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Everyone says "Don't Go To Praia!" Well we did. We sailed into the bay and moored at the fishing pier next to fishermen. The beauty of living on a sailboat is that you can live one day near a deserted beach and the next in a busy city harbour. We are livi...

Finally I depart Santa Cruz de Tenerife. And I don't go it alone, I'm accompanied with six crew members. All pretty hot looking. But before heading off, I go and visit my friend Walter and his boat. A boat he built himself in Switzerland and sailed it all ...

It's about time to say goodbye, but before that I have to do a couple of things. One fish out a camera I dropped to the bottom of the marina, and it's deep. Then I get a real look at life with real island natives. My friends Ivan & Anna. Something I've...

Carnaval is finally over and I have another friend come to visit me and Galopin. Laura from Marina Lanzarote. She came to stay a few days before sailing a charte boat back to Lanzarote island. But will she? We go for a sail, makes me French food and we try...

More Cranaval... yes! In my opinion you don't do things half way, you go all the way. So I close Carnaval de Santa Cruz and enjoy weeping for the burning of the Sardine. I say goodbye to my Boat hitchhiker friend who found a boat to take her to Senegal. P...

Is it the best Carnaval in the world? The locals think so. As for me I think it's insanely fabulous. Everyone participates and gets dressed up in costume. The drink and dance until early in the morning. It's all great fun, and in all this I help a friend w...

Carnaval is about to begin! But before that you'll be introduced to boat hitchhikers. There are many who come by your boat asking if you'd like to take them onboard to your next destination. So I took a nice young female hitchhiker for a few days on Galopi...

Yes it does snow in the Canaries! And this year was exceptional as the snow fall was in lower altitudes and abundant. My friend Saray came to visit for a few days and we went on some excursions. We visited Cueva del Viento, one of the world's longest lava ...

Why do people come to the Canaries? My brother came with his girlfriend to visit me and Galopin. The conquistadors came and conquered. Pipo and Eleonore to surf. And a guy named Guy came to say hello to me and Galopin. A follower of my Winded Voyage who wa...

We ring in the New Year in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This is the Holiday special episode where we take you from Switzerland to sailing off the coast off Tenerife island. You'll meet old and new friends and a special guest appearance by Famara. A new comer to...

Rockstars come in various shapes and forms as you'll see in this episode. In Tenerife, there is always something new to see. And more people to meet. Like a young French crew who tested their sea legs on Galopin. It's always fun to take a sail in the open ...

I've been living in Santa Cruz several weeks now. Most people just stay long enough to do some repairs, shop for provisions, have a quick visit of the city and island and head off across the ocean. You make many friends at the marina. You'll meet some of t...