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We take you from Greece across the Med, across Atlantic, to the Caribbean. On a 36 foot sailboat.

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We swapped our sailboat for THIS?! 🛥️🛥️🛥️

Hello sailors! Thanks for signing up to the email list everyone! I hope this email finds you well ☕️🗞️ This week we're doing the unthinkable. Return to the water. On a motorboat. A Dutch kruiser, 11 meters long, 1m deep, 3 cabins, no mast, bowthruster, steel, heavy, slow, easy.

Find out what Carriacou is like

Find out what Carriacou is like

Hey sailor! Join us this time on our journey North! We find a weather window to evade the Caribbean Christmas winds and leave Halifax Harbor in Grenada to Tyrell Bay. It's a big relief being able to leave Grenada behind and making way to a new season of

You WON'T BELIEVE what video title we chose for this

You WON'T BELIEVE what video title we chose for this

Hey sailors! today marks 100 days since our last video upload and that we MUST celebrate with a new video. A lot has been going on in our personal lives and some things are meant to stay personal. But a day in the life of a cruiser who is cruising

Is sailing in Greece really this good?

Is sailing in Greece really this good?

Hey sailors! This week we're continuing our charter week in Greece with our new found YouTube friends! We're sailing from Mykonos to Delos where we look at ancient rocks, and buddy boat with Fair Isle to Naxos. We had a hilarious week with great people and

Why STLT is changing

Why STLT is changing

We need to share something. It's good news, no worries. Read this to find out what is happening in our brains.

How to sail Greece

How to sail Greece

Hands down one of the best and most affordable ways to enjoy the Greek islands by sailboat.

A day in the life

A day in the life

Hey guys, chances are you have seen this on YouTube already. We just haven't managed to update our website yet. Alex invested in a new MacBook and we're back online, for now. So let's keep things nice and tidy and include this real-time update

Champagne Sailing – Atlantic Crossing Part 4

Champagne Sailing – Atlantic Crossing Part 4

This is why we cross an ocean. Guys, another week another video. This week we got some of the nicest ocean sailing we've had - and we announce a special project we're working on! Liveaboard Academy is something we've been thinking about for some

Hold your breath – Atlantic Crossing Part 3

Hold your breath – Atlantic Crossing Part 3

This week we're having an intense moment mid Atlantic. Sea weed and a rogue fish disable our prop and Alex jumps in to fix it. There's one lesson. Eat the frog before you leave. We could have scrubbed the prop in Mindelo Anchorage but didn'

Tough luck – Atlantic Crossing Part 2

Tough luck – Atlantic Crossing Part 2

We keep pushing west and get bothered by squalls but rewarded with fish.

It's go time – Atlantic Crossing Part 1

It's go time – Atlantic Crossing Part 1

Here we go. The trip of our lives begins as we set sail in Mindelo, Africa.

We finally arrive in Cape Verde!

We finally arrive in Cape Verde!

Good morning/afternoon dear Sailors! This episode we finally arrive in Cape Verde. We hadn't expected the trip to turn into 3 videos, since it felt like we hadn't filmed that much. Especially I, Mandy, did not have time or energy to film. We were both

An intense trip gets even more intense – Almost in Africa

An intense trip gets even more intense – Almost in Africa

Hey dear Sailors! In this episode we have a few more hard days out there on the Atlantic ocean. Before we arrive in Cape Verde though, mother nature decides to throw us some more wind and waves. In order to keep the boat in the right direction we resort to

Out is out – Cape Verde is far away

Out is out – Cape Verde is far away

We have cast the lines and out is out. There is no way back, or is there, no, there is not.

LINES OFF!!

Hello Sailors, we finally did it! After years of preparations and 2 years of postponing our Atlantic adventure, we now finally toss the lines and start a 3000NM journey. We don't exactly have a perfect start... but we are off and that's all that counts for

Last preps for going offshore

Last preps for going offshore

Hey guys! This week, the boat is getting ready for offshore cruising. We're showing you some safety gear we carry and maintain, got a new halyard installed, and do provisioning for.. months! We're still feasting on canned lentil soup, what luxury! Thank you all for being

SAILING as a FAMILY

SAILING as a FAMILY

To be honest with you we didn’t know if we could continue the adventure. But we always approach things with a Plan-B mentality. A way to divert and have the second best adventure if Plan A doesn’t work.

WE HAD A BABY AND RETURN TO THE BOAT

WE HAD A BABY AND RETURN TO THE BOAT

Last time you saw us on YouTube we left the boat on Lanzarote to fly back home. And we did do that. We went to Germany, then went to the Netherlands, where Mandy grew up, where she gave birth to our boy Levi. We’re a family now. He’s

New Beginnings – New Crew

New Beginnings – New Crew

All good things come to an end. This week is our last sailing trip as a couple. We leave the boat and finish a big chapter of our lives. Will we return? If yes when? You won’t find out today.