yea they are awesome boats!!

@@anotherwayoflifenz I’m seriously considering buying one. If I can find one with minimal osmosis or none! Indeed, they are a lovely looking yacht.

At the end of the day, it’s so wonderful that you guys can explore NZ in this way. So few can afford to do this and to use the sea to get to the best bays and coves is a master stroke! I hope your offshore antics expands your lifestyle too….!

Yea we were told that before we went but didn’t seem to have to many issues. I guess having a cat with a shallow draught helped. For us it was well worth the stop and we would have been gutted to miss it. Thanks for the comment! 👍🏽

@@anotherwayoflifenz It has been excavated/dredged a bit in the last couple of years, but it's still a bit limited. What was the minimum depth you saw?

I think probably the shallowest we saw were 2.5 metres. It seems like they have almost finished dredging the harbour for the local boats and are now working on a new harbour just for cruisers which will be awesome !

@@anotherwayoflifenz I have sailed past Aitutaki five times on various trips across the Pacific, the first in 1989 and the most recent in June. Maybe I will finally get to stop one day. My current boat draws 1.9m

Awesome ! Sounds like you’ve covered some miles. Yea I would recommend for sure! They may have the new marina for ya ! Just keep ya satellite on and you should have no worries.

cheers Ruth! thanks for the support!

haha Ddogg is the man of the hour !!

thanks mate !

cheers mate! thanks a million for the comment!

Hey! haha what a classic! I’ll let the old boy know. Thanks for watching !

Cheers mate. Yea it is a shame to have people take the fun out of surfing! Unfortunately sounds like its been passed down through the generations..

Really! yea was an insane spot. Would have loved to have gotten in the water on the right for sure.. ahwell. plenty more spots to explore! cheers to the comment

Thank you!! cheers for the comment!

Hi Alex, thanks for the question. To be fair it’s been a long time in the making. Before we got our first small yacht we worked for 4-5 years in corporate jobs to pay for that yacht/ lifestyle. Then since we have both ended up with our yacht masters we spend the Nz winters over in the Caribbean working as Captain/ chef on luxury yachts to pay for the off season where we live on our yacht and travel. I guess if you work hard and make small sacrifices (we very rarely eat out/ or buy coffee even haha) there are ways to make it work. Hope that helps!?

@@anotherwayoflifenz yea that’s awesome. Can you tell me more about the captain/ chef position you do for work. Also the kind of opportunities are you looking for in a potential yacht gig.

the captain / chef position is like a chartering position. You can look online for opportunities once you have your ticket (eg yachtmaster). We just cruise on our own yacht in the off season if that’s what your wondering

@@anotherwayoflifenz yea right on. What’s the process leading up to taking your yacht master like? How much tine did you spend sailing and studying?

we had lived on our yacht for 2 years before so had quite a bit of experience coming into it. But I’m saying that other people were quite fresh. We did it for 3 months in Gibraltar. If you look at some of our early videos you can see some of our training during it 🤙🏽

Thanks John! Very grateful to get to see these places. Thanks for the comment :)

We are definitely loving being back on the water that's for sure. Thanks for watching and for the comment!

Cheers guys! Yea beautiful little place. Should have really just grabbed the shack and lived there for a couple years haha.

Haha yea was pretty scary! Especially when you lost steerage in the current. Cheers for the comment!

Cheers mate! Bloody good times had!

thanks!

Glad you enjoyed haha

Thumbs up!

Thanks mate! cheers for the support! More coming soon!

Cheers mate! Thanks for watching and for the support! Legend! :)

Thanks Leon! Hope the tiny home is going well!

Must be new here. Welcome :)

Is that a bad thing? Who wouldn't want to be like SLV? Props to these guys for actually making it happen!

Cheers Josh. Haha stoked with the comparison to be fair (don't think we deserve it). What they do is sick!

Thanks mate! Super cool spot! Cheers for the comment :)

Yea sure is an epic spot! would have loved to spend longer there! Thanks for the comment 👍🏽

Haha cheers mate! Anything’s possible. Get out there! Thanks for the comment and watching.👍🏽 legend

Thanks! Yea long time in the pipe line! we are fizzing! Thanks for the comment 😎

@@anotherwayoflifenz No, thank you for your content and more importantly, your attitude! Looking forward to your adventures!

You know what they say about double steering wheels ?

Yea man! Cant wait to have you guys on board. Guttted we couldn’t do the med but I’m sure we’ll have another chance!

Cheers mate! Many more in the pipeline. Thanks for all the help! 🤙🏽

Hey mate! Oh no way. Yea we sure are. What boat are you on? Will come have a chat!

Cheers Bayley! Epic crayfish video mate. Looks like you might be catching up with Matt Watson in the near future! Epic!

Hey!!! Yes we are, had a bit of a break from it all as we really wanted to get back to yacht life content and now we have a boat we can do it again! Firstly it took over a three years to find the right one. I think I scrolled every yacht selling site (yacht world, yachtmarket, boat 24, Facebook groups etc etc) every day for over a year and I am pretty sure I knew almost every boat on the internet! Then my parents flew all around Europe looking at different boats for us but at the end of the day nothing we found had the right equipment for off the grid sailing within our relatively tight budget. So we actually gave up on looking at catamarans and started back looking at monohulls. We also shifted to looking in Tahiti as more boats had all the equipment as they had just crossed the Pacific. Was funny changing mindset from starting sailing in the med to the Pacific but it has been so amazing we wouldn't have it any other way. In terms of the actual sale process, I spent a week with the previous owner and he showed me everything on the boat, we did a test sail and got the yacht up for a survey etc... It was quite difficult to coordinate it all in French Polynesia but once it was all completed there were no real hick ups. Sorry for the novel... maybe we can chat about it all more in our upcoming videos :) Thanks for the comment.

Thanks mate! There are some unreal places around here. Cheers for the comment

Thanks Peter! Glad to have you watching :)

Thanks so much mate! It is hard to keep up the ongoing effort of making videos etc month on month off but when people like you show appreciation it helps keep the fire burning! All the best out there sounds like a lovely boat. Smooth seas!

@@anotherwayoflifenz absolutely. KZbin is a hard slave master and I tried but quickly found it not worth the effort… for me at least. Perhaps I am just a little too old. If ever you guys find yourselves in the far north of Sweden and we are home, drop us a line. Would love to listen to your stories over some good old fashioned farm cooking.

Yea super crowded. Could still snag some from behind the wall all the way through though. Good that most people on foamies or it would be super gnarly

Cheers mate!

Hey mate, yea it’s a really fun place for waves. That spot is Imsouane. It does get pretty crowded so not really a secret spot but super fun. Enough waves for everyone.

Cheers mate! Looking forward to your next episode! Keep up the good work!

Yea mate ! Was a hell of a time, can’t wait to go back!

All good man! Yea it’s a pretty cool spot for sure!

Hi mate, generally remora fish swim with bigger fish/ turtles and clean them as they go

Cheers guys! Yea pretty lucky to call Freedom our home for 6 months. Loving your guys videos keep it up!

Cheers Pete! Hope you guys are doing well down South! Overdue a mission down there!

Haha yea it doesn’t take long off the boat to miss it. Well anyone can do it! Just got to start! Thanks for the support

Crazy sounds like we might have to go back! Thanks for the info! Nothing better than nice beaches and no one around!

@@anotherwayoflifenz you are welcome

Thanks mate! Thats really nice of you. Yea I guess the key is to learn from mistakes! Thanks for your support!

Thanks mate! Glad to have you on board! Still our favourite cruising grounds for sure!