Breaking Waves
"Welcome to a world where adventure meets the ocean—if you love sailing, surfing, and exploring remote corners of the world, you're in the right place."
We are Ben and Alie and we bought a 41' sailboat to live on and sail in British Columbia with our sandy boat dog Bruce. After sailing around Vancouver Island, and refitting the boat we set our sights to warmer water surf destinations. After Sailing from Canada to Mexico, both the boat and ourselves as sailors have come a long way. We've met our dream of surfing warm water waves off our sailboat, but we are only just getting started. Next Stop French Polynesia!
You can follow our adventures on instagram @breakingwaves.ben @breakingwaves.alie
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Happy Fourth to our American viewers and belated Canada day to our fellow Canadians! We have a new video on Patreon, our full passage from New Caledonia to New Zealand, coming live here soon!! Sorry for the delay, in real time we are doing well back home in BC with Brucey Bear. Enjoying boat life of a different kind at the moment. Still chasing remote waves, and gearing up for adventure this weekend. Thank you for your patience, can't wait to share the next video with you all!!
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Hey Everyone!
Sorry we haven't been very active lately, we are doing great and not lost at sea!
New video coming soon covering our passage from New Cal to New Zealand :)
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Around nine days into our passage to Tonga, we were confronted with a big weather system from the southern ocean. Expecting around 25 knots, gusting 30+ we were caught with too much sail out in the middle of the night (even though we were double reefed already) when 40+ knots hit us. Way over powered, running down wind and sailing consistently at 11-12 knots boat speed (much too fast for our 41' boat). We had to work the deck to tie our third reef into the main and just a sliver of head sail to keep things balanced. Our anxiety's washed away as Kiana geared down and the boat balanced out at a reasonable 8 knots boat speed. We warmed up with hot chocolate and watched the massive waves roll by in awe as the ocean did it's thing. Check out our latest video to catch our wildest passage yet! Thanks to @ionSailLoftVictoria for recommending that third reef point :).
We'll be sharing this story and more on February 1 at 4:00 pm PST at the Vancouver International Boat Show. We're hosting a Patron meet up after at 5:30 pm and attendees of our seminar will be invited. Hope to see you there!
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Sneak peak - biggest storm we have ever sailed though, in the middle of the Pacific, far from any safe harbour. Any guesses who we found out there? Live now in Patreon!
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Sailing again!
In our latest video we leave French Polynesia and head west, the first passage since our accident.
Destination? To be determined..
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We are heading to the Vancouver International Boat Show 🇨🇦! Join us for a seminar at 4:00 pm on Friday February 1 where we will be presenting our Pacific Voyage including more details and stories from our Pacific crossing, reef accident, our elopement, and more!
We will also be hosting a Patron gathering after at 5:30 pm at a restaurant downtown Vancouver and anyone who attends our talk (details coming soon on Patreon).
Hope to see some of you there!
Thanks to our seminar sponsor Dolphin Insurance.
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Dreamy reef passes in the South Pacifc. Shots from our latest video.
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Merry Christmas!!
We are heading off grid for a few days, on the hunt for waves, but wanted to wish everyone a happy holidays and an amazing 2025!
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We are having a problem posting our latest video to YouTube. It is live on Patreon! (Hopefully we can get it posted here soon too).
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Join us Saturday December 7 at 7:00 pm EST for a free workshop by @bluewatercruising_official . Hit the link to register and sign up for VIP access for a live Q&A with some of our sailing friends on December 11!
go.bluewatercruising.com/bwc-live-workshop-affilia…
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