We finally set sail from St Martin to explore St Barth's but everything goes wrong along the way. Our furling line needs to be replaced, our anchor chain gets ...
In this week's video of Barefoot Travels we talk about the reason why it's important to know your draft. Being in the Bahamas there is some very shallow ...
We decide to sail through a labyrinth of uncharted reefs while trying to explore a traditional Kuna Village! After weeks of exploring the outer islands we get ...
Let the carnage commence! Just when we thought we were done sailing through the dangerous Papagayo Winds, ur short day sail to the marina turned into an ...
The first Windelo 54 catamaran launched in April – Toby Hodges stepped aboard for a tour of a new boat that potentially offers a greener way to cruise at ...
Moving is never easy and much tougher with one good leg! We sell our beloved catamaran Clarity without ever meeting the new owners, and things don't go ...
We sail from Sao Vicente to Sao Nicolau island to test out a sailboat, but it fails the test. So we get another boat and go on our journey. W're crew of five ...
Super busy week, went to an oyster festival, hired a car & did heaps of supply shopping. "Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to ...
We're off to the BAHAMAS. But the things we encountered during this passage was something you DO NOT WANT TO SEE on the big blue ocean. Real scary stuff. A ...
We build our own 12v watermaker to turn seawater into fresh drinking water from our solar panels. It's a tough project and we learn a lot but it's going to be ...
We love switching from van life to boat life... but one of the major problems we face is where to keep all of our STUFF!
What doesn't kill you.. sailing Ep 152 We're in a little anchorage called Castle Rock in Geographe Bay where nature has been delt a blow on many counts but is ...
It’s finally time to leave Guruliya Bay in the Wessel Islands and head east to the ‘other’ half of the Wessels, or so some people say. We take refuge in ...
Jackery Explorer 1500- https://www.jackery.com/?aff=1037 The launch of Jackery brand-new product kicks off at on 8pm PDT on #JackeryDay 5/12. Watch the live ...
This episode finds us about to cross the most dangerous point in our southbound slog to Costa Rica, southern Nicaragua, where the trade winds don't whistle, ...
An American brand built in South Africa, Balance presented its popular new 482 in Europe in April 2022. Toby Hodges gets a quick tour at the International ...
I take Tara to a pub where she decides to take one for the team...She's slurping it down so we can enjoy a cold one! Then we're sailing to a favorite local ...
Living full time aboard my sailboat can be a lot of fun and a lot of work. Join me as I undertake many boat repair projects since my return from Dakar Senegal. ...
Toby Hodges gets a spin on a new personal electric watercraft. No emissions, noise or wake. Will this finally dethrone the jetski?! It certainly has lots of ...
What an interesting week at anchor. A few boat jobs done as well as some excitement with dancing boats. "Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated ...
$100,00 boat; 4 months of work in 11 minutes, now appraises for $ 300,000. We spent 4 months on the hard getting the boat ready to go back in the water. ...
We visit our last stop in the BVI, Cooper Island, did some provising in Road Town, and when we were ready to check out, BAM, the big C hit Sisu 😔. We got a ...
We run aground! Disaster strikes as we try to enjoy a relaxing weekend in a perfect tropical bay. Join us as we sail around the coast of Saint Martin and watch ...
After three years of living on a sailing boat full time, we've learned the hard way about some of the genuine difficulties in living on a sailing boat that we ...