#offgrid #livingfree #bikinis
So across the canal is this incredible island called Santo Antao. Its rugged yet sweet. It produces some of the best grog, fruits and vegetables and tough women. We brought some tough women with us and took to a green fresh w...
#sailinglifestyle #caboverde #kizomba
We go to the much anticipated concert of Elji Beatzkilla, Cape Verdean music superstar. He performs to a full house at Laginha Beach his famous hits. And I take Galopin out for a cruise north of the islands to test out...
#sailinglifestyle #musicfestival #caboverdeyoutuber
Festival de Baia de Gatas is the big event of the year in Cabo Verde. Ten of thousands of music lovers come to dance to the hottest artists from Cape Verde and worldwide. Three days of celebration with ar...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #deejaytelio
Going from a sea of people to the wide ocean. It’s the final day of Baia Festival. And the final act is performing loud and clear at 7AM and the crowd is crazy and it’s hot. A fresh swim in the bay before we go...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #domperignon
We went out sailing during a tropical depression around the Cabo Verde Archipelago to test out the boat and for some storm chasing. We came back with a few injuries to my boat Galopin. And then I took on the 25th bi...
#sailing #solosailing #atlanticcrossing
I was contacted to see if I would be interested in delivering a sailboat to French Guyana. There had a captain, but he bailed last minute. We settled on a price. I said I’d be ready to go in a couple of days. That ...
#sailing #solosailing #galeforce
I'm a little more than halfway to French Guyana, and entering a different weather zone. I'm in the tropics. It's blistering hot and clouds are forming all around me and the 40ft. boat I'm delivering. As well I'm in the Sara...
#sailing #solosailing #atlanticcrossing
I'm getting close to my end destination. But the closer we get, the slower I seem to go. The engine wont stay running for more that an hour or so. As well, a strong current is pushing me in the wrong direction. I slo...
#sailing #solosailing #atlanticcrossing
I had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean solo and was now in French Guyana. But I had to get back home to my boat in Cabo Verde. I was in the capital city Cayenne and hard a hard time getting a shave. As well as a simp...
#sailing #sailboatlifestyle #bikinis
My boat and I need some fixes before heading back into the ocean. In between some of these fixes, I'm enjoying the local lifestyle. One of the locals is Fannie who comes to visit with her cousin. My boat is like a Cape ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #surgeryrecovery
Yes, I underwent hernia surgery in Cabo Verde. How did go? You'd be surprised at how well trained and equipped Cabo Verde is. It's part life here as a full time sailor. I get cut, fixed and stitched so I can cont...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #surgeryrecovery
I'm well into recovering from hernia surgery. With help from my friends. And I can finally get around to working on some long awaited projects on my boat Galopin.
Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel on YouT...
#sailboatlifestyle #sailing #surgeryrecovery
I am getting my groove back with Wendy. Here in this beautiful bay in another world called Cabo Verde. Where I was surgically repaired by a local surgeon and his team. This place has scarred me for life. In a po...
#sailing #shakedown #sailboatlifestyle
It's time for a shakedown sail. My friend Peter has been waiting months for his new mast, and it has finally been installed. So we head out into our testing waters around Cabo Verde, West Africa.
Some say it’s The ...
#sailing #solosailing #minitransat
It was about five thirty in the morning. I was awake on my computer working on a video and checked my emails. One got my attention from Kass, its title said, Time Sensitive, can you help a sailor approaching Mindelo. Huh,...
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #sailboatlifestyle
What's it like living aboard a sailboat in Mindelo Bay Cabo Verde, West Africa? It's a whole different lifestyle than living on land. Sure there are many benefits and less conveniences, which makes it intere...
#sailing #dentist #sailinglifestyle
Life in Cabo Verde, West Africa has been treating me pretty well. I live on my boat in the bay, basically in the city center. I have access to most of my needs. I even had hernia surgery here recently. I learned its very...
#sailing #livingfree #sailboatlifestyle
Them wicked winches. I need to service them regularly, or they start whining and refuse to work properly. It's a chore but I must do it. Luckily my friend Jose has a bar nearby where I can drink and sometimes eat som...
#sailing #offgrid #sailinglifestyle
How have I stayed in Cabo Verde so long? By getting my visa renewed. But have I been here too long? Immigration police want to talk to me about that. On the way, I visit a museum with an amazing work of art. The multicol...
#sailing #familyholiday #sailinglifestyle
This is Winded Voyage's Christmas special video. It just seemed right to be in the holiday spirit and show you what Christmas is like here in Cabo Verde. Which means saying good bye and helloI'll be giving away my ...
#sailing #livingfree #sailinglifestyle
This professional sailor came to my boat and asked me if I really lived on my boat. He has been following me on YouTube, as well as others, and discovered that some sailing YouTubers don’t actually live on their boa...
#sailing #partyboat #sailboatlifestyle
It's Atlantic crossing season here in Cabo Verde. Many foreign sailors are here a few days preparing to cross the Atlantic. Like the Spanish sailors I just met. One of them a fan of Winded Voyage. He wanted to know if...
#sailboatlifestyle #sailinglifestyle #celebration
Two nights of music and dance. Beautiful people in a stunning stetting. And a intimate look into how the coming of the new year is celebrated. This is how we brought in 2024 in Mindelo, Cabo Verde.
Some sa...
#sailing #sailboatlifestyle #catamaran
That's it, I've had it with my mono hull sailboat, I'm buying a catamaran. As well I'm tired of constantly fixing things on my old boat, I'm getting a new boat that is perfect and has no maintenance. As well it's more...
#sailing #solosailing #sailboatlifestyle
I’m sticking with my boat Galaopin. And finally we get to hoist his sail. He’s looking mighty proud. Just got to set up the reefs and we’ll be set. Then there’s the dinghy. Not an easy fix that gosh dinghy. ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #bikini
After all the Holiday festivities, I celebrate my birthday with a special friend, Wendy. Since she had never been to a hotel before, we went to a small resort hotel on a beautiful beach for a night. I can honestly say I ...
#sailing #sailboatlifestyle #roughsea
Sailing in a sandstorm sounds near apocalyptic. It was a strange feeling to be on the ocean with little visibility and the sun blotted out by the sky. Thick Sahara Desert sand coating everything on my boat and even my ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #fishingnets
When sailing from Cabo Verde to Dakar Senegal we had to pass through a sandstorm. Sail into a headwind. Batteries ran dead during the night. What was supposed to be a 4 day passage turned into 6 days. Then when we ha...
#sailing #dakar #sailinglifestyle
We were just going out to buy some new batteries in Dakar. The city was unusually quiet because of fear of rioting in the streets. As I was purchasing the batteries we heard crowd noises and our eyes were stinging. Police ...
#sailing #fishingnets #sailinglifestyle
Fishermen go out early afternoon to lay out their nets. Lots of them. They’re racing out to secure a good spot to put out their long lets. Like, kilometer long nets. Laid out perpendicular. We were sailing side by ...
#sailing #anarchists #sailinglifestyle
Anarchy, derived from a Greek word meaning "having no ruler," is a belief system that rejects governmental authority in favor of self-governing or community consensus. A good description of our situation out here on t...
#sailing #solosailing #sailinglifestyle
I'm solo sailing the waters of the Cape Verde Archipilago form the island of Sal to the island of Sao Vicente. About 120nm and I'm about 40nm into the passage when I'm hearing a nasty noise. It's my autopilot and it'...
#sailing #carnaval #sailinglifestyle
It seems here that as soon as one celebration ends, another begins. We just got over the holidays and here comes Mardi Gras. Wendy came with not one sister but two. And this guy? That’s Vlaus. A friend I’ve known fr...
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