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In this weekly vlog of Barefoot Travels we finish the story of the beached sailboat La Vita. Last week we showed you how La Vita broke her mooring and was washed ashore. They managed to turn her around but made significantly more damage to the hull. This ...

This time we save a boat from sinking in Panama, evaluate a boat monitoring system called BRNKL and load Distant Shores III onto a ship for yacht transport to her new owners. 00:00 Intro 00:29 Jungle hike 01:11 Boat monitoring system by BRNKL 02:48 Yacht ...

It's every sailors worst nightmare, being out at sea and taking on water. Added to this it was the first time I had sailed Fair Isle single handed, so made it even more heart stopping! Greece is a great place to sail though and we've had a really good run...

Morning after the mishap!! Plotting our course to Annapolis. Checking to see if the generator will start, it fires right up. Thank goodness!! The alternator belt is loose, it will need to be tightened up, Brian says that's an easy fix. It was. Also checkin...

I woke up this morning to a bilge FULL of water. In this video I show how I diagnosed and repaired the automatic bilge pump in our liveaboard Catalina 30 sailboat.

In episode 80, we attempt to make it back to Anacortes from Friday Harbor with our boat still leaking. While cruising the San Juan Islands on a charter boat (a Meridian 411 yacht), we finally find the source of the leak. The charter company installed a ne...

In episode 78, our chartered boat was sinking as we pulled into the Roche Harbor Marina on our Meridian 411. Despite that, we are determined to explore the resort and have a good time. Did we find the source of the leak? Tune in to find out! Check out...

Hello Friends, This is a "Bonus Episode" to show you guys some excitement we had last sunday onboard The Black Lotus. If you are a regular subscriber you will remember our video from a few weeks about where we brought this beautiful and in need of TLC 1...

MAYDAY RESCUED AT SEA | 82 | Beau and Brandy Sailing For everyone that has asked about the green GOO, here it is: https://amzn.to/2MAeje6 This is part 2 of our longest sail EVER from Puerto Rico to Grenada. Find Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/_g_ARGtko7s...

DAYS AT SEA leading to a CRACK IN OUR BOAT | 81 | Beau and Brandy Sailing This is a 2 Part Vlog recounting our sail from Puerto Rico to Grenada. We wanted to show you the beginning of the sail up to the crack and then we have a full video of our mayday an...

In the middle of the night, one of the scariest things that can happen at sea happens to us - a hole in the boat with water pouring in! Find out how we stop the water pouring in and replace a thru hole in the middle of the ocean. ________________ We ho...

What else you got! bring it on Nandji! https://www.sailingnandji.com For the past year we have been limping Nandji with a broken Engine, trying to get somewhere we can replace it. In this episode we depart Belitung, Indonesia and attempt to sail to Nongsa...