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Congrats on pursuing purchasing your own liveaboard sailboat! That's our dream that we're saving up for, so in the meantime we're getting whatever experience we can through our sailing club, bareboat chartering, or meeting other sailors. So yes, given an opportunity, you can see we're happy to work on sailboats! 😉

That's so cool! Funny thing is Kelli and I spent the evening last night watching several of your BVI videos! There are so many parallels about the journeys each of us are on. Stay in touch!

So glad you enjoyed this!

Thanks for the encouragement of sharing your nervousness as well. We spent the better part of 2 years building up to this trip, and really wanted to capture our honest experience to encourage our future selves of the progress we're making. Next step is a bareboat charter of a 41' catamaran in BVI in February while we keep saving up our sailing kitty for our own future sailboat!

@@adventureswiththewarrens you nailed it... That's part of it! Not every charter is champagne sailing... Weather, boat issues and hiccups happen to everyone... Just learning from it and not letting it spoil your good time is key! Luckily we have had some good friends serve as crew that has allowed us to learn, slowly! haha

Here's two things that have helped us. First, we ask ourselves before each sail to wonder what will go wrong today or at least not as expected. Then when something goes wrong, we always say "why would we expect to be good at something that we haven't done much!" It would be like thinking you'd be any good the first time swinging a golf club. It gives us lots of grace. we also think that although we'll continue getting better and more confident, keeping this attitude of self forgiveness is a good trait to hang onto. Balanced with an attitude learning from our mistakes and experiences. It's all part of the adventure!

@ great attitude to have!

What a kind comment! So happy you enjoyed our videos. Just checked out your channel, and it looks like we are on similar journeys. Subscribed to your channel and plan on watching your BVI videos because we are bareboat chartering a 41' catamaran there in February! Looking forward to any local knowledge/advice.

@ can definitely answer whatever questions y’all would have. We have been to the BVI a handful of times and love it!

@@AndreNiemeyer Thank you so much for you kind comment! That means the world to us. We love documenting this journey for us to look back on, and are so thankful of other channels that have inspired us. Just incredible to think others are enjoying us sharing this!

@ not only enjoying it but absolutely loving the fact that you two are locals and many of your steps have been or we plan to be ours. Keep posting and inspiring! 🙌🙏

​@@AndreNiemeyerYou can do it! We talk about how we feel like we "stepped through the screen" doing the things we previously only dreamed of. Wishing you two all the encouragement. Let us know if you have any questions. Spending all our time researching liveaboard cruising. One more video in this series to edit, and then we're bareboat chartering a catamaran in BVI in February. Lots more adventures to come. Keep on adventuring!

@ that’s so amazing. Wow. Catamaran in the BVI. You two are doing it. Well done 👍

@@careenthorpe1258 Thank you Careen! Miss you but hope you are well! Merry Christmas! 🎄

@@adventureswiththewarrens miss you guys. I am well. Merry Christmas and keep adventuring.

Hope you have a wonderful time! This was an Oceanis 41.1 named Tselana. We were very pleased with DYC in La Paz. So much so that we have a booking with DYC in BVI in February. Still putting together parts 3 & 4 of this series, so hopefully those will be helpful for you as well!

This trip was in February of 2024. Air temps were wonderful as you can tell by our dress. Shorts and T-shirts during the day, with a very light jacket at night. Water was a little cold to be without a wetsuit. Have two more episodes still in the works from footage for this trip. Thanks for watching!

Kelli is the one who got us into rock climbing. Really came in handy for this skill!

Miss you my friend

Miss you too

Right?! I knew if I volunteered her, she wasn't going to complain!

Wow, that's the most incredible comment we've ever gotten on a video. We are high school sweethearts who have been together 41 years, and are now empty nesting. We started doing these videos for ourselves and our kids to look back on someday. We say this to each other a lot because we have lived so much life together. The easy, and the difficult, the joy and the grief. It's still wild to us that others watch these videos and are encouraged, entertained, or touched by them. Thank you so much for your kindness and taking the time to encourage us with your comment.

Feel free to use that technique the next time you sing in one of your videos! It will give it that real Barry White vibe! 😂😂 Thanks for the watch!

@@adventureswiththewarrens LOL!!!!

We love this climbing area! This is Area 13 in Mountain Project and is easily accessible with a reasonable vehicle for off road. This area has some great mid range climbs which are perfect for us. Thanks for the watch! Sorry we never got around to putting together the full video!

@@adventureswiththewarrens No worries! I know how to get back there, and my Mitsubishi Delica is the perfect vehicle to get us back there again. I remember loving King Spud, and Spud Boy, but last time I was there, I don't remember numerical designations for the different areas, so those routes may be in a different location.

We used some mold and mildew stain removers purchased at West Marine. Thanks for the watch.

We are happy to help any way we can! We're sharing these videos to show everything we are learning through this process. We went with Dream Yacht Charter and had an excellent experience. I have 3 more videos planned in this series that will be coming as well. You can also check out our Swimming With Whale Sharks video of a quick local tourist trip we did the day before we boarded our boat.

@adventureswiththewarrens we will definitely watch your entire series. What month did you charter? How far out did you reserve your reservation?Thank you so much for your quick response.

We were there in February 2024. We reserved back in August 2023. You probably don't have to reserve that early, but we think we did get a discount for reserving early. When you are looking at a charter, look at boat and location you are interested in, but then use the website to look at other dates. You will find the prices vary a lot, but it's nice to see the options.

Thanks Matt! That means a lot because I debated on whether or not to make this video this way or not. I knew it would be light on sailing content, but for anyone like us who had never bareboat chartered, I wanted to show everything that went into it. So glad you enjoyed it!

Means a lot to us that you took the time to watch this video Todd! Let me assure you, that can of tuna was NOT cat food! 🤣

There are actually camera systems we have seen that can go down with the anchor to help you know if there is good holding! We used an anchor app on our phone that let us know if we were dragging. Worked like a champ!

@@adventureswiththewarrens so would you say you are the drag king and drag queen of the sea? 🤣🤣

@@stuffsethmakes 🤦‍♂️

You're so kind! Miss you!!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the encouragement and tips for the voiceover!

Thanks so much! That really means a lot! We just posted a video a few minutes ago of swimming with whale sharks this month in La Paz. This was on the trip we just returned from of our first bareboat sailing charter. Stay tuned for video of our solo sailing trip in La Paz coming soon!

So happy to hear you enjoyed our video while sailing the Bahamas! Looking to get our first boat in two years, but enjoying local club sailing in the meantime (per our other videos). Regarding the direction and winds, none of the forecasts predicted the northerlies, but it turned that way after our departure and continued building. With the northbound Gulf stream current, it really caused the seas to build, but it worked out great because we wanted to get some heavy weather experience under the supervision of a captain anyways. Blessed to get that adventure!

Thanks for the feedback! So glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for your inquiry Goat Man. We went through Learn to Sail San Diego. They sail out of San Diego Bay.

Happy to contribute to the club! She's a great boat. Thanks for all the work you did previously to get her sailing!

Thanks so much for the encouragement! The PFDs we are wearing are self-inflating with built in harnesses. Mine is West Marine Offshore and Kelli's is Mustang Survival. These self-inflating PFDs are so lightweight you hardly know you are wearing them, and they were great on the Bahamas trip for easily clipping into the jack lines. We really like them and throw them on anytime we are going outside the bay in case one of us has to go forward. Good luck with your regatta! Keep on adventuring!

It was a great experience. And one of our best days sailing locally we have ever had.

@@adventureswiththewarrens 😎

Thanks for the encouragement! We bet you had some great adventures on your Hunter! We just started sailing in our late 50s so it's never too late to get back to it! If you want to hear us talk more about coping with the fear on the trip, check out our full video of this trip called Caught in a Storm sailing the Bahamas. At the end we talk about this in detail.

Thanks! We took our sailing certification charter through Blue Water Sailing School out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Highly recommended and Captain Jen was an incredible instructor!

We can't begin to express how much your kind note meant to us! We put together this channel because we wanted to capture footage of the activities we were doing, and as a hobby to do some video editing. But we never anticipated that people we didn't know or hadn't met would take the time to watch any of our videos. But we know how much we have been inspired by channels like Sailing Project Atticus and Gone With The Wynns and many other UA-cam channels we watch. So to hear that we put this out there and caused someone to have fond memories of their past, or to dream of future adventures means more to us than you will ever know. Thank you again for taking the time to write this note, and we wish you many wonderful adventures in your future. Get out there and keep on adventuring!

@@adventureswiththewarrens I, too, was inspired by folks like the Wynns, Atticus, Vagabond and so many others. I am delighted for you both. Let’s sail!

Thanks! We already have some more footage of recent local sailing that we'll work on getting posted soon!

Thanks Roxy for living life with us, creating so many adventures, and being such a great friend!

So glad you liked it!

We miss you too!!! We wouldn't be doing this outside climbing if it weren't for you!!!

Unfortunately there was no way to crew the racing sailboat and film at the same time. We definitely plan on making a video of our sailing trip from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas in November.

@@adventureswiththewarrens so how was the race!

We feel honored that you took the time to comment on this video! We definitely plan on making more sailing videos in the future. In fact we have a sailing trip planned later this year sailing from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas that we plan on documenting. Hope you enjoy the content!

Yep! It's the DJI Mini 3 Pro. First trip using it and very pleased. Seeing some reports that it's been having serious issues losing connection, but I have been ok so far. In this video, I was using Spotlight mode to keep the view centered on Kelli. I'll be posting a video soon that highlights its ActiveTrack capability where it followed our Jeep really nicely.

1000% !!!

It means a lot to me that you took the time to watch this! Every time I'm shooting or editing I think of you. Just incredible to see what you have done. BTW, we watched the garden tour the other day from What's Up In The Garden. Great stuff!

Love it Jake! So glad you enjoyed it. But now we gotta get you off that couch and come live the adventure with us in front of the camera!

Thanks! That really means a lot!

You know Kelli! Besides, somebody had to film!

What's even scarier, we are now trying our hand at vlogging!

Definitely look forward to taking you out!