Sailing Pickle Family Archive – Page 6

Its time to pack up our beloved yacht Pickle and leave her snug and safe in our chosen winter Marina in Italy, while we take a very cool road trip back to the UK, encountering a crazy snowstorm in the middle of the Alps as we try and pass our way through! ...

Time off from sailing is always nice, but we really do miss Pickle! While we visit everyone in the UK this year we have a fun Christmas, Bear gets up to his usual hilarious shenanigans, Nicky has to have a operation, and we go through genetic testing and s...

We are definitely late back to Pickle this year! after Nicky's on going medical disabilities and appointments and now Bears health concerns, with similar alignments we've had a lot to deal with before we could safely return to Pickle! But we've done it, we...

Hour special for you this week guys! Lots of raw honest footage of what real boat life is actually like. We do a bit of regular boat maintenance then set off on our first sail this season, until disaster strikes and we have major engine failure losing our ...

This weeks been dramatic and frustrating!! With leaky through hulls which could sink us to gearbox and clutch rebuilds, we really have had a hard few weeks! But this episode you see us fix our gearbox and clutch, get on with some other boat jobs, like fitt...

After weeks with a broken gearbox and waiting on parts we are finally all fixed and back out here sailing! It feels wonderful to have the sea breeze through my hair again and water running under Pickles keels! Thank you to our wonderful patrons, you are ...

It's so good to be at anchor, even if it is in the industrial part of Crotone, Italy! Free and wild for a couple of nights before we're lifted out onto the hard in a dusty Italian boat yard to redo our antifoul and fix a seacock as it's a serious sinking h...

Episode 170 - We’re in a dusty boat yard! We have antifoul to do, through hull fittings and seacocks to change, a cavertational plate to make and fit to our drive leg and lots, lots more! But we manage to get everything done fix a major electrical proble...

We’re sailing to Greece!!!!! YAY After provisioning the boat and having a nice celebratory meal for fathers day, we set sail for Greece. It’s our first night sail of the season and it does not disappoint! We have nice big winds a bit of narly stuff and...

We check in to Greece this episode. The checking in process in Corfu is pretty straight forward and after trekking back and forth we get things sorted, grab a tasty Greece take away and head back to the kids and Pickle to start our Greek adventures! We hav...

Nicky definitely has fun up her bum this week as we sail to new destinations, discovering beautiful new anchorages, exploring deserted islands and practicing Warrior skills with the legendary dragon staff! We fight off the huge spiders on an infested islan...

Epic fun this week guys! We set off with the first light to sail to the Blue Caves, and wow it was definitely worth it! Come and join us as we tender through some big caves and tunnels, snorkel through big caves and swim in the underwater passages and then...

Another busy week aboard Pickle this week guys! It's tricky when you're trying to achieve so much and travel so far to catch it all on camera, but I definitely try my best! hope you enjoy this weeks episode guys showing good old everyday boat life for us, ...

We have some absolutely stunning anchorages on beautiful Greek islands to show you this week! We have fantastic sails with good winds and calm seas, warm sunny weather and crystal clear warm waters to swim in..... could life get any better than this?! Join...

Love this week, we have sooo much fun! Join us for some Epic sails, as we fly along whizzing under a huge bridge, which is a first for us and sail on to find some cute little anchorages and finally traverse the Corinth Canal! What an experience, all the hi...

We Sail on this week and find ourselves in a fantastic spot with turquoise waters, 360 protection and a very quirky little village to explore! The Blue lagoons we anchor in near Athens are a fantastic stop off for a few days, we enjoy the beautiful waters,...

We Sail through huge ship anchorages to the beautiful Athens! We are in the middle of a crazy heatwave, but decide its our only opportunity to explore the city so Nicky and the kids go anyway! We want to see the ACROPOLIS! Over the centuries, the Acropolis...

Scary, scary episode guys! We had a good sail on from Athens hitting some big winds, but managing to take shelter in a pretty little anchorage, and all was well until A huge wildfire started and as you will see we end up surrounded by toxic smoke and scary...

The Big winds have finally settled down, so we sail away from the huge wildfires, wishing mainland Greece all the luck in the world to get a handle on all the craziness which is happening across this beautiful country and we sail onto some very cute and is...

We have great sails in these Greek Island with or without wind! This week we heave to during a very hot sail to swim in the very deep, cool, blue Aegean Sea which is hundreds of meters down and quite spectacular to swim in! Much later after our cool down w...

We always seem to find some mischief somewhere to get up too! and this week is no different, after a sneaky drink and quite half hour child free as we shop for drinking water AGAIN, we then head off have another fab sail between Greek Islands and find ours...

We have a very early start this week as we sail our way to our final Greece island of Kos, we encounter some big winds and slowly tack our way into a safe little anchorage, where we get to hang out for a few days and explore parts of the beautiful Island, ...

We have some rather wet and wild sailing while traveling to our exit port in Greece and finally arriving to check in, in Turkey! We certainly have it all this week, tough sails, crazy checking out processes and major scammers when we're trying to check int...

This episode you see us anchored under a stunning ancient castle in Bodrum Turkey, hanging out where 16th century knights spent their time and inhabited these beautiful regions. We explore through tiny cobbled lanes, quaint ancient streets and stunning rui...

We have a wicked few days hanging out at a very cool little anchorage on a beautiful little island just off the coast of Bodrum in Turkey. But it's never boring or uneventful.... We witness a major incident between some large entwined vessels, join us to s...

We are befriended by some gorgeous Turkish locals and shown some real Turkish entertainment and hospitality, we spent a very fun evening aboard their stunning traditional wooden Turkish boat a Gulet, and recover the next day with a good old windy sail down...

Escape the ordinary and set sail on a stunning adventure in Turkey! Join the Sailing Pickle Family as they explore the stunning coast of Turkey. Witness breathtaking mountain views, crystal-clear waters teeming with fish, and idyllic anchorages. Dive into ...

The Pickle Family discovers a delightful anchorage in Turkey teeming with playful jellyfish! They then embark on a heart-stopping underwater exploration at an estimated depth of 15 meters.

Crazy beautiful anchorage and marines in Turkey along the turquiose coast, humungous sea urchins and crystal clear waters..... what a cool few days exploring ancient ruins, cleopatras beach and calm sails to the most boutique marina we've ever experienced!...

Love this week's episode, had so much fun living it and making it for you guys! This marina has got to be my favourite so far, we show you round a very cute boutique marina, set up for sailors every need! We have a great time explore this ancient treasure,...

We find our own little piece of paradise..... and it's fantastic! cute little bays with beautiful beach all to ourselves on a tiny island just off the mainland of Turkey, we hang out on the beach, enjoy the crystal clear waters and amazingly a very cool ma...

This week's episode was sponsored by Proscenic!! They have been super kind and gave us this fantastic vacuum to use aboard Pickle! It is a P11 MOPPING Cordless Vacuum Cleaner and guys... we love it! If you fancy getting yourself one just like ours (now dis...

Nicky may be sick but life must go on so we need to do a big provisioning trip to ready Pickle for sailing on in a few days, and phew was it as exhausting as ever! Later Nicky has to have a second cause of antibiotics for the nasty infection she's fighting...