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20/06/2023

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09/04/2022

After 14 months of refitting… WE.ARE.FINALLY.IN.THE.WATER 🏗 ⛵️ 💦🌊

07/03/2021

We actually meant to have a proper full length video up about the events that have led up to where we are today. However, since we're still getting used to filming / photographing stuff, let alone turning it into something somewhat presentable, it's taking us much more time than we had expected. Especially with all our other obligations we've got going on every day. Boy, how easy it is to underestimate the time and effort that goes into selecting footage and edit it into a story that actually makes sense and doesn't bore you to death! Respect to the actual vloggers out there...

Anyway, this is just short intermittent teaser to fill in the gap until we're ready to publish the first page of our voyage. It won't take much longer, promise 🤞😇

We actually meant to have a proper full length video up about the events that have led up to where we are today. However, since we're still getting used to f...

18/02/2021

Today, we experienced how unnatural it feels when your boat gets lifted out of the water and put on the hard. On the other hand, this marks our next milestone in our refit project! ✅ We’ll record a walkthrough of the interior where we explain everything we’re going to to / fix / change soon. Let’s see if the 3-month prognoses will be achievable 🤞 Wish us luck!

15/02/2021

For those who haven't seen it yet, here's a first sneak peek of us collecting our sailing catamaran LEMONADE from the DYT Yacht Transporter in Fos-sur-Mer, before taking her on a 8-hour journey to Sète.

Despite her being a sailboat, the marine surveyor who inspected her prior to our acquisition had deemed it unsafe to actually *sail* her in her current condition, due to a potentially sketchy carbon mast. So, we motored instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It was quite a rough ride with harsh cold winds and typically choppy waves for the Med, and then one engine died... Or at least, that's what the instruments thought, after which they triggered the infamous annoying beepy alarm.

Fortunately, as expected, the engine turns out to be fine (they barely have 60 hours on them anyway, so they're almost as new), it was just the instruments that had lost connection to it. Still, there was no way to determine this yet while we were underway, so we continued on one engine just to stay on the safe side, which of course slowed us down...

Due to our delayed arrival, after the 6PM curfew, we didn't have any other choice than to spend our first night aboard! At 3 degrees 🥶 Luckily, we had warm jackets for blankets and plenty of (albeit kinda moldy) pillows on board, so we actually had quite a good night's sleep 😴

The next early morning, after passing through the bridge that only opens once a day, we could complete our last leg and dock in one of Sète's beautiful canals, where we were welcomed by our refit guy Alain and the crew from Navi-Bois, the boatyard where our refit will take place 😃

The next day, we de-masted Lemonade in order to pass under the second (defect) bridge and dock her at Navi-Bois, where she will remain for the next 3~5 months ⏳

We'll post longer, extended version of this video this week, where you'll also be able to witness our first time fiddling around in an attempt to remove the lines from the mast before we wash them, as well as an impression of some of the events that led up to this moment in the months prior to us moving to France 🇫🇷

Thanks for watching and reading, et á bientôt!

PS: If you would be so kind to like our video on YouTube and subscribe to our channel, we'll be forever grateful to you 😇 Merci beaucoup!

Just a quick first compilation of when we collected our Catana 471 "LEMONADE" from the DYT yacht transporter "Super Servant 4" in Fos-sur-Mer, France. We'll ...

12/02/2021

Well, this could become exciting... Let's see how many months of anticipation ElonMusk will put us through before we start testing
Starlink from a boat in the middle of the ocean 📡🛰⏳🙏

10/02/2021

this life changing decision of ours was largely inspired by Floortje Dessing and the Sheen family?

Right, where do we begin… If we recall correctly, it all started after finishing a long day of work somewhere in the winter of 2019. We plumped down on the sofa and stumbled upon an episode of a Dutch travel programme called “Floortje naar het einde van de Wereld” (Floortje to the end of the ....

08/02/2021

Hello and welcome aboard Sailing Lemonade's Facebook community ⚓️

To those who don't know us yet: We’re Lex & Nancy, from Amsterdam 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ In 2020, we got rid of pretty much all of our belongings and purchased a legendary yet sadly neglected sailing yacht to live on and work from, explore the world and offer a supporting hand to local communities and wildlife in need while we’re at it 🌏

Our sailing catamaran "LEMONADE" is now at a boatyard in Sète, France for an extensive 3~5 month restoration and refit. If all goes well, we should be able to set sail before summer kicks in 🤞😬

We'll be using this to keep our friends and family up to speed about our project and adventure(s), as well as anyone who's interested in sailing, living aboard, catamarans, off-the-grid lifestyle and/or digital nomadism.

We'll also be doing some live broadcasts on here from time to time, so make sure to add Sailing Lemonade to your followed pages if you'd like to engage 📡

In the meantime, we'll be leading a pretty isolated and lonely life together from time to time, so please feel more than welcome to post a message, question, advice or words of encouragement onto our page 💬

Many thanks for showing your interest and speak soon!

Best wishes,
Lex & Nancy