Two the Horizon Sailing

08/19/2025

Nothing like moving our floating home to a new neighborhood!

With a Southerly storm on its way to Port Townsend, we decided to go check out one of mooring balls in Mystery Bay.

Take a peek at just how easy the process was - it made a night away stress free and simple!

06/17/2025

Oh hey, look at us!

Ahoy, Crew! It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means—time to TAG-A-CRUISER!

Today, we’re shining the spotlight on the adventurous duo, Sonya and Jack, aboard their trusty vessel, SV Gemini!

These intrepid sailors, along with their boat cat Fathom (because every ship needs a feline captain), set sail from San Francisco Bay in 2022 and have already racked up nearly 20,000 nautical miles! They’ve explored the stunning waters of British Columbia, the Sea of Cortez, French Polynesia, and Hawaii. Talk about a bucket list!

Now back in the PNW, they’re busy building their electric propulsion business, Powerflow Marine, and gearing up for even more cruising adventures!

So, let’s give Sonya, Jack, and Fathom some serious L&A love and go follow their journey Two the Horizon Sailing!

Tag a cruiser who inspires you in the comments and they can get “tagged” too!

01/10/2025

Oh hey it’s Gemini!

⚓️ Have you ever stern tied/anchored before?

Perfecting your stern-tying skills opens up anchoring options in snug coves and crowded anchorages where swing room is tight. Whether you're setting a stern anchor or tying off to a fixed point onshore, success comes down to having the right gear, a solid plan, and a steady approach. Our anchors are perfect for stern anchors as they break down to be stowed when not in use.

With these in place, you’ll be ready to claim prime spots in the most coveted locations!

📸 Two the Horizon Sailing

12/06/2024

Photo dump and an attempt to put words to my feelings:

It’s been about 3 months since we made landfall in Port Townsend, WA. It feels like it happened forever ago and yesterday all at once. We’ve set up a sweet little shop space for and I’ve put in countless hours in growing and up-leveling .

We love this little quirky, quiet boat town we’ve chosen to call home (at least for now!) although I still wake up confused from dreams where I’m swimming in the warm, blue waters of French Polynesia, searching for my favorite cowrie shells among the sea floor.

It’s a funny thing, going from constant travel and movement to being in one place. It’s been a welcomed break to have some routine, go to the same grocery store each week and build a little community of likeminded folk. It’s also been weird and hard, feeling like a part of me is missing - the part that yearns the feeling of waking up in a new anchorage and the disconnect from the hustle of society that sailboat travel gives us.

We’ve both grown so much this past year, endured challenges and accomplished exciting feats. Although I truly have no clue what this next chapter will look like for us, I have a feeling it’s going to be epic!🤘

10/18/2024

It’s blowing 30-40kts here in Port Townsend, WA. As we settle into our new neighborhood and winter creeps in, we snuggle up by the heater and daydream about the incredible places we called our backyard over the past 3 years as full-time cruisers.

Today, I’m traveling back to our time in beautiful Mo’orea, anchoring in what felt like an aquarium and marveling at the lush mountains that surrounded us.

08/08/2024

Electric conversion, PART 3!

When arriving to the doldrums, we encountered two major challenges as an electric sailboat: solar was far from optimal given that this ITCZ zone also comes with many rain clouds and we had a major counter current we weren’t expecting. Still, we knew we would make it through the 300-400nm that lay ahead, it just may be a slow ride. As cruisers, we are ok with that- we aren’t racing anyone and there’s no danger in taking our time on passage.

In the 4.5 days we spent there in the doldrums we sailed any chance we had, using our drifter to grasp any tiny bit of breeze we could which some of the time pushed us along at 2-3kts without motoring. We stopped using our major power draws to conserve power and when we needed to motor, we did so at a low rpm, going 1-3kts. Our original plan of using solar during the day to motor at 2-3kts and then only draw battery power at night went out the window when we found ourselves battling a pesky 1-2kts of counter current that we were not expecting. So, yes we did go quite slow compared to a diesel powered boat, but we still made it through and didn’t have the fumes and noises to deal with.

We finally came into wind with about 11% battery power left, which until this point we had never drained past 53% in the past year of full time cruising. It felt so close to get down that low, but the beauty of the electric system is we could’ve just sat and bobbed for a bit and let the solar do its job, replenishing our motoring capacity- something you can’t do with a finite resource like diesel. If we really wanted to get the heck out and not wait any longer, we could’ve fired up the backup generator and made it out sooner.

The rest of the passage across was lovely, after a few days of recharging through solar and regen we were back to using our boat life luxuries, taking mid-day naps in the cool AC. When we arrived to the Marquesas on our 23rd day, we motored into the bay with 96% battery power, glad to have made landfall and incredibly impressed with our electric sailboat.

❤️Thanks to all who took the time to read my little mini series on our experience crossing the Pacific as an electric sailboat!

08/07/2024

✨Electric Conversion: PART 2✨
After a blistering Mexico summer, we decided that the South Pacific was calling our names so we began planning our biggest ocean passage to date: nearly 3,000nm to the Marquesas. We weren’t too worried about embarking on such a journey with electric propulsion because we had been so satisfied with its performance over the last 8 months in the Sea of Cortez and afterall we were heading into trade wind sailing - consistent and favorable winds were in our future. The biggest challenge of the crossing would be the doldrums (area of consistently low or no wind near the equator). We knew this would truly put our system to the test but we knew we could motor at 2.5-3kts with only solar input which had us feeling up for the challenge.

Also, important to note, we do have a portable Honda generator in case of emergency or the need for more power to get out of harms way or whatever, but we didn’t plan on starting it up (still brand new it didn’t even have oil in it) unless absolutely necessary. We were determined to truly put our system to the test and see how well it fared in our heavy cruising boat.

The first half of the crossing was a breeze, we had the wind at our backs and between solar in the day and regen at night, we were topped off and running the AC to keep cool in the middle of the day. Regan has been an incredible feature which we had heard wasn’t very effective for most electric sailboats but with unique adjustable Regan we were getting about 7kWh of power each day. In practical terms: regen would keep up with our night loads like navigation lights, autopilot, fridge, cabin lights and instruments. Overnight we were either breaking even or close to it which without noticeable slowing of the boat with drag. That’s partially thanks to our EcoStar prop that spins at maximum efficiency no matter the rpm, both when motoring and in regen.

Then, we entered the doldrums, a band near the equator with little to no wind…

👉Part 3 coming next!

08/06/2024

It’s been over a year since we ditched the diesel and became an electric sailboat. I realized that we haven’t talked too much about our experience on here.

Our repower back in the Mexico heat went quite smoothly, thanks to Jack’s immaculate spreadsheets and research. Once launched in the Sea of Cortez we began testing the capabilities of our new system. No electric propulsion company had been able to give us even rough specs on how our boat would move under electric power, and having eventually chosen a relatively custom design we were just banking on the numbers and estimates being accurate.
As we tested the system in the protected bay of San Carlos, we were astonished at its performance. We could motor at full throttle only using a fraction of our motor’s full 22kW, hitting speeds of 7+ knots. Our diesel never pushed us at those kinds of speeds, at least not without sounding like the engine was going to self implode..
This was the first pleasant surprise from our new propulsion, but not the last. We spent all summer boiling in the Sea of Cortez & with tons of sun for our 1880W of high voltage panels we were cranking in 35A which allowed us to motor at 2.5-3kts without drawing from our battery bank. When we were chilling at anchor, our batteries were topped up before 11am - we had more power than we could use. After nearly roasting ourselves, we broke down and bought a marine AC unit to install, seeing that it was a matter of survival and heck - we had the extra battery power!
Here’s some of the things we could run off our big motor bank while sitting at anchor:
-Watermaker
-Starlink
-Air Conditioner
-Water heater (used rarely in the summer heat)
So by going electric not only did we say goodbye to constant breakdowns and issues, back breaking and dirty engine maintenance, noise and heat in the cabin and stinky exhaust - we also gained new luxuries in our day to day boat life.

STAY TUNED FOR PART 2!

08/02/2024

Excited to set sail again tomorrow and get back to this
❤️⛵️🌊

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