Another video in Jackson's Tantalising Tid Bits Series to help you with things we've had to learn the hard way in this boating life. This week Jackson shows ...

Time to leave Antigua and the next destination is St Kitts & Nevis. Although we aren't in much of a hurry so we decide to take the scenic route and go ...

Spearfishing, storm sailing, hooking a shark. Not every day of cruising is this full of action, but If you've got the itch to cut the lines and head offshore, ...

Talisman finally gets some bruises. No matter how hard you try, these are the types of things that eventually happen. We've been cruising full time for almost ...

A long and squally sail from Dominica to jaw-dropping Antigua. Here we savour a couple of unforgettable days of hiking through fields of butterflies and ...

Guests on board this week - Mike and Kristy. Xanthe met these two at a music festival 4 years ago. We were camping neighbours for the week; then as chance ...

After 20 days at sea it took us a while to get used to using the old legs again; not to mention how long it took to scrub off all the algae, barnacles and ...

The Captain is producing a series showing the more technical side to our sailing adventure. This first one is all about the Atlantic Ocean crossing that we ...

Land Ho! Welcome to the second half of our Atlantic Crossing; we hope your eyeballs enjoy this one as much as we wish we still had a fishing rod. Thanks for ...

Here's a little piece of my soul for you. Excerpts from my actual personal journal when crossing the Atlantic Ocean on Finding Avalon, via voiceover. I've ...

Sorry for our recent paucity in YouTube activity - you'll understand why now (and hopefully forgive us). The day we have spent six months preparing for is ...

Fuerteventura with two very esteemed guests in the shape of Freyja and Bubbles. Xanthe's two best mates made a short trip over from the UK to sail and surf ...

Andy brings his popular podcast to YouTube! Longtime fans of the show who've always wanted to 'sit-in' on our interviews with sailors from around the world now ...

Part II of the Moroccan adventure we had absolutely no desire to end. Leaving behind the bustle of Marrakech, we sook out some surf and a palm tree abundant ...

Our first taste of sailing the Atlantic Ocean and our longest passage yet turns out to be very testing indeed. 4 days at sea and 48 knots of breeze threatens ...

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After a refreshing couple of weeks with Jackson's parents in the Balearic Islands, and a few days land-based at Xanthe's parents' house in Cabo de Palos ...

Welcome to Sardinia! We pick up two new crew members in the shape of Ben and Luke - Jackson's mates from back when he was part of the Miami University Sailing ...

I'm getting ready to head south! The temperatures are hanging out in the low forties, and I'm provisioning and thinking of ways to stay warm on my unheated ...

With every long passage we learn a stack more, about ourselves, about each other, about life at sea, and first and foremost, about Little Miss Avalon. This ...

3 days at sea for Finding Avalon as we make the crossing from Greece to Malta. Sadly the boom didn't make it :( Luckily Malta turned out to be the best ...

We were propelled towards Zante with 46 knot winds. As much as we relished this, we did have to wise up in the end and seek refuge on the island of Kefalonia. ...

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 ...

The icebreaker Laurence Gould has 25 foot waves breaking on the back deck in 50 knot winds south of Cape Horn on the way to Antarctica. If you want to read ...