Join us onboard Sailing Vessel Bye Felicia as we repair our sailboat windshield (dodger), in preparation for upcoming cruising season In the Florida Keys and ...

We invite you to join us for a tour of our new home Sailing Vessel Bye Felicia, a 2004 41' Hunter AC. Week three aboard Bye Felicia, we finally have things ...

At sunrise we noticed a break in the wind, so we unfurled our jib and lowered it . Matt also takes a look at the other canvas and vinyl projects to be done. ...

We arrive in Key West, Florida to take ownership of our new (to us) Sailboat. Sailing Vessel Bye Felicia! Please join us and adventure of a lifetime, as we ...

This is our introductory video to a series on docking a sailboat. This video introduces a set of processes which will allow you to dock your boat with grace ...

This fifth video in our Sail Trim series explains how to manage close-hauled sailing, including both sail trimming rules and helm handling.

This Sail Trim video discusses sailing wing and wing, what issues may occur and how to handle them.

This video introduces the basics of anchoring your boat.

This video explains how determine how much anchor line you should employ when anchoring your boat.

If you want to support me, check out my Patreon account (thank you so much!): https://www.patreon.com/windhippie I am a 27-year-old female solo sailor ...

Anchoring a catamaran is very different from a monohull and there is NO need to scream and shout or wear NASA mission-control headsets. It took some time, but ...

This video explains the procedure for sailing a boat off its mooring.

This video explains the use of sound signals for your safe boating.

This video explains how to raise the mainsail on a cruising sailboat.

This video explains how to hoist a jib on a furling system, including setting up the furling drum and pre-feeder device before raising the sail. I'll explain ...

This video is part 3 of our overview of the boating collision regulation rules (ColRegs), and covers the operating rules governing sailing vessels. You can ...

This video is first part of our overview of the boating collision regulation rules (ColRegs), and covers vessel classification, key terms, and general advice. ...

This video explains how to properly use a jib furler system, demonstrating what problems can occur and how to avoid those.

This video explains a basic man-overboard recovery procedure, involving a reach-away, reach-back process. I like this procedure for its simplicity. Other MOB ...

This video provides how-to instructions on jibing a cruising sailboat, and should be of interest to both learning and experienced sailors. The instructions ...

This video explains how to tack a cruising sailboat, covering the roles of both the helmsman and crew in the tacking procedure, and should be of interest to ...

This is a brief instructional video explaining how to perform the heaving-to procedure with a cruising sailboat..

This is a brief instructional video explaining how to properly flake the mainsail on a cruising sailboat.

An overview of how the single line mainsail reefing system is setup and operates on a Pearson 31-2. We also show how to set a reef using the single-line system.