We continue our journey down the ICW from Virginia into North Carolina. Along the way the weather cooperated, but we had other problems brewing... [Filmed November 19-23, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailboat #sailingadventures #sailboatlife #bengalcat #bengalcatlovers

We've never called a bridge to open before, or been through a lock. We've never had to navigate around so many big ships in such a tight space either. We were nervous to leave the safety of the Chesapeake Bay and go out into the real world... In this video, we start heading south on the ICW through Norfolk, VA to Great Bridge Dock. [Filmed November 18, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailboat #sailingadventures #sailboatlife

We both love and hate the Chesapeake Bay. It's where we learned to sail, but it's mud brown waters won't be missed! In this video we take a few days to get to the bottom of the bay. Along the way we hide from Hurricane Nicole, test our @RainmanDesal watermaker, and buy a bunch of provisions before we start the ICW south. [Filmed November 10-17, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailboat #sailingadventures #chesapeakebay

We're not gonna lie, we are NOT experienced sailors... and constant 30-35 knot winds entering the Chesapeake was too much for us to handle that day! After enjoying a few days of beautiful weather in Solomon Island, we decided to get a move on to Deltaville, VA. We checked all the weather apps before deciding to head out that morning, but we quickly realized that the predictions were WRONG! We did manage to get better weather the next day and we sailed to a nice quiet anchorage just off of Point Lookout in Scotland, MD for the night. [Filmed November 6-9, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailinglife #sailboat #beneteau #sailingadventures

Anchored by Point Lookout at the mouth of the Potomac River. We decided to go ashore to have a picnic and do a little exploring. Turns out this area is home to Fort Lincoln, an American Civil War site with the largest northern prison camp of the war. [Filmed November 9, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailboat #sailingadventures

Have you ever wanted to quit your job, sell EVERYTHING, and live on a sailboat? Well... We just did! Are we crazy?! It's been a challenging few years of outfitting the boat with the goal of sailing it to the Caribbean. Many people were skeptical that we would actually follow through and cast off the dock lines for the last time. Who's laughing now?! Day 1 of cruising complete ✅ [Filmed November 6, 2022] #sailingcouple #liveaboardlife #sailinglife #sailingadventure #livingonaboat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/summerandthatguysailing/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/summerandthatguysailing/

It’s the dumbest boat cooking video you’ll wish you never watched. We had some fun on our first sailing adventure filming Summer prepare a taco dinner for the crew while at anchor.

We've always hated having to remove and replace our hatch boards to enter and exit the boat. Companionway swinging doors are much easier to use, but would need to be custom made. And that's where Zarcor Solutions comes in. In this short (non-instructional) video, we install the Zarcor doors on our boat, and you get to see how awesome they are! #boatwork #boatrefit #beneteau411 #sailingcouple #zarcorsolutions

We renamed the boat! When we bought the boat, her name was Orion, we thought that name was too common for our liking. We wanted something more personal and easy to say and spell over the radio. We spent six months coming up with silly puns for the name, but none felt like the one. In December 2020 we suddenly lost our beloved sailor kitty, Mojo-Jojo, and to honor his life we knew Mojo was the perfect fit. Sailors are very superstitious and renaming a boat is known to be bad luck. A ritual is performed that includes making a deal with Poseidon to purge the old name and accept the new name into his ledger as well as appeasing the four wind gods to bless us with fair winds on our journeys. So here we are!

May 23, 2021 marked the one year anniversary of owning our boat! So we took her on our very first extended sailing adventure where we anchored for a few nights in St. Michaels, Maryland with a couple friends. Brian got the inverter working the day before we set sail so we could use our 110v power and make coffee while at anchor. There wasn’t much wind on our voyage, but we were still able to do some sailing by trying out the spinnaker for the first time. It was awesome! We arrived in St. Michaels, dropped anchor, and popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate the beautiful day of sailing and all the hard work we’ve put into the boat over the past year. Over the next two days, we took the dinghy to shore and did some exploring in the quaint little town with Matt and Jessica, we had a blast! With COVID restrictions easing up in MD, we were able to comfortably explore more places in town. On our last day, we cooked brunch, weighed anchor, and sailed home to Eastport. Overall, our first real sailing adventure was a success! We can’t thank Matt and Jessica enough for accompanying us on this historic journey.

After a year of refitting our boat, we finally got around to actually sailing her! Since we don't really know what we're doing yet, our friends, Matt and Jessica, graciously offered to come along and show us the ropes. We went out for the day as a shakedown to test our systems and make sure everything works (which it mostly did).