Sail Life

Live update: Sail Life Global HQ 😉

Hi guys!

A quick little live update to show you the shipping container 🙂

Have a fantastic Sunday!

Fixing cracks in the deck

Hi guys!

Happy Friday! In this week's video, it's finally back to boatwork. I'm a little bit limited in what I can work on with the catamaran out in the open (weather) and with us potentially...

Live update: 40 ft shipping container workshop

Hi guys a quick little live update to go into some more detail about our 40ft shipping container workshop.

A couple of things I forgot to mention:

1) one of the other things we need a ...

We're done moving in :)

Hi guys!
Happy Friday :) In this week's video, I finally finish getting settled in the workshop under the boat. This video was shot last week.

In real-time news. Oh boy, lots of stuff to...

One last trip to Florida*

Hi guys!

Happy Friday :) In this week's video, I head back to Florida to bring our CRV and the tool trailer up to North Carolina. This video was shot last week.

For a real-time update,...

Live update: done moving and hurricane 🌀

Hi guys 🙂

A quick little live update. I forgot to mention that we also now have working internet at the catamaran so I can post live updates without having to go back to Athena first.

Done moving stuff (from Florida)

Hi guys

I tried posting this earlier today from the yard but our internet (T mobile) is horrible there.

Have a fantastic weekend :) Thank you so much for your support!

She made it home

Hi guys!

In this week's video, we move Spiffy to Oriental. That involves hauling her on a trailer for a whopping 25 miles. Danny let us put two cameras inside the cab. It was pretty cool to g...

Live update: welcome to Oriental, NC

Hi guys!

Here’s a quick live update from Spiffy’s new home 😀

Have a fantastic weekend! Thank you so much for your support 🙂

We made it!

Hi guys!

Happy Friday! In this week's video, we make it all the way to Oriental, NC, and tie up with a small army of other PDQ/Antares 44 boats. This video was shot last week :)

In rea...

She's on the move!

Hi guys!

In this week's video, we start the journey up the ICW (IntraCoastal Waterway) aboard Spiffy.

In real-time news. We arrived in Oriental earlier today. We have done very long da...

We're back in the water!

Hi guys,

Here is the video from splashing Spiffy :) We might have gone a little overboard with the cinematic music during the drone shots of her swinging over the treetops and into the water...

Spiffy Splash Update

Road trip and Spiffy Splash!

Hi Guys!
Ava here—and I’m writing to you from aboard Spiffy, floating in the Indian River! Woo hoo!

But first, in this week's video, we fix the windshield wi...

It’s happening!

More to follow on Friday 😀

Things Are Moving Along!

Hi Guys 👍
Ava here.

In this week’s video, we make great progress clearing out the bottom of the boat, get our shiny new Mantus anchor aboard, and Mads installs our new Maretron displa...

Pimp our $1 Dodge Ram 1500!

Hi Guys,
Ava here 🙂

It’s truck week! And listen—I never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but we actually had a lot of fun working on the tru...

And The New Name Is...

Hi Guys,

Ava here!

In this week’s video, we finally reveal the new name of the catamaran and it’s… Spiffy! 🎉

We thought...

Ready to Go Back in the Water!

Hi guys,

Ava here :)

In this week’s video, we finally test the engines—and spoiler alert—they work! Woohoo! We also plumb the shower, align the port-side rudder, and ...

Ready for the Water?

Hi Guys,

Ava here… again 🙂

Okay, I know I keep saying this, but we’ve checked so many items off our list this week—we’re really zooming along!

We kicked off th...

Basic DC System

Hi Guys,

Ava here 🙂

We checked off a few big items this week as we inch closer to our big move north!

Mads set up a very basic DC system so we can run our nav ...

Getting Things Done!

Hi guys,

Ava here—back on Patreon Post duty! 🙂

We’ve checked a lot off the to-do list in this week’s video. We picked up the tanks from the welder and got them install...

The Last Leg North...

Hi everyone,

Ava here :) I’ve been given the great honor this week of posting the Patreon video!

In this week’s episode, we wrap up the final leg of our ICW trip to...

There are two types of sailors ...

Hi guys,

Happy Friday! In this week's video, we start the trip up the ICW to bring Athena from Cape Canaveral to Oriental, NC. Yes, we finally managed to touch ground with Athena's keel 🙄...

Nav lights, leaky tanks & 3D printing

Hi guys!

In this week's video, I create a piece of trash art using a 2x4 for nav lights, and we finally get our diesel tanks - but they have leaks. This video was shot from April 16th to Apri...

The Tool Trailer goes off-grid :)

Hi guys!

So sorry about the delayed video! Better late than never :) As is tradition in the Patreon videos, I have disabled the YouTube ads, and I have edited out the baked-in ad (in this cas...

Patreon update April 27

Hi guys!

A quick Patreon update from the ICW :)

Here is a link to Athena on Marinetraffic: 2025-04-27 13:54:29 +0000 UTC View Post

The pits!

Hi guys!

Since recording this video last week, I've had some time to think things over (in regards to the pits). I was talking with Claus, and he asked if I had considered sand or ice blasti...

We got steering! :D

Hi guys,

You'll already know that the steering works because of last week's Patreon update video but lots of other fun stuff happened too :)

In real-time news. This week took a bit of...

Patreon Update

Hi guys :)

A quick little Patreon update to celebrate the catamaran yet again having working steering 🎉 I meant to post this before heading home but the internet at the catamaran is horrib...