Since we bought Freedom we didnt have time to pay attention to the winches, now Plukky pulls apart the 4 types of winches we have:
barborosa, barlow, barient and lewmar and give them some love.
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Sorry guys, unfortunately we were just able to be live for 7 minutes before the internet died on us. As we mentioned before San Blas is not reliable with phone and data even with the phone up the mast - that’s right people, nothing but hight tech, nothin...
Fix it video for solar, wind generator, bathroom cupboard, among other things and some fun ziplining in the jungle. We are slowly preparing Freedom for our south pacific crossing but we still have a long way to go.
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After arriving to Rio Dulce its time to work on the engine again. We meet an Aussie with a german accent who helps us improve the output of our alternator and give us some practical advice on solar and MPPT controllers.
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We arrived to Guatemala on a week of festivities and every year on the 14th of September the day before Guatemala Independance day Guatemalans and cruisers gather to participate in a staged pirate attack to San Felipe de Lara Castle and we couldn't miss it...
We arrive to Fronteras the river town in Guatemala where we going to stay for the next couple of months to wait out the hurricane season. We take you on a tour through a day in town, where to provision and most important where to go for a dip.
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On this episode we sail to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, the holy grail of the hurricane holes in the caribbean. Getting in Guatemala start's well, NOT! We try to contact the Port Caption to get information how to cross the bar but no response and quickly we reali...
We leave Sapodilla Cayes to Tom Owen's Caye where we find a very unusual Shell House, made of Conch shells. Invited by the owners we take a tour through the house and its history.
It's time to leave Belize but not before we visit the tiniest island ever w...
We say goodbye to our friend Duane and pay a little visit to Placencia, a fishing village with a cool cultural vibe. Here we try to find a dinghy and outboard but no luck so we decide to head to the reef and explore Northeast Sapodilla Caye where we found ...
Its all good and fun fun fun with the dinghy and motor....lightning strikes and we lose our wind generator and surprisingly 2 solar panels are blown as well. Our yanmar fails again just before we enter a narrow pass in the reef so we are lucky in the timin...
After our last incident where we lost our anchor we finally leave the Blue Hole and head back to Half Moon Caye for a spectacular drift snorkel over the undersea cliff of the atoll. On our way to the next piece of paradise we had a surprise visitor, a beau...
Keen to continue exploring the Belizean atolls we decided to raise anchor and the unexpected happened. We lose our chain and anchor in the middle of the reef at sunset. Watch how the crew teemed up and rescued our beloved Rocna.
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We couldnt leave Half Moon Caye without first checking the Ermlund shipwreck, a ship that lost power during a storm and was
thrown on the reef by a large wave. With many options to explore we take a snorkeling excursion to the legendary Blue Hole, an und...
We welcome our Dear friend Duane onboard and venture out beyond Belize's barrier reef and visit some of their outer atolls.
On our first night we stay at Turneffe atoll where we are attacked by mosquitos and seek refuge in the incredibly clear water of Li...
Sailing from Cozumel, Mexico to Belize, Margarida was battling nausea while we were dodging small storm cells. Finally we make it to Belize but then had to deal with random and suspect Belizean fees in our first encounter. Let the fun begin.
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Our time in Isla Mujeres came to and end so we head to the Island Cozumel. With a lot of Mexico still to explore we decide to submerge a bit more into the Mayan civilization and go to explore the Ruins of Tulum and Cobá.
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On this episode I surprise Margarida and take her to swim with whale sharks. Get mesmorized by these gentle, majestic creatures.
On this episode I surprise Margarida and take her to swim with whales sharks.
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Keen to explore Mexico we take a field trip to the mainland to visit the Cenote Fantasma (the ghost sinkhole) an underground cave and one of the 7 wonders of the world, Chichen Itzá an ancient Mayan city. But fun can't be had all at once so back to the ...
Now in Mexican territory - Isla Mujeres the crew gets to have some fun exploring the Island and the most important of all discover why our engine stopped working.
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We twice try to cross the Yucatan channel where there is a strong 5 knot northerly current but both times get thrown back north into the Gulf of Mexico because of little wind. Our back up plans are Cuba and Key West since the current is already taking us t...
We begin our journey on the day we are obliged to get out of the United States. We left with a crew of 3, me the beautiful Margarida and Tim the davit man. It is not the best time of year to sail across the gulf but there are no tropical disturbances in ou...
On this episode we hit some uncharted rocks and we fight to save the boat in the most remote region of Australia.
For the sake of continuity and for those new subscribers that don't know what happened some of the following videos have been repeated. Howeve...
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