The Shards sail to Mallorca where they meet a group of teenagers who have sailed a 14-foot boat to a deserted smugglers beach and are camping there for the summer. When they ride an antique wooden train up into the Tramuntana mountains, they meet a couple ...
Wow what a boatshow!! The largest indoor boatshow in the world with lots of sailboats and tons of powerboats. Plus lots of other gear and other stuff for everyone interested in getting out on the water.
In this episode, Paul and Sheryl examine "how" and "why" the travelling life lures people away from a regular life ashore. They look back on the highlights of their 11 years on the high seas since they built their sailboat, visiting islands in the Bahamas ...
The Shards sail to anchorages around Isla Formentera in Spain's Balearic Island group. Paul and Sheryl join the modern "invasion" of Northerners on the beautiful beaches of the island. In a quiet cove they discover an entire village built of driftwood and ...
The Shards round Cabo de Gata and find isolated anchorages at the foot of the dramatic Costa Blance mountain ranges including some where the beaches are "clothing optional". They visit ports along the way that were once important Roman mining colonies. Lat...
Distant Shores Season 1-1
Paul and Sheryl Shard complete a transatlantic passage aboard their 11-metre sailboat, "Two-Step", and enter the Mediterranean Sea where they make landfall in Gibraltar. Next, they sail over to Ceuta on the North African coast. Th...
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 nearly 30 years, and know the...
Sailing east to west across the Atlantic means following winds almost all the way. On this passage we have just spent the entire 11 days nearly dead downwind. Only when the occasional squall went by did the wind shift even as far as 30 degrees, so to steer...
The crew aboard "Distant Shores" learns about the Chesapeake Bay blue crabs on Tangier Island.
This is an excerpt from Distant Shores Season Six - Episode 12.
You can download a FREE 30-minute episode of Distant Shores, "Southern Exumas Bahamas", at ht...
Cruising with 3 kids under 3 years old? Yikes! Brittany and Scott do just that as they sail the gorgeous Caribbean with Isla and the twins aboard their Brewer 44 footer!
Sailing 800 miles upwind to the Caribbean might have been our best passage ever! Normally right on the nose we had a light wind close reach/close hauled passage just before Christmas when we sailed from the Bahamas direct to St Martin. Here's a clip from t...
Every wonder what an anchor looks like underwater when its setting? Here is a segment on setting the anchor in sand in the Bahamas. We find the Rocna sets very quickly and holds very well. It just works - and works very well.
If you are dreaming of a winter getaway for some adventurous tropical sailing, the Grenadines is a good choice! Tiny Islands sprinkled between Grenada and St Vincent, they are a bit more open than the British Virgins but have some great sailing between isl...
Preparing to sail upwind through the Caribbean. We dive and check the keel and propeller, then sail to Saint Martin in time for Carnival in Philipsburg.
Not familiar with the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series? You can download a FREE 30-minute ep...
If you're tired of snow and want to escape under sail to an off-the-beaten-path tropical island here's a video to take you away to the magical Caribbean island of Saba. And please share it with anyone else you know who could use a little sunshine today...
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to sail in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) aboard a catamaran? Join Paul and Sheryl Shard, hosts of the Distant Shores sailing adventure series, along with friends on a bareboat charter of a Lagoon 380 catamaran in t...
Thinking of sailing the British Virgin Islands? They are one of our favourite cruising grounds ... http://www.distantshores.ca/bvi.html
Not familiar with the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series? You can download a FREE 30-minute episode of Distant ...
What are the 10 top sailing destinations? We worked on that question and came up with an episode of Distant Shores as our answer! We are very excited to announce its ready for viewing. Here is the first part of the show as a sneak peek... What are your fav...
Traveling the Erie Canal and Hudson River to New York City. Distant Shores traveled up the Oswego Canal then into the Erie Canal. Then we put the mast back up and spent 2 days coming down the Hudson River to Arrive at New York City. Exciting!!
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