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In this real time vidlet, I take a walk on the dock and show how Cosmic Debris is moored at the dock without being tied to it. A barge full of fuel and a plane full of groceries are headed our way but so is an endless supply of heavy weather. Will they ma...

3 days of torrential rain, thunder and later on some heavy wind. We had to get away from this extremely exposed anchorage at cap d'antibes in the south of France. In no time, we were sailing towards Nice and Cap Ferrat to escape the storm. For More Recent...

Ep 53. In this episode Wave Rover hoists her spinnaker for the first time. Shortly afterwards I receive a text about a powerful low pressure system packing winds of over 40kts heading my way. I share my decision making process concerning the weather report...

This time on Distant Shores we're preparing our Southerly 480 sailboat for our journey south and on into the Pacific. We show you how to do a chain-splice, learn the technique for eating Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs, attend the United States Sailboat Show and...

A tale of a catamaran sailing north on the SE Monsoon to Raja Ampat & Papua. It includes some heavy weather sailing in the Ceram Sea and highlights the beautiful surroundings of some of the most beautiful anchorages we've encountered like Balbulol in M...

We continue sailing down the east coast to Florida as we get ready to cross over to the Bahamas! This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a patron http://www.patreon.com/sailingdood...

If you knew there had been a recent piracy attack where you were heading, would you keep your intended course and still set your sailboat towards that destination? Less than three weeks prior to our departure there was an attack with weapons on a commercia...

The voyage continues with some more rough weather, but hope shows herself when the sun finally comes out and the duo get to go full sail! Maddie emerges from her pukedom and enjoys some time on deck while Herby bakes bread in the sun oven. The episode conc...

Heavy Weather Sailing. You can’t avoid heavy weather - squalls and even storms pop up unexpectedly. We once had a Tropical Storm pop up and we had absolutely no warning. So…if you’re going to become a Bluewater cruiser it’s important to know what o...

Do you dream of sailing the Caribbean someday? Are you looking for your next tropical sailing destination? Come along with us as we explore the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean and show our process for route planning. We show how we use the PredictWind ap...

We set sail on the tail end of some stormy weather and stow the dinghy on deck to make sure we don't lose it! We sail for 4 days with some pretty strong winds and big swell and decide to skip Sardinia on our way to Sicily as the wind is in the right direc...

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