Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work trying to repair our Raymarine (Raytheon) Type 2 Linear Drive Unit. This is our autopilot unit. It broke 1 hour into a 24 hour passage. We couldn't really turn around as we had doggy visa issues, and we ...
Merry (belated) Christmas everyone! Join us this week as we celebrate Christmas with Chatty (Flick's sister), Lisa (Flick's best friend from school), and Chris and Amy from Sailing Saffron.
We combine our cooking efforts to create an amazing Christmas Din...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work solving the problem of a leaky coolant water pump. There is a seal on the shaft bearing made of ceramic, and apparently it can be very sensitive to rust particles or limescale deposits according the manu...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work on painting the decks. We chose to paint them with Kiwi Grip, which is a paint that dries with a texture and therefore provides grip.
We mainly did this for two reasons, to stop Walter slipping around ...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we give the lowdown on our Top 5 favourite anchorages along the Spanish + Portuguese Atlantic Coast.
If you are looking at making the journey from the UK or Northern Europe than definitely check out this video, and m...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz we do our final preparations before leaving Morocco, and recap on all the other Winter jobs we got finished.
We finally set sail and head over to Gibraltar at the beginning of March. The first sail of 2023 begins!
Foll...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I (Joe) get to work on running on a half-marathon in the third smallest country in the World (Gibraltar)
I set myself the challenge of running a half marathon in every country we visit whilst cruising, I want to stay...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we explore a little bit of what Gibraltar has to offer before Flick has to fly home for a family funeral.
And a crowd of people sing "God save our King" to Walter.
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Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we set sail from Gibraltar to Estepona, and finally enter the Mediterranean. We spend a few days exploring Estepona, a beautiful town filled with whitewash walls, colourful potted flowers and amazing squares full of c...
Join us on an incredible sailing adventure as we embark on a 216-mile journey from Estepona, Spain to Azohia, Spain, sailing alone in the Mediterranean. In this video, we provide a glimpse into our life living aboard a boat for two nights, accompanied by o...
Welcome to another Sailing Nendaz video! In this video, we're sharing our top 5 must have items for living on a sailboat. Whether you're considering a move onto your sailboat or you're already living on it full-time, these affordable and easy-to-install it...
Join us on an exciting adventure as we sail to the captivating coastal town of Azohia, Spain. In this video, we showcase the highlights of our exploration, including stern anchoring techniques, a boat renaming ceremony, exhilarating mountain hikes, and ref...
Join us on an exhilarating journey as we sail from Azohia, Spain to the island of Ibiza. In this video, we encounter thrilling experiences, including a tense encounter with a Spanish customs boat, navigating choppy seas, and braving a harrowing 45-knot gal...
Join us for this weeks episode as we arrive in Palma to see Team Ineos' Americas Cup boat blasting around the bay before going on to watch my brother Elliot Hanson, an Olympian racing in his Laser class dinghy. We took Dad + Hannah (his partner) out on the...
Join us for this weeks episode as we hop along the Mallorcan coast, exploring some beautiful spots. We really had to pinch ourselves, the beaches were stunning, the water so turquoise and clear.
We check out Peguera, the most German colonised Spanish tow...
With the help of some other boats we pulled a sailing yacht off the rocks. It was stuck, having dragged anchor in the night. The Coastguard tried to pull the boat off with brute force earlier in the morning, failed and went home. With a little bit of brain...
Join us for this weeks episode as we continue our journey down the Mallorcan Coast.
We give Tash an experience of what it means to be a liveaboard cruiser. And we end up helping out a cruiser in need with a hole in their boat due to a seacock that had sh...
Join us for this weeks episode as we continue our journey down the Mallorcan Coast.
Sa Calobra is a sailor's answer to Jurassic Park setting, except its in the Mediterranean!
Sa Calobra is a breath taking bay nestled between steep sided cliffs and a roc...
Join us for this weeks episode as we undertake some engine maintenance aboard Nendaz.
This time I handed the reigns over to Flick to have a go. She reluctantly took the baton and narrated her way through the maintenance jobs she was carrying out.
The wh...
Join us for this weeks episode as we step in to help when the coastguard fail to rescue a grounded charter boat from the rocks in Menorca...
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We are back! After an extended break we finally got round to editing and uploading a new video for you guys. We set the challenge to do 1 years worth of videos, 52 episodes, and once we did that it was great to just take a step back and relieve ourselves o...
Join us this week as I learn to DIY tune our rigging on our 40ft sail boat.
We noticed that our leeward lower/ intermediate shrouds were very saggy when sailing upwind in 20 knots. After doing some research I realised this was less than ideal and is some...
Join us this week as we sail from Mallorca to Menorca after re-tuning our rigging.
This ended up being a very good test as we were faced with an awful sea state and a lot of seasickness.
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Join us this week as we settle into this Menorcan lifestyle, and experience the full 360 of liveaboard life when Joe and I have a week off work! We do some boat maintenance, and some friends fly out from the UK to visit and teach us their best FREE DIVING....
Join us this week as we settle discover rot in our deck whilst replacing the anchor windlass switches. Take a look at how we fix the problem.
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Join us this week as we finally get moving again, we head over to Mahon to avoid some bad weather, and this is where the shenanigans begin, multiple boats drag anchor in the night as a lightning storm passes.
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Join us as we finally leave Spain and sail east to the Italian island of Sardinia. We'll show you what we get up to on passage, and that while it might sound romantic sometimes the biggest challenge on a longer crossing is keeping yourself entertained.
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