Voyage Planning - Distant Shores Q&A
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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/
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TransAtlantic – Cooking at Sea in Foul Weather | Ep 277
This time on Distant Shores we make a 2-week passage across the Atlantic Ocean, a first-time experience for our crew members, Noel and Tracey. Along the way we show how we deal with squalls and handle meal preparation as the yacht rolls in large seas on this challenging east to west transatlantic cr...
Beware of ORCAS! Part 2: Sailing SOUTH through Orca Territory to Portugal | Ep 276
This time on Distant Shores we head south through Orca territory keeping alert and close to shore for safety, then sailing further offshore for the nights. It's 350 miles of dangerous waters until we reach Cascais - near Lisbon. From there we head offshore to safer waters bound for the Canary I...
Beware of Orcas! Sailing South along the Atlantic Coasts of Spain and Portugal – Part 1 | Ep 275
This time on Distant Shores we travel through Orca territory where there have been recent attacks on sailboats as we sail south from Falmouth UK across the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay to Spain. We have the perfect weather for the 3-day passage, finishing with a friendly dolphin greeting as...
New video! “Sailing South: Dover, Storms & Bay of Biscay”.
This time on Distant Shores we complete warranty work in the Netherlands, then sail to the UK where we seek shelter from a storm in Dover and explore Dover Castle before sailing to Chichester Harbour and Falmouth.
Sailing South: Dover, Storms and the Bay of Biscay
This time on Distant Shores, we complete warranty work on our Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat and begin a voyage south from the Netherlands. We take refuge from a major storm in the UK in the port of Dover, and explore the historic castle and fortress before sailing west to Falmouth to prepare fo...