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After nearly a month of family and friends aboard, we are now sailing solo through the Gulf of Panama. Now in Pacific Ocean and nothing but seas ahead. We leave the safe harbour of Panama City en route for Costa Rica on an epic overnight sail to an ancho...

Getting a few jobs done before the end of the year. Fitting the water trap on the Chinese diesel heater exhaust. Water trap works fine; but problems with the heatproof tape. Washboards are now ready for epoxy and varnish. New solar powered ventilator fan....

Karl and his sailor girls are off the hook in Cabo San Lorenzo (Ecuador) and headded to Bahía Caraquez. We have a georgous sail and launch our trawler to take another Microplastic sample. And what great news: we find 0 plastic in our sample. Quite interes...

This video covers the structural repair of a rather large crack/split/gash in the hull of Serenity. It happened two years ago just before I took her out of the water...and it was 100% my fault. Still, who doesn't like the chance for a bit of extra fibregla...

Looking for a reliable autopilot? Check out how I installed the pelagic autopilot on my sailboat! After a small boat break in California, it's time to head back to good old Karl in Ecuador. Maria travels up to Quito to pick me up and we explore the pretty...

We Leave the marina in Roccella Ionica after refueling, refilling our water tanks and getting alllllllllll the laundry done we continued our journey.

Our voyage down south to Ecuador on SV Joana continues and we cross the Equator dressed up in our Shellback outfits. We safely make it to Bahía Caraquez and get greeted by Ariosto who guides us into the river mouth to the mooring. A fun ride through the...

Sailboat Joana is docked at the military pier right next to all the confiscated drug runner submarines. Check out the not so touristy town of Tumaco with us. Our guests leave us in Tumaco and Maria and I start the passage south to Ecuador after a short ri...

This is a job I have been putting off for ages. Stripping back all the varnished areas back to bare wood and re-varnishing. To make it fair we have split the work 50:50; I am doing all the external wood and my daughter is just doing the bits inside the boa...

This is one of those 'proud dad' videos. My daughter has now graduated as a Master in Marine Biology after spending the last six months counting sharks in Mexico. She volunteered to help with Serenity's refurbishment. Here's what happened. Pt 1 of the Hol...

This solo sail has been one of the most special moments in life and a proof to me that the ocean does run through my vanes and that I am right where I should be. I had asked the ocean for some clarity and I got all the answere that I needed. Thank you oc...

We’re here knowing nothing and learning sailing bit by bit. This week we’re doing some boat jobs again. Trying to attach solar mounts and cut mattresses. Wow, what a time to be alive. Next to that we take Blue and her anchor gear out to a nice bay to p...