Covert Castaway Sailing with SV AWEN

Apr 30 2024 121

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Welcome to Covert Castaway, our fully uncut experience making the transition to being a liveaboard sailing cruisers and meeting amazing new people as we attempt a circumnavigation on our catamaran SV AWEN, our Outremer 52. Join us as we share what we’re learning as we make this lifestyle change to sell our stuff, quit our corporate jobs, leave our family and sail away on a catamaran. If you have any specific topics you want us to cover reach out to us at our Sailing AWEN FB page or [email protected], or you can watch our channel on YouTube!

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