Ben and Ashley personify an old adage. "Some people go through life with their eyes closed. Some people go through life with their eyes partially opened. Some people go through life, occasionally opening their eyes fully. Then there are the very few people who go through life with their eyes fully open all the time, taking in the wonders of the world and appreciating everything that they're seeing." Ben and Ashley remind me of my parents, when we were sailing in the South Pacific, near Indonesia (far too long ago to want to admit). They told me, "Do what you want to do, but be certain that it is truly what you desire to be doing, and don't hurt anyone, especially yourself." This advice can never be forgotten, and Sailing Nahoa proves this every day, as they are teaching this philosophy by example, and not only with words. Thank you for sharing your incredible life and world view.

In 1989 we crossed the Atlantic from Cape Verde to Barbados, a 20-day passage. It had felt like a big responsibility, taking Tropic Moon across the ocean. But once I understood how tireless she was, going on for hour after hour, day after day, regardless of the conditions, it was like having a weight lifted from my shoulders. In fact, I realized we couldn't actually take her anywhere, but she could take us there. As I remarked to Ed, we could jump overboard and, with our twin headsails/autopilot/wind vane all set for the downwind passage, Tropic Moon would most likely arrive in the Caribbean all by herself. Half way through that passage, I stood on deck, turning in a circle. We were more than 1000 miles in distance from any land. It was quite a feeling. Part of why people sail is for these kind of experiences.

First here to say, keep living your lives! Some people are afraid of their shadow... some rightfully should be. L I V I N ! ❤

Thank you for sharing the beautiful places. We will keep praying for your safe travels. Stay safe. God bless your travels! 🎉❤🥰🙏🙏🙏

Your family is one of the few sailing/traveling KZfaqrs I enjoy watching because of the love and respect you show everyone and everywhere you go. With regard to the point someone made about you being "safe in harbor so why climb the mountainside" as well, and to that I say "What is the point of sailing/traveling to new locations if you aren't going to explore them?" Also, children (and adults) are going to get sick and they will get bumps and bruises no matter where you're at... So the real question then is this, " Are you going to let fear control your life, or are you going to take that leap?"

Another awesome adventure. I can’t think of anything more fulfilling than completing a passage then hiking to the highest part of the land you just set anchor in. Also giving your kids that opportunity is absolutely amazing. You’re creating unforgettable memories exploring our beautiful earth. Keep on sailing on and showing everyone, including your children the world. Life shouldn’t be boring!

Life is only worth it if you take chances and adventure where others would not…

Your production of videos document the journey, the adventure and show it is still possible in our world. Your interaction with people around the world confirms that the vast majority of people are the same in Canada, the US and Indonesia or Africa. You help keep the dreams alive in people . Thank you both. Stay safe. All the best, Hal

That was a really cool refuelling service!!

Thanks for your video you two! I'm praying for your journey across the ocean, hope this finds Willa feeling much better and the rest of you in good health. You are never alone, God is everywhere believe it or not, it's a fact.

Good afternoon Nahoa family,good to see you again

So sorry Willa was sick. Hope all is well now. Safe travels! ❤️

Why do sailing around the world? Because no beautiful family can show the beautiful seas, oceans, countries, and islands like your channel can. Your adventure is appreciated by millions of people who can't sail. So we are very thankful to have experienced it all without going through all the hardships and just enjoying the adventure with your family. So again, thank you for doing it for all of us. Just please always stay safe and don't take too much risk. Praying always for God's protection for your family. God bless you and have a joyful and safe voyage. 🎉❤🥰🙏🙏🙏

Great Commentary guys, gives us a perspective on your trials everyday.

Incredible experience for you two and the little ones, St Helena - wow ❤

You guys have been inspiring the shit out of me for years now! Please keep it up for say….forever? 😊 I learn so much from you guys and your adventures that I would never have the opportunity to living in Nebraska, USA. What you guys are doing for your kids will surely pay dividends when they’re older. I pray for a safe passage to Brazil!

Ben, you are such a word smith! I can’t explain how much I appreciate your commentary. You state things so eloquently and clearly with such a great flair. Have been a fan and viewer since you headed into the Panama Canal and haven’t missed a post since. My wife and I throughly enjoy your work.

Ben. Another way to help with chafe is to wrap whatever the sail or line is rubbing against with UHMW tape. Its very low cx of friction lets the sail/line slide across. Sure to find it in Brazil😊 Fair winds and following seas.

Awesome, just awesome in everyway. You guys are just awesome! Forget & ignore any haters! Thanks for the escape! Ignore the hater! Keep going your awesome!

The mid and Northern Atlantic is very warm this season creating many tropical storms. Please be cautious, which i know you are, as you continue to Brazil. Stay safe 🙏

Living vicariously through your adventures but totally understand your worry Ashley. Hope Willa feels better soon!

Love what you're doing. You guys are fabulous.

I am completely fascinated by your experiences with your family going around the world. You are a very brave, resilient, and resourceful family with such a tremendous story to tell. I have learned much about life watching your diary on your daily routine. It takes a steadfast dedication and fortitude to stay focused enough not to allow your emotions to win over in tense situations,-what needs to be dealt with. You must secure the safety for your family first and foremost. It’s easy to give in to failures, but learning from our experiences and always moving forward is the path of least resistance. Your attitude is exemplary! Good luck and God speed to your family. Be safe!

You guys are one of many sailing channels I watch, but the most brave.

I am Totally Amazed at what you have Accomplished . Very Very Impressive.

Love the new format guys, Godspeed!

Ben and Ashely another inspiring video by showing the amazingly remote beauty of St Helena and the contrasting reality of passage making where the only way is onwards and the challenge of illness with one of your children. Having seen the O'Kelly's recent upload I know you have now completed your first circumnavigation and I truly look forward to seeing you set off on the next one in your custom make new cat. Hats of to you for your valour and application with a condour many YouTubber lack. Utter respect.

Hope your Daughter feels better soon. Safe travels. Thanks for taking us around the World! God Bless the four of you.

The view on top of that Island was really beautiful. And I hope your little girl gets better she's so precious that is some crazy weather there God bless you and your family

Thank you for being so brave and talented! Beautiful family. Fair winds!

How do we know what's out there if we don't go out and experience it! Ben and Ashley are the best, so kind and great parents to their 2 little ones. I love your videos, shows us places where we would probably never go and see. Keep up the excellent work!!

The mountain of rock is so gorgeous with the bird's-eye view footage. Great video, guys!

Glad you guys are going to South America, seems like most channels skip the entire continent. Fair winds and following seas, hope you have a safe trip!

Sending you all the love. You are the most inspiring people!! I have been following you for years. I learned so much. Many heartfelt thanks. All the best of luck. ❤

Thank you for these videos. You two are really setting the fire for me to get into this kind of journey. The story telling us incredible.

For some reason I thought you had stopped sailing and I quit following you guys…glad to see your still here! I knew you had one baby but didn’t know about the 2nd lil guy! Very cool!

Hope little girl feels better. Thank you for the great work on the video. Be safe on your trip.

Brilliant video guys. life is for living! I so don't want to be sitting on a couch in front of the fire! We did our own adventure sailing down the East Coast of Australia this year in a 35' cat with no headroom... bloody amazing even in 40 knots on the nose! Your kids are very lucky to have you as parents. Phil

Thank you for showing me your beautiful videos. This is probably the only way I get to see different parts of the world. Please know you guys are cherished don’t let the mean spirited people get to you. You guys are doing what the rest of us would love to do.

Love watching your videos. Keep doing what you’re doing and your children will grow up to be fantastic adults with all the experiences that you have given them

Praying for your baby's health!!! Thank you for the weekly videos. All my blessings

Indeed you help to brighten up my days - even when your videos show the stresses of everyday living - wherever you are or call "home." Indeed you are never alone - just look at all the gifts that surround you. Hope your toddler is feeling better soon. Happy south Atlantic sail - thanks for taking us along.

Your doing great as parent’s don’t let dumb comments from people scared of their own shadow ruin the best time of your lives

You are correct - it would be very dull without the creators sharing their journeys. Thank you for your diligence and love of the creating art. Sail safe!

And another fantastic episode thanks guys .

Thanks for sharing your adventures. The views from on top of St Helena were amazing!

You guy’s are great ! Proud to call you a fellow Canadian .

Life is about challenges! Why would you want to be a couch potatoe? Willa is such a trooper! Takes her medicine like a champ! Good on ya Willa 👏 👌 💯 Get better soon! You're going to love Brazil!!

What you are doing is beautiful, sailing is a wonderful way to travel. In the early 70’s as a young teen I spent a summer sailing and loved every minute of it. Life had different plans for me which is ok. I’m wheelchair bound, so in a small way I get to live through your adventures. I think it’s amazing you have your little ones doing the trip with you, don’t ever let anyone try to tell you what to do it’s your guys life adventure. Safe travels to you all.

Best sailing content on KZfaq!

Really love your channel. I feel like I'm exploring everytime I watch. Beautiful family. Probably more dangerous driving down the highway. Everywhere you go there's dangers... do what you love... and that's what your doing. I respect that.

Most people will never take the first steps in doing their dreams! There is risk with everything we do in life and you just have to overcome and do it! I think t you guys are awesome parents as well. When you talked of the out in the middle of nowhere feelings - we all have been there with bad days in our lives, but it goes away! Looking forward to the next vid as always!

Great movie...thank you for sharing - thought provoking. Glad to see your beautiful little girl looking better at the end!

I think you are both amazing, I love the spirit that you both show in total abundance, I take my hat off to the 4 of you 😂 and love watching your channel, any one person that has the cheek to say anything bad about these people need to shake ya head and get off the sofa and stop chatting s××t.... keep it up guys much love from the UK 🇬🇧 👍

Keep the adventures going. Safe travels and May the babies be well soon. You guys are amazing ❤🙌🏼😍

As for me, checking the engine for any unusual condition every time you put in a journey gives you peace of mind during the passage.

Stoked to see you guys take delivery of the new boat 🛶 Can’t wait

with courage comes freedom. with freedom comes power. with power comes trust. we are never alone. Keep leading the way!!!

Thanks to share your videos. Its amazing how you deal with all things that happen.

Kids getting older and starting to enjoy sailing is so fun to watch them enjoy the life you are living.

You are such a wonderful family, and yes, we are all different and leading different lives, and that's how it should be. I'm not a big adventurer but I love seeing people who are. It would be such a boring world if we were all the same. I hope Willa is feeling better soon and that the crossing goes smoothly for the rest of the trip. ❤⛵️

Thanks for sharing another great video, you are all so amazing 🤩.Blessings for a safe an uneventful journey. Fair winds 🙏🙏🥰🥰⛵️⛵️⛵️

What a wonderfull family. You guys are really inspiring.

My goodness I absolutely love this channel and how you were both so brave in selling everything and buying a catarmar then becoming parents while sailing around the world. Your giving n your children the best gift imaginable. Be safe guys and remember im always thinking of you and saying a prayer for your family.

It WOULD be a very... dull... place. Thank you! Ben and Ashely, Willa and Bodhi!

Thank you. I soo look forward to your videos. There is brave, and then there is courageous. What you are doing is courageous and daring. I consider that you are foing you, you are doing what makes you feel alive. What brings you joy, peace, solace. The spirit, the soul wants what it wants. Thank you for sharing the challenges you face and taking us along with you on your journey.

Keep doing you. That’s what make your videos so good 🍻

from sailing around the world to beer you've got your priorities straight. fair winds and all the best to nahoa!

A dull place indeed!. Thank you for the spice and inspiration you add. Take care.

Love the raw honest footage

...To prove to yourself that you can. I've enjoyed your monologues ben!!\ Your nonskid pattern is very nice..

Awesome guys….. you guys are so inspiring to us the way you seem to just keep going forward no matter what….😊

Nice hiking! Super. I hope your children are healing quick. Here's to a sail with grace and wisdom.

Well done for still posting when there's so little to talk about. Says a lot about the unseen pressures and demands of your chosen lifestyle. Hope your daughter recovers soon.

Great video. Love your adventures. Safe travel to Brazil. Hope Willa is feeling better

It is all about the journey and the memories we create along the way. I just wish one day to do half of what tou guys have done…

I hope Willa is feeling better real soon. Safe passage guys! ❤

I say dance...or sail around the world like nobody is watching!!! Family, fun and adventure seems alot better than the old 9 to 5 jobs we most have. Ive. Een a subscriber since the very beginning. Ever missing an episode. The kids are growing fast and i admire and envy you guys. My prayers for a safe passage and the kiddos stay well. Sail away my friends....keeps making those memories because living your own life the way you want is what i call living😊

You guys are amazing, and to boot excellent parents.

It never ceases to amaze me at the audacity some people have in the comments that they make to you! If you want to climb a mountain with your children on your backs, then so what? It’s your life, your children and your backs for that matter! You take the time and effort (which cannot be easy with the children) to make your videos and take us along with you on this awesome adventure of sailing around the world and instead of just being thankful that you are safe, some people question your right to take a hike!! I just don’t get it. Oh well, enough ranting. Thank you guys for sharing your lives with us. Hope Willa is better and you guys stay safe!

Without explorers we would still think the Earth was flat. I would love to hear Ben doing an audiobook of treasure Island. It's my favorite story and I've read it quite a few times. Ben you have a great voice for a storyteller. Fair winds, safe travels and lots of love to you, mama bear and littles! ❤❤❤

A true sense of isolation with realization that any help is so very far away. On your own. Beautiful and sobering.

If we didn't have adventurers like you, people like us wouldn't have a great source of information as to how to jump start our own dreams. We can either stand stagnant or find our groove and go with what flows through it. Without people like you showing us the way, some of us may not have even known there was another way. Two "regular joe" (albeit awesome) people like you make this seem like something within our reach. Fantastic story telling as usual!

I say to my two boys “I took the path less traveled…and there I often found adventure!” Just a little variation on a quote but it stuck with them and 10 and 12 hrs old and I hope they follow that in life. Much like you all are doing! Hang tight and stay safe.

Thanks guys, I appreciate your efforts, and yes it would be a really dull place we're it not for people like you 😊😊

Love to watch stay safe!

You two are my new heros!

Why Would Anyone Sail Around the World? Someone's gotta do it. I can't... right now. That's why I like to watch and live the life in my mind through channels like yours. ... and everybody's perspective as they visit these remote Islands and various places is different. I've learned a lot more watching vids than I ever did at listening to boring history teachers and such. Some of which I have to be distinguish out of it from all the vids I watch. But it is my entertainment that you have brought to me as I sit at my computer and drink my coffee/water and eat my food. You help bring vision to us less fortunate to do so for ourselves. Maybe one day I'll experience it. Maybe not. Until then I'll continue to watch. Thank you for buying that boat and going through all of these vast changes in your lives. My wife and enjoy watching.

I hope negative comments don't get to you guys. I always enjoy every one of your videos and I never skip even a minute of any of them. I pray for all you guys to stay safe and healthy and hope the best for you.

Don’t worry Ashley, those weird feelings are the “mom” in you worrying about every possible thing that could happen with your little ones. You know what they need and you prepare more carefully than most people in sticks and bricks. No one can wrap their kids in protections from life itself - and I hazard a guess that when they are a bit older you will see that the round the clock love and time you spend on them, is the most precious and valuable thing they will ever have. Wish I had had the nerve to find a way to give that to my children, but I allowed “life” to get in the way of living and that is a regret that you will never have. Blessings on you all.❤❤❤

I hope that Willow is fully recovered! Thank you for sharing your journey.

You live life and don't let live live you 🥳☺️ Hello from Siesta Key Florida 😊

The fuel boat in Bequia operates like that also. Super easy to get fuel and water!

love your videos!!

Thanks for sharing your epic adventure, and to do it with babies on board - I salute you!!

Angels are with you!🙏💟You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your life voyage with us.⛵

Thanks for sharing your concerns and fears but have confidence you will make the crossing.

I am praying your Journey back to the America's gets more ideal. Love your narrations Ben. Hang in there and drink a beer for me.

Pretty gutsy you guys. Well done.

You're both very courageous. We think about your safety all the b time.