Harbors Unknown

Hello! We are Kristin, Fabio, and Yoda Potenti, a small family living aboard our catamaran Wanderlust, where we create YouTube videos to help people learn about the cruising lifestyle, sailing, cooking, and enabling viewers to virtually visit places they may never otherwise see. If you're here you've probably already seen some of our videos.  This lifestyle is not without risk. You need to leave everything behind. Fabio retired early from a career as a surgeon, and a hospital executive. And I (Kristin) left a promising advertising career to chase that dream. It hasn’t been without challenges, getting caught in storms, boat repairs, and learning to be self-sufficient. But the most valuable resource we have in this world is time. We wanted to make the most of our time here, experience everything this beautiful world has to offer and make an impact. It is our hope to inspire you and showcase the possibility of living an alternative lifestyle that provides freedom and fulfillment. That brings us to another important resource and that is money. We’ve come to learn quite quickly that sailing is the most expensive way to get somewhere for free. Add to that filming and producing videos, and the cost adds up. We realize now we’ll need a way to supplement our income and would love to do that by continuing to create videos to help people learn about the cruising lifestyle, sailing, cooking, and virtually visit places they may never otherwise see. Why? Supporting Harbors Unknown on Patreon will allow us to continue creating entertaining and hopefully somewhat useful videos so viewers at home can experience this alternative lifestyle on the sea. We’d love to get help with animations to illustrate concepts we aren’t able to capture, take courses to improve our production/post-production skills or even get assistance with editing! This would be a huge help. How? There are 6 Patreon reward levels that allow you to tailor your subscription. If you sign up for one of these tiers you’ll become a part of the Harbors Unknown community, and get a peek at what life on board Wanderlust is really like. We absolutely LOVE connecting with people passionate about sailing and the cruising lifestyle and hope to create a more intimate experience here on Patreon. A place to share stories, dreams, adventures and mis-adventures, have conversations that matter and learn from one another. We would love your support in creating this community so we can continue documenting our journey and sharing our experiences with you.  We understand if you're not able to contribute and we remain committed to our YouTube audience regardless of their ability or interest to financially support the channel. We thank you all for your interest, for watching our channel, and especially for your engagement. A Little History of How We Got Where We Are Our dream to live on a boat and sail around the world began in about 2017 and in earnest about 2018. We wanted off the hamster wheel. Something different. Meaningful. An adventure. We previously owned a Beneteau 473, and a Dragonfly 35 Trimaran, so we thought a catamaran would be the perfect combination of comfort and speed. The search for our floating home began and after about 2 years Fabio thought he found the perfect boat...in New Zealand. We were living in Florida but he wanted to go look at it. Just before we bought his ticket, the boat sold. We were so disappointed and realized we didn't want to wait to start this life much longer. The realization set in, we wouldn't be able to find a used boat that met our narrow specifications; a performance catamaran with daggerboards and at least semi-protected helms. So we bit the bullet and ordered a Seawind 1600 catamaran. Our boat was delivered to Miami on July 27th, 2020 and we moved on board September 7th, 2020. Since then we’ve been documenting our transition to boat life as liveaboard sailors, sharing our learnings, adventures and delicious meals cooked on board. These days we’re sailing to Harbors Unknown, to explore the world’s vast cultures through food, a common thread amongst people everywhere. Connecting with people and places through the local cuisine, and showing how those dishes can be cooked on a boat with limited space and resources. THANK YOU so much for considering joining our Patreon community and we look forward to connecting with you, whether virtually or hopefully one day, in person! xoxo, Kristin, Fabio + Yoda

Free

You are officially a part of the Harbors Unknown community! Thanks so much for supporting our project and hopping aboard Wanderlust (virtually) to sail + explore the world, all while cooking + enjoying delicious meals.

Travel Buddy

You are a vital part of the Harbors Unknown community! THANK YOU for joining our voyage aboard Wanderlust. We're excited to have you as part of the travel crew and look forward to sharing our adventures + learnings with you.

Adventure Buddy

We are SOOO grateful for your support! THANK YOU!! Your contributions will help to make Harbors Unknown content EVEN better. We're excited to have you along for the adventure!

Voyager

Wow!! You are truly helping us to explore Harbors Unknown and create meaningful content. A huge THANK YOU!!! We are thrilled to have you along for this journey and cannot wait to get to know you!

Explorer

We can't THANK YOU enough for this level of support!! You're truly helping us sail Wanderlust to Harbors Unknown to capture beautiful experiences to share with this incredible community. We are so grateful!

Co-Captain

We are absolutely blown away by your support! You are helping us create beautiful, meaningful content to share with this community and hopefully also make a difference in the places we visit. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!

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