HOME IS WHERE YOU HEART IS
Landlubbers often ask, "When are you coming home?" What they really mean is, "When are you going to buy a house, settle down, and live like most other people?" Although this is a fair question, it overlooks the obvious. Real ocean cruisers are already home because their boat is their home.
Most ocean cruisers are middle class people who sold their house so they could purchase a boat. They simply traded a terrestrial home for an aquatic one.
Sailors have homes just like landlubbers. The big difference is that a cruiser's home moves around, sometimes a little, and sometimes a lot. It doesn't matter whether the anchor is down or the sails are up, a real ocean cruiser is still at home. Every day that I sailed on my yacht - 33,000 miles around the world - I always felt like I was home. Sometimes my home was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and at other times it was in Australia, Thailand, the Caribbean, or hundreds of other destinations. No matter where I was, as long as I was on my yacht, I was already home.
Yachts are an excellent way to travel because they permit you to take your home with you. There's no need for mountains of luggage or expensive hotels. You simply need a bay in which to drop your anchor.
When I flew around the world by air, never once in the month long trip did I feel like I was home. Airplanes, airports, and hotels never feel like home. Contrast that with my sailing voyage around the globe. For eleven years I sailed the high seas, and every single day and in every destination, I felt like I was home.
When you talk to sailors who cruise full time, most of them will tell you the same thing. Their yacht is their home. Although some cruisers can afford a house and a yacht at the same time, usually their house is rented to produce income, and their home is on the yacht.
Cruisers have a special understanding of the old saying, "Home is where the heart is." They made a choice to move their home from land to sea, and it was a decision of the heart. They did it because that was what they wanted to do.
So when exactly will cruisers come home? When will they move their home back from the sea to land? The answer is simple. When land is where their heart is, they will do it. They will step off their small ship onto dry land, start a new life, and make a new home.
Awesome music video that captures the essence of what it's like to sail offshore in a catamaran around the world when conditions are less than perfect. David Abbott from Too Many Drummers sings the vocals, and he also edited the footage from our Red Sea adventures. This is the theme song from the Red Sea Chronicles.
Sailing up the Red Sea is not for the faint of heart. From the Bab al Mandeb to the Suez Canal, adventures and adversity are in abundance. If you take things too seriously, you just might get the Red Sea Blues.
If you like drum beats, and you like adventure, then have a listen to the Red Sea Chronicles Trailer.
Flying fish assault Exit Only in the middle of the night as we sail through the Arabian Gulf from the Maldives to Oman. And so begins our Red Sea adventures.
Sailing through Pirate Alley between Yemen and Somalia involves calculated risk. It may not be Russian Roulette, but it is a bit of a worry. Follow Team Maxing Out as they navigate through Pirate Alley.
Stopping in Yemen was just what the doctor ordered. We refueled, repaired our alternator, and we made friends with our gracious Yemeni hosts. We also went to Baskins Robbins as a reward for surviving Pirate Alley.
After you survive Pirate Alley, you must sail through the Gate of Sorrows (Bab Al Mandab) at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. The Gate of Sorrows lived up to its name with fifty knots of wind and a sandstorm that pummeled Exit Only for two days. Life is good.
Captain Dave and his family spent eleven years sailing around the world on their Privilege 39 catamaran, Exit Only. During the trip, the crew shot 200 hours of video with professional cameras to show people what it's like to sail on a small boat around the world.
The Red Sea Chronicles is a one hour and twenty-two minute feature film showing their adventures as Exit Only sails through Pirate Alley in the Gulf of Aden and up the Red Sea. The professional footage documents their experiences in Oman, Yemen, Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, and the Suez Canal. It chronicles the rigors of traveling in a remote section of the world rarely visited by cruisers. Exit Only dodges Yemeni pirates, fights a gale and sand storms in the Bab al Mandeb at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. The crew explores deserted islands on the western shores of the Red Sea, and learns to check the cruising guides for land mines before venturing ashore.
The Red Sea Chronicles also has outstanding Special Features including an Instructional Video on Storm Management that tells sailors how to deal with storms at sea.
And don't forget the two Music Videos: "The Red Sea Blues", and "Captain - Save Our Souls".
The Red Sea Chronicles is a first class adventure that stokes the sailing dreams of both experienced and wannabe sailors alike.
Join Team Maxingout as they sail through Pirate Alley and up the Red Sea
See what it's like to cruise on a catamaran before you spend a bazillion dollars purchasing one
After watching the Red Sea Chronicles you will be able to see yourself sailing on the ocean of your dreams
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