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New Video: St Thomas, BVI

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New Video: St Thomas, BVI

Boat life update introducing our latest video, featuring my very real editor (not in a yurt), and our current position between St Martin and video-time St Thomas. Plus a preview of the BVI coming soon!

From Monkey to Moonfleet: A Love Story in Three Boats

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From Monkey to Moonfleet: A Love Story in Three Boats

A Valentine’s boating love story about second chances, online dating, and why we traded sailboats for full-time liveaboard trawler life.

How to Panic-Clean a Boat When a Rock Legend Is Coming for Cocktails

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How to Panic-Clean a Boat When a Rock Legend Is Coming for Cocktails

A forgotten Cornish hen, a frantic deep clean, and an unexpected rock legend converge on our boat at Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands

Wing Foiling, Megayachts & Giant Spuds: A New Year in the British Virgin Islands

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Wing Foiling, Megayachts & Giant Spuds: A New Year in the British Virgin Islands

A New Year in the British Virgin Islands among megayachts, wing foiling experiments, floating football screens, and the quiet rebellion of being the only trawler.

Christmas at Sea in the Caribbean-Drones, Family and Island Life

Christmas at Sea in the Caribbean-Drones, Family and Island Life

A funny, honest take on Christmas at sea in the Caribbean-drones, family, private islands, and learning to feel at home while unanchored.

Glowings, Gales & Glazed Ribs: More Chaotic Cruising - Vieques & Culebra

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Glowings, Gales & Glazed Ribs: More Chaotic Cruising - Vieques & Culebra

Sailing from Vieques to Culebra served up wild horses, bioluminescence, gusty weather, engine smoke solutions, and the best mahi tacos in the Caribbean (possibly). A humorous cruising tale of glow-in-the-dark seas, island detours, and life aboard M/Y Moonfleet.

Puerto Rico: In the Company of Warships and Stained Pajamas

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Puerto Rico: In the Company of Warships and Stained Pajamas

A chaotic stretch of cruising from Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico: night passages, Coast Guard boardings, stray dogs, a surprise Navy warship, an engine-room emergency, and a Dido-fuelled meltdown—ending with Vieques, wild horses, and much-needed bioluminescent calm.

Welcome to Bahía Marina: The Sci-Fi Resort Where Time Stands Still and the Water… Moves You

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Welcome to Bahía Marina: The Sci-Fi Resort Where Time Stands Still and the Water… Moves You

Thanksgiving in Samana: A Meditation on Gratitude, Smugness, and mild Caribbean Terror

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Thanksgiving in Samana: A Meditation on Gratitude, Smugness, and mild Caribbean Terror

Today is Thanksgiving and I should be writing something heart-warming and emotional about gratitude. And I am grateful, truly. But if I’m honest, I also feel… smug. Embarrassed and smug — a combination I didn’t even know was possible outside of yoga classes, comparing sour dough recipes, and walking

Free Breakfast Bandits in Puerto Plata: Ocean World and a questionable Lifestyle Opportunity

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Free Breakfast Bandits in Puerto Plata: Ocean World and a questionable Lifestyle Opportunity

A 27-hour crossing, stray dogs, a dubious “Lifestyle” resort tour, and marina Wi-Fi powered by hamsters. Sailing from Puerto Plata toward Samana—with rum declined but chaos accepted.

The Things We Do for a Flush

The Things We Do for a Flush

Life aboard a trawler tests one’s appreciation for modern plumbing. In this witty travel essay, Kirsten Kopp muses on lost luxuries, high-seas improvisation, and her husband’s uncanny gift for fixing the unfixable-even when it stinks.