As we enter the early summer of 2018 in Greece, we find some real gems. We're still learning the habits of Talisman, our Oyster 485 sloop, but she's a rugged ...
Sailing Talisman
As the title says, it's time for a big hop and the 3-on-3-off watchkeeping rotation that we all love so much. Our trip begins with the dreaded currents of the ...
Talisman continues east, reaching Capri and the famed Amalfi coast. Life is good. Having lived aboard the boat for almost a year, and covering over 4000 ...
We arrive at Procida, just off Naples, to find ourselves in the midst of a huge party.
From the Island of Sardinia we head across open water to Rome, on the mainland of Italy.
Carly and I have spent months searching high and low for a blue water sailing boat in our budget that will be a suitable vessel to sail around the world. We've ...
Sailing Cadoha
It's hop skip and jump up the southeastern coast of Sardinia.
A long open water passage from Minorca to Carloforte, Sardiana. But along the way, a favorable tidal stream and brisk winds shortens our trip by almost 12 ...
Talisman's wonky bilge pump wiring is finally addressed.
Ahoy, Oh how have I missed that. Hoisting our sails, using the natural forces moving from one beautiful spot to another. Pushed by wind and waves we enjoyed ...
sailing ZERO
Talisman continues east, landing in Menorca.
We add some new Raymarine i50 and i60 (wind, speed, depth) instruments to our system. These plug directly into the new SeaTalkNg backbone and eliminate the ...
We take our two friends, Shanna and Kelly, aboard for a passage over to the Balearic Islands. From Ibiza town (as opposed to Ibiza island) we head over to ...
We get up early to make a long day run to Alicante, Spain. The sailing conditions were epic, and although we were close hauled for the first half, later it was ...
We finally tackle a finicky Fischer Panda genset that's been shutting itself down prematurely. I'm sure some viewers will see too much time spent barking up ...
We finally head east and north, across a long expanse of Mediterranean open water. It's a big passage, nothing like our short shakedown across the Strait of ...
We get a full tour of the Amel Super Maramu, a classic bluewater cruiser. This is the boat made famous by Brian and the rest of the crew on s/v Delos, and is ...
We see a weather window to leave Gibraltar for Ceuta, but then get hammered on both ends.
In this Episode we find Tintipán, the most beautiful place we've seen on our travels so far (second in the WROLD for phosphorescence, the phyto-plankton here ...
Sailing Zingaro
This is more of a maintenance video, as the Hood Formula electric mainsail furler we disassembled in the previous episode is reassembled, painted, installed, ...
Following our major furler failure, which damaged our sails and scared the crap out of us, the furler becomes the center of attention for a full rebuild.
We leave at 2:00 am from Rota, Spain for a passage down to Gibraltar. See our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sailingyachttalisman
We continue heading south toward warmer weather and finally find the beaches we were told of.
In this departure from sailing down the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal, we take time for a minor upgrade. This is a project video, showing install and ...