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How I Paid for My Boat – a Quick and Easy Method
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How I Paid for My Boat – a Quick and Easy Method

I`m not rich and had to find a way to pay for my dream. So I ignored the 1000 sub threshold and decided on a different fundraising idea and put together a sponsorship deck. `Because there are many people like me who have a dream but not the personal wealt...
Celebrity Chef Comes to Dinner – You Won’t Believe What They Cooked Up
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Celebrity Chef Comes to Dinner – You Won’t Believe What They Cooked Up

You`ll never guess who came to my house! I am returning to Wahine next week to continue my training voyage around Japan and the last few days i have met up with friends at the Japan International Boat Show, a TV Crew visited our our log house to film...
Cruising Japan: pros and cons #solosailor #japanexpert #giveaway
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Cruising Japan: pros and cons #solosailor #japanexpert #giveaway

Interested in cruising Japan? You won't want to miss hearing what Kirk Patterson has to say. Learning to sail later in life, Kirk sailed solo across the Pacific from Canada to Japan and proceed to be the first foreigner to circumnavigate Japan. He now...
It’s a live stream BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION? #solosailor #whatsnext?
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It’s a live stream BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION? #solosailor #whatsnext?

Lowell Sheppard of @Pacific Solo will be celebrating his birthday via live stream and answering questions submitted by YOU! Please join me, March 20th, ( 10 am Japan time, for my virtual birthday and third live special. I will be broadcasting from a new ...
It’s a live stream BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION? #solosailor #whatsnext?
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It’s a live stream BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION? #solosailor #whatsnext?

Lowell Sheppard of @Pacific Solo will be celebrating his birthday via live stream and answering questions submitted by YOU! Please join me, March 20th, ( 10 am Japan time, for my virtual birthday and third live special. I will be broadcasting from a ne...
Time to Step it up!
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Time to Step it up!

In this episode, I move Wahine to a nearby marina where I will leave her for a few weeks as forward progress is difficult given the extended restrictions. I then dash off to Tokyo to celebrate with a few supporters the one year anniversary leaving Tokyo...
Will my boat still leak? #solosailor #sailboat
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Will my boat still leak? #solosailor #sailboat

This short video features the dripless seal installation by Yuki san, a real pro, followed by the water test. If you are interesting in knowing how I am paying for this, when I am not a man of means, check out some new videos at https://www.nevertoola...
Haul Out – What Will the Boat Reveal? #solosailor #boatlife #surprises
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Haul Out – What Will the Boat Reveal? #solosailor #boatlife #surprises

To replace the dripless seal, the boat needs to be out of the water. This gives me an opportunity to inspect the keel following the repair work last Sept, dealing with a crack and a lingering question: does Wahine have a loose keel? But alas even more is...
Getting Towed in Japan! – #solosailor #driplessseal #sailingjapan
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Getting Towed in Japan! – #solosailor #driplessseal #sailingjapan

A few days ahead of schedule, but with a conducive sea state, the engineers decided to go early. The sea was calm but air temperature was frigid. But 6 hours later we arrived at Nishi Fukuoka Marina, where I haven a cradle booked for one week from Feb 14th...
Sometimes you just have to wait. #solosailor #islandlife #driplessseal
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Sometimes you just have to wait. #solosailor #islandlife #driplessseal

In trying to be cheerier, I set about cleaning the floorboards and the bilge, while managing the leak which we have slowed to 4 drips per minute. ( about a table spoon a minute). But to move on from a temporary fix I need to resolve three issues 1. Findi...
My boat is filling with water! #solosailor #selfdoubt
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My boat is filling with water! #solosailor #selfdoubt

To be disabled at sea was unsettling in itself, but when i discovered my boat had a leak once in harbour, self-doubt flooded in. This is an account of what happened on January 15, 2021. With only a 24 hour notice I had to change plans and rather than a...
Accident at sea #solosailor  #rescue #japancoastguard
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Surprised Sailor!   #solosailor #nagasaki #ghostisland
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Surprised Sailor! #solosailor #nagasaki #ghostisland

I am heading to Goto Islands and wanted to visit and support a small island community who I had heard were trying to revive the island by attracting tourists to view the coal mines and abandoned buildings were once 8000 people lived from 1959 until 200. Th...
Good Samaritans Save Sailor in Trouble (My Shifter Broke!) #solosailor #shifter #reedboat
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Good Samaritans Save Sailor in Trouble (My Shifter Broke!) #solosailor #shifter #reedboat

I don’t know which I love more …. Being in Japan or being part of the sailing community … yesterday morning I threw the lines at Dejima to begin to make my way to Goto when I discovered my shifter would not budge. I was able to secure the boat and im...
Sailing to Nagasaki Part 2 #solosailor #mochitsuki
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Sailing to Nagasaki Part 2 #solosailor #mochitsuki

In this final video of 2021, I attend to an electrical problem on board (back on shore power for the first time in nine months), install new lines, hoist the flags and then cycle around Nagasaki to revisiting places like Martyrs Hill where I have led bicyc...
Tis the Season! #solosailor #nevertoolate
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Tis the Season! #solosailor #nevertoolate

I wish all my subscribers, patrons and sponsors a wonderful Holiday Season and meaningful New Year. I have left Wahine in Nagasaki for two weeks to do some end of year work and enjoy Christmas in the family home, a solar powered log house on a hillside out...
Sailing to Nagasaki PART ONE  #gunkanjima #sailingjapan #007
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Sailing to Nagasaki PART ONE #gunkanjima #sailingjapan #007

Sailing into Nagasaki! A dream come true. As with other Kyushu ports I had been to before, I had arrived by bicycle. A city rich historically, culturally, and topographically, to arrive by sea is a real treat, particularly given that the city just celeb...
Cruising Japan #solosailor #nevertoolate acupuncture treatment
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Cruising Japan #solosailor #nevertoolate acupuncture treatment

It is my second time visiting Akune, Western Kyushu. This time by boat but 21 years ago by bicycle. I am grateful to Kaminota and his family for their kindness. It was my last stop before realizing a dream . . . sailing into Nagasaki. Nagasaki adventure...
Sunrise Sail in Kyushu Japan  #youtubeshort #nevertoolate
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Sunrise Sail in Kyushu Japan #youtubeshort #nevertoolate

Hi . . . I am experimenting with YouTube Shorts which are always less than a minute and in the vertical format to make. I will try to share snippets of my life on the water and my training voyage around Japan. Let me know the kind of things you would lik...
Cruising Kyushu #solosailor #mooring #seastationsinjapan
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Cruising Kyushu #solosailor #mooring #seastationsinjapan

At my last two ports, I have moored at Sea Stations ( Umi no Eki) and as they were very different in style and cost I thought that some viewers would like to take a tour of each. I have stayed at several Sea Stations in Japan as well as Marinas ( where yo...
Are the Jibsheets Worth it? #learningstuff #solosailor #HowToSetItUp
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Are the Jibsheets Worth it? #learningstuff #solosailor #HowToSetItUp

I am learning a myriad of things. Next is setting up genoa traveler. Advice is gratefully received. I have my own ideas but one aspect of setting up the traveler puzzles me. This episode also includes fun times with good people in the last two ports I h...
Glamping in a Boat and rounding Cape Sata! (solo sailor)
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Glamping in a Boat and rounding Cape Sata! (solo sailor)

While waiting for the right conditions to round Cape Sata, I moved to Calm Lanai Harbor and enjoyed a few days of convenience and to some measure of luxury ( Toilet and bath only 30 seconds from the dock!). Join me for a tour of Calm Lanai Harbor. Then bec...
Preparing to round Cape Sata and dealing with the Kuroshio Current ( solo sailor )
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Preparing to round Cape Sata and dealing with the Kuroshio Current ( solo sailor )

My next challenge is to round Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of Kyushu. I have to time it carefully with the tides and also deal with the meandering Kuroshio current. Its a waiting game. In the meantime, I am waiting it out in Aburatsu and have been tak...
Solo sailor going crazy at Halloween!!?? (Youtube short)
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Solo sailor going crazy at Halloween!!?? (Youtube short)

I am still in Aburatsu, in Miyazaki Japan, and waiting for the weather window to leave. Tied up to a Ghostship at Halloween is coincidental but thought I would have a bit of fun. If you are interested in being a `never-too-later` check out www.nevertoo...
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