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Sailing the seas to climb, hike, cycle, ski and fly the world's treasures. We decided it was time to try a different lifestyle and see the world.

We don’t belong to the ‘Quit Your Job, Follow Your Dreams, See the World’ genre; we don’t believe in just letting go of everything we built up over the years, and this goes true for work relationships, friends, and other connections that keep us rooted. It was Tim’s lifelong dream to set sail and explore, while my dream always involved travel and making a difference. Together, we change this perce

ption of a ‘trip’ into a ‘lifestyle’. We challenge ourselves to live a life where we will feel more connected to the natural environment, because we feel a responsibility towards it. We are excited to see how we handle living in close quarters over long periods of time, catching up on unread books, unpractised hobbies, learning new skills, and honing old ones. We are excited to take you with us on this journey, keep in touch and let the adventures begin!!!

19/10/2023

So this just came up in Estonia! For those that don’t know our family have been in maritime for 190 years, starting out as a humble ships chandlery in 1833. This would have been supplied to a ship around 1850. It’s a navigational sextant for determining your position using the sun and stars. These were still in use until the 1990s prior to GPS and ships are still required to carry them in case GPS goes down.

08/10/2023

Falmouth this morning. Looks a bit like a Turner painting right?

20/09/2023

So clear it feels like we should be aground!

04/09/2023

Someone’s excited to go sailing 🤔

22/08/2023

No flying, biking, climbing or skiing to report I’m afraid. Just Célestine enjoying her first experience of boat life. I’m thanking Neptune every day that she isn’t a seasick child!

20/07/2023

Back in Scilly just for a couple of days. I forgot how spectacular it was. This place kinda feels like home in a way. With luck I’ll be back with the whole team soon!

16/06/2023

It’s all about early conditioning! This one’s gonna fly whether she likes it or not 😆

01/06/2023

Something we’ve missed and now really enjoying about being back afloat. The ability to forage and catch your own food… Mackerel and buttered sea beet!

31/05/2023

Feeling good to be back aboard after nearly 2 years out of the water. This time with the additional crew member causing chaos! Every button needs to be pressed, every draw opened and every thing climbed! 🤯

12/05/2023

This simple mod has saved up to 30% power consumption of our fridge. Even more with guests aboard who seem to take joy in standing around ponging the meaning of life with the fridge door open

*Clearly not applicable to chest fridges.

11/05/2023

So after nearly 2 years out of the water she is going back in! This time there will be 3 aboard!

01/12/2022

So with Shadowfax still ashore and covered up, we’ve bought a 50 year old Mirror dinghy to explore the Helford River with this winter!

05/11/2022

Really feeling for these guys that had their boat sunk by an Orca off the coast of Portugal.

Over 100 attacks on sailing vessels now on that coast just in the last two years!

14/10/2022

How do babies even learn this stuff!?

13/10/2022

Is it boat, is it a van, no… it’s a house! That’s right we’re actually moving into a house for a bit! Well only for a bit whilst this little nipper groups up enough to fit a life jacket!

06/10/2022

Finally managed to get Célestine out on the water! Not on Shadowfax but we were sailing at least!

19/09/2022

Exactly 10 years ago, 3 of us flew our paragliders from the Jungfraujoch (3500m) in Switzerland and only 2 of us landed. 4 days later the third, Dan, was found at the bottom an incredibly deep gorge after we raised £17k and rallied volunteers from 5 different countries after the Swiss search and rescue gave up. This week many of those who helped, reunited in Lauterbrunnen to celebrate and descend into the gorge to truly feel what it would have been like to be trapped down there. Here is to not giving up hope when all seems to be lost.

06/09/2022

Wheelbarrow adventures are about as intrepid as it comes these days. But for her it’s pretty dam fun! … Until the inevitable happens 💤

02/09/2022

Super trip around the Italian / French boarder exploring some old military roads and tunnels from the mid and late 1800s but then also repurposed during the world wars.

02/09/2022

And just a few from “Vanning” around Montenegro 🙂. Sorry for not posting for a while :)

02/08/2022

‘Harbours and Anchorages of Scilly’ by Tim and David Eastburn is now out and flying off the shelves (also available on amazon). Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy. The hardback version coming soon! It is full of beautiful pictures from the azur islands and insightful guide of where to anchor and what to do in the Isles of Scillies written from fifty years of experience.

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