and how to fix it in a catamaran? Although most sailors understand whether helm and how to fix it, the underlying causes of weather helm in a catamaran and the reasons why common...
Welcome to what we hope to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date Lagoon 42 catamaran review on the interwebs. We manage the Facebook Lagoon 42 owners’ group and are the owners of Blue Buddha...
Here are some basic tips for sail trimming on our Lagoon 42 catamaran Blue Buddha. Although some of these tips are unique to the Lagoon 42 sail configuration, they apply to most cats with aft mast...
One of the major benefits of having a boat in a charter company (Dream Yacht Charters) is the ability to use any sister sailboat, in any of their bases around the world. We have been trying to...
Nestor grew up in the middle of the Andes mountains, several hundred miles from the nearest ocean. He has lived his life in cycles, with stints in music, film, academia, and entrepreneurship. Yet, a constant in his life has been a deep passion for the ocean and an ever-growing need to visit distant lands and experience other cultures. He is an avid sailor, a decent vegan cook, and a reliable long distance campervan driver.
Yolanda grew up in a suburban Michigan town and came of age in the Hardcore/Punk scene of greater Detroit. Her interest in travel began with road trips to music fests & blossomed after a trip to Europe with her grandmother at age 16. Later, she got her Doctorate and built a career as a physical therapist. Her non-professional life has been as adventure-filled as Nestor’s. After her early days of kickboxing and punk rock, she became a serious tattoo collector, a runner, a rock climber, and now a sailor.
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