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I could stare at the ocean indefinitely. We got so lucky with the day and so lucky that one of our volunteers lives close enough to take us sailing! Michael, who has done our ratlines among other things, has a Bristol Channel Cutter 28 in Pillar Point Harb...

In part 1 of this mini-series, Gillian prepares the boat for a 3-day sailing trip in the Pacific Northwest.

Me and Wendy have been sailing together, but she gets seasick. So I do all of the sailing solo and she stays down below deck. We head up north the coast of Santiago to Tarrafal. The wind is in my face so I zigzag close to short to stay away from swell and ...

Hi Guys! In this episode Laura has an encounter of the slithery-kind, Ross takes us on a trip up the coast after making a snap decision to up-anchor and we show that boat life isn't always the heavenly sunny situation it might appear to be on our sail boa...

Join us on a tour of our home, a 1978 Catalina 30 sailboat named Blue Moon. We have lived aboard our tiny home in Downtown Victoria, BC for 6 months now.

Like living in a small space wasnt hard enough, add in a flood and weeks of rain to really test the relationship. We survive a East Coast Low onboard Popao during Summer. 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - The Flood 09:12 - After the Flood 11:18 - Bar Crossing Explai...

This episode we finally head off on our first open ocean passage. We leave the Gold Coast Seaway at 11pm at night and head south to Yamba bar for the following day. Not everything goes to plan with two items failing and the forecast changing mid passage. N...

With a weather window appearing on the forecast we rush to finish some vital boat jobs before our first Coastal Passage to Yamba, NSW. We discover an issue with our engine and autopilot and we fix our tramps and sail track. For bonus content and giveaway...

We sail on to Norway, then along the Norwegian coast to the fjords above the Arctic Circle. I spent the spring refitting s/y Sylvia and finally moving aboard.

We sail peacfully through the night and suddenly the boat stops! The rudder and prop got caught in a massive floating fishing net that extends for miles and was not lit. My sailboat Karl is hanging in the net whilst a 2 knot current is pushing the boat in...

Welcome to Ep 5 of Carpe Diem Sailing and Part 2 of our new Learn to Sail series. In this episode we're talking about the Mainsail. We cover the parts of the sail and introduce the concept of reefing or shortening sail for heavier wind. It's a great beg...

A new cyclone predicted to hit the north of Queensland interrupts our plans to head out to the reef and we find ourselves seeking shelter in Thirsty Sound where we experience brown water sailing, crazy wind changes, inaccurate charts, catfish and a visit t...