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How incredible is this place? We had to keep pinching ourselves that we were really here. Nuku Hiva is absolutely stunning and we are so grateful to have visited this beautiful place. I hope you enjoy this vid as much we enjoyed this place... simply breathtaking! Jump onboard, become a patreon and support our creations. https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Cheers Ab, Ro and Baby Cove xx

The Pacific Ocean Crossing - 36 days, out in one of the biggest ocean in the world done and dusted and it was just the two of us, here is a bit of a taste of our experience. 4130NM travelled, 864 hours of sailing & watching the ocean go by, over 700 litres of fuel burned, 900 litres of water utilised, 2 lines chaffed, 1 d-shackle broke, ripped spinnaker, over 100 squid & flying fish came to say hello, 4 fish got away, 2 fish landed, no more than 2 hours sleep at one time, biggest sea was 4M and our strongest wind 30knots. We went from big seas to sunny days, lightning storms to rain squalls, strong winds to a calm breeze, banging and crashing waves all around to a millpond ocean. This has been one of the most mentally challenging things we have done in our life to date. Some days you feel like jumping off the side of the boat to get off the roller coaster ride that does not stop or you just want to curl up and hide in a dark corner away from all the banging and crashing, but most days you are sitting on top of the world. The sun is shinning, vibes are high and you can’t wipe the smile off your face. Being out at sea for this long has been one of those experiences that pushes you to become better and you find out how strong you really can be 💪 The last 1000NM we had extremely light variable winds, trying to keep Inspire moving at a steady pace above 4 knots with hardly any fuel left onboard meant many sleepless nights making sail change trying to stop the sails from flapping about while we waited for wind.... the frustrations were real! Your mind is a powerful tool, focusing on achieving our challenge, sailing Inspire into our home waters the South Pacific and that feeling of accomplishment after stepping foot onto a tropical island after days at sea has kept us super positive throughout the whole sail. Would we do it again? Who knows... but what I do know is that we are super proud we have done it!

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all having a super week! So we had a BABY!!! Cove is now a big six month old, its crazy how time just goes so super fast! It makes you really appreciate all those special moments and how important it is to just enjoy every second. Rohan and I have been really loving being home and spending lots of time with our family and friends. Grab a coffee and sit down with me while a ramble on about our future plans (sorry if i talk to much haha) and our past sailing adventures and the most important part... you get to meet baby Cove. Plus how incredible was the moment Rohan saw New Zealand! So emotional, each time I watch it brings tears to my eyes. It has been a remarkable trip over the past three year and to have our home in our home waters was a moment that we will never forget. Love you all and thank you again for all your support. Here is the link to Give Clean Water! https://givecleanwater.org/our-story/ We are so stoked to be partnered with them! To kick this off! Our last two video uploads we are going to donate ALL of our patreon funds! That means you guys have provided four families in Fiji with clean water for 10 year! How incredible is that. I am so happy and privileged to have your guys support our creations and that together we can help families in Fiji. THANK YOU!! Jump onboard, become a patreon and support our creations. Each video we upload together we provide a family in Fiji with clean drinking water for 10 YEARS!! https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Cheers Ab, Ro and Baby Cove xx

Jump onboard and join the Inspire crew if you are after some good old Kiwi vids. Our purpose is to Inspire and encourage people to get outside, connect with nature and develop a thirst for adventure! Link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Follow us on insta @sailinginspire Music Creds Intro: Our mate Doug, Ocean 1.28: Bensound, Happieness www.bensound.com 2.01: Bensound, Goinghigher www.bensound.com 4.34: Bensound, Creativeminds www.bensound.com 7.15: Bensound, Tomorrow www.bensound.com 24.26: My Dads song, Once in a while.

I thought it was about time we shared with you our insane experience taking Inspire through famous Panama Canal, and as Dad said “words can’t describe”. Enjoy! Jump onboard and join the Inspire crew if you are after some good old Kiwi vids. Our purpose is to Inspire and encourage people to get outside, connect with nature and develop a thirst for adventure! Link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Follow us on insta @sailinginspire Music Creds 2.00: Ros mix on garageband 5.24: Bensound, Dream www.bensound.com 5.58: Bensound, Hipjazz www.bensound.com 24.26: My Dads song, Once in a while.

Felt like we were on a David Attenborough show! It was a pretty insane and rememberable week in Panama. We encountered the local deadly Shelter Bay Croc and a beautiful gentle Mumma and Baby Sloth. IT WAS EPIC. After our Jungle encounters we headed up to the San Blas Islands where there was pure white sandy beaches and that turquoise blue water we are always chasing. Jump onboard and join the Inspire crew if you are after some good old Kiwi vids. Our purpose is to Inspire and encourage people to get outside, connect with nature and develop a thirst for adventure! Link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Music Creds Intro : Douglas Nikolaison (Rohans Mate) 4.06: Imovie, Borealis https://www.bensound.com 5.17: Bensound, Little Planet https://www.bensound.com 9.12: Bensound, Happieness https://www.bensound.com 11.12: Bensound, Better Days . https://www.bensound.com 15.39: Bensound, Dreams https://www.bensound.com 17.40: Douglas Nikolaison (Rohans Mate) 18.43: David Sanford (Abbys Dad), Once in a while

Well lets just say there were smiles all around when we seen the lights of Panama, it was a rather rocky ride across the Caribbean Sea. Inspire always gets us to our destination safely. We headed into Shelter Bay Marina to get a few jobs done in preparation for the Pacific Ocean. Abbys Dad comes onboard for a well deserved holiday, we explored the Jungle and stumbled across some incredible wildlife and historic sights. Jump onboard and become an Inspire supporter of our video creations, link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Check out Finding Avalon vids on youtube! Link Below https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUAAFXyWbMKKmKd12c7Gr7g

Finally it’s time, we get to adventure out onto the big blue ocean... the feeling was unreal. Being out on the Ocean is incredible, you are free out there! Before we sailed out on our Caribbean Sea crossing we stopped in at Norman Island in the BVI’s. The sea was crystal clear, beautiful fish life and we had great company around us. Norman Island was a perfect spot for us to get used to living back on onboard Inspire. Lots of love to you all. Have a super day! Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our creations and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits Douglas Nikolaison: Intro called Ocean. Music: https://www.bensound.com End song: Get Down - Mt Woodnote feat. Lil Rhys, Dub Fx, Theo Weywood & Flower Fairy https://mrwoodnote.bandcamp.com/ Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/

Are you ready for season 2! Inspire videos are back We are sailing to the Pacific Islands then New Zealand. In this episode we update you in real time then take a step back into the past to get you all up to speed on whats happened in the past year. During the episode we sail to the BVI's stopping in Antigua on the way, that place is like super yacht central! We then leave Inspire with Conch Charter for one while year while we go back to NZ to work and save for the next adventure. While we were in NZ we worked hard and build a tiny house .... it was super fun. We also build a floating portable unit .... check out our instagram @sailinginspire for photos. Enjoy, it's great to be posting videos again. Cheers Ab & Ro Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our creations and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: Intro called Ocean. Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/

I have finally got around to uploading another video for you guys! Sorry it has taken me sooooo long. Check out our Instagram page for live updates @sailinginspire! Link below https://www.instagram.com/sailinginspire/ This episode was a hard one to make because Jacob and Sam (aka Sham) had their last night on Inspire. Ro and I were so grateful to have them apart of our journey for 5 month.... we couldn't thank them enough for all their help and support! They are flipping amazing humans to be around, love them dearly. It was also Tresnas BIRTHDAY, we celebrated in style with rum in the stunning Guadeloupe. Happy Birthday Tres :) Lots of love and thanks for following. p.s sorry about some of the ticking in the sound, our microphone broke! Ab & Ro Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our creations and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: Intro called Ocean and the song at 17.02 called that day will come https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/

Well that was a fun week! Started off with a great sail to Dominica, we didn’t’ have much wind at the start but it picked up and we speed over to Island! Unfortunately as soon as we anchored in Dominica we were hassled by a lot of boat boys which is completely understandable, they were just wanting to make some money for their families but we decided to pick up anchor and head to Iles Des Saintes Islands which are located South of Guadeloupe. Our favourite island was Ilet a Cabrit (Goat Island), habited by goats, hermit the crab, cats, pelicans and chickens! So much fun, to finish off a great day we enjoyed a good old Kiwiana BBQ to finish off the day. Shout out to our Patrons Sam and Greg for all your support! How good is Greg at singing, this clip was Greg singing at Sams birthday last weekend. Happy Birthday Sam whooohoooo! Enjoy :) Thanks for watching. Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our creations and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: Intro called Ocean and the song at 17.02 called that day will come https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Cheers, Ab & Ro

Wow what a start to 2018! Turtles, stunning bays, clear water and great company. We left one of our favourite bays in St Lucia, Marigot Bay to head to Rodney bay for one night before doing a early morning day sail to Martinique for New Years. We had a pretty mellow new year (Martinique was quite, would you believe that?) so on the 1st of Jan we heading to the insane bay just around the corner called Grande Anse..... IT WAS AMAZING!!! We spend the first day of 2018 snorkelling around the beautiful with turtles in crystal clear blue water. What did you guys all do on the first day of 2018? Enjoy! Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Love Ab & Ro

We had a great morning exploring the underwater sights Barbados had to offer as we got towed behind Geoff using a second hand kids body board! Great cheap fun, all you need is a tow rope, small body board, tight bikini bottoms hahaha and a similar boat to Geoff! (a tender). After our underwater fun we picked up anchor, said goodbye to the beautiful Barbados and sailed overnight to the stormy St Lucia. We arrived to a spectacular coastline full of volcanos and a burst of natural splendour with every turn. We anchored in the stunning Cove call Marigot Bay, just South of Rodney Bay. Enjoy! Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Cheers Ab & Ro

Christmas on Inspire! It was a fantastic day spending time with family and friends for Christmas in Barbados and we got to dive some incredible ship wreaks. Enjoy watching and spending Christmas with us . Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Cheers Ab & Ro

We had little wind for the last 1000NM sail across the Atlantic and we sadly lost our amazing spinnaker which we were all very upset about. But we kept high spirits becuase we were about to arrive into the most incredible Island Barbados and complete our 2017 goal to cross the Atlantic Ocean, we were all very proud and happy! Enjoy Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Cheers Ab & Ro

Barbados you have been everything we hoped and more, this beautiful Country has the most kind hearted people, crystal clear blue water, turtles, amazing sea life and of course the Mt Gay Rum Distillery. We visited Mt Gay Rum with Sarah, Adam and their Crew on Sailing Latitude. If you haven’t already check out their youtube channel :) Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Cheers Ab & Ro

We left Cape Verde so excited for the big journey ahead... we couldn't of asked for better conditions for the first 1000NM of our Atlantic Crossing. Watch and Enjoy, we loved every minute of it. Become an Inspire Supporter to see exclusive videos, support our vids and get the chance to come onboard Inspire, click on the link below: https://www.patreon.com/Sailinginspire Song Credits to Douglas Nikolaison: https://soundcloud.com/user-315372179-853601954 Check out our website to find out more about us: http://www.sailinginspire.com/ Get some Sailing Inspire swag: https://www.sailinginspirestore.com/ Cheers Ab & Ro