Covert Castaway Sailing with SV AWEN
Welcome to Covert Castaway sailing podcast, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we attempt a circumnavigation on our sailing catamaran SV AWEN. #sailing #liveaboard #cruising #circumnavigation
Episodes
Today we talk about our transatlantic passage prep around weather routing and what we use for communication, including Starlink.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Massive update in this week's episode, lot's to talk about as we prepare for our passage to...surprise reveal in this episode!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
We sit down with the Larsson's from Colorado to talk about sailboats and skiing as they wait for their new performance catamaran.
Note: this episode was experimenting with the DJI wireless mics and our headsets so the audio isn't perfect. We strive to improve and have different guest mics on order now.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we ...
This week we talk about our sailboat warranty work and neuvage for our Outremer 52 catamaran.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Let's talk about the Mediterranean wind; it's windy and unpredictable. We are learning a lot about trusting weather models and what we can do to stay safe in high wind conditions.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumn...
We are fresh from the Cannes Yachting Festival and wanted to share some tips since it's boat show season. We saw some amazing sailboats and yachts at this year's show and lots of changes in the new sailboat market. #boatshow
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say...
This week we are hosting the O'Kelly's during part of our sailboat shakedown. What wonderful guests!!! We sat down to chat over coffee and talk about boats!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing c...
Discuss the adventure finding and keeping sailboat insurance for cruising. It's not as easy or cheap as it once was so update your budget!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
The not so glamorous side of getting a new sailboat is working out the kinks and shaking off the cobwebs as we finish getting our Outremer 52 ready for shakedown.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sa...
First night at anchor unsupervised on our Outremer 52 catamaran after a week of learning the systems, the nuances of the sail plan and how she works.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamar...
WE GOT OUR BOAT! Woo Hoo. We talk about our first day on the boat and how the initial handover went.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Well, we got the final invoice for our sailboat since handover is next week and wanted to go through all our final options and decisions.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran. ...
The new North Sails go on AWEN and we take our Outremer 52 out for the first test sail to see how she likes them!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Splash day for our new boat! We were excited to see Awen in the water and getting her mast put on, it's starting to look like a real sailboat and we are just two weeks away from handover.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, b...
The joys of nomadic life include all kinds of unexpected surprises, we share some of them as we wait out the last few weeks waiting for our sailboat to be done.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sa...
My mom has a lot of questions about offshore sailing and all the possible ways to die on a sailboat so I invited her on a podcast to ask me anything!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catama...
Today we talk about our approach to sailboat maintenance, tools, spares, and parts and how we are accumulating and managing our equipment and making sure we set good discipline for maintenance longer term.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our ...
Medical preparation, training, insurance, telehealth, and what to know about marine medical packed into this episode!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, buy a boat and explore the world. Join the conversation on our Sailing AWEN facebook page or drop...
We finally get to France and get to sail on the O52 catamaran live in the flesh! Not much wind, but definitely left an impression.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, buy a boat and explore the world. Join the conversation on our Sailing AWEN facebo...
We chat with Catherine from Wild Travel Story about their sailing adventures and tips for living healthy and sustainably on a boat. Check out their book, The Hunter & The Gatherer. She shares great stories from their years cruising.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuf...
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