#slavery #village life #piranha fishing #rainforest life #sustainable living
We wake up in the remote Danpaati River Lodge deep in the rainforest to find we are sharing our cabins with a variety of creepy crawlies. We have a go at carving a Kalabash and ...
#rainforest #familyadventure #jungleadventure #offgridvacation
This journey involves a bus ride for a few hours and then as there are no roads further inland, we had to get on a long boat for a few more hours along the river.
We did not quite know what t...
#suriname #kayaking #rainforest #boatarrivals #checkintosuriname #sailingsouthamerica
After sailing to the only marina in Suriname, we had to go through the check in procedure in the capital city of Paramaribo.
We caught a taxi into town and were surprised...
#landfall #rainforest #sailinginrivers #sailingadventures #sailingoffgrid #suriname #waterlandmarinaandresort
After sailing the Atlantic Ocean we are really happy to make landfall in South America in the Amazon rainforest of Suriname.
We sail up the river ...
#sailforfree #sailing #sailingblog #howtosailoceans #oceancrossings #boatslookingforcrew #yachcrewjobs #sailingopportunities
If you are young and want to go sailing, how do you do it ? You will be pleased to know it is possible and you can even get sponsor...
#atlanticcrossing #sailingfamily #familysailingblog #ocean sailing
Sailing the Atlantic Ocean makes us very tired as you will see in this blog and the only thing that is keeping us occupied in the flying fish. The worst thing is that Woody's computer conk...
#fishingatsea #fishing #downwindsailing #offgridliving #guttingfish #sailingfamily
You wouldn't think so much could happen on a sailboat at sea but in this video , we finally hit the 10000 nautical miles mark, we catch a fish and the wind picks up so we h...
#sailingfamily #boatrepairs #offshoresailing #atlanticcrossing #repairsatsea
#bluewatersailing #autopilot #solarpanels
Our Atlantic crossing was going well for a while and then our autopilot started squeaking very noisily so we tried to take it apart to g...
#atlanticcrossing #offshoresailing #oceansailing #longdistancesailing
We finally set off across the Atlantic ocean from the Canaries to South America. An estimated journey of 3 weeks to cover 2700nm.
Sailing offshore with 3 kids is no simple task, after m...
#flatbattery #boatmaintenance #atlanticcrossing #sailingcanaries
Everyone says "if its not broken don't fix it" so when last minute things go wrong for us after we try and get on top of our maintenance schedule, we start to regret doing them in the first ...
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance
In-mast furler issues are part of contemporary cruising lifesty...
#boatrepairs #grancanaria #atlanticcrossingpreparation #canaryislands #brexit
We wait in Gran Canaria for a lot of things including Brexit so we can retain our VAT status on our boat as well as visas for Suriname.
We also find ourselves waiting for mech...
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance.
Follow the link to this video here: https://youtu.be/fm9wnwzHPI...
#timanfaya #lanzarote #canaryislands #sailingcanaryislands
After making landfall in Lanzarote, we go exploring straight away to the largest nativity ever and the Timanfaya National Park to see how the volcano impacted the land and how hot the earth still i...
#gibraltar #canaryislands #atlanticswell
Leaving the Mediterranean Sea is quite daunting especially when you see how big the swell is in the Atlantic Ocean. We carefully check the weather and patiently wait for a good weather window before we set sail on t...
Our visit to Gibraltar was (supposed to be) short, so we packed in as much into our brief stay as possible. In the end we stayed way longer than expected in La Linea, on the Spanish boarder waiting for favourable winds to take us into the Atlantic. This bl...
A brief stopover in La Linea turned into a two week wait for a weather window to leave the Straits of Gibraltar. However, the time wasn’t totally wasted as we stocked up on English food from Morrisons’ supermarket, did home schooling projects about the...
#wintering #boatlife #coronavirus #lockdown
Almerimar has been our 'Hotel California' for the last two years - every time we check in, we never leave. Both times we've had to return to the Mediterranean after missing the hurricane window to cross the Atlan...
#passagemaking #sailingwithkids #nightwatches
We finally sail from Mallorca to mainland Spain on a 4 day passage . In this video, you see what life is like on a sailboat for a 4 day non stop passage at sea with children. You can see how we adjust the sai...
#outboardengineproblems #sailingbalearics #enginerepair
While having fun in the water in a bay in Ibiza, our outboard motor starts leaking fuel so Woody has to take the whole thing apart while Irenka provides safety cover on the paddle board. Once fixed w...
#anchors #storm #lightning #sailingstorm
On the South coast of Mallorca, we tried to shelter from a lightening storm but found that the lightening strikes were all around us and we were lucky not to have been hit .
We decided it was time to head South so a...
Welcome to one of our cockpit sessions which is normally exclusively for patrons but this time we thought we would allow all our subscribers to see one to get a feel of what they are about.
We talk a bit about how our patrons have supported us pre-covid an...
#oddlysatisfying #cleaning #boatcleaning
In this video we complete our circumnavigation of Menorca including the interesting fort and town of Mahon. We then head South to Mallorca's East coast where we lose our bow thruster while entering a small harbour ...
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance
Amel Super Maramu's have many electric winches and furlers and ...
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