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We’ve been really excited to at long last release this one! In this video, a gale hits us that was not forecast to occur on our route when we left. Very often there is a gale blowing off of Cape Mendocino to about 100 nautical mile out to sea. It is for ...

At last, we shove off the dock from Neah Bay and do the “big left turn!” We experience varied winds that keep is busy through the first four days of our seven day trip to Drakes Bay, as the crew all settle into their first offshore experience. Unfortun...

Ahoy Folks! Sorry it has been a little while since the last video: Wifi and time to edit were hard to come by as we sailed down the wild west coast of the Baja Peninsula! In this one, we awake at the beautiful Dungeness Spit, which we arrived at the prev...

We've been looking forward to releasing this one for awhile! In this one, we finally leave our home ports behind for Mexico! We set sail from Bellingham Harbor, sail through the fog to Lopez Island, then to Port Townsend. In Port Townsend, we check out the...

Ahoy! In this one, we sail from Point Roberts, Washington to the beautiful Sucia Island. As we approach Sucia Island, an aggressive cold front moves in, changing the weather from sunny and warm to stormy and cool. We anchor in Echo Bay, then go ashore just...

In this one, we set sail from Nanaimo for our last couple of stops in the Gulf Islands before leaving them behind for what will be at least a few years. Once at anchored on Gabriola, we are swarmed by thousands of little flies, so we abandond ship and head...

Here is a quick preview of what you'll see in an upcoming video that will be up in 2-3 weeks. This footage is from the morning of September 20th when the winds and seas were peaking during the three days of gale force we experienced off the California Coas...

It’s haul out time for Sea Dream of Clyde! In this one, we head to Newcastle Marine in Nanaimo to have the boat lifted out of the water and moved into the shipyard for our by-annual painting and general maintenance. I show the wet sanding technique we us...

It is not always sunshine and rainbows in the Gulf Islands, though most the time it is! In this one, we leave the San Juans behind and head up to Nanaimo, but not before running into a frustrating customs agent, a log, and diesel spill! We stop by Prevost ...

All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance An edited version of this video is now hosted here: https://you...

Let the boat work begin!! In this episode we start some of the fibreglassing jobs we need to do before leaving Puerto Rico. Repairing the port bow is one of the first jobs on the list! It's funny how in this time wearing a mask and safety googles for fibr...

The boys start to gelcoat their hurricane damaged lagoon 450 this week as the fairing process begins. They also find time to cruise up the Rio Dulce in Guatemala with friends, and welcome 2 new crew members into the team. SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged ...