#sailing #sailinglifestyle #festivalseason It's summer in Mindelo, Cabo Verde. And there's something going on every weekend, like Feastival de Kavala Fresk, or ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #boatfails Many stories unfold here in Cabo Verde. Like the women friends who show up to let loose on Galopin. A strange lobster ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #bikinis So I met a German sailor who said I had a bad reputation. I was intrigued and surprised by his answer. Meanwhile, Wendy, ...

#sailing #livingfree #sailboatlifestyle Wendy had asked me if we could go to Santa Antao for a yearly festival. How could I refuse. Galopin was ready to go, ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #retirement Two points of view of living in Cabo Verde, Africa. Young people enjoying the May Day Holiday and glimpse of life in ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailife Arguably Mads and I are creators of two of the best sailing channels. I personally am a big fan of his channel Sail Life ...

#sailing #livingfree #sailboatlifestyle It's the final leg of our journey sailing around Cabo Verde with our guest Ferdi. We return where we started from two ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #swelll I’ve been to this anchorage many times before. And it’s usually a pretty laid back spot. But the past few days were ...

#sailing #marizia #sailinglifestyle In our continuing series with Ferdi on his journey to get his ocean sailing license on Galopin. He's come with me to ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #seamanship Seamanship, can it be taught? In my opinion no. You either got it or you don't. Like talent. You can't teach an artist, ...

#sailing #solosailing #howto Let me start by saying that I’m Swiss. So how can someone like me, Swiss, get one of those? We’ve got no ocean, no sea, no ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #bikini We were about twenty miles away, and it was getting dark. The wind had dropped so I started my engine. But it was not ...

#adventurer #sailinglifestyle #sailing The latest of Galopin’s Guest interview is with Thorfinn who rode his bicycle from the most Northwestern point in ...

#sailing #sailinglifestyle #roughsea We say "Au revoir" to all the beautiful people I met in Dakar. The dilema for us sailors. But "Au revoir" means "See ...

#sailing #livingfree #boatmaintenance I wanted to do some shopping at the popular Colombane market. So the ladies, Chantal and Sorna offered to take me there ...

#sailing #solosailing #offgrid I needed to upgrade my solar energy system so I set off walking the streets of Dakar alone to find a store named Solar ...

#solosailing #offgrid #livingfree One of the main reasons I came back to Dakar Senegal was to get my sails repaired and more. I do not have the budget to ...

#sailing #solosailing #collision I was motor sailing fast at seven plus knots. I wanted to beat the sunset so I could anchor in daylight. But then I had to ...

#sailing #offgrid #solosailing We were underway. Just me and Galopin. This would be my first long solo passage. I felt I needed this challenge. To get to know ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #sailorgirl Meet Marizia, probably the coolest sailor girl ever. We've been friends for a long time, and I asked her if we could ...

#sailing #offgrid #adventure I’m Alex. I’m not pretty or an accomplished sailor. I don’t have a pension or a deep bank account to rely on. I departed alone one ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #seasick It's a new year in Mindelo and people are back out on the streets to celebrate as well as aboard Galopin. I get ready ...

#sailing #offgrid #hitchhikers Galopin and I took on Jonathan, a Belgian boat hitchhiker to sail from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo Cabo Verde. And I spent ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree We sail out of Dakar Senegal in West Africa and out into the rough Atlantic Ocean. Taking my boat Galopin for an open sea trial. ...