Came across your channel today, so I gotta binge watch to catch up.

@@mechanicdave80 Hey Dave! Thanks for the comment! Hope you enjoyed catching up :)

Hello Team Ramona! Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful life project of yours. I thought the two of you, your families and the adventures behind the sailboat were wonderful. My name is Barbosa, I'm Brazilian and I have an ongoing project to acquire my boat and travel around the world without rushing and live aboard. I found some very interesting points in your story that coincide with mine. I live alone, I don't have a wife or children. I want to leave ordinary life in big cities and metropolises with large urban flows and go to the sea. I was raised by my grandmother who I loved very much and she died in 2015. I'm going to put her name on my boat in honor and it will be “VOVÓ BELA!!” I'm going to buy the boat in England. Look for a boat with sizes between 44 and 60 feet. I want three cabins to make one my bedroom, the other I will make an office and the third will be a room to receive friends if they show up. I will work from home. I'm going to set up an office and a radio communication table as I'm also an amateur SSB, HF, VHF, UHF, engraving radio amateur. First I want to prepare this boat in my own way and make it beautiful and fully equipped to be self-sustainable in water and electricity. I'm going to set up a laboratory because I work with scientific and technological research. After everything is ready, I want to sail throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. Then cross the Atlantic and cross the Pacific. I want to do the Coast of Africa and do the mares from Thailand, Japan, Okinawa, etc. I'm still torn between a sailboat and a Trawler. I'm studying this a lot and selling several boats. I watch all your videos and wait for your next one, okay? I hope one day we can meet somewhere on the planet in humid waters. I wish you all the success in the world and that you can always sail with good winds. Best regards, Barbosa.

First like first comment! Thank you! We'll push hard to get season 2 started. Might take a couple more weeks to get a style / rhythm going, as they are so different. stay tuned!

Thank you! And also thank you for always giving us positive words of encouragement. It's a lot to consider when trying to make engaging videos, but stay true to ourselves. We'll keep hacking away at it :)

Great! I purchased my Ingrid in Moss landing then sailed her down to Channel Islands. Your right about reversing.. I use a tiller pilot, not that expensive, easy to install. Got a Monitor last year.

Thanks! You too! We'll keep following your journey to Arkansas as well. 👍

Thanks guys! We also felt very nostalgic editing all the sailing footage. Can't wait to get her back to sailing! But yes, some refit first >

Thank you! We finally have another episode coming out soon. Thanks for sticking with us!

Thanks so much!! We are diving into the upcoming episodes already :)

Glad you like them! Kito is getting cold so quickly! In a flash, summer is gone! >

We have autopilot / windvane already in the works now. Hard dodger top is also in our thoughts. We appreciate the insight about the masts as well. We know she's and old dog, but we like her. cheers!

Thanks David! We have NO IDEA how you and others can pump out quality videos once a week or anything near that. But we have been working in the background, new one is coming soon!

Thank you Mai! We will keep working hard to keep the videos coming :)

Thank you! Did you find our website through the description? We are planning to talk about it more soon. We might do a few 'bonus' episodes before we get back to season 2. Show Japan a bit more, maybe even sailing here? We are exploring ideas on how to best promote Kito, without taking away from the sailing aspect. Let us know if you come visit Shikoku!

⁠​⁠@@SailingRamona Yes! It was smart to put the website in the first few lines of the description so it’s visible even if you don’t click “read more”. I think sailing in Japan (the do’s and don’ts, how it compares to other regions) would be nice to see since there isn’t that much English content.

Thanks for joining! I think you will like our next episode. We do a little sailing in Japan before we get back to our refit.

Thanks for the kind comment! Nerves were high for sure! But she did make it there safely (spoiler? lol) We will be moving into the refit videos soon, but first we have a couple fun episodes in the works. She sailed amazingly, and the following seas didn't seem to phase her at all. Not sure if it's the pointy stern. As with most things there seems to be various views on the subject. But we like her unique look and how she sails.

Great advice, thank you! After sailing our boat down the coast, I did look into our options for maneuvering in tight spaces. I found some people using the method you mention. We have pretty good momentum once we get going, so I'm sure that would work well. Definitely going to give that a try. When we took the boat to the lift, we did use warps to leave the doc, also worked quite well for that particular situation.

Hey there! Thanks for joining our journey! We have another episode finally coming out soon.

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Thanks! Will do! Hopefully we can make it there when we get back early next year. Would love to meet as well!

Wow! Very kind words! We are trying to improve each upload. Thank you for joining us! I'm glad to hear we have "solid comedy", It's mostly just us fumbling through it all!

Nope! We just did a little Google Maps editing! 😇

Jeje gracias Goyu!! Es una trampa para ver quién los ve hasta el final 😈

Thank you! Cheers!

great to hear! Where are you going to purchase and sail her? Maybe we can cross paths.