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

Distant Shores is a sailing television series about the cruising life, with lots of tips for sailors planning to sail away plus destination information to help you make your cruising plans. We have been sailing and filming for over 30 years, and know the f...

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...

Episode 10 In this boat shopping episode we travel 6hrs South to Falmouth to look at a Southerly 115. The boat has just had £20k ($28K) spent on the following: Swing keel removed and refurbished. New running and standing rigging. Hull repairs. Deck repair...

We've been itching to tell you for months now! It's finally official that Discovery Yachts Group have acquired the Southerly Yachts brand and will be building the complete range of Southerly cruising boats as well as the new Distant Shores 485! This is a S...

Welcome to episode 16! This week we have a super sexy sail to San Juan where we break out the code zero and enjoy some light wind conditions. Old San Juan is a huge surprise to us and we feel suddenly transported back to southern Spain. We have an incre...

We're finally in the sailing playground of the British Virgin Islands! Join us as we explore Virgin Gorda, home to the famous Bitter End yacht club, The Baths and, apparently, poisonous fish! We anchor off Prickly Pear Island and have to deal with some ...

Welcome to episode 4! This is the first of two episodes based in the Caribbean yachting centre of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin. This week we enter Simpson Bay Lagoon and get settled in the anchorage for a week of boat maintenance, buying new boat toys and ge...

From the numerous sharks to the many dangerous reefs, there is no shortage of hazards in the Bahamas. But we wouldn't have it any other way. Come along as we explore these amazing islands, from Ragged Island and the Jumento Cays up to the Exumas and Compas...

Fall is here so we were thinking of the trip south down the waterway. For us the first leg of the trip is a cruise down the lovely and historic Trent-Severn Waterway in Canada. This is an excerpt from the show we shot last fall as we sailed south going thr...