Maintaining a 40-year-old sailboat can be mentally draining. To be successful, not only do you need be a good electrician, diesel mechanic, plumber, ...

It's March 1st! I am still at the Marina but now as a visitor. It looks like my departure will be on the 4th of March. I am waiting on the Life Raft on ...

The most enjoying type of sailing is downwind sailing, an upright boat with high speeds *chefs kiss of approval*. We spend the afternoon at Trial bay, making ...

We make a mad dash between two storms, sailing fast for 400 miles in 2 days/nights through Venezuelan waters. Max winds of 38.4 knots, un-identified lights, ...

Stromboli welcomes us with one explosion after the other in the dark of the night. What a spectacular view yet very daunting to think that some of that hot ...

Solar Array installation was a big feature in the last few days. Thanks to Merlin Solar for making this happen. Still lots to do and a tad bit of self doubt ...

We head back for Crete, and get unpredicted weather en route. We celebrate our last night before going back to the marina with friends and have a great beach ...

When you get instructed by Harbour Control to anchor in the middle of the bay, and your neighbour is this massive Passenger Liner, you begin to wonder about ...

Wahine is leaving her home of nearly ten years and on Valentines Day she said goodbye to past crew and friends.. She seemed to take it in good grace but the ...

It seems ridiculous, but it’s the reason we worry so much about our boat. It’s the reason we agonize over every little decision about maintenance and upgrades. ...

In this episode we visit the 5th century 100 door church in Paros then take a scooter ride, we visit the nudist beach on Anti - Paros before returning back to ...

It's the beginning of 2021, I was working hard to prep my boat for departure from the marina in February for a test sail south to Okinawa. In answering the ...

We're moving in the right direction 🙌 In the last couple of weeks, teak veneer has been re-installed on the major bulkheads, broken trims have been fixed, and ...

The repairs continue. Last week, our engine and autopilot failed on us. Priority number one, the engine. We find that the engine oil is completely contaminated ...

In this episode we continue to explore the Greek Cyclades island of Delos, the birthplace of the God's Apollo and Artemis. We explain a little bit more about ...

It`s February and I leave this month. Work continues on board including moving unnecessary stuff from the boat to our log house in Aichi. A lot of time this ...

Broken bones, broken engine, broken autohelm... we decide to turn back. Thinking we are hitting the ocean again, we don't get very far before our engine conks ...

A quick few clips from my June 2020 trip to Maine from SC. We had the best days run, 214 miles in 24 hours. All downwind and with only the mainsail. Great ...

In this episode we have friends aboard and head off from Paros to Naxos for a quick stop over. We then set sail for the historic island of Delos where we ...

It’s tempting to think we’re cursed. After our boat was struck by lighting, we thought Mother Nature might go easy on us for a while. No such luck. After ...

Everybody has been asking HOW DID YOU DO IT!!! The story revealed ;-) And when you want to move on, you just have to do it, go for that darn PCR Test!! They ...

Just four more weeks until I depart M14 berth in Tokyo, Wahines`s home for the last ten years. It is full on with much to do this month. This episode features ...

Whenever you go to do a job on a boat, it always turns into more jobs. We wouldn't have it any other way. It just makes our down time so much sweeter. ...

In this episode we visit the island of Amorgos in the Cyclades. We hire a scooter and visit the Chora. After a trip round the island the scooter we have hired ...