She lived through the horrors of World War II and witnessed the aftermath of nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands all after Europeans settled in this ...
Join us aboard Sailing Sweet Ruca as we explore remote Wotje Island in the Pacific, where dangerous secrets and hidden WWII relics and still lurk above and ...
Embarking on an adventure with purpose can make a real difference. Pursue your passions, but do it in a way that benefits our planet and others around you. My ...
This episode is as close as it gets to traveling in history! We get a glimpse inside another lifestyle in one of the worlds most remote villages and go aboard ...
Meet one of the BRAVEST Sailors in the World (who's circumnavigated Antarctica, solo, twice!!!). Lisa Blair batted treacherous storms and freezing temperatures.
In trying to be cheerier, I set about cleaning the floorboards and the bilge, while managing the leak which we have slowed to 4 drips per minute. ( about a ...
To be disabled at sea was unsettling in itself, but when i discovered my boat had a leak once in harbour, self-doubt flooded in. This is an account of what ...
In this final video of 2021, I attend to an electrical problem on board (back on shore power for the first time in nine months), install new lines, hoist the ...
Sailing into Nagasaki! A dream come true. As with other Kyushu ports I had been to before, I had arrived by bicycle. A city rich historically, culturally, ...
It is my second time visiting Akune, Western Kyushu. This time by boat but 21 years ago by bicycle. I am grateful to Kaminota and his family for their ...
At my last two ports, I have moored at Sea Stations ( Umi no Eki) and as they were very different in style and cost I thought that some viewers would like to ...
I am learning a myriad of things. Next is setting up genoa traveler. Advice is gratefully received. I have my own ideas but one aspect of setting up the ...
While waiting for the right conditions to round Cape Sata, I moved to Calm Lanai Harbor and enjoyed a few days of convenience and to some measure of luxury ( ...
My next challenge is to round Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of Kyushu. I have to time it carefully with the tides and also deal with the meandering Kuroshio ...
Well, this was unexpected. Strings and patches of pumice from the eruption in the Ogasawara Islands ( where a new island has been forming since August) have ...
Actually, the real question is `When to go?` My margin for getting to Amami Oshima ( an Island towards Okinawa from mainland Kyushu) is evaporating. The ...