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TROUBLE OFFSHORE. We're going to need to channel McGyver to get out of this one... Crossing from Galapagos - Easter Island - ripped sail, lost parts, emergency fabrication... This is what adventure sailing is all about! ❤️ Support this channel: Come ...

We took off Djibouti ready to sail across Red Sea straight into Egypt... It was HOT and lots of motoring between great deal of huge boats... And then the wind picked up... straight in front of us... We had 2 choices: ~5 days of slow, and uncomfortable mot...

Big trouble in our little boat... Watch to find out why we are making an emergency stop in Colombia and what the problem is with our crew-member. Sailing the wrong way across the pacific isn't easy. Also learn a bit about weather routing, and how to choose...

Welcome to Episode 46 of Carpe Diem Sailing, in this episode I go over Heaving To a very worthwhile and under utilized manoeuvre. Heaving To has many uses for both crewed and singled handed boats. In this video demonstrate and explain the mechanics behind ...

Short video of our emergency on water and a bit of discussion on what we did wrong & what we did right. In the end I feel very dumb indeed 😉

As we near the end of our Atlantic Crossing, our BOOM FALLS OFF! Can we make it into the river safely? 0:00 Intro 0:20 Map 0:30 Morning Sailing 1:24 What color is the water today? 1:40 Light air sailing 2:27 The smell of land 3:42 Food supply after a cros...

Welcome to Episode 33 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I discuss pre-sail checks and preparation. I focus on readiness as a method for avoiding an emergency. SHOWNOTES https://www.carpediemsailing.com/shownotes SAFE BOATING GUIDE https://tc.canada.c...

No, this isn't clickbait- we actually woke up at 4am to the sight of our dock underwater. Really terrifying! Watch this episode to find out what happened, what caused it and how it was resolved. Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe, leave a comm...