Mediterranean and Atlantic sailing! Cruise with us from Gibraltar to Ceuta on the North African Coast at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea before sailing to Tangier, Morocco, to explore the ancient medinas. Heading offshore, we face rough weather on th...
Happy New Year! The highlights of the first 4,000 miles of cruising aboard our new Southerly 480, Distant Shores III – England, Channel Islands, Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain (South Coast, Balearic Islands and Ceuta), Morocco, concluding in the Canary Islan...
This time on Distant Shores we run our boat up on the beach in Antigua. We get invited to a pirate birthday party, change the zinc on our Varifold propeller and meet up with YouTubers aboard SV Delos.
Drone footage beaching Distant Shores courtesy of SV D...
Do you find marine power systems confusing? Are you trying to determine if your boat has enough power to run the equipment you’d like to install? In Part 1 of this new video series, we take you aboard our new Southerly 480, Distant Shores III, and start ...
Do you find marine power systems confusing? Are you trying to determine if your boat has enough power to run the equipment you’d like to install? In Part 2 of this video series, we create an electrical budget calculating our power use for various devices...
00:30 Solar Power
02:29 How much do you get from Solar Panels
03:22 Integrel On-Engine Generator
04:11 How it works. What if we don't motor anywhere?
Do you want to understand marine power systems better? In this video series, we take you aboard our South...
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...
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...
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...
We spend a delightful summer cruising the archipelago in Sweden and take you along to explore this beautiful but navigationally challenging cruising destination.
Resources for cruising in Sweden:
https://distantshores.ca/sweden.html
A summary of our cru...
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...
This time on Distant Shores sail from Antigua to Montserrat… Nevis… Statia and St Barts - and talk gadgets with Brian and Karin on SV Delos…
00:16 SV Delos Technical tour
03:40 SV Delos Electrical storage and generation Lithium Batteries
04:47 Delos...
Do you dream of sailing the Caribbean someday? Are you looking for your next tropical sailing destination?
Come along with us as we explore the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean and show our process for route planning. We show how we use the PredictWind ap...
Two devastating hurricanes - Hurricanes Irma and Maria - hit the British Virgin Islands in 2017. In this video, we return to sail the BVI and get an update on recovery efforts before making a fabulous 3-day offshore passage to the Turks and Caicos.
Princi...
Many of you have been asking why we love variable-draft Southerly Yachts. Afterall, we've owned three of the them throughout the 30 years we've been cruising. So in this latest video, we answer your questions, giving you our completely biased view on South...
If you ever worry about what it would be like to be hit by a hurricane or tropical storm on your boat, this video will answer a lot of your questions. Paul and I have gone through several named storms throughout our 30 years of cruising so, using video fo...
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...
We are exploring the Exuma Island group in the Bahamas. Such amazing water colours! We find a shallow place where we can put our Southerly 480 on the sand and try beaching her, then wait for low tide to dry out.
We've also been testing out the Varifold 4-...
This time on Distant Shores we continue exploring the Bahamas in the Exumas with incredible beaches, interesting wildlife and review the performance of our Ultra Anchor.
00:30 George Town Introduction
02:20 A Beach to Yourself - Stocking Island
04:03 Leaf...
We're leaving the Bahamas using the Gulf Stream to make speed northbound.
This is our last sail on the amazing Bahamas shallow banks as we're preparing for the passage north to Beaufort and the Chesapeake Bay. For the first time we're going to sail right ...
This time on Distant Shores we look at using radar to avoid the worst winds in a serious storm rounding Cape Hatteras, do a gear review on our electric in-mast furling after 1 year of hard use and sail north to Annapolis in the Chesapeake Bay.
00:58 Storm...
This time on Distant Shores we're preparing our Southerly 480 sailboat for our journey south and on into the Pacific. We show you how to do a chain-splice, learn the technique for eating Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs, attend the United States Sailboat Show and...
This time on Distant Shores we make a 2 day passage around Cape Hatteras - deal with fuel problems that disable our engine - and face a gale as we sail past Cape Lookout to beat into rough seas towards Beaufort North Carolina.
02:40 Cape Hatteras at Night...
We're continuing further south sailing offshore from North Carolina towards Florida and the Bahamas. We stop in a Jacksonville making the 20 mile trip up the river and under the bridges in town. We spend a few days at the welcoming Ortega Landing Marina, p...
Happy February! This is going to be an exciting month for the crew of Distant Shores III as we set sail from the Bahamas next week heading to Panama where we will transit the Panama Canal and enter the Pacific Ocean. We’ll discuss our route for our South...
Crossing the Yellow Banks from Nassau we're watching out for coral heads. Its over 30 miles across and we get the drone in the air to see what the coral looks like from above.
We also visit the Berry Islands - where we visited 30 years earlier and first re...
This time on Distant Shores we look at weather in the Bahamas as we deal with cold fronts and see what happens when you're hit with the largest waterspout we've ever seen.
00:00 Bahamas Cold Fronts
02:02 Anchoring scope in shallow water
12:59 Waterspout
...
Prepare to Go Cruising – Things That Will Help You Now
Disappointed that your cruising plans are on hold due to the recent pandemic? Take heart! There are many things you can do right now to prepare to go cruising that will also be immensely helpful to ...
Feeling stuck these days? Well this video is guaranteed to lift your spirits! We got stuck in the Bahamas earlier this year (before the pandemic) and experienced Junkanoo celebrations! You can’t help but smile when you watch this one😊 since everyone,...
Sail with us in the beautiful Bahamas where the water is a sparkling swimming pool blue and get onboard traditional Bahamian sailing sloops for local racing like you’ve never seen before! One of the rules is that you must return with the same number of c...
Meet a young farm family who share their plan for fun yet affordable family cruising. We take you and a crew of sailors who are planning their own escape for a week of sailing and cruise planning in the beautiful Exuma Islands of the Bahamas. We also show ...
Let’s get together! Live Q&A on Saturday May 16 at 11 AM ET, 8 AM PT and 4 PM UK. The world of sailing is slowly opening up. How is it affecting you? Let’s talk about it and discuss what we can all do now to prepare for future cruising adventures! ...
Need a relaxing getaway to a sailing world of beauty? This is a departure from our normal movies. ASMR style soundFX plus relaxing music goes with the sailing shots in the glorious Bahamas. Let us know what you think in the comments. Does this video help y...
Paul outlines his passage plan and we set sail from the Bahamas to do a 7-day offshore voyage to Panama passing Cuba en route. Once through the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, we face strong winds and a fierce head current which results in large s...
A monthly live Q&A with Paul and Sheryl Shard, longtime cruising sailors, sailing authors and the producers of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series. This month's topic is the "Cost of Cruising".
00:00 - Welcomes and hellos.
01:11 - Are you i...
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