Episodes
As the build of our Vietnam, we wanted to get a Q&A session released answering the questions you may have surrounding the  build.
Published 04/04/22
Buying a boat can be a tricky process. Boat brokers can be good and bad. And your choice of broker will invariably dictate how smooth the process will be both before, during and after you have purchased. In this podcast we give you our experiences surrounding the whole boat buying process.
Published 07/29/21
Published 07/29/21
Fitting out a boat, whether it is a catamaran or monohull, new or used involves a lot of decisions. One set of decisions we all need to make relates to those items that cost a fair amount of money that we hope we never use. In this episode we discuss those "hidden items", the thought processes behind them and what we eventually decided on to keep us as safe as possible, both at sea and while docked.
Published 07/26/21
So many of you boat nerds like me are asking questions about the Ruby Rose 2 build.  As the answers are a little dry for some people, we thought we would record a series of podcasts detailing the deep dives into our choices. In this episode we discuss our anchor and chain ground tackle choices, how we made them and why we made them. Enjoy, and if you have any other nerd questions, just ask.
Published 07/22/21
In the third part of our series, we talk again to Antoine Richer, the Naval Architect at Seawind about how bow shape, hull volume and freeboard affect the performance, stability and even safety of your catamaran.For anyone thinking of buying a...
Published 10/10/20
Have you ever wondered the processes that go into designing and building a Catamaran? Maybe. Maybe not.However for those of you who are contemplating buying a new or used catamaran to sail the world, you possibly want to know how it's made, how safe is...
Published 07/21/20
Absolutely everything you need to know about electric motors on sailboats is right here, in this episode where we have an in-depth discussion with Dan and Kika from Sailing Uma about their experiences with electric motors on sailing yachts. For the...
Published 06/21/20
Life on a boat during a pandemic...Billy & Sierra (and Jetty the dog!) are fellow liveaboard cruisers, living on their catamaran and sailing around the Caribbean. When the pandemic broke out, they were anchored off an island in the Caribbean- now,...
Published 05/13/20
Behan and Jamie Gifford have been living on their 47 foot sailing yacht for over a decade with their 3 children. Over those years they have become one of the best resources on the internet for cruising with children- indeed, Behan literally wrote the...
Published 04/20/20
While we have reviewed 19 catamarans over the past year, we have never specifically discussed the features that are most important to us in a catamaran- our 'wish list' if you will. While we've made reference to the features that we'd like to see in our...
Published 04/18/20
For all 19 catamaran reviews on our YouTube channel click here. For 3 years worth of monohull sailing videos on our beautiful 38 foot monohull click here.Welcome to one of the most hotly debated topics in the sailing world: monohull or catamaran? We're...
Published 04/16/20
In this week's podcast we interview Yosh and Bonita from popular YouTube channel Sailing Nandji who are stuck on their boat in Malaysia. We also discuss their recent grounding upon a reef in Thailand and how they managed to save their boat and repair...
Published 04/07/20
In this episode we interview Elena and Ryan from popular YouTube channel, Sailing Kittiwake and discuss how they got into sailing, why they decided to go from living on a catamaran to buying a monohull (when it's usually the other way around) and why...
Published 04/07/20
How do we keep watch on Ruby Rose? What has worked best for us over the last 7 years? In this episode we discuss this and other ways we keep our boat and crew sailing safely across the oceans.
Published 03/26/20
Moving from a life on land where you see your partner/ husband/wife for only a few hours a day to living on a boat 24/7 takes some adjustment. We have seen marriages in utter meltdown, tatters, & ruins from this level of proximity. We struggled in...
Published 03/24/20
Sailing away from our corporate life was one of the best things we ever did. Brokers want to sell you a big boat. Don't listen to them! It's totally unnecessary and  we'll explain why.Honestly getting sailing for free (or almost free) is easy and it...
Published 03/18/20