Sintra is a palace from a fairy tale. When Disney was searching the world for ideas for the "Magic Kingdom", they visited Sintra to behold the wonder of the Pena Palace! When traveling to Portugal, this destination should be at the top of your "Must See" l...
After a month away from the boat, Herby and Maddie return to Wisdom in Povoa de Varzim in preparation for Herby's parents who will be visiting them. What will they find in the boat? Will it be a lot of mold? Piles of dead bugs? Or something worse?!
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SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! With eggs.
Maddie shows you how to turn regular canned SPAM into a delicious breakfast that will keep the crew happy, full, and content!
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This easy and delicious boat recipe will turn a drab day into a wonderful day, and a great day into a delicious feast!
Maddie shows you how to make this delicious dish with simple ingredients and minimal pots (optimized for cooking in a boat) so that you c...
Lazy Chicken takes frozen ingredients and turns them into a delicious meal with almost no work on your part! This is a great dish to bake in your solar oven as the energy from the sun turns your frozen chicken and other ngredients into a delicious, tender,...
Maddie shows you how to make this delicious sausage dish with dates! Sweet, savory, and all around delicious; this easy recipe will have you drooling while it bakes in the oven and oh so satisfied when you finish eating dinner.
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Nothing brightens a day like oven fresh pizza! The only problem is: no one delivers to the ocean!
Maddie and Herby show you how to make your own pizza from scratch with only basic ingredients that are easy to carry on board while sailing long distances.
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Learn how to make delicious seared tuna steaks in your own kitchen or galley!
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Come along on an epic tour of Portugal. We start out in the Douro Valley, where Port Wine is made. Then we travel to Aveiro, also known as the Venice of Portugal; where canal boats take you on a tour of the old neighborhood built along waterways instead of...
Ever wonder what a dentist thinks about torture devices? Herby and Maddie visit a collection of torture devices from the Spanish Inquisition! They get a wonderful tour of the castle of the first king of Portugal and visit the oldest house in Porto.
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Propellers come in all shapes and sizes. Some fold, some feather, some are fixed! This video will tell you everything you need to know about propellers and even shed some light on the mystery of propeller walk, also known as prop walk.
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It’s time to set sail for Algarve, but not before a rigging inspection! Travel up the mast with Herby and then witness his view of the very top of our mast while learning what he does to make sure Wisdom is ready to make a passage. We experience a major...
Paying a rigger to inspect your rigging can get very expensive, and finding a rigger you trust in a foreign port can be a challenge! Inspecting your own rigging is very simple and straight forward. This video will show you what to look for and where to loo...
We are ocean sailing from Porto to Algarve, but there is no wind! We are mentally prepared for this, however, because with an electric motor, we can never be in a hurry. We relax, do some work, and talk to you about weather! We finally get wind and are gre...
Other people have shown their synthetic standing rigging setups, but this video is made by the guy who invented the system that they all use! Watch and learn directly from The Rigging Doctor.
Herby re-installs two synthetic stays on the mast and shows you...
I just got the new GoPro Hero 8 Media Mod! Watch me unboxing and turning it on.
The Media Mod is the first of the GoPro Mod's that allow you to "upgrade" your GoPro and it's capabilities. The Media Mod is the platform for all the future Modules to attach...
Herby gives a lesson on how we get our weather information while out at sea. He does this with no computer, no internet connection, and most of all, no gizmo that you have to buy! He gets our weather information from his "Weather Eye".
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It’s the home stretch now and we have a beautiful sail into our anchorage in Algarve. With beautiful weather, we are ready to go ashore for the first time in a week, but there’s a problem: our dinghy motor is completely shot! We haven’t had to use So...
Ever wondered how far you should spread the legs on a cotter pin?
I do a destructive test on cotter pin legs and bend them until they break! Find out how far you should bend the legs and how much fatigue you are inducing in the metal by bending them.
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Herby and Maddie test out their new Honda BF2.3 outboard motor on a long tour of the caves of Algarve. They venture all the way from Portimao to the Benagil Cave!
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which is a better way to see the caves of Algarve: from above or below? By dinghy or by land? We hike the trail that allows us to see the unique and beautiful landscape of southern Portugal and we take it u along for the amazing views!
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A marlin spike is used as a tool to better work with lines, and the Marlin Spike Hitch is the knot of choice to accompany such a tool.
With this knot, you will be able to pull and control lines with ease and comfort.
This video will show you how to tie a...
We sail off anchor and leave Portimao, Portugal and make our way directly across the Gulf of Cadiz to anchor under sail in Cadiz, Spain. No motor, no stress, no electronics. We raise the anchor by hand with the sails up and head to our next port where we a...
We made it to Spain and anchored in the Bay of Cadiz! Follow along as we venture inland to explore the ancient port city and its rich history.
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How is this terrible epidemic effecting our travels? Are we nervous about getting it since we’re currently in Europe? Many of you have asked, and we hope this video answers all of your questions. Feel free to comment with any updates or corrections since...
Herby and Maddie hop on a bus to Seville where they tour Islamic and Christian palaces. They also stumble upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus!
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A thick fog envelopes our boat in the anchorage as we prepare to sail to Morocco on the African Continent. We explore Cádiz one last time before we leave Spain and the EU.
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Coronavirus has taken hold of the entire world and we are effected in a very different way than most other people. Here’s a day in our lives trapped in our camper van in Austria.
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Sailing to Tangier, Morocco, Africa! We leave Cadiz, Spain and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to arrive at an entirely new continent.
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This video shows you how to make a soft shackle that is integrated into the end of your line making it completely failsafe. The soft shackle is permanently attached and will never get lost!
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Herby and Maddie explore Tangier, Morocco! First on a guided tour and then on their own. They visit the tourist traps and then go off the beaten path to explore the places only the locals visit.
Herby makes some delicious lamb chops in Wisdom’s galley. ...
Hello! This is our live chat about our current situation! We are trapped in Austria and our boat is still in Spain!
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The Blue City, also known as Chefchaouen, is an ancient village high in the Atlas Mountains where the entire city is painted blue! Come along as Herby and Maddie explore this wonderful gem hidden in the mountains of Africa and in the heart of Morocco!
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The internet doesn't agree on much, but it can agree on Corgi's being super cute! What better way to bring a fluffy corgi to life than with an iPencil on an iPad! Watch as Maddie draws this adorable little pupper right before your eyes.
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