Sailing Bohemia Archive – Page 5

Join us as we set ourselves up for the long upwind slog to Colombia, in this episode we are healed over like crazy on the journey from Linton Bay to San Blas! If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at htt...

Join us on our short hop to Snug Harbor, San Blas, where we attempt to run in the new outboard (spoiler alert: big anticlimax! ha ha) and get underway before the squalls get us! If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a ...

Uh oh, perhaps rallying the crew for departure with 15 minutes' notice won't make for a fun trip?! It's panic stations this morning on Bohemia when the Captain spots the perfect weather window for the long sail to Colombia and decides to go for it. Join us...

This episode joins Bohemia's fearless crew somewhere in the Caribbean Sea, about half way to Colombia! We're given a warm welcome to South America by a huge pod of friendly dolphins and a gorgeous sunset at sea! If you like our videos and want to support ...

Join us as we wind our way through between gorgeous Colombian islands of Tintipán and Isla Grande on our journey to Cartagena! We tried to make the most of the light morning breeze and got the little bag of terrors (our asymmetrical spinnaker) out of the ...

We made Colombia's Isla Grande and Isla Rosario, two of the biggest party and day trip destinations out of Cartagena. This episode joins the First Maid scrubbing along to the beat while he completes his chores! If you like our videos and want to support B...

We finally made it to the big city... but not so fast! There's an underwater defensive wall to and an inattentive port control to negotiate before we could enter! If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at...

It's not often that you can casually hop off the back of Bohemia and not get very wet, let alone find yourself in a beautiful, UNESCO-protected old city. Join us as we as we explore this spectacular destination! If you like our videos and want to support ...

This episode finds Bohemia's fearless crew wrapping up marina projects (new solar panel install!) and saying a reluctant farewell to Cartagena. But not before welcoming our brand new crew, newlyweds Matt and Mike from Australia to join us on our passage to...

The long hop to San Blas begins! But not before a quick pitstop to put the new crew Mike and Matt to work scraping the bottom! Enjoy! If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at http://www.patreon.com/saili...

Land, ho! Thankfully the Captain had been pushing all the right buttons and the San Blas are coming into view on the horizon! Join us as we show our crew Mike and Matt around and settle into life on the hook for a few days before it is time to bid them far...

Having waved goodbye to our crew for the week, we sail on to enjoy some alone time (because we don't get enough of it!) and boat chores in one of our favourite anchorages. If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contri...

This episode sees us exploring a new, soon to be favourite, anchorage. The First Mate also takes the dinghy for a joyride and fails to catch a fish :-) If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at http://www...

This week was all party and no work! Our guests Rick and Jeff arrive just in time for a surprise (to us, at least!) midnight rave on the neighbouring island. We decided to tag along and had a great time. A few days later our friends hosted a beach bonfire....

We sailed to a rendezvous anchorage to pick up our fabulous guest, Greg. Before the party started we used the opportunity to stock up on food (muffins all round!) and caught up with the boat chores. If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar...

We cruised some of the best anchorages of San Blas with special guest, Greg... as well as discovering a new anchorage *very* close to the beach (well done, Captain!). This was a great week for sailing, with the ever-reliable trades blowing hard. We had a f...

We explored the Kuna town of Nargana and enjoyed some of the fruits of civilisation (guess what everyone was craving!). After a short and less fruitful crocodile search in the local river, we practiced a key sailing manoeuvre en route to the next anchorage...

You read that correctly, Bohemia is getting a new mainsail from our friends at Precision Sails! You really can order a new sail from anywhere these days. Join us as we take you through the measurement process find the perfect beach to check our work before...

After an early start, we make the bumpy 50 mile passage to Linton Bay... where we *finally* find the time to go ashore and explore, enjoying highlights such as the 'tunnel of love' dinghy ride through dense mangroves to Panamarina. We make use of the pit s...

We left our rolly anchorage in Linton Bay for what should have been an easy 30 mile jump... but as we saw, things don't always turn out as planned! If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at http://www.pat...

After a long and unexpected night sail toward the Costa Rica border, we arrived in Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama for a pitstop. We took advantage of the calm conditions to explore the uninhabited and exceptionally beautiful north shore. If you like our ...

This episode sees us bid a fond farewell to the magnificent - though badly sheltered - Isla Escudo de Verguas after an unplanned swim to check the anchor. If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at http://...

This episode finds the First Mate hard at work cleaning and baking. This can only mean one thing, we have family coming! The Captain is joined by his father and his partner, and we get perfect weather to take a quick tour of the island. If you like our vi...

With Bohemia secured in the marina for a few days, we took the opportunity for a quick visa run across the border to Costa Rica. Sailing can be such a tough life sometimes :-) If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a co...

If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at http://www.patreon.com/sailingbohemia. Peter and Tom are gay sailors who learned to sail relatively recently in the San Francisco Bay, before casting off the line...

It was all going so well, until night fell and the wind suddenly changed direction and picked up to 30 knots! This left little Bohemia and her crew dragging anchor rapidly toward the beach as the swell increased. Find out how we fared in this week's episod...

This episode sees us checking shutting Bohemia down for the season, ready for a lightning quick tour of Europe to see friends and family. The Captain also made time for some extra special crew training (at last!). That's right, we both completed our RYA Ya...

This episode sees Bohemia's two little Yachtmasters return to the boat in Panama after a brief trip to Europe, and get her set up ready to cruise again. We also had fun playing with our new toy, a stand up paddle board. Sadly there the crew were even more ...

This episode sees Bohemia's crew joined by special guest, Nathan from Arizona! We take a cruise to 'Gay Bay' to visit our friend Gary at Green Acres Chocolate Farm and dine with two of his glamorous umpa lumpas! Also in this episode, we hoist our brand ne...

This episode sees us break the two cardinal rules of superstitious sailors everywhere, allowing women and bananas on board! And boy, are we glad that we did! We had a whale of a time hanging out With Jean Marie and Carol in a memorable week of tomfoolery! ...

Oh no, the time to leave our beloved Bocas del Toro finally came 😭😭 We said some final farewells to our adopted tropical home and sailed off in search of the palm trees and endless turquoise waters of San Blas. Sadly, the Captain's passage planning ...

In this episode we say goodbye to our jungle home, anchored 7 miles up Panama's Chagres River, check into a marina for some much needed TLC (for Bohemia of course, not the crew!) and set sail into some of the roughest seas we have encountered in years! Wis...

Join us as we continue our extremely rough passage from Colon to San Blas, Panama. They say that a schedule is the most dangerous thing to carry on a boat, and this week we proved it. This episode joins Bohemia's fearless crew healed over and screaming alo...

This eventful episode sees Bohemia's fearless crew arrive in gorgeous San Blas, check in with the local native authorities, face a watermaker 'incident', pick up fun guest Joel from Switzerland and enjoy a Christmas raft up, stern tied to the beach in one ...

In some ways San Blas feels a world away from the problems of everyday life; in others, it's right at the forefront. Plastic on the beaches is a common sight here, as the ocean currents bring it from all over the Caribbean. Like many developing countries, ...

We saw recently how San Blas was under threat from plastic pollution, now it's time to show you other big problem manifesting here first: Rising sea levels. With each year that passes, these fragile sandbar islands, often no more than a foot above the wate...