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Having just arrived in Australia, I leave Gecko to join a 62' Oyster on a passage from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia. Thank you for contributing to my haulout on PayPal! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/windhippie Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalm...

I have three more days of solo sailing to get to Australia. It's the final push. I battle fatigue as I try to get through the Great Barrier Reef to make it in before the next system hits Thank you for contributing to my haulout on PayPal Patreon: https:...

Do I wait in the Louisades with barely a connection to the outside world, or brave a gale to get to Australia? In this episode of bluewater sailing, I get waves crashing over the whole boat and filling the cockpit, get stuck in a shipping lane, and almost ...

We have an awesome episode this week as we take on the 800 mile sail from the Cook Islands to Tonga. We hit 4 meter seas and 30 knots of wind as we cruise straight past the Island of Niue, and end up very relieved in the Vava'u group of islands in the king...

In this episode we sail 230 miles into the wind and sea almost the entire length of Costa Rica, with no auto pilot because of the lightning strike!! SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sa...

We were reminiscing about some of the crazy things we have done while out sailing and getting caught in this gnarly gale off Cape Hatteras has to be one of them! After safely arriving we checked the history on the nearest weather buoy and it reported 22ft...

0:00 Intro 0:19 Episode Starts 1:09 Squalls in the middle of the Ocean Day 8 of our Atlantic Crossing on an old sailboat with an electric motor. For fun, we are doing a challenge where we don’t use any electronics as we navigate; just stars, sextant, an...

It’s a squall-filled episode with many bumps and bruises. Our channel is dedicated to showing the reality of sailing, and this is it! Not every day is sunshine and dolphins when you’re sailing across an ocean. In order to have those days, we also have ...

In just a few months I am crossing an ocean, by sailboat and by myself, to see my mom. And I am kinda scared. I have never sailed across an ocean before. I have identified ten fears and am seeking to address them. The list includes storms, falling overboar...

This is the first part of my North Wind Expedition 2016. I will cross the North Sea over to Shetland, and the North Atlantic Ocean to the Faroe Islands to show people my passion of ocean sailing. Everything will be covered in beautiful pictures filled wi...