In this episode, Shaun & Julia are back on sv I'm Easy for the first time after a long winter break. We take off I'm Easy's winter jacket, tackle some initial boat projects, and clean the boat in preparation of the sail south!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia continue working through their list of boat projects and visit a local cafe to keep warm! Spring is here!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia continue working through their list of boat projects and do some fishing on a gorgeous day as a high blows through!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia do some more boat projects, try starting the engine after a long winter's nap, and take it to the skies!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia prevent the boat from sinking and run another hose through the bilge!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia address some steering issues, give I'm Easy a bath, and tackle some leaks on the boat!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia get the mast up, fix the steaming light, and get I'm Easy all ready for her first sail of the season!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia install their new Raymarine ST2000 Auto Tiller and take I'm Easy out for a shakedown sail!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia take I'm Easy out for it's first passage and make the best of some engine troubles!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia press on to make it to Tobermory and run into some more engine troubles along the way! They arrive in Tobermory just in time for the celebration of the Chi-Cheemaun Festival!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia try figuring out what the heck is wrong with our engine cooling system and prepare the boat for their longest passage yet...across Lake Huron!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia head out on their longest passage yet - across Lake Huron! Some more engine issues and an unexpected storm force them to take shelter in Port Elgin and Kincardine before continuing south.
In this episode, Shaun & Julia sail the rest of Lake Huron and fight their way through the St. Claire River to arrive at the very tranquil anchorage of the Basset Channel.
In this episode, Shaun & Julia sail across Lake St. Claire and I'm Easy touches American soil for the first time!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia sail down the Detroit River, hit some choppy seas on the way out and taste Lake Erie water for the first time!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia sail to Leamington, taste some of the local wine, and relax on the beach!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia celebrate Shaun's birthday by hiking to the southern-most point of Canada and then sail on to Erieau!
In this episode, Shaun & Julia continue on through Erieau and Port Glasgow and are visited by a sailing apparition at night!
In this episode, take a look at life aboard I'm Easy as we get our first Patreon crew member and make the passage from Port Glasgow to Port Burwell.
In this episode, we say goodbye to Mike as Julia re-joins the crew of sv I'm Easy and we continue sailing east to Port Dover.
In this episode, we finally leave Canada and the Great Lakes behind for good as we cross over to the U.S. and prepare to enter the Erie Canal!
In this episode, we finally get everything we need to pass through the Erie Canal! Yee haw!!
In this episode, we haul I'm Easy out of the water and start prepping her for the transition to salt water!
We finally finish the last few projects to get I'm Easy ready for salt water, move aboard I'm Easy full time and start heading down the Erie Canal for Florida!! Woo!!!!
We continue down the Erie Canal, have some beautiful weather and visit our favourite stop on the canal!
We run into some eerily thick fog as we continue down the Erie Canal with winter hot (or cold??) on our heels!!
In this episode, we stop by the picturesque town of Little Falls and pass through the final 18 locks as we finish the Erie Canal!
In this episode, we start heading down the Hudson River, pass through the Troy Lock, see a bald eagle, and become a sailboat again as we hoist I'm Easy's mast!
In this episode, we continue troubleshooting the engine, take a tour of Kingston's charming waterfront, and are forced to make an incredibly difficult decision.
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We are liveaboards again!! SV Nemea gets her first splash down and we tour Quebec City one last time before venturing out onto the Saint Lawrence River!
We get a little more comfortable on sv Nemea, make our way sailing down the St. Lawrence River, en route to Bahamas, and have a birthday bash for Julia in Trois Rivieres!!
We sail Nemea out of the St. Lawrence, and start heading south through the locks on the Richelieu Canal!
We finally cross the U.S. border and continue on our voyage south to Bahamas, sailing through Lake Champlain and the Champlain canal.
We finish the locks and sail Nemea down the Hudson River to Catskill, where we put up our mast!
We finish the Hudson River and sail Nemea into New York City, where we visit Taylor Swift at her $20 million dollar apartment!
We leave New York City and sail Nemea offshore for the very first time. Things break, things go wrong; but we have a blast, learn a lot, and experience a new found sense of accomplishment.
We sail into Norfolk, fix a few things on the boat, and drink a little too much at a moonshine distillery!
SV Nemea hosts a very difficult goodbye and starts down the best part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
An impromptu race breaks out as we battle another boat for the only free dock in Oriental, North Carolina. We cook up some local shrimp, and have the most amazing experience sailing from Cape Lookout to Wilmington.
We sail in the rain through Cape Fear, and meet some great people along the way!
A million things break on Nemea as we sail down the coast of Georgia!
We power down the coast of Florida, give Nemea a little TLC, and start preparing for our Gulf Stream crossing for the Bahamas!
We finally finish the Intracoastal Waterway, do some last-minute shopping, and make our first attempt at crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas - which goes horribly wrong!!
We figure out what our anchor is snagged on and then move to a safer anchorage in northern West Palm Beach where we do some shopping and check out a brewery!
We sail into West End on Grand Bahama Island, have some salty showers, and take a bike tour around town!
We sail from Grand Bahama Island to the Berries and catch two fish along the way!
We hide from a storm at Great Harbour Cay, and deal with a cockroach infestation onboard! Yikes!
We discover the ruins of an old drug operation on Cistern Cay, and snorkel a drug plane wreck carrying tons of marijuana!
We sail over to the east coast of Great Harbour Cay and explore one of the most beautiful beaches in the world!
We sail from the Berry Islands to Eleuthera, tour around Spanish Wells, transit the dangerous Current Cut, and Julia tends to Shaun's ear infection!
We check out the Glass Window Bridge in Eleuthera, bathe like a queen at The Queen's Baths and sail on down to Governor's Harbor in the Bahamas!
We sail into Governor's Harbour in Eleuthera, Bahamas where we explore the waterfront and re-evaluate our fishing gear!
We get a little crazy on one of The Bahamas famous pink sand beaches in Eleuthera!
We explore the stunning Harbour Island on Eleuthera in the Bahamas, try to get Shaun a haircut, and try to deal with some upsetting news...
We enjoy the legendary Governor's Harbour fish fry, and sail on over to Rock Sound, where Shaun practices his crane style on the pier.
We sail over to Staniel Cay, Bahamas, where we visit the world famous swimming pigs on Big Majors and snorkel the Thunderball Grotto!
We welcome our first guest aboard sailing vessel Nemea, feed some sharks, and give a long overdue tour of our classic 1979 Tartan 37.
We sail into the Exuma National Park, and drop anchor at Fowl Cay, between Compass and Cambridge Cay, and claim it to ourselves for a few days. Shaun attempts to spear a lobster but is hunted by a giant barracuda instead!
We start sailing south to avoid a menacing storm and stop in Rock Sound and Emerald Bay along the way. We meet some friends and catch some fish as we make way for Georgetown, Bahamas.
We wait out a storm in Emerald Bay, and get a little wild at the Sandals Emerald Bay Luxury Resort in the Bahamas!
We sail Nemea down to Georgetown, Bahamas, where we enjoy the symphony of conch horns and party up at the Chat and Chill Beach Bar!
We are left hopelessly adrift when our outboard motor dies during a storm. We say goodbye to Christine and try to come up with a quick solution to a broken oar.
The storms rage on in the Bahamas, we discuss what happens when a sailboat is struck by lightning, and do some troubleshooting on our outboard motor.
We get hit by a massive squall at anchor, and our boat gets knocked over by a 70 knot gust while we sleep! We discuss some of the dangers of sleeping on a boat.
Cabin fever strikes as repetitive cold fronts confine us to our boat. We troubleshoot our outboard fuel system and shower in the rain.
A family of dolphins swims past our boat, Julia gets a bad case of black teeth, and Shaun demonstrates how to make a conch horn.
We sail off into a storm and make way for Staniel Cay!
We cut Shaun's hair, do some sailboat maintenance, and welcome someone new on board!
We welcome our new guests onboard Nemea here in Staniel Cay, swim with some sharks, and try to figure out why our outboard motor keeps failing on us.
Michelle has a quick visit to the clinic after being bitten by a swimming pig, and then we set sail for Warderick Wells!
We explore Warderick Wells, hike to Boo Boo Hill, discover a rat infestation, and sail on over to Halls Pond Cay!
We claim a beach to ourselves, snorkel a sunken plane, and get a glimpse of Johnny Depp's private island in the Bahamas!
We sail on over to Little Farmer's Cay and get a real taste of the legendary Bahamas hospitality.
We sail into Emerald Bay on Great Exuma Cay, have breakfast at the Grand Isle Resort, and have a storm party in the clubhouse!
We tuck away at Emerald Bay Marina in the Exumas and ride out a 50 knot wind storm!
We leave Emerald Bay Marina and do some rewarding gunkholing in the Exumas!
We explore Prime Cay in the Exumas and make some conch salad!
We sail over to Little Farmer's Cay for the big 5F festival and meet up with some old friends!
We enjoy the "Five F" Festival at Little Farmer's Cay and then have a good old fashion sailing race to Blackpoint!
We leave the Exumas behind, and starting making our way out of the Bahamas. We try trailing some ballyhoo along the way to help break our fishing block!
We sail across Eleuthera, get visited by a friendly whale, and anchor out in Royal Island.
We sail to the southern tip of the Abacos, do some fishing, and make way for the Berry Islands in the Bahamas.
We sail into Great Harbor Cay, join in a chill & grill, and do some needed boat work.
We dive down into the bilge and troubleshoot our wonky bilge pump in Great Harbor Cay!
After a fantastic season cruising The Bahamas, we finally decide it's time to move on!
We leave The Bahamas behind, set off to cross the Gulf Stream and on to our next adventure!
We finish our Gulf Stream crossing and sail into St. Augustine, Florida!
We sail Nemea from St. Augustine to Charleston, SC, where we haul out and start doing some needed repairs before sailing into deeper water!
We leave Nemea on the hard to fend off hurricane season, look back on what we're been through, and make a huge announcement!
We set off on a 1,000 mile road trip to Charleston, South Carolina, where we are reunited with our Tartan 37 sailboat Nemea! We make a quick stop in Annapolis, Maryland on the way to sightsee!
We open up Nemea after months of storage on the hard and assess the damage!
We tackle the fun job of replacing and re-bedding portals/portholes on our Tartan 37 sailboat, Nemea.
Leaks, leaks, and more leaks. Boat ownership is the constant struggle of plugging leaks!
Work, work, work. The work on the boat never ends! We continue hacking away at the portlights, and start devising a repair for our damaged toe rail.
We make an attempt at repairing a broken piece of teak framing, seal a leak in our companionway, and polish up our Tartan 37 emblem!
We continue our woodwork repair by attempting to color match epoxy to teak using sawdust.
We clean and address some needed repairs on our dinghy, test our portlights and hatches for leaks, and replace the charcoal filter in our boat plumbing system.
We make the mistake of washing the boat on the coldest day yet. After washing the dirt off, we discover a world of rust and black stains on deck and discover a great product for removing them!
We dive deep into the anchor locker to investigate a hole we found on deck!
The age-old tale of a simple job on a boat turning into the most frustrating job imaginable!
We check out our battery bank, top up the fluids and deal with some leaks on our boat!
We crack into the Gelcoat repairs! How to repair hull void blisters, cracks, and crazing on a boat deck!
We patch up the dinghy and do some more gelcoat repair on our Tartan 37 sailboat.
We re-caulk our chainplates and do some repairs on our dinghy. Let's get sailing again baby!
We solve one slip hazard and create another aboard our Tartan 37 sailboat!
We polish some shaft and get a little screwed in this week's episode!
We conquer the world's tightest screw and celebrate with some beers!
Boat worrrrrrrrrrk
We make some headway on our traveler fix and enjoy the worlds biggest pizza!