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What a day! Even if it was just to go back to Shelter Bay, it was super great to take KARL out and use the new sails. We've had a beautiful day of sailing and KARL is now safely tied up at Shelter Bay marina again...Even if I was happier if the final desti...

Big news: my new sails arrived and I mounted them this week. They look great and I can't wait to take KARL out...but before that I planned to take the boat out of the water to check the bottom, renew antifouling and change to the new depthsounder, which ha...

I have been feeling gloomy lately and it feels like everything is getting too much. It`s time to change something about this! - Untie The Lines S1E20 ⇩ Enjoy my videos? Here are two ways to support their creation: ⇩ ► PATREON http://www.patreon.com...

Hey, this adventure is not only about refitting my boat KARL and trying to sail it eventually but also about exploring the places the I got to. So there you go, some impressions of beautiful Panama! Find out more about my life with KARL on www.facebook.co...

Finally, after several weeks of work and a couple of trial runs, that did not work out so well, Karl and me have left Shelter Bay Marina with my sister on bord. And this time for real. There is no coming back :). We went on a short coastal trip to Portobe...

My sister arrived from Germany and we spent another week in Shelter Bay preparing to finally leave the marina. My big shipment from Baotoon arrived, jey, we had to mount a couple of things and fix a dinghi that someone had given to me so we can get to land...

My sister is going to come next week so it is time to get back to work and get rid of some more mold inside the living room. I had to replace some of the old wood and to treat the wood that I wanted to keep to get rid of the mold. Next week you will see t...

After a positive trial run with KARL, it is time to untie the lines by myself for the first time. So I leave Shelter Bay, all excited about my first solo trip. The weather looks good and KARL's engine is running...but then another adventure is coming up fo...

KARL is finally where he is supposed to be: out at the sea. Even if it is only a short trial run to make sure that the engine is working fine, it is exciting and beautiful to anchor with my own boat for the first time in front of the little Isla Naranjo Ab...

TheSailingChannel.TV has restored and transferred to HD the classic circumnavigation sailing film, "Beyond the West Horizon," filmed by Eric & Susan Hiscock aboard their 30 foot wooden sloop, Wanderer III from 1959 to 1962. From his childhood, Thies M...

TheSailingChannel.TV has restored and transferred to HD the classic circumnavigation sailing film, "Beyond the West Horizon," filmed by Eric & Susan Hiscock aboard their 30 foot wooden sloop, Wanderer III from 1959 to 1962. Lin and Larry Pardey are th...

After a short holiday in Bocas, it is time to check why KARL's engine stopped working when we took him out for a trial run two weeks ago. Well, a busy week: opening up the tank, getting all the diesel out, cleaning the tank, installing a new filter system...