The BEST Cruising Boat needs to be fast, safe, comfortable, and stylish. Did we find that in an Amel Super Maramu?
Henry Amel is a designer famous for making capable and safe cruising boats and yachts. His designs are timeless and efficient, with everythi...
Mallorca is the biggest island in the Balearics. With its great size comes great history which we show you as we tour the island and show you the best things to see when you travel here too! Covid lockdown was still restricting travel to the island so we g...
Get ready for our Atlantic crossing! We will take you with us to Madeira, Cape Verde, Suriname, and the Caribbean on this incredible adventure!
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How do you prepare a boat to cross an ocean in only a few days? With the help of a good friend!
We have been sitting in our marina slip for 9 months and desperately needed to add some extra bottom paint for our next transatlantic voyage. We haul the boat, ...
We set sail to the west for the first time in our entire 3 year journey, but first, Herby explanes our headsail setup. This includes how to reef our jib and staysail. Join us for our final run in the Mediterranean towards Gibraltar!
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We are completely becalmed on our way from Spain to Gibraltar, but it doesn’t bother us! We have a chance to get little things done like making yogurt and cooking in the solar oven. We also get visited by a very friendly pod of dolphins!
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We still have no wind, and it has turned a 24 hour journey into 5 days. How do we deal with light winds without a diesel motor? At long last, we arrive in Gibraltar.
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We made it to Gibraltar! After a very long and very calm 5 day passage, we made it to Gibraltar from Almerimar, Spain and now it is time to explore. Herby makes new lazy jacks, and the two of them hike the Mediterranean Steps!
Herby and Maddie also discuss...
How does one deal with pirates when traveling the world in a sailboat? They are a very real threat to cruisers, particularly off the coast of Africa and in some areas of the Caribbean. What measures do we personally take to avoid them and what is our plan ...
Unable to predict whether Madeira or Cape Verde will let us in due to COVID, we set out to provision for our entire Atlantic Crossing. Herby goes up the mast for a rig inspection, and we explore the WWII tunnels in the Rock of Gibraltar! Finally, we set of...
Welcome to Season 5! We are beginning our sail across the Atlantic by heading towards MADEIRA. The Sail through the Strait of Gibraltar is not ideal. It begins fine, but quickly becomes choppy and then completely calm. Maddie struggles with sea sickness an...
Trouble in paradise! We are having a very rough go at our path through the Strait of Gibraltar. Without a diesel, we can’t motor through the light winds to get out before the currents pull us back in. We end up going in circles for a couple of days, and ...
Soft shackles can solve all your problems! This video will show you how to make your own using a small amount of Dyneema and a very easy to tie know.
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Imagine a day of sailing so beautiful we can shower in the cockpit. Now imagine all of that coming to a crashing end when rough seas hit and our chainplates break!
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The torturous passage to Madeira comes to an end! Maddie tries the patch for her seasickness and is therefore able to appreciate the magic of sailing into a port for the first time. Porto Santo requires a covid test before entry, so we get the test and imm...
What is this place that we’ve sailed over 1000 miles to see? What makes Porto Santo special? We’ll show you before setting sail for our next destination: Madeira Island!!
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It’s a bumpy sail for us from Porto Santo to Madeira, but we make it despite seasickness and slight winds! On the way, we explane what happened with our chainplates after they broke. We end up pulling into a marina and renting a car to explore this amazi...
Hold onto your socks because we are about to KNOCK THEM OFF with these amazing adventures in Madeira! Experience this incredibly unique island with us without even leaving your couch and see why it should be on EVERYONE’S bucket list for sailing!
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We’re off on the second leg of our Atlantic Crossing to Cape Verde! It’s a surreal feeling because we don’t know whether or not the country will be open, so this very well might be our first day and night of an extremely long passage. We discuss our ...
We continue our sail from Madeira to Cape Verde and Maddie finally has a chance to remember why she enjoys sailing so much. She is battling seasickness...and winning! Herby pulls an amazing all-night watch and still manages to fix a chafed line and attempt...
This is a completely unique sailing episode in which we never break the 4th wall. Be a fly on the wall...or a mosquito in the cockpit for an entire day and night at sea. You’ll watch our daily routine in the middle of the Atlantic and feel like you are t...
Nothing like finding your eggs full of maggots when you go to make a nice scrambled egg breakfast! The sail to Cape Verde continues and we make some sail plan changes for the first time on the passage. Maddie shakes out a reef and Herby makes some deliciou...
We spend a very beautiful final 2 days at sea before our approach to Cape Verde. Upon our arrival, however, we are told we must remain on the boat until the police and doctors come to us for a Covid test. The country is officially open, but after 4 days of...
We are so frustrated because no one will come to our boat to check us into a Cape Verde. Eventually, we pull some strings and solve everything. This gives us time to explore Sal Island, taste the local cuisine, and make some new friends! You won’t want t...
Join us as we make one of our favorite boat snacks: Bilge Cheese! It’s not as disgusting as it sounds!!
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It is day 1 of our daily vlog across the Atlantic! We set off from Cape Verde on a beautiful day and explain why this passage is different from any other we’ve done before. Not only are we taking a very unique rout to Suriname, but Herby has taken on a s...
This is my own invention and allows you to make a rope ring, called a grommet, out of Dyneema using a Möbius Brummell Splice.
Follow along as I teach you step by step how to make this yourself.
Using this, you will then be able to make deadeyes to hold ...
It’s the second day of our Atlantic Crossing and we are barely moving. The winds are so light that even with our light-air sail, we’re becalmed. BUT this allows us the opportunity to see a whole bunch of newly hatched sea turtles!
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The wind continues to blow...not at all. We finally make it out of the Cape Verde Archipelago and into the open ocean and we take the opportunity to reflect on our time in Cape Verde.
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It’s another day with very little wind, but that may be a good thing because our Drifter sail has ripped! We do a repair and try to get as much speed as possible by using the boom as a spinnaker pole.
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The winds are so light that it’s time for us to get out Mill, our Light-air Main! In doing so, we gain 4 knots and a sad day of bobbing becomes a beautiful day of sailing!
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Gear we started with that we still have
- Monitor Windvane
- Radio GX2200
- Mantus anchor
- All sails
- Electric motor
- Fridge
- Edson bilge pump
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As we head further south towards the equator, it gets TOO HOT FOR CLOTHES! Maddie dresses appropriat...
It’s a squall-filled episode with many bumps and bruises. Our channel is dedicated to showing the reality of sailing, and this is it! Not every day is sunshine and dolphins when you’re sailing across an ocean. In order to have those days, we also have ...
If you have ever asked yourself: "What are the different types of sail cloth?" then this is the video for you!
We will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of different types of commonly used sail cloth materials. We will look at which sail types...
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