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 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...
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 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 ...
Join us in this weeks episode as we explore a little bit of what Morocco has to offer us. We did it, we sailed from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco and in this episode we get to settle in, and explore.
We will now spend 3 months here in order to ...
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we give our thoughts on why buying an old sailboat might not necessarily be the best choice to make.
00:00 Intro
01:55 Age
04:15 History
07:26 Speed
10:24 Space
11:10 Insurance
12:56 Conclusion
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Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we sail from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco. We sail to Africa!
Because of some strict red tape around exporting/ importing dogs from Portugal to Morocco our weather window was very compromised. We were also...
In this episode we sit down and discuss the logistics of having a dog onboard our sailboat, how we navigate getting him on and off the boat, how he goes to the toilet, and how we navigate border crossings.
In general there is a lot of paperwork and costs...
Join us this week as we travel from Lagos to Vilamoura.
We run into trouble attempting to negotiate the bureaucracy that is exporting and importing our dog (Walter) out of Portugal and into Morocco.
First we tried to get a rabies titer test performed o...
This video sort of has two tones to it, it hopefully shows the amazing time we had exploring a section of the Algarve Coast (Benagil Cave) with some close friends, but also shows the harder side to sailing, and that is when somebody onboard is suffering wi...
In this episode we I had another go at doing a unpolished, simple edit. No voiceover. No music. I'm trying to show what a normal sail looks like for us, Flick does a bit of work (if sea state allows) and Walt and I stay on deck and keep an eye out.
We sa...
Join us in the Algarve where we realise we've spent fourteen days at anchor, fully off grid and self-sufficient. One of our favourite week's aboard Nendaz so far, with beautiful sunshine and the bluest seas we found out a much speedier use for the paddle b...
In this weeks episode we answer some of the questions that you guys asked us. I appreciate it is a longer video than normal, so I've added some timestamps below so you can skip to the questions you are interested in.
00:00 Intro
00:58 Can Walter help ree...
Join us this week as we sail from Sines to Sagres. Goodbye Atlantic Coast, and hello Algarve Coast of Portugal. What an unbelievable day at sea, watch as we caught a tuna fish in the Atlantic!
This is a massive achievement for us and we are very proud. Ce...
Join us this week for a detailed tour of our 1989 built Gib'Sea 402. She is a 12.4m (40ft 8inch) masthead sloop sailing yacht, with a 3.8m (12ft 5inch) beam, and a 2.0m (6ft 6inch) draft.
We have fitted her out so that we can live self-sufficiently for a...
In this weeks episode we continue sailing down the Portuguese Coast, first from Cascais to Setubal, and then Setubal to Sines with back to back daysails.
We have some much needed easy and uneventful passages.
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Sub...
In this weeks episode we debrief the story of how we lost our propshaft a couple miles out of Cascais. Needless to say it was fairly traumatising. The propshaft was no longer in the engine room, and we now had a 1-inch hole in the boat. Water was pouring i...
In this weeks episode we leave Nazare and head further down the coast, another 65 miles South to Cascais. A beautiful town nestled in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
When it comes to editing, I am always learning and trying to improve. In this episode I...
We set off down the Portuguese Coast in the thickest fog we've ever seen. At the worst points we could probably only see 20 metres ahead in any direction. But we made it safely to Nazaré, the surfing paradise and home of the infamous monster waves.
We en...
We sail as quick as we can (with very little wind) in our 40ft boat down from Baiona to Porto, crossing the Spanish, Portuguese border to make it before our friends land for a weekend of exploring, drinking and Portuguese Karaoke mixed in with some swims a...
Welcome to Sailing Nendaz - Join Flick, Joe and Walter (our Vizsla!) in our crazy dream to do up our Gib'sea 402, Nendaz, into a full-time live aboard blue water cruiser.
We're delighted to be sharing our sailing journey with you, the highs and the lows, ...
Join us this week as we sail further South after our rock hitting drama, only to do our engine checks prior to a long 12 hour day sail and find that our engine is squirting oily chocolate milk out of the air intake.
@SailingIndiana and Guy thank you so mu...
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