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A challenging sail to a dream destination, in some wild and windy conditions!

A special holiday "greeting card" from Emily and Clark aboard S.V. Temptress, along with Bums on a Boat, Sailing Fair Isle, Barefoot Sail & Dive, and other sailing friends around the world. Please check out their channels, hit subscribe, and help the...

This leg of our journey begins in Cadiz, home of the Spanish navy and American naval bases. We one of the greatest sails to date through the Straits of Gibraltar at 8 knots on headsail alone. Africa on one side Europe on the other, sunshine and good wind, ...

The Lagoon national park area around Faro in the Algarve is well known with sailors around the world as a great place to safely anchor while waiting for the right weather to transit down to the Canary Isles or into the Med. It also has a great DIY boatyard...

Sailing down the Atlantic coast of Portugal is a delight, yes there are big Atlantic swells but the sun is out and we have some wonderful places to explore. We are sailing with the ARC Portugal so there is great camaraderie amongst all the boats, races, p...

In this episode we set off on a five day sail across the bay of Biscay with ARC Portugal. Three days in we get news of a force 10 storm crossing our path. The fleet of yachts have to run for cover, some head into open water and have to sit out the storm at...

The adventure begins! This is the very first episode of 'Sailing Fair Isle', having sold our house and most of our possessions we are embarking on a trip around the world. Join us as we sail along the South coast of the UK to Plymouth to join ARC Portugal....

I am so thrilled to share this experience with you! 3 years ago I started this YouTube channel, because I wanted to make videoes about my sailing journeys around the cold waters of the North Sea. I couldnt find anything related to singlehanded winter sail...

Keeping a teak deck properly maintained is vital if you want it to last Replacing any missing or worn plugs/bungs is doubly important as water could penetrate through to the coring of a fiberglass deck and cause rot and structural problems.

When the flames get low and erratic on a gas stove it's usually a blocked jet. Our oven is going slow on Fair Isle so it's time to take the jets out to clean them. P.S. We will be adding lots of tips on anything to do with sailing on our new website. Ther...

I have for years wondered how to get up my mast alone, without bathering anyone winching me. It is important when you do solo sailing, to have access to all parts of the boat, especially the mast if something gets loose or need fixing up there. I finnal...

Finnaly the circle is closed! Here is my third and last video covering my Fair Isle trip. I have got everything I came for. Ive seen Fair Isle, gotten a new drone on Shetland after the bird attack. I even got to shoot the MUckle Flugga lighthouse, the mos...