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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...
  • Mar 20, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:19
Time to Step it up!
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Mar 08, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:06:12
Will my boat still leak? #solosailor #sailboat
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Feb 26, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:49
Haul Out – What Will the Boat Reveal? #solosailor #boatlife #surprises
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Feb 19, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:06:36
Getting Towed in Japan! – #solosailor #driplessseal #sailingjapan
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Feb 10, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:05:20
Sometimes you just have to wait. #solosailor #islandlife #driplessseal
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Jan 29, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:47
My boat is filling with water! #solosailor #selfdoubt
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Jan 23, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:31
Accident at sea #solosailor #rescue #japancoastguard
Pacific Solo

Accident at sea #solosailor #rescue #japancoastguard

  • Jan 19, 2022
  • Language: JA
  • Play Time: 00:00:58
Surprised Sailor! #solosailor #nagasaki #ghostisland
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Jan 16, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:08:39
Good Samaritans Save Sailor in Trouble (My Shifter Broke!) #solosailor #shifter #reedboat
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Jan 08, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:25
Sailing to Nagasaki Part 2 #solosailor #mochitsuki
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 31, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:24
Tis the Season! #solosailor #nevertoolate
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 24, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:33
Sailing to Nagasaki PART ONE #gunkanjima #sailingjapan #007
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 19, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:19
Cruising Japan #solosailor #nevertoolate acupuncture treatment
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 13, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:22
Sunrise Sail in Kyushu Japan #youtubeshort #nevertoolate
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 07, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:16
Cruising Kyushu #solosailor #mooring #seastationsinjapan
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Dec 05, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:31
Are the Jibsheets Worth it? #learningstuff #solosailor #HowToSetItUp
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Nov 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:44
Glamping in a Boat and rounding Cape Sata! (solo sailor)
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Nov 19, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:17
Preparing to round Cape Sata and dealing with the Kuroshio Current ( solo sailor )
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Nov 04, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:14
Solo sailor going crazy at Halloween!!?? (Youtube short)
Pacific Solo

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...
  • Oct 31, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:45
New Volcano Eruption Threatens My Sailing (single handed sailing)
Pacific Solo

New Volcano Eruption Threatens My Sailing (single handed sailing)

Well, this was unexpected. Strings and patches of pumice from the eruption in the Ogasawara Islands ( where a new island has been forming since August) have reached Amami Oshima and clogging up some of the harbors. I feel bad for the fisherman whose liv...
  • Oct 25, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:07:39
To go or not to go?! ( solo sailor )
Pacific Solo

To go or not to go?! ( solo sailor )

Actually, the real question is `When to go?` My margin for getting to Amami Oshima ( an Island towards Okinawa from mainland Kyushu) is evaporating. The local experienced sailors are advising me not to attempt the passage this week due to the weather. I...
  • Oct 17, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:18
Sailing the East Coast of Kyushu. (solo sailor)
Pacific Solo

Sailing the East Coast of Kyushu. (solo sailor)

I have been sailing south off the coast of East Kyushu with the goal of reaching Amami Oshima by late October. The sailing has been gentle but navigating tidal currents and the resultant turbulence through narrow passages has kept me attentive. That with...
  • Oct 08, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:50
Re-uniting a keel and hull is tricky (solo sailor)
Pacific Solo

Re-uniting a keel and hull is tricky (solo sailor)

Sister ships, Wahine and Distant Dreamer, have keel work projects going on side by side. Wahine, my boat, a Gib Sea 402 is having to redo a repair I did two years ago as well as having the keel bolts inspected. Distant Dreamer, a Columbia 43 and a Trans...
  • Sep 27, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:15
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