Ep3: First time boat owners, quit our jobs & bought a used sailboat in the Med to sail the world.
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2021
- We chose an alternative living and bought a used sailboat in Med. We are first time boat owners, who quit our jobs and left our busy lives behind in California to start our long-awaited sailing adventure throughout the world. Our first stop is Istanbul, Turkey to visit family and friends. Afterwards we fly on to Zagreb, Croatia, and finally drive to our marina in Slano, just north of Dubrovnik. Like everything else in life, when you start digging beneath the surface, that is where you find the good stuff. It took us 5 years of dreaming, planning, saving, and 2 trips to Europe to find our dreamboat. In this video, we show our journey to our boat and what is involved to get a boat ready after winter in order to start the sailing season in 2021. In between our boat projects, repairs, and provisioning, we explored the local area of Peljesac peninsula where the famous Croatia wine Plaviac Mali (cousin of Zinfandel) is from. Also, the town of Ston is located here. The walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls about 7 kilometers long. After the Great Wall of China, the walls of Ston are the second-longest preserved fortification systems in the world. Finally, after all the prep work, we take Sea Bee out of the marina for a test sail to a nearby island and start planing a week-long sailing adventure to Mijet, Korchula, and Hvar.
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Love this video! I laughed right along with you and enjoyed getting to see the sights everywhere you are. Can't wait for the next one! (i love that you searched until you found where to buy yoga mats) Namaste xo
Rally and Sailboats! The perfect video!!!
Yes - land and sea fun! Thank you!
Congratulations from Turkey, Izmir. You are living the life style of my dreams. I will follow you and watch all of your videos, with a great interest. Good luck 💝
Merhaba, we are planning on sailing to Turkey upcoming season and spend some time in Aegean. Yollarimizin kesismesi umidiyle. Sevgiler
So glad I found your channel. I’m in the exact same situation but my wife is from Albania and there is where we want to live. I’m in the early stages of searching for a boat.
Dream come true.....Keep Healthy......Salam from Indonesia
Thank you Boedi
Have a great sail!
Looking forward for some sailing action!
Coming up- thank you!
Great to sea you on your boat! I heard you on the Medsailor podcast with Franz.
Cheers Nigel
That’s fantastic! Thank you for watching our video. Are you by chance the Nigel that sailed the boat Cookie around the world?
@@SeaBeeSailing No …. but Chris and I are planning to buy a cat and start off in the Med next year. I’ve just completed my RYA Day Skipper Theory and now I have to do the practical to get my license! 😃
Cheers Nigel and Christine Barnes
I have the biggest smile on my face watching you two finally embark on your sailing adventure. Congrats and fair winds!
You two looks so happy, congrats to your new life. Cheers.
What a fabulous episode, love hearing about your adventures and explorations and I look forward to seeing many more.
Danielle, in this video (14:00) you had a white shirt on, and it is the same shirt you brought back for me from one of your Turkey trips many, many moons ago. Love that shirt!
Enjoy you two!
Thank you Cheryl for taking the time to watch our video and for leaving such a nice comment. So funny you noticed “our” shirt. I bought one for myself but never wore it all these years and came across it when we were cleaning out our house before our move with the tags still on! It’s the perfect travel top. I will think of you when I wear it!
Hello from İstanbul. Avcılar'dan bol şanslar abi. 🇹🇷
Guys congratulations on your beautiful dreams, a tour of the boat would be great and a video every week also .Keep dreaming and fair winds.
Thank you for your nice comment. Editing the videos takes a ton of time and of course we want to be out sailing so we hope to push a video out every couple weeks or so. Yes a boat will be coming up maybe episode 5 when we stop sailing and are back at our Marina. Cheers!
Hi, Wellcome Danielle and Kivanç to Turkey. I was waiting your new wideo. Well done. I liked your boath and story, trip. Certainly, come to Turkey with sea bee. You will like turkey mediterian and ege coast. We are waiting your next video. We love you. By by.
Thank you so much! We will bring Sea Bee to Turkey in 2022! 🇹🇷😄⛵️
Congratulati9ns from Australia . Looking forward to watching your channel grow, the adventure unwind and the many “beer & salami” moments!!! Such a great toast🙏🏻
Thank you so much for watching! Cheers or Beer and Salami to you! 😀
Have a great journey to bottom of you and looking forward to seeing new episode 👍👍❤🙏
Thank you for following. Cheers!
Those marinas in Croatia are just SHOCKING expensive.....pls tell me it's cheaper than 100 euros/might elsewhere in the med!!!!
Go to Greece! It's way more reasonable all around.
Nice video! Please continue like that. It is nice to see how you are realizing your dream. It is also very interesting that you started your journey in Croatia because my wife is from Zagreb and we really love to sail in Croatia. Specially the Islands in Dalmatia are really great. Korcula, Vis and Hvar are our favorite. If you have some questions just let us know we would be happy to give you some nice tips. We did 2 years ago our great loop. We started in Detroit and went to the Bahamas, were we stayed for 5 months. One day we will do the same Iike you guys and the Elan is one of our favorite boats. Remember life is better in flip flops. Best Regards from Kazakhstan Sanja. and Christian
Thank you for your note. We are actually in Korcula right now. We plan on sailing to the other side of the island today and then up to Hvar and other islands - if you have any suggestions we would welcome them. Your Bahama sail sounds great. Cheers!
@@SeaBeeSailing Hvar old Town is very nice to see (Palmizana is near to anchor) , Komiza on Vis you should not miss (if you like sweet and cake go to Cukar) and the Blue cave on Bisevo in the morning. If you want to hike a bit we recommend you the old monastery Blaca at the island Brac. You can anchor free of charge.
Congrats!! I look forward to seeing future episodes!!
Love this video! It's almost like watching a professional travel guide show. Can't wait for your next video💙
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the nice episode.
Good to see you on the water 😃🥂🍻🍕
What a wonderful video! It covered so many different subjects and has crossover appeal for boating, motor racing, local history, tourism, bee keeping, enthusiasts. Keep up this type of format and you definitely have a winning formula in documenting your adventures. Loved the editing and the choice of music too. So happy that you are now both living your dream. Onwards and upwards!
Thanks for following and for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!
Beautiful scenes and great video shoots. I am happy for both of you that your dreams come through. Bon Voyage!!!
Thank you so much! Nice to hear from you again. Thanks for watching our videos.
Loved Ep 3!! So happy you two are actually on SeaBee! Love you lots and look forward so seeing more episodes....you do know we twirl our hair the same....just sayn...😘😘
Congratulations! Greetings from the SFO bay. What a great part of the world to launch your dreams and journey. I'm looking forward to your updates as the sailing begins!!
Thanks for following us Ken’
I want to be the first to congratulate you on the completion of your third video. Well done! I am looking forward to many more.
I love that you are the first to congratulate us!! 😀
My wife & I are looking to do the same thing as you. Neither of us have ever sailed before. Any suggestions on how to gain sailing experience?
Depending on availability, sailing schools are the best avenue. Recommend looking for ASA or US Sailing credentials.
Hi. Thanks for a very informative video. Do you mind sharing the end price of the boat please? Thanks
You guys better watch out: the Travel Channel might approach you with a lucrative offer that could really blow your plans for a simplified life on your own schedule. Loved the episode and can't wait to toast "beer and salami!" (That couple - Sima and Sinjar? - seem like wonderful people.) Looking forward to the next episode whenever it comes.
Ha! Thanks for your nice words. I think the (Sema and Sencer) Beer & Salami toast is treading now! 😀
Awesome videos. Thanks so much for posting these up. We have about 20 months to go before we are following you guys. I do have a question, Where is Seabee flagged? And why there?
Thanks so much for watching and we are very excited for your upcoming departure! Sea Bee is an American flagged boat. It just happened that the previous owner was American like us so it made things very easy for us when we purchased her. Feel free to ask us any other questions. Cheers!
Croatia seems so steeped in history. I mean the 2nd longest stone wall fortifications after the Great wall of China and from the 1300s. Amazing ‼️ Loved the short tour. ✨🌊⛵️🏝🍷🌞✨
Thanks for watching!
@@SeaBeeSailing. You are most welcome ✨ ⛵️ ⚓️ 🌊 ✨