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Embark on a thrilling sailing adventure with Sam Holmes where winds shift unpredictably, winches seize, and storms challenge resilience. Follow the sailor's quest for the perfect anchorage amid 40-knot gales.

A fast sail, strong winds and lightning storms offshore this week while we dine on freshly caught yellow fin tuna. Free Range Sailing Elements T-Shirts and Hoodies now available until 21 August 2021. To buy now before you miss out visit our campaign here...

Sailing into storms is not something we do. However with the weather closing in, we decide to head towards the blackening skies. If we get in before the storm hits, we'll get to anchor in one of the worlds finest anchorages and watch the power of nature as...

Lightning storms are one of a sailors worst fears. On a night sail from Italy to Croatia we get caught in the middle of a monster storm. For forty minutes we were stuck in the eye of the storm with lightning strikes all around. The timing was bad. We were ...

Lots of challenges on this 2nd leg of our passage: setting a 24hr mileage record; caught-out in the gulf stream; an accidental gybe; lightning storm and a thunderous leg to the infamous Hatteras shoals. Following on from part 1: after a brief stop in West...

Quick teaser for part 2 of Grand Cayman to Chesapeake on Sail Cloudy Bay. Full episode will release Friday 14 Aug 2020.

The ugly side of sailing the world Living with anxiety on a sailboat - https://twogetlost.com/today-i-feel-brave Blitzortung lightning map - www.map.blitzortung.org Sorry this video isn't as cheerful as usual, but we thought it was important to include a...

How can you protect your sailboat against a lightning strike? After our recent 500 mile crossing where we encountered our worst lightning storms at sea, we talk about tactics for avoiding and sailing through lightning storms. In 'Lightning strike - can you...

We've sailed a lot of miles through many gales, but this was our biggest lightning storm ever. It was a relentless dirty, rotten storm. Lightning hit the sea every 10 seconds and lit up our sailboat for hours. The wind picked up to 35+kts so we made good s...

This was by far the most eventful cruise ever!! Last week we thought we had it rough in our first ever storm, not knowing what awaits us!! It was smooth sailing through the Straits of Gibraltar and for about 4 days thereafter, and then it all happened. We ...

The new Windover and her crew have more success fishing offshore, they stop in at Shark River Inlet to avoid some nasty weather only to get caught in the middle of it. #cruisingsailboat #windoverwater #sailingvideos

We get hit by lightning off the coast of Colombia. Worried that the sailboat might be hit again, the first mate sails Zingaro back to Cartagena. We show you how bad the damage was and what survived. Looks like we are going to have a LOT of work to do. At o...