Voyage Planning - Distant Shores Q&A
How to Sail to Your Dream Destination and Keep Everyone Happy. We discuss our plans for the voyage “Year 1” of sailing our new Distant Shores III.
02:45 Boat Show Plans Southampton, Annapolis, Toronto, Dusseldorf
03:50 What is your dream destination?
05:18 Our first trip in 1989 down the ICW
06:35 Cruise planning the next 1.5 years England to Panama
08:00 Design of the new boat Southerly 480
10:08 Cruising guides and pilot charts
13:25 Starting in England plan Feb 2018
14:16 Noonsite.com research website
15:09 Reading Pilot Charts
17:25 Sailboat Insurance #Pantaenius
20:50 Planning our France cruise
24:00 Coast hopping Spanish coast to Lisbon 20-50 miles per day
24:55 Using travel guides for exploration ashore
27:05 We are having people aboard -Sail Away Weeks (below)
29:40 Gibraltar offshore to Morocco passage to Canaries
32:00 Start with our “end goal” in our case – the Pacific
33:00 Transatlantic Crossing
37:34 Provisioning for an ocean crossing
42:27 Checking in Customs in Morocco Video
45:15 Speaking the local language
47:58 Checking in USA “Did you eat your vegetables”
51:52 Transatlantic Crossing Insurance
55:48 BVI to the Turks and Caicos
59:00 Chartering in the British Virgin Islands – Secret Weapon!
Want to join us aboard Distant Shores 3? Check out the schedule for our Sail Away weeks here. http://www.distantshores.ca/sail-away/sail-away-schedule/
Distant Shores TV
The Distant Shores sailing adventure travel TV series follows the global sailing adventures of award-winning travel documentary filmmakers and sailing authors, Paul and Sheryl Shard. The TV series celebrates the sailing lifestyle and features the world's top nautical destinations as well as shore-side attractions. Sail off into the sunset with Paul and Sheryl and leave your cares behind... (130 x 30-minute episodes)
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This Shouldn’t Have Happened! Transatlantic Passage Part 2 | Ep 262
In Part 2 of our transatlantic crossing from Cape Verde to Antigua aboard our new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat, Distant Shores IV, we continue to have great weather for beautiful downwind sailing but are suddenly up against a series of equipment brea...
Big Seas! Transatlantic Crossing | Ep 261
This time on Distant Shores we're in the Cape Verde Islands off the African Coast and setting our sails for the Caribbean over 2000 miles away. There are many other vessels getting ready to cross the Atlantic Ocean and we see some of these on the crossing....
Cooking on Passage: Sailing from the Canary Islands to Cape Verde | Ep 260
Come along for a 6-day offshore passage as we sail between the mid-Atlantic islands of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands and Saõ Vicente in the Cape Verde islands, passing the Sahara Desert as we go. We are joined by crew members, Keith and Stephan, and have l...
Sailing Offshore to the Canary Islands
This time on Distant Shores we deal with currents on the 600 mile passage offshore to the Canary Islands from Portugal. We then sail from Lanzarote to Gran Canaria for the start of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and prepare for the big one - a 3000 ...
Our Favourite sailing destination! Come explore the Exuma Islands of the Bahamas with us!
We're heading back to our favourite sailing destination - the Exuma islands of the Bahamas. We've opened up two new Sailaway Weeks in the Bahamas in April. If you need a break from it all check this out.
BISCAY Crossing! Avoiding BAD WEATHER and ORCA Whales | Ep. 258
Crossing the Bay of Biscay is a navigational hurdle when sailing south from the UK to Portugal. We begin this episode in France, in the charming port of Camaret-sur-Mer, waiting for good weather and preparing for the 2-3 day crossing. The Biscay crossing s...
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