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We are finishing up a round of boat work while we wait to go south. Hiding out in Brazils best kept secret hurricane hole. We...
Our boat feels naked without her anchor, chain, and solar panels. This is a big boat project episode. Kate has fun with epoxy and fixes up the dinghy in her bikini, Curtis installs new solar panels, our re-galvanized anchor and chain arrive and we inspect ...
We decide to explore Brazil for a bit, so we make some upgrades to improve the boat for living off grid. In this video we sail to a new harbor and get to work on the boat. We find that 3 of our solar panels have failed in an odd way and contact Renogy’s ...
Our weather window for the season is quickly shrinking as we make much needed repairs in Brazil, then the bad news arrives and threatens our plan to sail around Cape Horn & the rest of the world. Bluewater sailing isn't always easy.
#sailing #brazil ...
Check out the secluded anchorage we find amidst first arriving in Brazil. The areal shots will take your breath away. You can spot these epic drone shots in episode 76 https://youtu.be/gNVgYj84c5w
#drone #sailing #brazil #sailingaroundtheworld
We have b...
We divert to a new country to make repairs on our sailboat, but will the grant us entry? You won't believe what we see when we arrive to this unplanned location!
#sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #brazil
After three weeks at sea it nips at our nerves that ...
Can we enter the closed country of Brazil? We need to enter to make repairs after our longest passage at sea. After over 25 Days of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from North to South we try to find a safe place to anchor, rest, and get our bearings in t...
We reach the busy coast of Brazil after almost three weeks at sea where we are used to seeing hardly anything for days at a time. Then suddenly we are in the middle of oil fields and large container ships and hopefully no pirates.
The radar alarm goes off...
This is how we deal with breakage and wear and tear while sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.
It's our longest passage yet and we are just waiting for something to go wrong, when during a routine check of the sails we notice a dangling line that shouldn't ...
We cross a major line, making a sacrifice to Poseidon while battling squally seas in uncharted waters, sailing in the middle of nowhere! We find something we did not expect to see here...
When you have a dream that requires many stages you sometimes forge...
One of our biggest fears sailing across oceans is sinking out at sea, along with pirates, lightning, and injury. We hear about boats hitting containers and whales out in the middle of nowhere. We run out of luck 1000 miles from shore and strike a UFO mid o...
Why are we storm chasing as we approach the equator? How we shift gears offshore.
We go storm chasing and switch gears when squall after squall, storm after storm, come barreling down on us. We are nearing closer to the Equator as we hit the doldrums duri...
The boat has an accidental gybe while sailing 400 miles offshore of Guinea. The cameras were rolling. See how we react to overcome it and find out why this happened, as we sail further south into the storms of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), AK...
A big mistake. This is how we fix problems while sailing in the open ocean. We are headed toward the equator, there is nothing for thousands of miles but blue water.
#sailing #yacht #diy #bluewater
Not everything is perfect all the time. Curtis complete...
This is real sailing. Find out how we handle a huge spinnaker while sailing towards known pirate waters off the coast of Africa.
#sailing #yacht #spinnaker
We gybe the asymmetrical spinnaker shorthanded, surfing waves at 10 knots during the night to the...
She goes for the drone catch while sailing offshore. It doesn't go so well and she is hit with the rotors, slicing her arm. Want to see the epic bluewater sailing footage we captured, check out Episode 66 https://youtu.be/b2ddLPOOx_Q
More about us, our sa...
We finally get to set the spinnaker, running off the coast of Africa towards South America under full sail, but while grabbing some epic drone footage, we encounter a big problem and Kate gets sliced by the drone!
#sailing #yacht #spinnaker #drone #howto...
We wake up and find ourselves off the coast of Africa. We are still being pushed by over 20 knots of wind. We had an amazing encounter in the big waves as we continue to surf our boat towards Cabo Verde, the equator, and South America.
#sailing #yacht #do...
This is real sailing, not your standard floating in the Bahamas videos from other YouTube Channels. We cruise doublehanded to a new record speed as we surf big waves heading toward the coast of Africa.
We are headed for South America, non-stop, from Tener...
Our planned bluewater passage is 4000+ nautical miles to South America. We prepare for storms, big waves, and for cold weather sailing as we go across the Atlantic ocean, AGAIN!
#sailing #prepping #diesel #bluewater
0:00 We say goodbye to our good friend...
We finally get our new sail, but will it be worth it? Will this carbon fiber cruising sail be an expensive mistake or an amazing upgrade in speed and durability offshore?
The suspense is killing us. We have been waiting for 3 weeks as UPS initially lost ...
Our Schengen Visa has run out while in Tenerife, Canary Islands. We are visited by police, surprised early in the morning, at our boat. We can't leave because a shipment has been delayed. Here is what went down. Plus we interview Peter Lawless, a solo non...
We are sailing offshore from the Azores to Canary Islands when we have a run in with..... Whales? Pirates? UFOs? Ghost Ship? Containers? Police? Illegal Fishing? We confront our biggest fear at sea!
#halftimeshow #sailing #superbowl #bluewater #boating
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We set off on a 4 day voyage, southbound, across a rarely traveled part of the North Atlantic Ocean. We are as far away from everything, and as close true bluewater freedom on the sea as it gets! Suddenly, the radio crackles to life. Are we all alone out h...
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