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Please give a warm welcome to our newest crew member. I believe our new windvane (ProVane) is the best price-to-performance windvane on the market. Our upcoming Atlantic crossing should give us plenty of time to test the ProVane.
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We check out the traditional way of making salt in Portugal. After getting cleared to leave Figueira da Foz, we finally make our way to Lisbon with a short stop in Nazare.
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In this week's video, we arrive in Porto. Explore the city and pick up a new Colti ICON LSE100 EM Electric 232Bar dive compressor.
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We get stuck in the rain while waiting for a weather window to continue south.
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We go up on the hard an find a nasty surprise.
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In this week's video, we install a Garmin MSC10 and head to Vigo, where we'll haul out next week.
00:00 Intro
01:00 What is the Garmin MSC10?
02:01 Why am I installing the MSC10?
03:00 Where to install the MSC10?
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07:35 Checking ou...
In this week's video, we make beanbags and check out a waterfall with our friends from @TeuluTribe
Link to beanbag pattern https://www.saillifechannel.com/post/diy-beanbag-chairs-for-sailing-they-are-awesome-10-23-22
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This week we run the orca gauntlet sailing from A Coruna to Muros in Spain.
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This week we head to A Coruna, and the threat of orca attacks becomes very real again as our neighbors get attacked along with 2-3 other boats.
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This week we cross the bay of biscay.
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This week I install Starlink aboard Athena. This will allow us to have a fast, stable internet connection even in the most remote anchorages. Since recording the video, we have used Starlink for a couple of weeks, and it's been nothing short of amazing. A ...
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We're yet again off to France. With our upcoming passage across the Bay Of Biscay, I figured it would be nice to be able to get weather forecasts offshore. In this video, I set up our Iridium Go with PredictWind, and we sail from the UK to Brest in France....
After having used paper towels for curtains for years, we finally get to upgrade to some spiffy Dometic blinds.
Dometic Pleatedshade Blinds: https://www.dometic.com/en-us/outdoor/climate-and-comfort/blinds/pleated-blinds
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My last week in Plymouth before Ava gets back! It's time to button up all the lose ends and finish the last projects!
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This week captain dummkopf fixes his mistake from last week (two holes drilled in the wrong place). Also on the to-do list are installing and configuring the new drive unit, finishing the cockpit locker, and getting everything in there organized.
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