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Back to the Boat in Panama!
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Back to the Boat in Panama!

After 7 months of Lockdown in Panama we can finally get back aboard our boat! And just in time for the effects of Hurricane Eta to be felt as winds blow and swell pushes the boat round at La Playita Marina in Panama City. We also demonstrate docking techniques 1) Using a spring line to help make a ...
Distant Shores Live Q&A  October 2020
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Distant Shores Live Q&A October 2020

Distant Shores episodes from Season 11 & 12 now available on Vimeo & DVD here... DVD Pack with Season 11&12 + Vimeo Super Special
Tips for Easy Docking – Handling a New Boat
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Tips for Easy Docking – Handling a New Boat

First in a new series we're producing about docking techniques and boat handling skills. We all get pretty good at learning to handle our own boats over time, but if we step onto a friend's boat or take the helm on a bareboat charter yacht that we're unfamiliar with, we quickly remem...
We’re selling our boat! Beyond Panama
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We’re selling our boat! Beyond Panama

Here's Distant Shores III tied up in Panama ready for her next adventure! The sights and sounds of Panama! This time we take you ashore in Panama to explore Panama City from our base at La Playita Marina and share some of the highlights of Panama beyond the Panama Canal - jungle, monkeys and ...
Distant Shores Live Q&A September 2020
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Distant Shores Live Q&A September 2020

Paul and Sheryl Shard answer your questions about the cruising lifestyle.
Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 3 – Locking out to the Pacific
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Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 3 – Locking out to the Pacific

Part 3 of 3 on How to Transit the Panama Canal with a Sailboat. Following Part 1 on how to prepare and complete the paperwork and Part 2 where we take you on the first leg of the transit from Colon to Lake Gatun, in Part 3 we take you on the second and final leg of the transit across Lake Gatun, thr...
Distant Shores Live Q&A August 2020
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Distant Shores Live Q&A August 2020

Topic: Buying, Building and Selling a Boat. Big announcement today about future cruising plans for the Distant Shores crew!
Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 2 – Colon to Lake Gatun
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Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 2 – Colon to Lake Gatun

Entering the Panama Canal in our sailboat, we handle the first 3 locks up to Lake Gatun. Part 2 of 3 in a series on How to Transit the Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Atlantic to Pacific. Following Part 1 on how to prepare and complete the paperwork, in Part 2 we take you on the first leg of the tran...
Aground at the Pub! The Importance of Tide Calculations | Distant Shores
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Aground at the Pub! The Importance of Tide Calculations | Distant Shores

Where has the water gone? We visit one of our favourite pubs in Chichester Harbour by bringing the boat in at high tide and walking ashore at low tide for dinner. We describe how to do tide calculations to arrive at a destination at the ideal time of tide for your boat and with the activities you wa...
How to Transit the Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 1 – Preparing & Paperwork
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How to Transit the Panama Canal with a Sailboat, Part 1 – Preparing & Paperwork

Do you dream of transiting the Panama Canal one day with your own sailboat? Wonder what's involved and what it costs? Then this video is for you! In Part 1, we arrive at Shelter Bay Marina on the Atlantic side of Panama to begin preparations for a canal transit and take you through the steps. ...
Distant Shores Q&A  Cost of Cruising  June 13/20
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Distant Shores Q&A Cost of Cruising June 13/20

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 in an area that has opened up ...
Rough Water! Sailing Offshore Bahamas to Panama
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Rough Water! Sailing Offshore Bahamas to Panama

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 steep seas. Sheryl struggles as she recovers ...
Sailing Daydream… Bahamas Aerial Beauty of the Exuma Islands  |  Distant Shores
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Sailing Daydream… Bahamas Aerial Beauty of the Exuma Islands | Distant Shores

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 you relax and dream of getting back on the wa...
Live Q&A Saturday May 16th
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Live Q&A Saturday May 16th

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! We’ll celebrate May birthdays too.
Escape Plan!! Sail Away on a Budget
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Escape Plan!! Sail Away on a Budget

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 you our process for passage planning, techni...
Sloop Sailing Bahamas Style! | Distant Shores
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Sloop Sailing Bahamas Style! | Distant Shores

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 crew that you started with. This tells it all! ...
Stuck in Paradise! – Sailing Bahamas and Junkanoo celebrations
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Stuck in Paradise! – Sailing Bahamas and Junkanoo celebrations

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, young and old, sailor and landlubber, is having ...
Prepare to Go Cruising – Things You Can Do that Will Help You Now
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Prepare to Go Cruising – Things You Can Do that Will Help You Now

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 your comfort and state of mind today if you ar...
Biggest Waterspout we’ve ever seen!
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Biggest Waterspout we’ve ever seen!

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 Music we used in the Episode - all...
Dodging Coral in the Bahamas! | Distant Shores
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Dodging Coral in the Bahamas! | Distant Shores

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 realized we could have a little corner of...
Distant Shores Q&A: Live from the Bahamas – Cruise Planning for the South Pacific
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Distant Shores Q&A: Live from the Bahamas – Cruise Planning for the South Pacific

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 Pacific cruise and tell you how you can join ...
Sailing to the Bahamas
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Sailing to the Bahamas

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, preparing the boat, repairing our fuel s...
We Lost our Engine! Gale at Cape Lookout | Distant Shores
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We Lost our Engine! Gale at Cape Lookout | Distant Shores

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 03:55 Engine Problems 07:12 Dolphin Encount...
Preparing to Sail South | Distant Shores
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Preparing to Sail South | Distant Shores

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 have a close encounter with a bridge g...
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