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We finally become a sailboat again and can start sailing down the Hudson River. It feels great not solely relying on an engine, especially a 38 year old one. Plus in this episode we do an unexpected stop in Kingston NY which turns into many surprises! If ...

If you are like us sailing on a budget this video is for you. Find out where you can raise your mast by yourself for only $55. And finally we'll be able to no longer motor everywhere but also start sailing down the Hudson River. If you like what you see d...

The Eastern portion of our trip on the Erie Canal to Florida and the Caribbeans holds some of the biggest locks. I feel so small as we go down in the Little Falls lock. With a stop in Amsterdam we pick up Alex's parents who join us to experience what it's...

The rain makes us stop in Rome New York which turns out to be a fun and interesting stop along the Erie Canal. There we end up having an educative tour of the Fort Stanwix National Historic Site. More locks and grounding again the sailing adventure carries...

The sailing journey down the Erie Canal continues. But every good thing come with its bad. Our Yanmar Engine mounts are giving us more problems. With the whole engine vibrating we debate crossing Lake Oneida or not. The biggest lake along the Erie Canal it...

Life on the Erie canal while sailing is full of surprises. We happened to be in Fairport for the Farmers Market and it was full of goodies from fresh produce to baked goods and plants. We then carried on down the Erie Canal to find Karen in Newark which wa...

Some friends had mentioned that the Erie Canal was shallow in some sections and we quickly realized that. We keep running aground on the Erie Canal. How many times can you count? It's all part of the sailing adventure and it doesn't prevent us from visitin...

After another wine and cheese pairing at the flight of Five Winery we start cruising down the Erie Canal. And the Lockport locks are quite the experience as we go down 25ft and another 25ft right away. A few stops along the Erie Canal and we decide to go s...

We get a rainy start cruising the Erie Canal but what a beautiful scenery along it. Our second stop is in Lockport where we walk around and even do some wine tasting at the Flight of Five winery. I had never heard or sampled some of the flavors. If you li...

Wildly Intrepid Sailing Patreon page is finally here. It took a while but we have finally jumped on board with Patreon. Link to Patreon Click Here https://www.patreon.com/WildlyIntrepid We look forward to getting to know you all a little more personally...

Finally we're off from Sugarloaf Marina on Lake Erie. It's the beginning of sailing around the world, or motoring for now. But first step, checking into the US. We've traveled to many countries but never by sailboat so I won't lie I was apprehensive on how...

This is it the last prepping for the Erie Canal and selling everything we own. I had mixed feelings of sadness and excitement as we started doing the mast stepping and lowering. Our time of Lake Erie has come to an end but the start of our big journey crui...