E61 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell travels.
Wendy's back in the UK and on Nutshell again. A couple of friends visited from Australia so we went out and about to check out the local pubs and waterways.
See you next week.
Thank you all so much for watch...
E62 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell Sailing travels.
We are finally back together again on NB Nutshell. Here’s a sneak peek of our yacht SV Nutshell with the only photos and footage that we have seen, so you know as much as we do now!
We are both look...
E63 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
Magnus flies back to the UK after a few days spent with our daughters in Brisbane. We both then head off from Pillings Lock Marina onto the cut in the direction of Nottingham for the beginning of ou...
E64 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
We continue to head north and cruise on the River Soar. We make it up to the Erewash Canal and spend the night moored next to the pub. A few ales in the pub and the next morning we cruise the final ...
E65 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We leave NB Nutshell and fly to Miami for a night before boarding a plane to Panama City. We check out the Balboa Yacht Club and look out to see if we can see SV Nutshell but it is too dark! The next d...
E66 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Our first night on Nutshell!
There is so much cleaning and sorting to do but we get into it. We find many interesting and useful things on Nutshell.
Magnus makes a start of the many jobs which need ...
E67 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
There is so much to do! We gradually work our way through the cupboards and sort stuff out, take masses of bin bags off the boat and dig deeper and deeper into hidden lockers on the yacht. It is never...
E68 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
More cleaning and fixing and getting things done!
Magnus tackles the instruments and the many cables that lead to nowhere making sense of the mess and dealing with the housekeepings.
After hours of ...
E69 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We were having withdrawals from the canals so we took on one of the largest canals in the world, the Panama Canal, with its giant locks.
We shared the locks with a multi million dollar mega yacht and...
E70 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Another very busy week, sorting and cleaning, yet again!
Magnus attacks the battery locker and sorts out the myriad of redundant cables.
We gingerly remove the sail covers to see what is underneath ...
E71 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We are almost ready for the off! Nutshell is tidy, the last rubbish is taken ashore.
We cut the lines and gently head out to the nearby islands only to wake up to a dead engine!
Wendy catches her f...
E72 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We check out Isla Saboga, one of the little islands in the Las Perlas archipelago of roughly 200 islands just off Panama City. A lovely beach all to ourselves.
We find another deserted beach, along w...
E73 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We continue to explore the Las Perlas with its many cute and unusual islands, which pop out of the ocean.
Wendy has sailing lessons from Magnus and slowly improves her skill set.
Disaster strikes wh...
E74 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We wake up to a strange sight in the bay. A couple of Panamanian beer reviews. More boat fixes and government paperwork. Then we head out into the big blue for the first real day of our adventure arou...
E75 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
After the big night of 35 knot winds and 10 foot waves the day settles down and we make our way around the headland to calmer waters.
We find a lovely surf beach and check out the local village there...
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E76 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
It’s about time we had a little chat, so we have decided to sit down in ‘real time’ (well, actually now 4 weeks ago because it’s taken that long to get this episode uploaded!) and give you al...
E77 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
The second half of the ‘Real Time’ Update. There’s so much to catch up on!
In old time… the oven gets attention and Magnus bakes his first loaf of bread.
We find beer on the tiny island of Gobernad...
E78 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We leave the beautiful Santa Catalina and head towards a charming anchorage, Puerto Escondido. Plenty of cleaning and fixing.
We are accompanied by dolphins along the way.
We poke around Isla Ranchera and...
E79 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We leave the deep anchorage at Isla Cavada and head off on a lovely day sail to Boca Chica.
More boat jobs, cleaning and scraping off varnish. The engine gets yet more attention from Magnus.
Rocks everywhe...
E80 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We arrive in the beautiful bay of Golfito in Costa Rica and embark on the process of checking in.
We catch up with the cruisers which we met at Santa Catalina and make new friends. Peanut just makes it ove...
E81 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus tackles the never ending boat jobs and gets more of them ticked off the list.
We check out the little town of Jimenez and have our first breakfast out.
The beautiful booby birds visit us on the boat...
E82 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We encounter horrific gale force winds of 38 knots (yes, I checked in my sailing book) so we head for Bahia Bellina for the night.
We sample a local pizza and attempt, yet again, to upload a vlog wi...
Ep 83 | Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
After a relatively good landing with little Peanut on the beach, we head off to the Angry Goats Brewery to meet up with the Chief Brewer.
John shows us around the brewery which is situated under the Coc...
E84 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We head into shore to begin the process of checking out of Costa Rica. We find iguanas on tucked away in the trees on the beach at Playa Panama.
After much toing and froing we finally manage to check out an...
E85 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
After a rough night at sea we gently make our way towards the Mexican border, passing Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
We encounter many pangas along the way and Magnus saves us from being wiped out by ...
E86 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
It’s night time and with nowhere safe to anchor outside of the port, we have no choice but to head in. Nutshell gets pushed sideways by the surf and it is a constant battle to keep her from heading towards...
E87 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus begins the task of installing Intranet on Nutshell and in the process Wendy hoists him up the mast. Did I mention that he is very scared of heights.
Nutshell gets hauled out and moved to her position...
E88 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Wendy takes a break away from the boatyard and heads up into the Mexican hills. She discovers a coffee roaster and also checks out a beautiful old building which was the house for a local coffee plantation.
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E89 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
More boat jobs at the boatyard. Magnus tackles the bilges and Wendy continues with removing the old varnish.
A lovely Valentine’s Dinner out in the town with unusual food!
Thank you all for watching and ...
E90 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Life goes on in the little town of Puerto Madero and we are getting used to the everyday routine.
We are busy in the boat yard with plenty of boat jobs to do.
Magnus make plans for the cover for the cockpi...
E91 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus manages to wrangle a tour of Sea Shepherd which came in to the marina well after dark and frightened the lot of us who were casually enjoying far too many marguerites on a neighbouring yacht.
We get ...
E92 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We arrive in Chicago after three flights from Tapachula, Mexico. After checking out the town we make a beeline for a well known pizza joint and brewery, The Piece and sample a few ales.
We meet our new home...
E93 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
Follow us as we embark on a road trip across America on the famous Route 66. This episode covers the section from Illinois to Missouri with many highlights along the way.
On this leg, we found plenty of icons: t...
E94 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We leave Bennett Spring State Park and head along Route 66. We pull up at the Springfield Visitor Centre and meet a lovely lady who gives us the rundown on some of the iconic sites on Route 66.
Magnus gets his f...
E95 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We kept heading west and came across an abundance of iconic spots along the way. We found Cars on Route 66 which, I believe was inspiration for the movie. We spent the night in a casino RV park and also a beautif...
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