It's Indian Summer in Switzerland. I brought the sunshine with me from Cape Verde it seems. I go from one check and test at the hospital. Consultation with the surgeon, CT scan and check up with a nurse and with the anesthesiologist. Everything looks good ...
I am back in my home country of Switzerland in hopes of getting hip replacement surgery. But to do so I have to navigate through the Swiss system. Thanks to help from the hospital, they help me with a legal solution within my means. I am back with family a...
The Beaufort scale was established to give sailors a common scale with which to observe conditions at sea. While here at Winded Voyage we interpret The Beaufort Scale as to how it affected me and Galopin on the waters around the Cape Verde Archipelago. I s...
Part 2 of my guide to anchoring in Cape Verde. Great places to go on 4 different islands. Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago and Sau Nicolau. Me and my sailboat Galopin show you where to anchor. How its holds down below. And how to access land by dinghy. It's a gre...
Sailing and living aboard my sailboat for three years in the Cape Verde Archipelago, me and my boat Galopin have anchored in many spots. Probably more than any other sailing each this millennia. Certainly the only one during a pandemic. In this episode we ...
It's time I leave Cape Verde and make my way back to Switzerland to hopefully get hip surgery. Since I cant walk properly, I sign up for assistance for the handicapped online and get special treatment. On the way I'm flying by the erupting volcano on La P...
A take on MTV cribs, this is my live aboard crib. And I'm giving you a tour of the lining space aboard my sailing yacht Galopin. Mindelo Cape Verde has been my home for three years now. In part due to Covid. Since I’ve been here I’ve learned a new lang...
I go on a last sail with on friend Paolo's 90ft luxury yacht. It's a group effort as several of us sailors are on hand as well as friends. The boat is spectacular out here in Mindelo Bay. It's also the place we enjoy on a daily basis. It's me, the sailor's...
We make new friends and go out sailing on my yacht Galopin in perfect Cape Verdean conditions. Anchor and get ambushed by wet bikes. Then we take a 90ft. steel luxury sailing yacht and sail in the mighty waters of Mindelo Bay. A completely different sailin...
Late summer in Mindelo Cape Verde filled with good times all around. All kinds of parties, raves and events, and it seems Covid is a thing of the past. As well the weather is warm and kind, the best time to take friends out sailing in the Sao Vicent Canal....
It's time that I confess some hard truth. And the truth is I broke my hip bone. It was about ten months ago when I was on the island of Sao Nicolau. And now I realized that my injury is far worse that I imagined. What are my options? The hard truth is I br...
Can you trust your crew to helm your boat and take control? It depends on who. Some people take to the sea naturally, and it seems the case with our friend Marizia. We sail out for a couple of days to get out of the city and anchor. We're accompanied by Pe...
Mindelo has welcomed all types of sailors from all over the world. And we meet three very different sailors in this episode. A Danish charter skipper who operates a business with two sailboats. An Englishman and his Dutch canal boat modified for the sea. A...
These subjects have been hot topics of discussion, and in this episode we look into each. As we make our passage from one island to another we drink, and my crew mate Marizia dances and lies around the cockpit in her bikini. She's beautiful, young and full...
We leave the island of Boa Vista and head towards the island of Sao Nicolau, and I sense a problem. We set sail anyways. Conditions are ideal to be sailing in The Cape Verde Islands. And I'm accompanied by a fantastic crew mate. My dear friend Marizia who ...
We discover one of the most stunning beaches I've been on. And wow, what a beach! The girls ride around the salt flats. We get stung by nasty algae and shrug it off with drinks and dancing. Marizia shows off her lip syncing skills and we are met with yet a...
This island is known as the desert island because of the sand dunes that have been created by centuries of Sahara sand that has been deposited here. We rented quads to go and explore. But before that our friend Peter continues to service my ailing two stro...
This is called the desert island because of its vast deposits of sand flown in from the Sahara. We anchor in a most spectacular bay of turquoise waters and endless sandy beaches. And here we begin the good life of Boa Vista in Cape Verde Africa. We ride ou...
Me and Galopin are back on the ocean with a familiar friend. So say hello to our new crew member Marizia. You may remember Marizia who's a regular cast member of Winded Voyage episodes. She's been sailing on Galopin, but only short trips. This is her first...
Living aboard my sailboat in Mindelo Cape Verde Africa, I meet all sorts of interesting people. And so, you will meet Thomas and Peter, two German sailors who arrived here from The Gambia Africa a few months ago. They've got their stories to tell. As well ...
Mindelo is rich with stories. So in this episode we hear the story of Peter and Lily. Why we are on standby. And dealing with unwanted visitors. We have a break with a BBQ that Peter invited the gang to. And then we go on a tour of our neighborhood on the ...
It looks like the restrictions due to the pandemic are going to be lifted soon. So where do we want to go. West Africa is where. Senegal, The Gambia and The Bijagos Islands in Guinea Bissau. But we'll have to wait. And I'm not the only one to wait. There a...
Wendy receives her glasses and sees her surroundings clearly for the time. This is what happens when people from all over offer random acts of kindness. Thank you Daniel, Dale, Andrea, Paul and Peter whom have together paid for much of her prescription gla...
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