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Sailing from Croatia to Corfu in Greece. Sailing nonstop while being chased by thunder storms and bad weather. Night sailing and night navigation. Fishing boats without navigation lights or AIS. This video show only a glimse of why you should not sail lon...

We show what its like to sail at night as we celebrate our 400th night at sea. Sail with us along the coast of Portugal towards Gibraltar. To capture the night images we used our Sony A7SII and a very fast 1.4 lens. Shots of Distant Shores III rounding...

It’s our FIRST OVERNIGHT PASSAGE! We set sail across Lake Michigan, leaving in the middle of the night to ride the fading winds of a storm. Kirk’s dad arrives just before midnight to join us for the trip. The sail starts out with 15+ knts on the nose,...

This passage north through the Malacca Strait was the most turgid and longest night sail of our lives. Ploughing directly into 4m waves and 20kts of wind on the nose is no fun. 👍 If you enjoyed this video, please LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE,....

If you like our SSL Video series, you'll LOVE the EXTENDED SERIES SSL Videos on our Vimeo channel, and you'll even find a 20+minute version of SSL 235 there with lots of EXTRA CONTENT you won't find here on Youtube.. Enjoy! Cheers, Captain Rick SSL Video...

Storms and night sailing in the world's busiest shipping lane gets the adrenaline going in this week's video. And entering the anchorage through a criss-cross of channels and wall-to-wall ships at anchor really kept us on our toes! In this episode, we mak...

Stuck in the busiest shipping lane in the world with a broken engine and no wind. At night. The bad news? The northerly wind which had been forecast never came, so we motor-sailed for most of the day. The good news? The huge southerly winds of the pre...

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ As we left St. Maarten we decided to bypass the rest of the Caribbean Islands, and head south 500nm to Bonaire. In this episode, we discuss what ...

We are so excited to cast off the lines and head for a new life aboard a sailboat south of the border! Join as as we say goodbye to the USA and holá to Mexico! We sail through the night, enjoy an awesome sunrise, then arrive Ensenada to officially che...

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ Continuing on our journey in circumnavigation, we leave the Dominican Republic and cross the notorious Mona Passage (2 days & 2 nights nonsto...

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After enjoying some time with new friends at Rum Cay, we embark on our first three day nonstop sail to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. So...

Excerpt from "Alone Together: Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond" by Christian Williams. East Wind Press, 2016. Available at Amazon.com.