From calm Chesapeake sailing to big life changes, this episode has it all. We enjoy some peaceful sailing time, fix our alternator, make friends with a few curious ducks, and even sell our car. We also share what’s next for our family and launch our Patreon! patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity 📍 Chesapeake Bay ⛵ Boat: Royal Cape 500 Catamaran 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sailing family episodes

This episode marks two big firsts for us. We take our Royal Cape 500 catamaran out for our first sail without our training captain on board — and then spend our first night on anchor away from the dock. It’s both exciting and a little nerve-wracking, but these are the milestones that make boat life real. 📍 Chesapeake Bay ⛵ Boat: Royal Cape 500 Catamaran Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sailing family episodes as we learn, fix, and explore. 💬 Do you remember your first night on anchor? How did it go?

This week is all about sailing. We take our Royal Cape 500 catamaran out for our final sailing training, sail around a historic Chesapeake lighthouse, and once again find ourselves fighting with our stubborn autopilot. Repairs aren’t easy, but we’re determined to get it working before our next big trip. 📍 Chesapeake Bay ⛵ Royal Cape 500 Catamaran 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sailing family adventures 💬 What’s your favorite landmark you’ve sailed past? Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

Life aboard isn’t always predictable. This week, we cook up a special treat with the kids, share a glimpse of what lunch looks like on a boat, do a bit of engine maintenance… and end up swimming with jellyfish after the boat gets tangled during a man overboard drill. Just another week chasing serenity in our floating home. 📍 Chesapeake Bay ⛵ Boat: Royal Cape 500 Catamaran 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sailing family episodes Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

From storm clouds to sandy beaches, Episode 5 has a little bit of everything. We take the kids sailing, explore a quiet beach on the Chesapeake, and experience a gorgeous (and slightly intense) thunderstorm. Kaylee gets her first-ever haircut onboard, we clean our speed sensor, and replace the mainsheet line. It’s the kind of week that reminds us why we chose this life — and how much work it takes to keep it going. 📍 Chesapeake Bay ⛵ Royal Cape 500 Catamaran 🔔 Subscribe for more sailing family episodes Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

Living on a boat with your family is not a vacation — it’s a full-time job. This week we: 🧗 Go up the mast to repair our wind vane 🖌️ Sand and paint parts of the boat 🛁 Clean mold from inside 💩 Replace the toilet macerator 🧼 Laurie walks us through our laundry routine Oh — and we say goodbye to our boat’s old logo in preparation for the Chasing Serenity logo! 📍 Filmed in: Solomons, MD ⛵ Boat: Royal Cape 500 Catamaran 🔔 Subscribe for weekly family sailing adventures 💬 Would you live full-time on a project boat? Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

It's 100ºF and our boat AC dies. Cue Heat, sweat, and stress. While trying to survive a brutal heat wave aboard our Royal Cape 500, we scramble to fix our broken air conditioner and finally get our second engine running. Meanwhile, Laurie and Ana captain the dinghy for the first time ever. Subscribe for new episodes every week as we fix up our project catamaran and chase serenity at sea. Ever had a system fail at the worst possible time? Let us know in the comments! Featured in this episode: -Marine AC repair -Engine troubleshooting success -Dinghy driving for the first time -Surviving a summer heat wave aboard Filmed in Solomons, MD Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

We're starting to turn this boat into a home - one upgrade at a time. In this episode we install hammock chairs, replaced broken faucets, upgrade our drinking water system, and say goodbye to our rusted-out magma grill. But boat life also mean jellyfish, ducklings, and unexpected learning curves at every turn. Watch as we continue our liveaboard family journey and make this Royal Cape 500 a little more livable, one small victory at a time. Links for products in the video: Lifeline Netting: https://amzn.to/4kqAoIX Cord to tie netting to rails: https://amzn.to/3TixrPz Hammock Chair: https://amzn.to/44kBtvC Grill: https://amzn.to/4lABItE Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity

We just moved aboard a Royal Cape 500 catamaran with our family of four - and it's a full blown project boat! From plumbing to electric, cosmetic to critical, we're working on turning this fixer-upper into our island hopping dream home. This episode includes us driving from Minnesota to Maryland, starting to settle into our new boat home, and us finding out our "to do" list is a lot longer than we expected! Subscribe for weekly episodes! Patreon: patreon.com/SVChasingSerenity