#sailing #hitchhiker #livingfree Boat hitchhikers. Ever been approached by any? Ever consider taking one or more on your travels? Ever have one aboard? Who are ...

#sailing #offgrid #hitchhiking I was going to solo sail the four day journey to the West Coast of the African continent when I met Adele. Adele is a boat ...

We tied up a few loose ends on Isabella: The seacock in the aft head had seized. With much lube and flexing back and forth we were able to make it easy to ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree There's always something to fix when living on a sailboat. And when it's your dinghy engine which you need to go to shore, it's ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree My engine ran out of oil while out on the ocean and I had forgotten to buy more before heading out. I put whatever oil I had on ...

#sailing #offgrid #livingfree Tarrafal was a wonderful place to stay and visit, but it was time for us to go. We sailed off well before dawn and were blessed ...

#sailing #happylife #livingfree We set off to sail to Senegal. But we have to turn back because of weather and the real possibility of serious engine failure. ...

We went tripping and ended up in Dallas for a short stay. Karen cleaned rust stains off the deck. The shackle bolt came loose releasing the mizzen boom which ...

#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid I'm in Tarrafal de Santiago. Cabo Verde's most populated island. To me it's one of the most interesting of the archipelago. It's ...

This week was doubling up, holes for a clamp. With tropical storm Nicole moving nearby, we added extra dock lines in preparation of some big blows. We have 1 ...

Steve installs aluminum steps on the Mizzen mast. We now have three steps. This will make it so much easier and safer when attaching the halyard to the sail. ...

It's time I leave the island of Boa Vista and head south to the island of Santiago. There are a few thing to do before I go and then we sail out in the night ...

#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid Boa Vista Island is the Bahamas of Cape Verde. With its wide turquoise colored bay and long golden sand beaches. There I meet up ...

After returning from the Annapolis Sailboat Show it's time for some R&R by going to the beach. Being lucky enough to get a great boat show price on a new ...

#sailing ##livingfree #lifestyle Marizia and I continue to Boa Vista Island. About 40nm miles south. Conditions are exceptional and we take in the natural high ...

We took too long hunkering for the hurricane and fixing our loss of RPM problem. So Isabella headed back to port instead of continuing to Annapolis. We said ...

#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid It’s time to leave Mindelo where I lived some of the best experiences of my life. It’s a tell-all episode. We’re sailing to Sal ...

We leave our safe harbor near Savannah and consider ourselves lucky for not pushing on to Charleston. A weird trip. Had planned to sail to Annapolis. Between ...

#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid There are those who are welcome and those who are not. Find out who and why. As well we solve a missing dinghy mystery for our ...

This time on Sailing Intermission we stayed near Savannah to wait for Hurricane Ian to pass. We were very lucky as the storm went around us and sent only some ...

#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid Somewhere north of the coast of the windward Cape Verde islands, me and my boat Galopin are averaging 7kts speed. My best ...

Horseshoe crab and normal crab at night, out on the town.

This time on Sailing Intermission Steve finishes strengthening the davits or should we say sheerlegs. We traveled to Dallas for some face-to-face business. ...

Hello, everyone! This time on Sailing Intermission we fire up our Force 10 and Steve shows off his cooking expertise, haha. Karen begins charting a course for ...