We have a very cool isolated anchorage off Sazan Island which is part of a National Park in Albania. We try and explore the island and some of the military abandon buildings, but are soon caught in the little military harbour and chased off, we find refuge...
Sail, sail, sail and sail some more! We have found that the North West coast of Albania is exceptionally shallow, with some rather tricky anchorages which have unmarked fisheries everywhere and depths which are out by meters and meters!! dangerous times wh...
Where to start for this weeks episode?!? After last weeks episode and all the drama leaving Montenegro and sailing to Albania in the dark, we were hoping for a more chilled out week.... We are yet again foiled from our plans of a so called easy life! No re...
After our fantastic stay in Montenegro it was slightly ruining by our last day! Come and join us this week as we have some long sails, do the checking out process in Bar, Montenegro and then experience some serious police corruption before we finally escap...
It is a CRAZY week!!! We leave Budva and very dubiously sail through a tiny gap in the sand bar to reach Sveti Nikola Island and anchor in complete Paradise to celebrate Beau's 14th birthday! We have a fantastic time until..... we find human remains..... t...
We heave to, to swim in these wonderful deep Caves in Montenegro as we sail to Budva, and what an experience! thousands of fish, deep, deep blue water and fantastic rock formations, truly wonderful experience until..... I get entangled in a Mediterranean B...
We do lots of sailing this week and stay in a couple of amazing anchorages! We are finally seeing those beautiful sandy beaches again and its fantastic! Swimming, exploring, and snorkelling with some crazy encounters with the local wildlife too, there are ...
It has been a week of amazing deserted anchorages one after the other in Montenegro! We spent a few days stripping off and enjoying the freedom of a isolated beautiful bay, then after a quick trip to civilisation to pick up data and a few essentials, we ha...
After leaving the magnificent Bay of Kotor we had a nights stay in Porto Montenegro Marina, to fill up our water tanks and take advantage of the free electric, so we could charge the batteries and try and dry the boat out a bit with our dehumidifiers! It's...
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Sailing in the Bay of Kotor wi...
As we sail into the Bay of Kotor, we are awe struck by the sheer beauty and magnitude of the surrounding landscape! It is hard to capture the breathtaking views, but I give it a go! We hope you enjoy exploring Perast and The Lady Of the Rock with us, eatin...
Checking out of Croatia and sailing on to Montenegro this weeks guys, we try out a bit of discrete filming to show you parts of the checking in process with the harbour master and police, then find a cool anchorage with pink skies to stay a few days where ...
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We have a decent sail in big winds and swell, but just get a little too close for comfort at the last minute on to a rocky little island! A little hair raising but we make it past....just! Finding shelter behind some awesome islands, we anchor in a bay wit...
Awesome sunsets, exploring new places and big winds with big sails... what more can anyone ask for! Join us this week to experience normal family life aboard a sailboat, Chris and Bear have a nasty gastric flu and we have to keep sailing on to avoid some b...
We have our boat back to just us again! It's soo quiet! But time is of the essence now as we only have about two weeks to Sail down the last of the coast of Croatia and leave before our 90 days runs out! We get on with some prep jobs and set sail for more ...
Part 2 of our adventures around the beautiful area of Split along the Croatian coastline. We explore the amazing old and new, the ancient ruins in Trogir with its 13th century Cathedral, breathtaking sweeping views from the bell tower at the chapel of St J...
We do some very cool exploring on land this week after an epic sail where we hit 9kts! Old Town Split is both beautiful and unique, with a modern city built amongst and surrounding some of the most impressive ancient ruins in the world. Join us as we go ex...
What a week! Lots of firsts this week! First crew we've ever had aboard Pickle! First visitors staying on Pickle and First for family staying aboard too! We do everything from chilled out beach days to wild drunken parties... you only live once right?! Joi...
With the impending visit from our family coming up real soon, we decide to check out some anchorages to visit when they're on board, do some island hopping and enjoy paddle boarding, free diving, exploring, wakeboarding and with lots of boobage and midnigh...
We leave the fabulous Blue Lagoon in Croatia, heading to another beautiful anchorage, enjoying snorkelling and underwater jets! But it's not long and we have to sail on to Split, I have to visit hospital for an injury which needs X-rays and MRI's! But don'...
What a fantastic week, beautiful locations sailing through the Croatian islands and staying at the stunning Blue lagoon, having some epic and wild sails, and obviously enjoying the fabulous weather, clothed or unclothed! 😜
Thank you to our wonderful pa...
We have so mush fun exploring our new location in Murter, Croatia! We buy a long waited for paddle board and have endless fun trying to find our balance.... and falling off a lot! We stumble upon Roman ruins, find swordfish heads and have an epic sail to f...
We finish our week exploring the beautiful Kornati National Park Islands in Croatia, with a couple of smashing sails, crazy water sports, diving on our lost anchor and a serious run in with a Super Yacht who decided to anchor literally on top of us!! Scary...
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