Welcome to Kaikoa!

Twenty years of dreaming and scheming are here. Join us as we navigate the transition from Coast Guard life to our full-time cruising adventure!

Meet the Crew!

Our Pirate crew is composed of Adam, Brandy, Aria, and Harbor.

The Boat

She is a 2004 Dolphin 460.
A performance cruising catamaran with daggerboards. Designed and built by Phelippe Poureau in Brazil.

LOA 45’9”; Beam 24’0”; Draft 3’7”; Daggerboard draft 7’5”

From The Kid’s BLog

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Aria’s First Entry 12/30/22
Aria’s First Entry 12/30/22
Junkanoo Georgetown, Bahamas
Junkanoo Georgetown, Bahamas

From The Ship’s Log

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Sailing Down the Carolinas and Florida
Sailing Down the Carolinas and Florida
Farewell Chesapeake
Farewell Chesapeake
Months of Madness
Months of Madness
Downsizing and Knee Surgery
Downsizing and Knee Surgery

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View fullsize Kailoa and s/v Sungem squeezed into one car headed did Ríncon. Kids + Connor and Gilly piled in the backseat, and the drive was full of laughter, shouts of “look at that!” and the occasional sound effect or helpful backseat driving
View fullsize Dominican Republic Day...3? 4? Time’s a blur when you’re sailing and being a dock queen. Yesterday we were chasing waterfalls, today we were chasing groceries—but what a ride it was. (Now I have TLC stuck in my head). We took t
View fullsize What. A. Day ✨ We meant to head out early to explore Límon Waterfall… but Kaikoa had her own agenda. One guy came to wax & polish, another to measure for a sunshade, and we were juggling all that while waiting on a rental car. Beaut
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View fullsize Wow. What a ride! We dropped the hook in West Turks & caicos, rocked and rolled through the night, then ripped off the bandaid and started our eastward push across the Banks. Engines on. Eyes peeled. Windy’s two models didn’t agree
View fullsize Watch Log | 5:11 AM I just took over watch from Adam, who’s been up since 11:30 PM. I popped up a few times when I heard the windlass or felt a wave slap the hull. Thankfully the sea state isn’t terrible—just confused—and the
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View fullsize Hard to believe we spent almost a month in Georgetown! We arrived with a fun crew, celebrated birthdays, game nights, watersports, and then slowly went our separate ways—some north, some south. We stuck around waiting on insurance and parts and
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View fullsize Fishing Mission Yesterday on Lost, we set out on a fishing mission, feeling pretty damn confident with sv Chief aboard. Let’s just say…the fish had other plans. That didn’t stop sv Lost, Moonshine, Snail Trail, Sun Gem, Chief, an
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