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Britican Is Sailing Again

Britican Is Sailing Again!

September 22, 2020 5 Comments

After five months of lockdown in Grenada due to Covid restrictions we’ve finally been able to start sailing again. Britican is sailing again and it feels AMAZING. When we first headed out of the marina and turned straight into the Atlantic Ocean both my husband, Simon, and I wondered if we would remember how to[Read More]

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The Perfect Sail

What Is The Perfect Sail?

June 17, 2020 8 Comments

Did you know that there’s a massive percentage of new sailors that head out for the perfect sail only to return and never go sailing again? A perfect sail isn’t too perfect when things break, the weather turns unexpectedly for the worse or you feel out of your comfort zone. So what is the perfect[Read More]

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B-1/B-2 Visa

How to get a B1 B2 visa for sailors in and around America

September 10, 2019

About the B1 B2 visa for sailors…If you’re like me and you’re an American, you don’t need a visa to sail to America. But, if you’re like my husband (Simon), who holds only a British passport, or like our crew member (Eve), who holds a New Zealand passport, you will need to sort out a[Read More]

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Kim On Deck

Our Sailing Channel Update

June 3, 2019 2 Comments

While sailing from South Carolina down to Trinidad we tried to publish a video every week. For the most part, we accomplished our goal however we fell further and further behind. By the time we published our last ‘travel-log’ style video, we were five months behind our real time. To catch up to where we[Read More]

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Racing An Oyster Yacht

Racing An Oyster Yacht Video

April 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Racing an Oyster Yacht Video! Meet the crew. Check out the race course. Get a glimpse of the parties. Spend six minutes getting an idea as to what it’s like to not only race in a regatta but to race on an Oyster Yacht. Get the behind the scenes scoop by reading the article: Racing[Read More]

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Sailing The Caribbean

Sailing the Caribbean – A journey update

June 10, 2018 6 Comments

Can you imagine one day enjoying quiet sundowners with your fellow buddy boats, in a secluded calm harbor, and then the next day sailing the Caribbean through massive Atlantic swells, turbulent frothy white waves and at least one dark gusty squall? Contrast beautiful green lush mountainous rainforests, brown and black volcanic beaches and the deep[Read More]

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Soon to be sailing away

Soon to be sailing away (again)

November 21, 2017 4 Comments

With the hurricane season finally drawing to a close, we are soon to be sailing away. Yippie! Over the past couple weeks, we returned from time away from the boat (we flew to England to see friends and family). Upon our return we put Britican back into the water, moved her to Charleston Harbor Marina and[Read More]

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Sailing Questions Answered

Sailing Questions Answered – From Charleston, SC Meet & Greet

May 23, 2017 4 Comments

Our Charleston, South Carolina Meet & Greet event last weekend was a fantastic event. We had around 30 people join us to talk about sailing/sailing lifestyle at the Charleston Harbor Resort Reel Bar. There were many interesting sailing questions answered. Overall, however, what made the event special is that everyone mixed easily and effortlessly. There was[Read More]

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Screw my life

Why we sold up and sailed away

April 11, 2017 31 Comments

What makes someone want to say ‘screw it, I’m trading my life in for a sail around the world?’ In the following video you’ll hear what made my husband and I decided to quite our ‘normal’ life, leave our financially secure set-up and head out into the unknown. If we can do it, so can[Read More]

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Sold up and sailed away

How we sold up and sailed away

March 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

Questions & Answers: How we sold up and sailed away. What sequence of events happened that caused us to sell all our possessions and buy a yacht to sail around the world in? Looking back, over three years now, you can read exactly what happened and how I felt. Read Negotiations 56 Oyster Yacht have[Read More]

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