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sailing from gran Canaria to madeira on a yacht delivery https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/volupia-eddystone-charity-sailing-pursuit The Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sailingvolupia https://www.instagram.com/sailing_volupia/ any q...

we have now finished sailing around the UK time to catch up on making volupia look lovely again we stated our adventure in Falmouth and some of the places we have visited up to now Plymouth, Salcombe, Portland and Weymouth, Portsmouth Brighton, Eastb...

In this episode, I move Wahine to a nearby marina where I will leave her for a few weeks as forward progress is difficult given the extended restrictions. I then dash off to Tokyo to celebrate with a few supporters the one year anniversary leaving Tokyo...

This short video features the dripless seal installation by Yuki san, a real pro, followed by the water test. If you are interesting in knowing how I am paying for this, when I am not a man of means, check out some new videos at https://www.nevertoola...

To replace the dripless seal, the boat needs to be out of the water. This gives me an opportunity to inspect the keel following the repair work last Sept, dealing with a crack and a lingering question: does Wahine have a loose keel? But alas even more is...

A few days ahead of schedule, but with a conducive sea state, the engineers decided to go early. The sea was calm but air temperature was frigid. But 6 hours later we arrived at Nishi Fukuoka Marina, where I haven a cradle booked for one week from Feb 14th...

In trying to be cheerier, I set about cleaning the floorboards and the bilge, while managing the leak which we have slowed to 4 drips per minute. ( about a table spoon a minute). But to move on from a temporary fix I need to resolve three issues 1. Findi...

To be disabled at sea was unsettling in itself, but when i discovered my boat had a leak once in harbour, self-doubt flooded in. This is an account of what happened on January 15, 2021. With only a 24 hour notice I had to change plans and rather than a...

we have finished our uk tour we have sailed all the way around the uk we stated our adventure in Falmouth and some of the places we have visited up to now Plymouth, Salcombe, Portland and Weymouth, Portsmouth Brighton, Eastbourne, Dover, Felixstowe...

In this final video of 2021, I attend to an electrical problem on board (back on shore power for the first time in nine months), install new lines, hoist the flags and then cycle around Nagasaki to revisiting places like Martyrs Hill where I have led bicyc...

follow us while we sailing around the uk currently sailing down the welsh coast then to England visiting Cornwall. we stated our adventure in Falmouth and some of the places we have visited up to now Plymouth, Salcombe, Portland and Weymouth, Portsmo...

Sailing into Nagasaki! A dream come true. As with other Kyushu ports I had been to before, I had arrived by bicycle. A city rich historically, culturally, and topographically, to arrive by sea is a real treat, particularly given that the city just celeb...