This week we sew a new bimini cover with sunbrella fabric from Sailrite, then go for a sail down to Pine Key (Beer Can Island) to get some kiteboarding in! ...

The eternal question of shaving or not. Will I or will I not? The beard does not keep me from continuing on with Galopin's projects. It's almost the holidays ...

Happy New Year! This week we squeeze four people overnight into a 27 foot boat as we sail out to the mouth of the manatee river during a cold front. We catch ...

In this video, we take a break from cruising life to visit our family that has come to meet us at St Simons Island. The good news - we'll get to visit our ...

Life on the hard it certainly is. I even got locked in one day and had to make a run for it. And got down and very dirty in that keel pit. But it's not a very ...

Living the dream of sailing off into the sunset means that sometimes you have to live high and dry. Galopin is on the dry dock and so am I. While we’re getting ...

This week we finish up our Sailrite mainsail kit and get it on the boat. We then rip out some more carpet headliner. Finally we get back on the water and motor ...

I'm not the only one to have a dream of sailing off into the sunset. Here you'll meet several others who are preparing their boat for a big voyage. And I'm ...

This episode we continue with ongoing boat projects, including installing the CDI mainsail reefing system, ripping out our carpet headliner, and sewing our new ...

We've sailed across the Gulf Stream & checked into the Bahamas, now it's time for some fun! Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the ...

Part two of our Patreon asked Q&A. We dive into the second half of the 'saga' with a few off-the-wall questions. Join our crew on Patreon and become a ...

Work, work, work. After a quick stint in Switzerland to do a paying gig, I board a train to my dear Galopin to do more work. And thanks to Neptune, I’m working ...

We get back our rudder pintles and reinstall our rudder with new tiller. We also go check out the St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show to get some ideas for ...

This episode is far from distant shores and beautiful people. It’s about getting into the inside of things. Galopin is like a living being with a wired and ...

This week we work on installing our new CDI mainsail reefing system and get invited to go sailing on a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40! We want to thank ...

We sew a brand new genoa for our boat from a Sailrite kit. ...

We finally were sailing downwind. I had prepared my spinnaker three times and put it away. But third try was the one. That was quite a journey and learning ...

Once upon a time there was a tortoise and a hare. Each on their sailboats, they raced along the coast of Catalonia. The tortoise was lagging behind the hare, ...

Navigating at night is really cool when you're in the middle of the ocean. But when you're near the coast and coming into port it's less cool and sometimes ...

I rip out some of the old carpet headliner in our O'day 272 while waiting for our rudder to arrive in the mail. ...

My first time coming into a big port alone. And not just any port, Barcelona. It's amazing to sail into the heart of a city. You step out of your little ...

Time for solo sailing again! Anna had to fly back to Germany and since it was already May, hurricane season was about to start and I had to sail back to ...

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It seemed the sea and weather played with us. Rocked our boats and trapped us in Palamos for hours. We made the best of it and continued down the coast the ...