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This week we take you in and around Arrecife, Capitol of Lanzarote. We stumbled across this awesome little local pub/restaurant in the Industrial area of Arrecife. Whilst sitting outside having scrumptious fresh fish, prepared to perfection, we overheard...
This week we spent our time exploring Lanzarote Island. Lanzarote had volcanic eruptions for six years from 1730 to 1736 and a smaller one in 1824, its status is classified as historical and therefore dormant, although you can feel the heat under the surfa...
A short music video trailer of our time spent exploring Lanzarotte, Canary Islands. Lanzarote had volcanic eruptions for six years from 1730 to 1736 and a smaller one in 1824, its status is classed as historical and therefore dormant, although you can feel...
So the unthinkable happened !!!!! We lost our Life Raft at 3:00 am in dark stormy seas !!!! With our first Patreon on board!!!!!!! Good winds as we left Tenerife at 23:00 on a sail that was supposed to take us 15 hours. Turned out to be crazy winds and ...
This week we show you the rest of Tenerife's coastline, which is crammed with Resort after Resort. They're obviously prepared for a huge influx of holiday makers during their summer season, and there is also no short supply of activities and entertainment...
Our Rugged Infatable Boat (RIB) or Dinghy got punctured! Yes, Tippex is wounded! It is a 10cm gash and in a bad spot, under a heat welded seam! We tell the story how it happened as well as how to patch an Inflatable boat.
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This week we start our exploration of the Island Tenerife, Canary Islands. We discovered HAM, I mean in a porky kinda way, Iberian Pork, the most incredible meat ever!!! We also anchor at the foot of some of the highest cliffs in Spain, they rise up to 8...
This week we share the rest of our journey on the island La Gomera, Canary Islands. We had very expensive Gins in a Lah-deh-Dah-Upmarket establishment, turned down a cramped Marina and landed up with the longest dinghy ride, and even visited 2 Churches in...
This week we take you to another island in the Canaries, La Gomera. We also visit a Ghost town La Rajita, which turned out was formerly one of the centers of La Gomera's fishing industry. La Gomera was situated on a main tuna migration route (and still is...
This week we share our adventures sailing the Canary Islands. The next island on our list is La Palma, a charming island to the north west. We once again had an amazing experience in this colorful place. So the big "Up the mast for the first time" thing...
A short music video of our time spent sailing to other Cape Verde islands. We sailed to Santa Luzia and anchored for a few nights, then sailed for São Nicolau.
Music: epidemicsound.com - Be Free, Sine ft. Frank Moody
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This week we share our adventures sailing the Canarie Islands. The next island on our list is La Palma, a charming island to the north west. We once again had an amazing experience in this colorful place. The anchorages were great with spectacular views...
This week we share what signs to look for that your speed log is wrong and how to fix your AirMar ST800 Speed Temp Sensor while underway. We found ourselves in 3,000m deep water and we have to pull the speed log sensor to fix it. Not easy to open up a 3cm ...
This week we share our first experience at Restaurant reviewing. After experiencing new cultures and tasting different cuisine than what we are used to, we found it exhilarating to try our hand at reviewing, so many things to take into consideration like ...
Lots of talks about the Leopard 45 Catamaran forward cockpit :-) this week we sit inside the forward cockpit of our Leopard 45 and discuss this concern. Is it a Jacuzzi waiting to happen? Is it dangerous? Will it flood? Why would you want it?
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This week we share what do we do while on passage. There is a whole lot of hours making up a whole lot of days and we only have a 13m x 7m boat to keep ourselves busy.... So, what do we do with all that free time?
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This week we share how we stocked up on food, which initially appeared to be a daunting task. But after having coffee with 2 of the ARC ladies I met in Cape Town when they gave me loads of tips and ideas, having sailed for 21 and 8 years respectively, it ...
This week we share our Mindelo experience. It is a very good marina with very good services. It has repair services, floating bar, clean ablutions, fuel dock and walking distance from all the shops and markets in the small town of Mindelo. The downside? It...
This week we visit Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is a popular tourist destination for its rain forest and Machu Picchu like environment...perhaps just more remote!
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This week we share why we chose the Sailrite Sewing Machine as being our trusty companion on our sailing expeditions into the unknown, besides being pretty frikken heavy . . . . . it is undoubtedly the most robust piece of machinery we've encountered. To...
This week we share a glimpse with this music video of our Namibia to Cape Verde sail on Sisu a Leopard 45 Catamaran. This is our second leg on our Circumnavigation. Cape Verde is a group of Islands in North Atlantic.
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This week we share our incredible hectic last four months. From moving down to Cape Town with all our belongings with absolutely no experience, trying to cope with boat life, setting up Sisu for circumnavigation, having family and friends, making videos, b...
We did it! We started our circumnavigation! We moved onto the boat end of November 2018 and left Cape Town beginning February 2019. We had three months to prepare Sisu and ourselves for this day...Now you know why we were a bit busy :-) RYA Yachtmaster Off...
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