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The HARDTOP rebuild is finally here! In this week's episode we take it off the boat and prepare to finally finish it!! Thank you to all our PATRONS for all your support. If you would like to become a patron the link is: https://www.patreon.com/Barefoottra...

7-day sailing charter in the Greek Isles for less than $1,000 per person. Perfect if you're new to sailing and want to try it out, or looking for a memorable way to explore the cradle of civilization! Quite possibly the worlds most affordable dream yacht ...

OK so we were "sailing" without sails for a while there, but thank goodness for the excellent and quick work of Northern Sails in Valencia, it was short lived. They not only repaired our Genoa, but also serviced and repaired our Main, great job guys!! A ...

The passage between St Kitts and St Barts is 32nm +/- and these gaps between islands can be brutally exposed. You get swells and wind unbroken, with fetch that crosses the entire Atlantic Ocean. But things were practically flawless this day. The swells wer...

As we enter the second week of prep for the ARC transatlantic crossing, we focus on converting Talisman from a boat that’s bombproof at sea, to one that is also ready to go off the grid for extended periods. We take a pessimistic view, envisioning up to ...

We visit four of the best spots in southern Turkey for cruising sailboats, Bozak Boku, the cliff tombs of Dalyan, Gocek Bay, and Cokertme. We get some good wind in between and the sailing turns out to be top notch.

The eastern Med never fails to amaze. Our stops were largely dictated by what we heard from other cruisers. Someone would say "you have to go here, here, and here", and that's where we'd go. These were some of the best times we'd had.

Another near miss. This episode is more of a "what to do as a skipper" version. We hate when this happens, but if you're out on the water it'll only be a matter of time. Location is the waters between Greece and Turkey, in the Aegean Sea.

A quick COVID-19 update from the Caribbean (Antigua), and then on to some more maintenance in Bodrum, Turkey. Specifically, we address motor mount issues on our genset, install an external voltage regulator (Sterling Power), and add a large fuel filter to ...

Having left Greece, we arrive in Datca, Turkey. Things are great there, with a laid back style one wouldn't expect.

Wow! What to say. We sailed to so many cool places in a relatively short period of time that it all seemed to blend into one. The winds filled our sails and the sun shone. The water took on the light turquoise color you get when sun and sand bottoms come t...

Out hot water heater (cholorifier) rots out, flooding the bilge with water. The bad part about this is that there were 750 liters of water in the holding tank that could continue siphoning. So now another repair project, costing money and time. It never en...