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Sailing to remote islands in VENEZUELA. Life at an angle of 20 degrees – UNTIE THE LINES IV #70
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Sailing to remote islands in VENEZUELA. Life at an angle of 20 degrees – UNTIE THE LINES IV #70

We explore the small island Little Curacao and set sails to Los Aves Sotavento, the western Los Aves island group in Venezuela. Marlin is sailing upwind for some 24 hours, tacking along constantly heeled over some 20 degrees. The conditions are perfect and the crew is enjoying the ride! Enjoy and ...
Sailing the Caribbean on a 60 foot performance yacht – UNTIE THE LINES IV #69
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Sailing the Caribbean on a 60 foot performance yacht – UNTIE THE LINES IV #69

The crew is complete and we lift anchor in Curacao for our first sail to the neighboring island Small Curacao. The conditions are perfect and we sail a sporty closed hauled trip to grove into life at an angle of twenty degrees. Enjoy and Ahoy, Nike c/o SY Marlin Download the full movie at www.Unti...
Caribbean Dream: Swimming with Turtles in crystal clear water – UNTIE THE LINES IV #68
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Caribbean Dream: Swimming with Turtles in crystal clear water – UNTIE THE LINES IV #68

Back in warmer latitudes, back in the Caribbean Sea! Not quite back on Karl, yet...he is still waiting patiently in Ecuador for my return. Michael, the owner of SV Marlin, has asked me to work as a co-skipper for two weeks for a charter sail from Curacao to Los Roques and back. Since this 60 foot p...
Cruising the Pacific North West. Catching Crabs and Watching Whales
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Cruising the Pacific North West. Catching Crabs and Watching Whales

After five weeks of traveling the Pacific North West, our voyage comes to an end. We travelled a total of 1.600 nautical miles along the most stunning coast lines of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. On our last leg down from Lowe Inlet to Campbell river we had whales pop up left and right, ...
Live from Karl: Sailor Girl Stories
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Live from Karl: Sailor Girl Stories

At the moment we are eight boats in the bay of which three are run by women: Maria, Holly and myself. Since those two ladies are pretty bad ass sailors, I have invited them over to Karl this Friday to share some of their stories with you. We hope to see you in Friday! If you don’t know Holly’s chann...
LIVE: Let’s talk about what’s going on at the moment (short Corona update and life in general)
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LIVE: Let’s talk about what’s going on at the moment (short Corona update and life in general)

Hey everybody! As most of you know, our videos are not real time and I am actually not in Canada at the moment. Some of you have written me and asked me if I was doing okay, so I decided to do a little live feed with you to give you and updated about the situation here...And I also have two special...
Flying on a float plane in Alaska! A dream come true for a sailor girl
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Flying on a float plane in Alaska! A dream come true for a sailor girl

Ahoy, Nike c/o SV Persistence Download the full movie at www.UntieTheLines.com You can support our videos here: or For real-time updates, visit: For background information on the journey visit www.WhiteSpotPirates.com Thanks for watching, liking, sharing and supporting these videos! Ev...
Sailing to Alaska! The underwaterworld is totally mesmerizing
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Sailing to Alaska! The underwaterworld is totally mesmerizing

After motoring most of the way up north along the coast of the picturesque British Columbia, we set all canvas to sail across the border to Alaska! We are greeted with a bunch of thick fog and a mesmerizing underwater world that is taking up all my attention. Alaska has always been a place I want...
Nautical Cooking With Nike: crab cakes!
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Nautical Cooking With Nike: crab cakes!

Ahoy, Nike c/o SV Persistence Download the full movie at www.UntieTheLines.com You can support our videos here: or For real-time updates, visit: For background information on the journey visit www.WhiteSpotPirates.com Thanks for watching, liking, sharing and supporting these videos! Ev...
BEARS!!! Watching a Grizzly Mother with her three cubs in Kynoc Inlet
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BEARS!!! Watching a Grizzly Mother with her three cubs in Kynoc Inlet

After the pretty anchorage Fury Cove we continue further north to Sheerwater Marina and Get to sail Pesistance with full sails up. What a treat!!! We have a spare day to plan and the Captain lets me chose a destination, how exciting! I decide for the picturesque and slightly remote Kynoch Inlet whi...
The Heritage of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw
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The Heritage of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw

We stop at Alert Bay to visit the U’mista Cultural Center and are super exited when we find out that there will be some local dance performances at the long house. After a hearty Poutine we cast off again to a night stop in the Cattle Group before we set sails the next day to cross the Queen Charlo...
Orcas, Porpoises and Mystic Fog in British Columbia
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Orcas, Porpoises and Mystic Fog in British Columbia

There is not much sailing in B.C. in the summer months, but there us surely great wild life! We travel from Cameleon Harbour onward to Spout Bay where we are greeted by a mystic foggy landscape. We watch a pod of orcas speed through the water and have a bunch of Dall's porpoises playing on our ...
Cruising to a magical place: fairytale forrest in British Columbia
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Cruising to a magical place: fairytale forrest in British Columbia

British Columbia is doing its magic again! Humpback whales splashing their tales left and right and beautiful SV Persistance is cruising past steep dark cliffs, through narrow passes and into picturesque and protected anchorages. I finally get to stretch my legs a bit and find myself getting lost in...
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: Learning how to catch SALMON in CANADA
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do: Learning how to catch SALMON in CANADA

A huge THANK YOU to Stanley who was so kind to take me out in his little boat to give me a crash course in how to catch Salmon. This episode is all about meeting people during my travels. I am always amazed how many beautiful souls cross my wake. Wildlife and landscape are breathtaking, but often i...
They WARNED me… But I just COULDN’T HELP IT!
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They WARNED me… But I just COULDN’T HELP IT!

Get your 25% discount for the full movie length documentary Untie The Lines on Just enter XMAS25 during the check out procedure and you will get 25% off the usual price. Enjoy :). When I told people that I was going to travel the Inside Passage on a sailboat, they all warned me not to fall in lov...
Cruising up the coast to CANADA. Doing 13+ knots through crazy tidal rapids – UNTIE THE LINES IV #57
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Cruising up the coast to CANADA. Doing 13+ knots through crazy tidal rapids – UNTIE THE LINES IV #57

Get your 25% discount for the full movie length documentary Untie The Lines on Just enter XMAS25 during the check out procedure and you will get 25% off the usual price. Enjoy :). From Penn Cove we travel up to Nanaimo, Canada. We cruise under the bridge of Deception Pass, clear into Panama, take ...
Cruising the Pacific North West. 45 knots of wind straight on the nose
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Cruising the Pacific North West. 45 knots of wind straight on the nose

Get your 25% discount for the full movie length documentary Untie The Lines on Just enter XMAS25 during the check out procedure and you will get 25% off the usual price. Enjoy :). --- We are doing a little geographical jump in Untie The Lines today, travelling from Ecuador up to the North West of t...
Happy SAILING in Ecuador and SUNDAY FUNDAY Hefeweizen! – UNTIE THE LINES IV #55
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Happy SAILING in Ecuador and SUNDAY FUNDAY Hefeweizen! – UNTIE THE LINES IV #55

Karl and his sailor girls are off the hook in Cabo San Lorenzo (Ecuador) and headded to Bahía Caraquez. We have a georgous sail and launch our trawler to take another Microplastic sample. And what great news: we find 0 plastic in our sample. Quite interesting, since we had found 13 pieces during a t...
Two SAILOR GIRLS and KARL exploring the beautiful coast of ECUADOR – UNTIE THE LINES IV #54
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Two SAILOR GIRLS and KARL exploring the beautiful coast of ECUADOR – UNTIE THE LINES IV #54

Maria and I are sailing from bay to bay along the pretty coast of Ecuador. Isla Salango does not look too enviting to explore by land, so we decide to take a slow boat day and just hang out, swim, watch the local tourist boats pull up and enjoy the quiet of the bay once they are gone again. The anc...
Don’t mess with those boobies! Poor Man’s Galápagos at its best – UNTIE THE LINES IV #53
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Don’t mess with those boobies! Poor Man’s Galápagos at its best – UNTIE THE LINES IV #53

Boobies are just the cutest, especially the blue-footed ones. The way they dance and pick up sticks to show how good of a nest they can build...Just super sweet! I could watch them for hours... Isla Plata is a very pretty island, just off the coast of Ecuador mainland. Since it's been declared...
We get caught in a MASSIVE FISHING NET at night – UNTIE THE LINES IV #52
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We get caught in a MASSIVE FISHING NET at night – UNTIE THE LINES IV #52

We sail peacfully through the night and suddenly the boat stops! The rudder and prop got caught in a massive floating fishing net that extends for miles and was not lit. My sailboat Karl is hanging in the net whilst a 2 knot current is pushing the boat into the lines of the net. The wind is coming ...
GROUNDED SAILBOAT: How I beached my sailboat on purpose – UNTIE THE LINES IV #51
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GROUNDED SAILBOAT: How I beached my sailboat on purpose – UNTIE THE LINES IV #51

Upsi, my sailboat is sitting aground on a sandbank in a river. But no worries, I did this on purpose...to clean my hull. My sailboat has one speciality: TWIN KEELS. This enables me to dryfall with my boat in tidal water bodies to inspect my hull, to clean it and to do some repairs without having to ...
MICROPLASTIC in our OCEANS. Collecting data to help fight plastic pollution – UNTIE THE LINES IV #50
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MICROPLASTIC in our OCEANS. Collecting data to help fight plastic pollution – UNTIE THE LINES IV #50

As a sailor, I live on and of the ocean. This vast body of water has always fascinated me, I have always felt magically drawn to it since early childhood. During the last years, I have seen the drastic effects that plastic pollution has on our oceans. Shorelines covered in pastic trash, animals gett...
BOAT REFIT: Fixing My Transmission Rear Oil Seal – UNTIE THE LINES IV #49
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BOAT REFIT: Fixing My Transmission Rear Oil Seal – UNTIE THE LINES IV #49

Wanna know how to change a transmission oil seal? Check out how I did it on my sailboat. My Transmission oil seal had been leaking for a while and I finally decided to change the seal. Unfortunately, I did not have the right tool to do the job and had to go on a hunt for it. Two hours later, I did...
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