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Sailing WaveRiders
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Registrace 1. 11. 2016
Hello! Welcome to WaveRiders. It has been six years since we left Canada and flew to our new live aboard boat in Croatia. At that time we were both new to sailing catamarans. And blogging! ! Ha Ha. Now we have sailed across the Adriatic, Mediterranean, Pacific and Caribbean oceans. Our first hurricane season was spent in Grenada. We spent covid locked down in Panama after crossing through the canal. After the world starting opening up again we sailed to Costa Rica and up the coast to Mexico .
We have now crossed the Pacific and spent a year in French Polynesia. It was amazing.
Finally we sailed West to Tonga and Fiji. Andrew had a medical emergency and had to fly home to Canada.
I sailed WaveRiders to Australia where she is now. Our journey has ended and WaveRiders is being put up for sale. Update. Sorry but Andrew has passed away December 23rd 2023.
It is sad to say goodbye to our home and this life.
We sail with the wind. Climb aboard and join us on our journey of six years
We have now crossed the Pacific and spent a year in French Polynesia. It was amazing.
Finally we sailed West to Tonga and Fiji. Andrew had a medical emergency and had to fly home to Canada.
I sailed WaveRiders to Australia where she is now. Our journey has ended and WaveRiders is being put up for sale. Update. Sorry but Andrew has passed away December 23rd 2023.
It is sad to say goodbye to our home and this life.
We sail with the wind. Climb aboard and join us on our journey of six years
Sailing from Tonga to Fiji
Come aboard as we sail from Tonga to Fiji. After going through the customs process we sail to the Bay of Islands where a gift of kava root is required in order to anchor in the territory of certain villages. We are welcomed into the village after the ceremony and are now free to anchor, swim and play.
Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard.
Follow us on:
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Website: sailingwaverider.com/
Thank you to all our viewers!
Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard.
Follow us on:
Facebook: Biketoboat/
Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders
Website: sailingwaverider.com/
Thank you to all our viewers!
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Cycling around Tonga
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventure of cycling to tourist spots on the island of TongaTapu. We cycle to blow holes, caves and a rock. Hope on and join us on this island tour Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Websit...
Sailing from Tahiti to Tonga
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Welcome aboard WaveRiders for our sail from Tahiti to Tonga. What will be our adventure on this sail? Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingwaverider.com/ Thank you to all our viewers!
Episode #210 Fakarava wall of sharks
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come aboard WaveRiders for our dive at the wall of sharks in Fakarava atoll. We see hundreds of sharks swimming back and forth beside us. They calmly look at us and swim on. This is our final sail in the Tuamotu atolls before we get ready to check out of French Polynesia and head to Tonga. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard...
Episode #209 Hanging out under Society Islands
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Join us this week aboard WaveRiders for some fun swimming the reefs of the Society islands. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingwaverider.com/ Thank you to all our viewers!
Episode #208 Installing new watermaker membranes
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Come aboard WaveRiders for the first video of the New Year. We install new membranes in our watermaker that almost require a bank loan! My brother and his partner come for a visit and we sail the islands from Tahiti to Bora Bora. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our ...
Episode #207 River floating an atoll
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Welcome aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventures in Tikehau atoll. We swim with the large manta rays and do some atoll river floating. A river in an atoll you ask? well it is like a river. It is where the water from the outside flows into the inside of the atolls. We spend a few amazing weeks with SV Rhapsody of the blue, exploring Tikehau. We even get caught up in a big Lightening storm. Ou...
Episode #206 Leaving Fakarava for Tahiti
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Join WaveRiders this week for a sail from Fakarava atoll to the island of Tahiti. Make sure you put on your foul weather gear and be prepared for some wet weather and storms. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingw...
Episode #205 What is that smell
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventure. We try to figure out where the dead sea life smell is coming from. It has been getting stronger and stronger. Are the black water tanks leaking? is something cracked and off gassing? We need to find out and get rid of that smell fast!! Except repairs on a boat are never easy or fast...... Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us ...
Tuamotus outrigger drafting @Waveriderslife
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Tuamotus outrigger drafting @Waveriderslife
Episode #204 A little bit of under the sea and over the sea
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventures over and under in the Tuamotu atolls. We have fun exploring all the atolls have to offer us. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingwaverider.com/ Thank you to all ou...
Episode #203 Sailing to the Tuamotu atolls
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Join us this week on our sail from Nuka Hiva to the Tuamotu atolls of French Polynesia. Sailing to the atolls requires a bit of timing because you need to go through passes with in or out going tides and currents. That means sailing faster or sailing slower to make it there at the correct time. Leaving the atolls requires the same timing. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join u...
Episode #202 Anatomically correct tiki
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventure. We will give a tour of Taiohae village, Nuku Hiva. As we wait here for a boat part being fedexed here from Canada.....and wait....and wait....customs, ugh. The part has been sitting in customs in Tahiti for over 2 weeks. Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Faceb...
Episode #201 More French Polynesia islands
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventures on more exotic islands Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingwaverider.com/ Thank you to all our viewers!
Episode #200 Exploring the Marquise Islands
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Come aboard WaveRiders for this weeks adventure exploring the Marquise Islands Our journey aboard WaveRiders. From bike to boat, join us through the trials and triumphs of living aboard. Follow us on: Facebook: Biketoboat/ Track our progress: share.garmin.com/WaveRiders Website: sailingwaverider.com/ Thank you to all our viewers!
Episode #196 Sail across the Pacific Ocean
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Episode #196 Sail across the Pacific Ocean
Episode #194 Come along on a B C ferry ride
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Episode #194 Come along on a B C ferry ride
Episode #192 Getting organized for our Long stay visas
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Episode #192 Getting organized for our Long stay visas
Episode #191 The final leg to Puerto Vallarta
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Episode #191 The final leg to Puerto Vallarta
Episode #188 We get our material for our bulkhead fix
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Episode #188 We get our material for our bulkhead fix
Episode #187 Difficulties with medical procedures in Mexico
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Episode #187 Difficulties with medical procedures in Mexico
Episode #186 A beach tour of Puerto Penasco
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Episode #186 A beach tour of Puerto Penasco
Episode #185 How to install a washer on a Lagoon 450F
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Episode #185 How to install a washer on a Lagoon 450F
I'm shocked anyone would buy the 450 these days without having the bulkheads inspected.
@@seanrhone5306 I do not think anyone would! I just sold WaveRiders 3 days ago because Andrew just passed away. The new owners checked and wanted my bulkhead certificate that it was ok.
Another failed sailing channel.
Leanne we're thinking of you. When are you back on The Coast? Or Vancouver?
Why not use a aluminum or a steel bar instead of plywood? This is unacceptable for a boat selling for 1 million brand-new.
It was repaired with a kit sent to us from Lagoon.
Welcome to Fiji
Thankyou. Just arrived at Muskat cove Aug 3/23
That is very fancy navigation equipment, are the days of celestial navigation over ? Do you mind if I forward to a friend in Canada who has a daughter in Fiji ?
Such slipshod workmanship on a $350,000 boat.
How was the performance of the sail? What is the top wind speed you have flown it?
It is great! We usually take it down at 19kn of Aw. The sail is expensive so we are careful. Also when the wind gets higher, it is hard to pull the sail down.
loved that view of Tonga, would love to go there but how do I pull that off?
As a boat builder I am always horrified when I see the appalling design and build quality, is this one OK , depends on your standard.
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Crazy amount of editing time, right! Thank you for watching. Good luck on getting out here. She may not want to see the video this weekend! Lol some swelly anchorages but nice cycling.
I am surprised you didn’t stop by the island groups of Haapai which between Vava’u and Tongatapu where Nuku’alofa is
We were going to but the checking in and out of each island group stopped us. Sailing backwards 15 nm to checkout stopped us from going. Sounds lame but that is why.
Beautiful
It's a known manufacturing defect, has to be fixed regardless unless you want the next owners to deal with it. Lagoon should assist all owners with repairs.
Wow, talk about off the beaten track,. A wonderful trip . Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it
what an amazing shark dive..wow is that something...
The sharks look peaceful. Not hungry.
Yes. They feed at night. If you did a night dive here, it would be a bit frantic !
Your particular boat probably has not seen sea states intense enough to cause the type of evidence that so many others have. It may only be a matter of time, in your case.
Really!!?? If you followed us you would not say that. We have sailed over 35,000nm and 3/4 of the way around the world. We have had 60kn winds and over 10 m waves hit us. We have sailed in high winds and large seas for more than half of our milage. We know how to reef soon, we know how to depower the top of our mainsail and we listen to our boat. If caught in a bad storm, we head away or downwind until it passes. Two days ago this happened crossing from the Tuamotus to Moorea. Storms and water spouts around us. Pretty scary but we can manage it and the boat handles well.
"Promosm" 🙃
The BH are in the process of buckling....stay close to shore
This is not nice at all. Minor though it seems to be, this is structural damage and there is no guarantee that it will not turn into something major in time. Lagoon used to be my favorite brand of catamaran. No more. The half-assed look of the carpentry job that seems to characterize most unseen plywood parts on the boat as well as the company's reaction to complaints about failing bulkheads (along the lines of "you are to blame not us") certainly do not inspire confidence in the builders of this brand. Very short-sighted indeed.
Fixed over a year ago by Lagoon free of charge
that is amazing - love it!
Such vibrant colours and a nice healthy coral batch. Lovely.
FLORIDA 🏖️⛱️💯
More vicarious travel and adventure, thanks! Better wet weather than -25.
Ha ha, yes it is better. Just scary on a boat with lughtening happening around.
While you have it open, I would reinforce the bulkhead with stronger plywood or possibly 1x6 screwed together then glassed.
We did it with the kit Lagoon sent us. Actually a metal u channel and hardwood on either side. All paid for including the labor by Lagoon
Like the ostrich head in the sand😂
Good luck
Saludos ! Esta fabuloso!
The water looks incredible!
Hi! Was the drone footage clear for you? When I watch it is. Just wondering if there was a problem in the upload.
Doesn’t floating the chain affect your holding power? Do you increase your scope to compensate?
Nice
Lagoon is a disgrace. They know they have a problem and it’s all theirs. I can not believe they deny all responsibility and abandon all those owners. If you have a Lagoon and the bulkhead is not yet failing be assured it’s just a matter of time. Your bulk heads will buckle. It’s a defect built into the boat and known as a latent defect, meaning it will eventually fail. There is no way on earth I will ever buy a Lagoon, unless there is a document video of all repairs, a engineers certificate from Lagoon and a life time warranty from Lagoon. This just will not happen. Feel so sorry for all you Lagoon owners. The Lagoon boats are a bomb ticking and will always be viewed as a LEMON. THE BULKHEADS WILL EVENTUALLY BUCKLE AND FAIL.
Thanks for sharing. Love to see these far away places.
Yeah !!! What a trip. We are happy to watch your adventures.
𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖 🌸
I would want a sailboat without all of the paneling trim covering up the structural strength members. It gives you easy inspection and lightens the boat considerably. Imagine if a boat trimmed out like to Lagoon got holed. How would you even get to the damage to repair it in a timely manner other than going over the side in potentially rough seas. Bad design.
My friends this is a Wonderful video, I truly enjoyed it. Thank you very much for sharing. Wishing you happy and safe sailing.
Wonderful video, I really appreciate it and enjoyed it. Thank you very much for sharing. Dez.
Thank you for watching. We appreciate it.
Lagoon catamarans supporting their people gives me faith in the manufacturer. As long as they keep up with the repairs and are not forced to do a bunch at once they should continue to produce boats. Good job lagoon.
Why are all the fish on the equator always drunk?
Because we enable their drinking problem
Loved the sunset scenery. Always enjoy following your adventures. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching
Hope you have a great crossing… see yah later…
Can't believe how much plywood is in these boats, very old school, you would think that the high stress areas would be foam, fibre glass. and carbon fiber for strength and lightness.
Hope you get your visa soon. Wish you fair winds and following seas. 😊
At the opening, I was wondering how you going to fit a catamaran onto a BC ferry?
Ha Ha! Just our bodies had to fit. Sure wish we could sail in that area! Thanks for watching
LOL.. that lagoon 70 is a big boat!!! Thanks for sharing. Always enjoy your videos.
Thank you for always watching!!
Some really great scenery. Thanks for sharing! Steve
Some really great scenery. Thanks for sharing! Steve