Sailing Zatara
A family who sold everything to circumnavigate by sail, sharing life aboard and ocean crossings
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Sailing Zatara is a family-led sailing vlog started on 2016-06-14. Renee, her husband and their kids left suburban Texas for fulltime life at sea, and by May 2023 had sailed over fifty thousand nautical miles and circumnavigated the globe. The channel has grown to about 629,000 subscribers, 147 million total views and over 500 videos. Episodes are episodic vlogs and practical how-tos, covering ocean crossings, destination stops, boat maintenance, safety and family life aboard a catamaran, with a mix of personal storytelling and hands-on sailing footage.
If you want high-seas drama wrapped in family life, this is the channel to binge. We find the episodes are addictive serial vlogs - you get tense offshore passages, sitcom moments of homeschooling and chores, plus real tutorials about power, water and boat work. Their most watched clips include "Our WORST Ocean Crossing" and the candid tour "How My MIDLIFE CRISIS Got Us Here," which show the range from survival sailing to personal storytelling. They upload regularly, roughly four times a month, so there is always a new chapter in the Z-Crew saga to dive into.
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Pros
- Earnest, family-first storytelling at sea
- High-stakes ocean crossings and real drama
- Useful hands-on boat and offshore tips
- Consistent, frequent episodic uploads
Cons
- Episodes often serialized, best watched in order
- Sailing jargon may overwhelm newcomers
- Long-running storylines require time investment
