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Topic: Buying, Building and Selling a Boat. Big announcement today about future cruising plans for the Distant Shores crew!

01:28 What experience level is necessary for this kind of adventure? 04:45 Are French people friendly!? 08:40 What was your favourite stop? 09:32 What were the easiest and hardest things about doing the french canals in a sailboat? 13:41 What did you wish ...

How to do the French Canals by sailboat?! Before we journeyed from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic side of France by sailboat, we had a LOT of questions. Plenty of boaters choose to unstep their mast and transit the Canal de Garonne and Canal du Midi, bu...

We take you sailing on the Great Bahama Bank to the Bahamian island chain of the Exumas where at Staniel Cay we dive in a magical underwater cave and learn that pigs can swim. Next we head down-island to explore shallow areas of tidal sand bores and play o...

Welcome to the trailer for our upcoming series where we sail the french canals. The problem is that we have. 12m sail boat with a 16m mast. This means we have to remove the mast and carry it on deck. 250 miles, 120 locks through historic locks and canals. ...

We complete the journey through the French Waterways traveling the large rivers in Southern France all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. In this video, we face an electrical problem and learn how helpful the cruising community can be on the canals, cross t...

Favourite Sailing Destinations Part 2. We take you into the small historic waterways of France, demonstrate how to set up your boat to transit the many locks, show you the different types of locks in the system and how to operate them, discuss the options...

While at anchor aboard Distant Shores III in the Bahamas, we talk about our favourite sailing destinations from 30 years of cruising. In this episode, we take you into Paris by sailboat and under the city streets in old tunnels that you can navigate with a...

Part 12 of a series: Sailing Miami to Key West. We Sail in open water for the FIRST time! The wind is strong enough on Biscayne Bay to reef the main sail. Ashley and I reflect on our decision to reef and footage from that epic sail is fast forwarded. We...

Part 7 of a series: Sailing Miami to Key West. We pull anchor and set sail! Light winds make it a challenge, but we sail under a bridge with little room for error! The Intracoastal Waterway in Miami is busy with huge yachts. We discover a convenient wa...

Part 6 of a series: Sailing Miami to Key West. Anchored on an island beach in Miami Fl, we speak to everyone that walks by. Some hilarious conversations are caught on film. A manatee is captured on drone footage. Big thanks to Wes "Snipes" for the ba...