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Portuguese Man of War. Beautiful but deadly. #SHORTS
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Portuguese Man of War. Beautiful but deadly. #SHORTS

Portuguese Man of War. As seen in Islamorada FL. Beautiful but deadly. #shorts
  • Dec 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:17
HOT HOT HOT August Sailing PILAR with Charles and Allison – (and an Engagement!)
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HOT HOT HOT August Sailing PILAR with Charles and Allison – (and an Engagement!)

HOT HOT HOT August Sailing on PILAR with Charles and Allison - (and an Engagement!) Blue Dot Voyages TIMELINE: 0:00 The Happy Couple (now engaged) 0:51 Kingfish Catch and Deck Lounging 6:00 Off shore ocean Swimming 6:55 Parasailor time - What's wro...
  • Dec 25, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:23
Croaker Fish – #SHORTS
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Croaker Fish – #SHORTS

What's a Croaker Fish? Well, they "croak" . Watch one here. LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar
  • Dec 20, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:20
Sailing PILAR to Everglades? Refugee Boat – Grounding & Gaters – Port of the Islands – Naples FL
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Sailing PILAR to Everglades? Refugee Boat – Grounding & Gaters – Port of the Islands – Naples FL

Sailing PILAR to Everglades? Refugee Boat - Grounding & Gaters - Port of the Islands - Naples FL After waiting out the Gale and fixing our radar and VHF, we finally set sail again on Tuesday afternoon. Out St Mary's inlet, headed South! We had plan...
  • Dec 17, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:45
Passing Time During Gale… New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR – Blue Dot Voyages
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Passing Time During Gale… New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR – Blue Dot Voyages

Passing Time During Gale... New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages During our 3 day wait during our Sailing trip during the November 2021 Gale, we tackled a couple of boat projects. No Friday Night Fun for us! Work...Work......
  • Dec 09, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:53
Coast Guard to the rescue – #SHORTS
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Coast Guard to the rescue – #SHORTS

Coast Guard speeding by in St. Mary's GA.
  • Dec 03, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:18
Sailing a 50 Knot Gale | Dinghy Falls off Davit | New Helm Enclosure
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Sailing a 50 Knot Gale | Dinghy Falls off Davit | New Helm Enclosure

We recently sailed from Charleston area of South Carolina to our Winter home in Port of the Islands Marina just south of Marco Island Florida. Of course, we would end up with a Gale! 50 Knot wind gusts with sustained 35-40 delayed us for 3 days. Watch ...
  • Dec 02, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:18
Fourth of July 2021 with granddaughter Bea.
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Fourth of July 2021 with granddaughter Bea.

Love spending time with the granddaughter on the boat! Her favorite thing is "waking up in the morning on anchor and looking out at the beach". Mine too :-) TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Paddleboard surfing 4:30 Fireworks LINKS: BLOG SITE: ...
  • Nov 28, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:49
St. Augustine & St. Simons Island | Sailing & Sightseeing
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St. Augustine & St. Simons Island | Sailing & Sightseeing

Sailing PILAR in St. Augustine & St. Simons Island | EP 55 | Blue Dot Voyages Thinking about visiting St. Augustine? Here’s a bit about our recent sailing experience in the St. Augustine area and our recommendations for your visit. TIMELINE: 0:00...
  • Jul 12, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:04
Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 – Sailing PILAR
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Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 – Sailing PILAR

Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 - Sailing PILAR Not so much fun when your marine refrigerator just stops working. Luckily, we had not provisioned yet, so we did not lose any food, but we did lose 2 days trying to fin...
  • Jun 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:18
St. Simons, GA to Seabrook/Kiawah Island, SC – Sailing with the Farleys | 54 | Sailing PILAR
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St. Simons, GA to Seabrook/Kiawah Island, SC – Sailing with the Farleys | 54 | Sailing PILAR

We recently sailed from St. Simons, GA to Bohicket Marina on Seabrook/ Kiawah Island, SC where we will spend the summer and fall. Trip Stats. Hours on the water: 27 Nautical Miles Covered: 171 Average speed: 6 knots Max speed: 10 knots Winds SE at 15-2...
  • May 17, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:37
Jekyll Island, Georgia – Sailing, Cruising, Exploring with PILAR | EP53
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Jekyll Island, Georgia – Sailing, Cruising, Exploring with PILAR | EP53

Jekyll Island, Georgia - Sailing, Cruising, Exploring with PILAR | EP53 Last November, we visited Jekyll Island while spending 6 months in the GA area around st. Simons Island. Serenity, Roseate Spoonbills, Spanish Moss covered trees, historic homes, bik...
  • Apr 01, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:48
Solar Panel Installation on Leopard 48 Catamaran | EP52
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Solar Panel Installation on Leopard 48 Catamaran | EP52

Solar Panel Installation on Leopard 48 Catamaran | EP52 Our Leopard 48 Catamaran came with several flex solar panels, which sound good on a list of boat features, in practice, did little to no good when you wanted to stay on anchor for an extended period...
  • Mar 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:27
Sail Drive Seal Leak on our Leopard48 – Fishing Line around Prop Disaster – Feb2021
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Sail Drive Seal Leak on our Leopard48 – Fishing Line around Prop Disaster – Feb2021

Captain Stephen recently noticed some milky colored oil in our sail drive, when changing out a leaky O-ring. So, back to Thunderbolt Marine in Savannah - closest place that can haul out boat out of the water. What did we find? Fishing line wrapped ar...
  • Feb 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:05:46
Upgrading to Lithium Batteries from AGM on our Leopard48 Catamaran PILAR | EP51
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Upgrading to Lithium Batteries from AGM on our Leopard48 Catamaran PILAR | EP51

We replaced our AGM batteries with Relion Lithium on our Leopard48 ! Get the details on how to do it right. Well, at least we think it's right. We spent weeks on the design (in between other things in life). These were installed January 2020 and so fa...
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:33
Cumberland Island|Sailing Georgia Coast|Machine Guns|Dungeness Mansion|Wild Horses|PILAR|EP50
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Cumberland Island|Sailing Georgia Coast|Machine Guns|Dungeness Mansion|Wild Horses|PILAR|EP50

Cumberland Island | Sailing Georgia Coast | Machine Guns | Dungeness Mansion | Wild Horses | PILAR | EP50 Stuck in the US because of Covid, we found plenty of excitement in our recent sailing travel along the Georgia coast. Cumberland Island was recently...
  • Jan 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:32:25
Squeaky Rudder Seizing up? – Replacing our Rudder Bushings TWICE on Blue Dot Voyages PILAR.
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Squeaky Rudder Seizing up? – Replacing our Rudder Bushings TWICE on Blue Dot Voyages PILAR.

Here is the short story on why we replaced our rudder bushings twice! When we hauled the boat at Thunderbolt Marine in Savannah in January 2020, we had planned to replace the rudder bearing in the lower rudder shaft bearing carrier since they had become...
  • Dec 20, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:25
Downwind Sailing and the MV Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound – November2020 – EP49
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Downwind Sailing and the MV Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound – November2020 – EP49

Thanksgiving began early this year as we needed to catch the wind! We left Bohicket Marina on Monday around 2 PM and caught a nice NW wind right out of the channel. After teaching our guests how to raise the main sail and fly the genoa, we decided to pu...
  • Dec 05, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:03
Trout Catch for Thanksgiving Dinner 2020 – #SHORTS
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Trout Catch for Thanksgiving Dinner 2020 – #SHORTS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL! Our dinner today will be Fried Trout - lightly breaded with salsa. LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailing...
  • Nov 26, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:19
Is our Leopard48 Catamaran Sail Drive Leaking?
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Is our Leopard48 Catamaran Sail Drive Leaking?

Find out what Stephen found on a routine engine check before sailing south for the winter. LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpil...
  • Nov 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:10
Alice Cup Regatta, Matt Key Sea Burial, Gater, Fig Island, Anchor-Bridle issues-October2020-EP48
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Alice Cup Regatta, Matt Key Sea Burial, Gater, Fig Island, Anchor-Bridle issues-October2020-EP48

We Gotta Regatta - We were headed out to see a funeral on the water, when to our surprise and delight, we ran headlong into the Alice Cup Regatta by the Charleston Ocean Racing Association. This is the first regatta I have seen live and I think I’ve ca...
  • Nov 11, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:55
Sailing PILAR – Edisto South Carolina – Popping Shrimp – Monitoring Water Quality – EP47
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Sailing PILAR – Edisto South Carolina – Popping Shrimp – Monitoring Water Quality – EP47

Fall is one of the best times to go sailing in South Carolina. Cooler temperatures are more comfortable, but the water is still warm enough for swimming. It’s high time for Shrimp, Oysters, Blue Crabs, Stone Crabs and more. Darkness comes earlier mak...
  • Oct 13, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:23
Sailing in Savannah Georgia during Covid-19 – Winter2020 – EP44
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Sailing in Savannah Georgia during Covid-19 – Winter2020 – EP44

Sailing during the Coronavirus was not easy. We heard from many of their trouble with entering or leaving countries. Many were just stuck where they were, even if it meant the ocean. Sailors that had been off-shore when the lockdowns went into affect ar...
  • Aug 30, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:40
3500 Monkeys on this Island plus Sailing Lessons for Kylee & James – Blue Dot Voyages PILAR – EP46
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3500 Monkeys on this Island plus Sailing Lessons for Kylee & James – Blue Dot Voyages PILAR – EP46

On the 4th of July weekend – 2020, we had 2 guests onboard who wanted to learn what it’s like to sail a catamaran, visit Monkey Island, AND celebrate a birthday! The evening before our sail, Kylee and James joined us – Kylee even 20 weeks pregnant...
  • Jul 26, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:15
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