Our most frightening time at sea... https://www.sailingnandji.com In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we depart the Solomon Islands and sail 450nm to Rabaul ...
We see a weather window to leave Gibraltar for Ceuta, but then get hammered on both ends.
This is more of a maintenance video, as the Hood Formula electric mainsail furler we disassembled in the previous episode is reassembled, painted, installed, ...
Following our major furler failure, which damaged our sails and scared the crap out of us, the furler becomes the center of attention for a full rebuild.
We leave at 2:00 am from Rota, Spain for a passage down to Gibraltar. See our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sailingyachttalisman
We continue heading south toward warmer weather and finally find the beaches we were told of.
Being off the boat for a week in the tropics means only one thing. Attack of the black mould! https://www.sailingnandji.com In this episode of Sailing Nandji, ...
In this departure from sailing down the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal, we take time for a minor upgrade. This is a project video, showing install and ...
We leave Cascais, Portugal and head 128nm south to the lovely town of Lagos.
Whilst sheltering from foul weather we discover a simple, yet major fault with one of Sarean's safety systems. We take our town car to the wash down station, ...
Heading out on passage with the sun shining, everything takes a turn... We sail directly into a Storm. Everything is a little crazy, even the fish!!! ...
After our disastrous stay in Leixoes, Portugal (losing Doc), we swallow hard and head south to Cascais, which turns out to be the perfect respite.
No sugar-coating it. Our wonderful Golden Retriever of 13 years is gone. We mourn daily.
Boat maintenance is an ongoing thing when your're cruising. Here in this short video we repair a fairlead that failed catastrophically.
Leixoes, Portugal: The Doc dog is settling in nicely and we visit the city of Porto to see the Graham's port distillery. But our plans for departure are ...
After recently purchasing a new Liferaft we were curious to know if our old raft had any life left in her. So of course - we just had to test her out! Darren ...
After months of hard work, we finally manage to get our dog to the boat. It's a wonderful time for both Wendy and myself, and of course for Doc, who probably ...
In our last episode we discovered that we have a corrosion issue with our Chainplates. Now these fella's are an integral part of Sarean's rig. However, ...
After making the run from Troon, Scotland to Camerey Sur Mer, France, we head out across the Bay of Biscay to A Curuna and then Bayona, Spain.
Tucked up a mangrove creek with preparations done, we await the arrival of a Category 5 Tropical Cyclone (TC Debbie) – and she was a BEAST! Watch as we sit ...
With a Tropical Cyclone Debbie coming directly for us, we run to the safety of the mangroves to hide from what becomes the biggest storm to hit Australia's ...
Come get a taste of life on the sea, as we sail in all kinds of conditions from the open Pacific, around the southern tip of Baja Mexico to Cabo and then into ...
Get ready for it to blow! These weren't super heavy winds but they were on the nose and had Plaintiff's Rest really heeled over during the second night and ...
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 ...