Covert Castaway Sailing with SV AWEN
Welcome to Covert Castaway sailing podcast, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we attempt a circumnavigation on our sailing catamaran SV AWEN. #sailing #liveaboard #cruising #circumnavigation
Episodes
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Learning AWEN - S7E02
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
First night at anchor unsupervised on our Outremer 52 catamaran after a week of learning the systems, the nuances of the sail plan and how she works.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Handover - S7E01
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
WE GOT OUR BOAT! Woo Hoo. We talk about our first day on the boat and how the initial handover went.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Final Options & Costs - S6E13
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Well, we got the final invoice for our sailboat since handover is next week and wanted to go through all our final options and decisions.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sails Up - S6E12
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
The new North Sails go on AWEN and we take our Outremer 52 out for the first test sail to see how she likes them!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Splash Day - S6E11
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Splash day for our new boat! We were excited to see Awen in the water and getting her mast put on, it's starting to look like a real sailboat and we are just two weeks away from handover.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, buy a boat and explore the world. Join the conversation on our Sailing AWEN facebook page or drop us a note at sailingawen@gmail.com.
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Nomad Living - S6E10
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
The joys of nomadic life include all kinds of unexpected surprises, we share some of them as we wait out the last few weeks waiting for our sailboat to be done.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Friday Jun 30, 2023
What Families Worry About - S6E09
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
My mom has a lot of questions about offshore sailing and all the possible ways to die on a sailboat so I invited her on a podcast to ask me anything!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sailboat Maintenance Tools and Parts - S6E08
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Today we talk about our approach to sailboat maintenance, tools, spares, and parts and how we are accumulating and managing our equipment and making sure we set good discipline for maintenance longer term.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being liveaboard sailing cruisers. Join us as we talk about what we‘re learning as we sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, say goodbye to our family and attempt a circumnavigation on a sailing catamaran.
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
All Things Medical - S6E07
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Medical preparation, training, insurance, telehealth, and what to know about marine medical packed into this episode!
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, buy a boat and explore the world. Join the conversation on our Sailing AWEN facebook page or drop us a note at sailingawen@gmail.com.
Friday May 26, 2023
Discovering Our Boat In Person - S6E06
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
We finally get to France and get to sail on the O52 catamaran live in the flesh! Not much wind, but definitely left an impression.
Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to be sailing liveaboard cruisers. Join us as we share what we are learning as we make the lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our jobs, buy a boat and explore the world. Join the conversation on our Sailing AWEN facebook page or drop us a note at sailingawen@gmail.com.