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Barbuda reef sailing
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Barbuda reef sailing

Sailing between Antigua and Barbuda we navigate a narrow channel and get close to the reefs. We have a swing keel on our Southerly 42 so we can reduce our draft to less than 3 feet and go through shallow water. This is an excerpt from season 5 of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series. No...
Foggy Sailing English Channel
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Foggy Sailing English Channel

Sailing in foggy conditions across the North Sea to Holland from the Solent. We navigate thick fog on the approach to Ramsgate. This is an excerpt from season 7 of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series. Not familiar with Distant Shores? Download a FREE 30-minute episode "South Exuma...
French Canals by Sailboat
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French Canals by Sailboat

Ever thought about traveling through France by boat? Here's a taste of what it's like going through a couple of the many locks. We documented a 10-week voyage taking our Southerly 49 sailboat through the canals of France from the north coast down to the south coast on the Mediterranean Sea...
Stormy Weather – Tracking Squalls with a Plotter
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Stormy Weather – Tracking Squalls with a Plotter

This is a Sneak Peek from the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series episode #111 about doing a transatlantic passage with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in December 2012. Captain/Owner Paul Shard and crewmember Matthew Heron show how they use the radar overlay on the Raymarine e95 chartp...
Free Diving with Eagle Rays.mov
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Free Diving with Eagle Rays.mov

Exploring the Bahamas on our sailboat we were free-diving and came across a number of these beautiful Eagle Rays. They are up to 1 meters across the wings and 3 meters long to their whip tails. This is an excerpt from our Cruising the Bahamas DVD available at www.distantshores.ca
How to do Mediterranean Mooring
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How to do Mediterranean Mooring

Mooring Mediterranean-style stern to the dock in Greece. This is an excerpt from the Distant Shores sailing adventure television series. If you would like to follow the continuing adventures of Paul and Sheryl Shard aboard S/V Distant Shores see: Instagram :
Stormy Sailing   sneak peek
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Stormy Sailing sneak peek

Stormy Atlantic Crossing with the ARC 2012. A large catamaran comes near us so we get some great shots in the big ocean swells. Not familiar with Distant Shores? You can download a FREE 30-minute episode of Distant Shores, "Southern Exumas Bahamas" at And if you would like to follow the...
Distant Shores Season 8 Trailer – Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Brittany Coast
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Distant Shores Season 8 Trailer – Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Brittany Coast

Come on a voyage north to the Emerald Isle. Then on to Scotland and cross the Crinan and Caledonian Canals and into Loch Ness. Next it's north to the rugged Shetland Islands to explore the northernmost British Isles. Midsummer means a passage to the beautiful Norwegian coastline to investigate ...
Distant Shores Season 7 trailer – Channel Islands to Scandinavia + San Blas Islands
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Distant Shores Season 7 trailer – Channel Islands to Scandinavia + San Blas Islands

Paul and Sheryl Shard, take you aboard their new Southerly 49 sailboat, Distant Shores II, for commissioning on the south coast of England sailing to ports in Chichester Harbour and around the Solent and also try narrowboating on English canals. Next is a shake-down cruise across the English Channel...
Distant Shores Season 5 Trailer – The Med to the Caribbean and Bahamas
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Distant Shores Season 5 Trailer – The Med to the Caribbean and Bahamas

Cruise the west coast of Italy, visit Sicily and Malta. Charter in the Virgin Islands. Then sail from England south to Madeira, Canary Islands, then transatlantic to the Caribbean and the out islands of the Bahamas. 6 hours
Distant Shores Season 4 trailer – The Middle East
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Distant Shores Season 4 trailer – The Middle East

Cruising in the Middle East - We join members of the Levante Basin Rally to explore the startlingly beautiful countries of Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, Jordan and Egypt. These DVDs provide enlightening encounters as we approach the historic cities and temples of these Holy Lands by boat. Incl...
Distant Shores Season 6 Trailer – Chesapeake Bay, ICW and Leeward Islands
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Distant Shores Season 6 Trailer – Chesapeake Bay, ICW and Leeward Islands

If you are planning a trip south down the coast of the USA to Florida the Bahamas or the Caribbean this set of 3 DVDs are for you! Includes special features on planning your own voyage on the Intracoastal Waterway and the Erie Canal. Saba, Montserrat, Barbuda and the Saintes as well as the lovely St...
Podcast 10 – Transatlantic Sailing
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Podcast 10 – Transatlantic Sailing

Crossing the Atlantic. Sail from the Canary Islands to Antigua on a 42 foot sailboat.
Podcast V9 – Tropical Moods.m4v
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Podcast V9 – Tropical Moods.m4v

Sheryl and I are back in the studio in Canada working on the TV new TV shows, and today we had our first snow of the year. So I thought I would put up a podcast to warm you up in December! This was shot in the Exumas island group in the lovely Bahamas. We made 4 half-hour TV shows about the Bahamas ...
Episode V8 – Launching the 42.m4v
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Episode V8 – Launching the 42.m4v

Exactly 2 years ago we launched our Southerly 42 Distant Shores! So for the anniversary I have put up this excerpt from the Season V DVD set. It is cold in England now and 2 years ago we were facing a cold sail south to the Canary Islands before heading across the Atlantic!
Episode V7 – Trent-Severn.m4v
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Episode V7 – Trent-Severn.m4v

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 through one of the spectacular Lift Locks on th...
Episode V6 On the Banks
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Episode V6 On the Banks

The Great Bahama Bank stretches for hundreds of miles. We were sailing up from the Caribbean and came from Crooked Acklins Island over to the tip of Long Island, then onto the Bank. It was 40 miles to Georgetown most of it very shallow water over perfect sand. We sailed all day in water barely 6-10 ...
Episode V5 Getting off the Beach
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Episode V5 Getting off the Beach

This was our first time beaching the boat. We stayed overnight on the sandbank and next day pulled off with the rising tide using our Fortress stern anchor.
Beaching a Southerly 42
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Beaching a Southerly 42

How to beach your boat! This was our first time to deliberately beach our Southerly 42 in the Bahamas. Crystal blue waters and white sand! If you would like to follow the continuing adventures of Paul and Sheryl Shard aboard S/V Distant Shores see:
Episode V3 Feathering Propellor
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Episode V3 Feathering Propellor

A look at our Variprop feathering propellor. It reduces drag under sail but still produces full power when motoring. Since it is a 4 bladed prop it produces the most thrust in the aperture we have between the skeg and the hull of our Southerly 42. Not familiar with Distant Shores? You can download ...
Sailing Bahamas – Distant Shores
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Sailing Bahamas – Distant Shores

We have just got back home from another wonderful cruise in the Bahamas. We stopped en route from the Caribbean up to the Chesapeake Bay and were lucky to be able to spend almost 6 weeks in the Bahamas. For anyone who hasnt considered the islands as a cruising destination - here is a primer on saili...
Sailing in New York with AIS
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Sailing in New York with AIS

Sailing with AIS - Automatic Identification System in New York Harbor. Paul & Sheryl Shard, Hosts of the Distant Shores Television series present video tips for cruising sailors.
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